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03-13-2011, 11:56 PM
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I haven't really had a good book to read lately so I'm asking TB to help me out! Here are some authors that I currently like enough to own more than one of their books but I'll honestly read anything. I like an engaging story and am not really a fan of the mindless stuff like Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King or Christopher Moore (which is all my friends seem to like.)
Phillip K Dick
Kurt Vonnegut
Walter Tevis
Theodore Sturgeon
Charles Bukowski
Aldous Huxley
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03-14-2011, 12:01 AM
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03-14-2011, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Jack Black (not the actor) You Can't Win | Excellent book. +1
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03-14-2011, 12:38 AM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Based on your list, you might enjoy William Gibson's stuff, and also some more "classic" sci-fi like Arthur C. Clarke. If the Huxley you've read includes "Brave New World" then you should read Orwell's "1984" - an obvious addition as a classic depiction of a dystopian society.
As you're into Vonnegut be sure to not to miss "Galapagos", which I think is his best book.
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Originally Posted by bassybill Based on your list, you might enjoy William Gibson's stuff, and also some more "classic" sci-fi like Arthur C. Clarke. If the Huxley you've read includes "Brave New World" then you should read Orwell's "1984" - an obvious addition as a classic depiction of a dystopian society.
As you're into Vonnegut be sure to not to miss "Galapagos", which I think is his best book. |
All must reads as is Flatland by A.E. Abbott.
If this stuff appeals the work of China Miéville and Ian M. Banks probably will too. |
03-14-2011, 01:59 AM
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03-14-2011, 04:14 AM
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03-14-2011, 04:32 AM
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03-14-2011, 04:35 AM
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03-14-2011, 04:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | Vonnegut. RIP.
No other like him, still my favorite.
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03-14-2011, 05:10 AM
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- can't remember who it's by but 'The Book Thief' is a good one as well if you can find it... |
03-14-2011, 06:55 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City | | | Based on your list: Neal Stephenson, Arthur C. Clarke, & Tom Robbins
...and, as a slight stretch, but well worth it imho: Italo Calvino. |
03-14-2011, 08:24 AM
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Dan Simmons
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03-14-2011, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | You'd probably like James Morrow. A good blend of sci-fi, satire, and philosophy. In particular, his Godhead Trilogy.
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03-14-2011, 09:02 AM
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Jonathan Franzen
Orwell
Anthony Burgess
Dylan Thomas
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03-14-2011, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by warwick.hoy Tom Robbins | Based on your list, I think you'll like Robbins.
Let me suggest some essays by David Foster Wallace - A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. |
03-14-2011, 11:15 AM
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03-14-2011, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by sneha1965 Neal Stephson, Snow Crash | That was a good one! IIRC it's Stephenson though.
Diamond Age was also cool. Cryptonomicon was meh but I have a signed copy.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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