Author Topic: Reading Thread (AKA Educate Yourself cigaretteet) (Read 1171 times)

AutoBahn · March 26, 2015, 08:38:40 PM

fantasy and sci-fi are both great genres.

Really good books I've read:
The Belgariad
Pip & Flinx
I, Robot
some other stuff i can't remember offhand

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Frequency · March 26, 2015, 08:45:07 PM

recommend me some science-fiction books that haven't been turned into movies

Zloff · March 26, 2015, 09:08:16 PM

Quote from: Cappytaino on March 26, 2015, 07:05:45 PM

1984 by George Orwell

imho the most dreadfully boring book i've ever read

e-maxx · March 26, 2015, 09:11:04 PM

the art of racing in the rain is one i should read
but i haven't

Jake White · March 26, 2015, 09:58:47 PM

Grew up reading golden age sci-fi from Heinlein and Bradbury, especially

Currently firmly entrenched in the bowels of alternate history and speculative fiction, and have been really liking Harry Turtledove's offerings in that regard. Robert J. Sawyer is good, too.

But when it comes to light sci-fi, nothing beats John Scalzi.

Jake White · March 26, 2015, 09:59:28 PM

Quote from: Frequency on March 26, 2015, 08:45:07 PM

recommend me some science-fiction books that haven't been turned into movies

John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" series (read it read it read it read it read it)

Honno · March 26, 2015, 10:04:06 PM

The Iliad
The Bacchae
Plato's Republic
The Clouds
Euclid Elements
Antony and Cleopatra
Nicomachean Ethics

Get on my level...

·::Kishgal::· · March 26, 2015, 10:05:06 PM

i haven't read a single book since graduating
#thuglyfe

Bravo · March 26, 2015, 10:59:00 PM

Read an epic titled We the Drowned, i guess it's a classic in europe but not many people have heard of it here.
It's the best book I've ever read. Spans from the early 1700s to the end of world war two and contains pirates and awesome war stories.