bladiebla Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Figured I'd start a thread where people can share books they recently read and loved/recommened. Personally I just read The Hunger Games triology, 3 days, 1 book a night, man this must have been one of the best suspense sci-fi\thrillers I've read. Basicly the story revolves around a 16 year old girl who lives in a post apocalyptic world where there is one capital that rules 12 provinces/districts. As a condition of a truce after a revolt each district is to send 2 children between the age of 12 to 18 to the capital to fight in a yearly live televised event where those contestents will have to fight to the death untill one of them survives. Aside from the books being filled with action and suspense they shine in relaying the struggles of a 16 year old. Great deep moral, love, betrayal and politics aside from it being a great suspense and action series, addictively gripping. Definitely worth reading! 9/10. Ps. also a major movie in theaters around the world (released today), IMDB ratings of the movie show that you either love or hate the movie (havent seen the movie myself), having read some of the spoilers of the movie, I'd recommend reading the books first since a lot of what makes the story great has been left out of the movie in order to make it PG13 compliant (books are R rated).
Just Jack Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Are you one of those ABC/Disney people trying to hype up Hunger Games while John Cater goes down the tubes?
bladiebla Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 Are you one of those ABC/Disney people trying to hype up Hunger Games while John Cater goes down the tubes? WTF JJ?
GOBILLS78 Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 I certainly don't have anything modern for you all, but I've been on this kick lately of re-reading classics that I didn't appreciate in high school. For example, I'm halfway through Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and I'll follow that up with Huxley's "Brave New World" and Orwell's "Animal Farm." /Sorry. That's all I got.
Just Jack Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 WTF JJ? ABC News all this week has had Hunger Games on just about every newscast, meanwhile John Carter, a Disney movie, and Disney owns ABC, is being called one of the biggest flops ever.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Figured I'd start a thread where people can share books they recently read and loved/recommened. What's a book?
rockpile Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 What's a book? Books used to be on shelves in those now empty buildings called libraries. You can download them using a PC, Kindle or Nook, but they do not have many pictures, so you have to read them **boring**** Actually, if you want great SF classics try Stranger in a Strange Land or The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein If you want to go really retro, try Jules Verne.
bladiebla Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 ABC News all this week has had Hunger Games on just about every newscast, meanwhile John Carter, a Disney movie, and Disney owns ABC, is being called one of the biggest flops ever. Ahhhhhh, I'm European hence I dont get ABC News... I dont know about the movie as I said in my post, i watched the trailer on youtube and looked it up on IMDB after having read the books but can't judge based on the user reviews wether or not it's a good movie or not, just that it has some critical content missing from the story and that a whole section has been filmed in the blair witch project style. I looked up John Carter and all I could find was this 1911 book with comics that ceased in the 40's. Hence you had me seriously confused with that comment lol.
DC Tom Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Land-South-Pacific/dp/0140246967
bladiebla Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 I certainly don't have anything modern for you all, but I've been on this kick lately of re-reading classics that I didn't appreciate in high school. For example, I'm halfway through Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and I'll follow that up with Huxley's "Brave New World" and Orwell's "Animal Farm." /Sorry. That's all I got. No worries, appreciate the input. Can't say I'm a big fan of sci-fi dating back that far as I struggle for finding it to contextual to the timeframe it was written in. I tried reading Orwell a couple of times but never managed to finish one. It's also the more rigid use of the english language that makes me struggle with them. Maybe I'm just more into the modern consumption style english written books. Books used to be on shelves in those now empty buildings called libraries. You can download them using a PC, Kindle or Nook, but they do not have many pictures, so you have to read them **boring**** Actually, if you want great SF classics try Stranger in a Strange Land or The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein If you want to go really retro, try Jules Verne. Heh, makes me think of Iron Maiden... Read most of Jules Verne his work (in Dutch translation) back when I wsa a kid, loved them back then, not sure if I'd still enjoy them. On the topic of sci-fi books, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imajica Imajica by Clive Barker was also a great read.
LeviF Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Land-South-Pacific/dp/0140246967 Got it for four bucks! Thanks Tom.
Jauronimo Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Whatever's on Oprahs list. I'm almost halfway through A Million Little Pieces. Such a touching story.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Cugalabanza Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Interesting. I'm reading one of his short story collections now. I haven't read any of his novels yet, but I'm curious.
LeviF Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Interesting. I'm reading one of his short story collections now. I haven't read any of his novels yet, but I'm curious. Speaking of short stories, Joyce's collection, Dubliners, contains a few of my favorite short stories.
GOBILLS78 Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Whatever's on Oprahs list. I'm almost halfway through A Million Little Pieces. Such a touching story. Almost as good as "Love and Consequences," but not quite.
Max Fischer Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Lonesome Dove War and Peace (seriously) Name of the Rose
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Interesting. I'm reading one of his short story collections now. I haven't read any of his novels yet, but I'm curious. It wouldn't happen to be The Elephant Vanishes, would it? I just finished it. The novel I mentioned is the elongated version of one of the stories therein.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Books used to be on shelves in those now empty buildings called libraries Oh yeah, the place where all the wierdos and homeless now go to use the unfiltered computers, as well use the bathrooms.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Oh yeah, the place where all the wierdos and homeless now go to use the unfiltered computers, as well use the bathrooms. My job throughout high school was at a library. Unremarkable in most regards, but my tolerance for seeing homeless men watch gay porn is unusually high.
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