Papist Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 2000 Leagues Under the Sea Journey to the Center of the Earth A Canticle for Leibowitz The Urth of the New Sun The Claw of the Conciliator Stories From the Old Hotel Strangers and Sojourners (trilogy) The Anubis Gates Nightfall Jurassic Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 [i]The Book of the New Sun[/i] series by Gene Wolfe (the Claw of the Conciliator, mentioned above, is the second volume. Urth of the New Sun is a sequel) for some great sci-fi with crypto-Catholic themes. [i]The Last Unicorn[/i] by Peter S. Beagle, if you like fairy tales. [i]At The Mountains of Madness[/i] by H.P Lovecraft, for some sci-fi/horror. And to wrap it up with a classic: [i]Emma[/i] by Jane Austen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Starship Troopers (nothing like the movie) 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels Rendezvous with Rama Anything by Tom Clancy Isaac Asimov's Robots, Empire, And Foundation Series's The Once and Future King Dune series (but only the first 3 - went downhill after that) Anything by David Eddings Saga of Pleistocene Exile - Julian May Database Design for Mere Mortals - Hernandez Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy (actually 5 books) - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytherese Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 The Space Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy by C.S. Lewis G.K. Chesterton's Fr. Brown Series (If You Like Mysteries) Flannery O'Connor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_nine Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 I've been reading Chesterton's non-fiction stuff which is mad good. Man was a genius, but I'm not too big on mysteries. Maybe I just haven't given them a chance. And I had to read Flannery O'Connor's short stories in high school (hated them) but read some of them again, and loved them. Especially "The Lame Shall Enter First." And the Hitchhikers Guide is fracking amesome. I've only read the first but I have all 5, and plan to commence shortly. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1342446557' post='2456040'] Have you read Anne McCafferey's [i]Dragons of Pern[/i] series? [/quote] Oh my gosh. Loved these books as a teen. I still have the recipe for Klah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Death and the Dervish by Mesa Selimovic is a stream of consciousness, ponderous novel about moral cowardice set in 16th century Ottoman Bosnia but actually about the communist government in Yugoslavia. The Bridge on the Drina is an amazing historical novel by Ivo Andric about the town of Visegrad from the heyday of the Ottoman empire until the outbreak of WWI Children of the Alley is a decent book by Naguib Mahfouz. Its a story about a city which is allegorical to the Abrahamic religions. Not my favorite but it's ok. A really good psychological thriller is Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky but I don't know how that ended up turning out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubertus Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 As for fantasy, when I was in high school my absolute favorite, other than your standard LOTR, was The Abhorsen Trilogy, by Garth Nix. It's about this girl in a mythical medieval-type world who goes around slaying zombies and sending souls back to Death. It's pretty stinkin sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Wasn't Garth Nix a country singer too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 [quote name='Groo the Wanderer' timestamp='1342546924' post='2456387'] Wasn't Garth Nix a country singer too? [/quote] I beleive you are thinking of that famous country star, Barth Grooks, an easy enough mistake to make. He is the one famous for writing and performing those songs about instances common in the lives of those who listen to country music, like his early 80's hit " My wife left me when she caught making out with my sheep " and the classic " Drunk girls never say no " and who could forget the 90's ballad " She aint my sister no more, she's my wife " ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) You don't like mysteries? Sadz Edited July 17, 2012 by Amppax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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