suggestions for books to read

[mute]

i'm new here, just to tell you before i go on...

i haven't read a book in years, i mean a LOOOONG time... and recently i've been getting bored watchin sit-coms and simpson reruns... and discovery or TLC ain't cutting it either....so i decided to start reading...
i was just wondering some books you people would suggest reading.. on the intellectual side... i've been smoking way too much weed while watching TV or playin video games... and i need to gain some levels of intelligence back... readings a good start http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif

so any suggestions? would be helpful

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[MuffyTheVampyreLayer]

Depends what you are in to I guess... Oh and Hi.

I most recently read 'he died with a felafel in his hand'... it is a book written by some guy about his encounters with his various flat mates (housemates I think you lot call them or room mates or something) - anyway... it is goddamn funny - everything from dead junkies to credit card scams and rat infested kitchens...But it's probably not everyones cup of tea.

Anything by Eddings, Fiest, Heinlein or Rice gets my seal of approval.

[Bishop]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Mute:
i'm new here, just to tell you before i go on...

i haven't read a book in years, i mean a LOOOONG time... and recently i've been getting bored watchin sit-coms and simpson reruns... and discovery or TLC ain't cutting it either....so i decided to start reading...
i was just wondering some books you people would suggest reading.. on the intellectual side... i've been smoking way too much weed while watching TV or playin video games... and i need to gain some levels of intelligence back... readings a good start http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif

so any suggestions? would be helpful

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Based on your post there, i'd say start with "Highlights" magazine and work your way up from there. http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif

[mute]

i'm into lots of shit
fantasy/sci-fi shit catches my fancy... last book i read actually was Star Wars : Tales of the Bounty Hunters... boba fett's story is some cool..
tell ya again, i haven't read in a while. reading anything helps a lot, don't it?



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[Koliedrus]

"Highlights" - aaaaaahahahhahhhahhaha

Sci Fi... Let's see here. AH! Larry Niven has a series of short stories put together in one book based around a central character. A bit of hard science is worked in to get the gray matter moving.

Look for "Crashlander" by Larry Niven. I've read it several times.

I'm not one to read fantasy but an acquaintance didn't believe me when I told him how much I read. He challenged me to read the first book in a series of ten without getting interested. I failed.

811 pages later, "The Eye of the World" by Robert Jordan turned out to be quite an enjoyable read.

If you want to mix a little horror in with fantasy, try reading some H.P. Lovecraft. I'll race you through "The Doom that Came to Sarnath".

Hey, at least you WANT to read. That's a good thing.

[MuffyTheVampyreLayer]

Bah.. I got up to book eight of the wheel of time, then moved cities, the local library here does not have it. Grumble mutter.
That was about 4 years ago... now I can't remember jack shit.
You couldn't PM me the details on whether or not Moiraine returned though could you???

[SexKitten]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Mute:
i'm new here, just to tell you before i go on...

i haven't read a book in years, i mean a LOOOONG time... and recently i've been getting bored watchin sit-coms and simpson reruns... and discovery or TLC ain't cutting it either....so i decided to start reading...
i was just wondering some books you people would suggest reading.. on the intellectual side... i've been smoking way too much weed while watching TV or playin video games... and i need to gain some levels of intelligence back... readings a good start http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif

so any suggestions? would be helpful

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If you want a real intellectual book try the NeverEnding Story. No i'm not joking, its a really good book


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[zoey]

One flew over the cuckoo's nest - ken kiessy
The bluest eye - toni morrison
all the Harry Potter books - j.k rowling

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[Koliedrus]

Here's one I think everyone should read at least once.


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If redX appears, that's "The Naked Ape" by Desmond Morris.

[Flit]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by zoey:
all the Harry Potter books - j.k rowling
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That was going to be my suggestion as well, also if you're into suspense, Jeffery Deaver (The Bone Collector) and Tami Hoag are great!!!

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<FONT COLOR="Orange">Louis L'amour. Yee haw.</FONT c>

[King Bastard]

Orson Scott Card:

Ender's Game, and Ender's Shadow... Damn fine books

Stephen Barnes: Street Lethal... Cyberpunk, but GOOD cyberpunk...

William Gibson: Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive.... More cyberpunk. shit he INVENTED it, I think.

Anything by Terry Pratchett but start with Small Gods... Om rocks!

If ya like Star Wars, read all the Timothy Zahn stuff.

Heir to the Empire.
Dark Force Rising.
Last Command.

Star Trek, I, Q. by Peter David, aw hell, anything he writes is cool.

Historical stuff.... Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Mushashi. They actually have corporate types reading this book now and using the philosophy contained therein for business purposes.... smart fuckers, they.

Kurt Vonnegut:
Welcome to the Monkeyhouse, a collection of short stories. And Player Piano, another gem.

Go, make the people at borders all happy, and grab me a coffee, will ya? Not a latte, or crapachino, just a coffee.... <FONT size="7">large...</FONT s> lotsa milk, 3 sugars... Thanks.

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[Faceplant]

hemingway, period.

either that or night and dawn, both done by elie wesley.(SP).

[skalie]

Papillon by Henry Charriere cheers me up in difficult moments.

Sorrow floats by Tim Sadlin is one of the best road books I've ever read, but I've yet to meet anyone whose ever heard of it.

Star Wars is a book?

[mute]

you didn't know that Star Wars have books, TONS.pffft!

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[King Bastard]

So Mute, decide on any of those suggestinos for your next read? Or was that a rhetorical question?

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Borne of sin, C',mon in... Andre Linoge; Storm of the Century

[mute]

well i got tons of books lying around, and i noticed someone said "one flew over the cuckoo's nest", and i saw that lying around, so i already started that
thanks for your interest tho http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/tongue.gif

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