What are your favorite books (single or series)

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Ryanamur: Philosophical work by Plato, Socrates, DesCartes, Nieche (sp) ... Jules Vernes, Balzac, Molière and Shakespeare stuff... Heavy duty stuff: The entire work of the Marquis the Sade (warning: not for the faint of heart, not recommended for anybody younger than 18 or the legal age in your country!)

It is a bit overrated, I agree with Dramnek there, but I still "enjoyed" the 120 days of Sodom, just because it was unlike anything I'd ever read before. Read some other snippets of de Sade, it's certainly interesting at times
Oh, did anyone see Quills? Was quite disappoiting.

Ryanamur, Nietzsche is spelled thus - it's spelled wrong about 70% of the time, so don't worry about it

Galadria - I know quite a few guys who LOVED Wuthering Heights (among them my literature professors ). It was ME who was sceptical before I read it, precisely because of the 'girly' Jane Austen image it has. Well, in some ways this is one of the most grim novels I've read. And Heathcliff is far from dreamy.
The way Bronte manages to constantly shift your sympathy from tyrant to tyrannised is splendid, and a sign of great literature. I once wrote an essay about precisely that subject, in fact. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Barry the Sprout]

Originally posted by Melusine: Oh, did anyone see Quills? Was quite disappoiting.

I haven't read any de Sade myself but I got cajoled into going to Quills by a friend of mine. I really liked it, although he thought it was a bit over the top. To be honest I don't know what he was expecting from a film about the Marquis de Sade if not a large amount of sex. But anyway, I thought it was quite good.

As for books I like myself I have to start with Rankin. Robert Rankin's Armaggedon Trilogy and Brentford Trilogy are both amazingly funny. I also agree with a lot that has gone before in putting Pratchett up there in a close second. I also really liked the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson and the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake.

Actually, anyone read any Robert Llewelyn?. He is famous for playing Kryten in Red Dwarf but he is a very good novelist and playwright as well. The Man on Platform Five is particularly good.

Gaaaah! Too many good books around...

[the sauceman]

Im going to go with
BOOKS:
the forgotten realms series
the dragonlance series
the greyhawk series(ones by Kidd)
the lord of the rings series

COMIC BOOKS:
I really liked the
Weapon Zero series(*sniff* it died way too early...)
and also
the ultimate series (by marvel)

Sauceman,

I also have the Weapon Zero series including the T- editions. They were fantastic! I also had all the Cyberforce, Witchblade etc.

I don't read comics anymore, but I still have them all.

Aviendha.

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Barry the Sprout: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Melusine: Oh, did anyone see Quills? Was quite disappoiting.

I haven't read any de Sade myself but I got cajoled into going to Quills by a friend of mine. I really liked it, although he thought it was a bit over the top. To be honest I don't know what he was expecting from a film about the Marquis de Sade if not a large amount of sex. But anyway, I thought it was quite good.</font>[/QUOTE]Well, I thought it was over the top too - it's so Hollywood... The portrayal of De Sade was just not what I'd expected. I just couldn't get over the ridiculous "must write" thing he had - the minute they took his pens away, he starts cutting himself up to write - he wasn't like that at all! It just was not convincing - writing in wine on sheets? Yeah right... If he really wanted to write so badly, he wouldn't have let it come so far in the first place. No, it was just unconvincing to me. Not to say that I didn't like the movie at all, the actors were all quite good (love Kate Winslet!) and overall I enjoyed watching it - I just wish they hadn't marketed it as a movie (even if fictional) about De Sade.

[Barry the Sprout]

Mel, I mean it was more graphic than he expected. Which I thought was rather amusing really and wondered what he had expected.

I see what you mean about the over the top story when you explained it. I still liked it though and personally thought the Abbey (sp? Gaaargh...) in particular was portrayed extremely well. The film made me think and had several memorable moments. For me that made it a good film, but I see what you mean on reflection.

But anyway, while I remember it has anyone read any Tom Holt? He is a really good author in my opinion but he has gone downhill recently. Faust Among Equals was extremely amusing in particular.

[ 05-01-2002, 05:43 AM: Message edited by: Barry the Sprout ]

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Barry the Sprout: Mel, I mean it was more graphic than he expected. Which I thought was rather amusing really and wondered what he had expected. I see what you mean about the over the top story when you explained it. I still liked it though and personally thought the Abbey (sp? Gaaargh...) in particular was portrayed extremely well. The film made me think and had several memorable moments. For me that made it a good film, but I see what you mean on reflection.

Oh ok... more graphic? Having read the Sade I didn't think it was too bad, so I'd agree with you there, LOL! Yes, the abbé was very good, though I thought his end was a little bit corny. I agree that the movie had some memorable moments, and for that I still enjoyed it, though, like I said, the clicheish/unrealistic parts made it less enjoyable.

[Tanoch Thas'ala]

Michael Moorcock-anything and everything, particularly the Eternal Champpion series

Tiger & Del series-which has a new book out!

The Morgaine series by C.J. Cherryh

Marian Zimmer Bradley - jsut about anything

The Fig Eater by Jody Shields - Very weird book about a girl who was studied by Frued...

[krystil]

Favorite Books...where to begin?

The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
Watchers - Dean Koontz
Hobbit/LoTR - J.R. Tolkien
My Sweet Audrina - VC Andrews
Elfstones of Shannara series (and the Knight of the Word series)- Terry Brooks
Anything by Douglas Adams
Ender series and Lost Boys - Orson Scott Card

all I can think of right now..but I know I have more. [img]smile.gif[/img]