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I like the book 5 greatest warriors.

mattyrm wrote:Top 5....

Razzle
Readers Wives
Fat and Feisty
Asian Babes
50+


They count as books right?

Only in the loosest sense mattyrm! But great choices none the less

My personal favourites are:
Christine
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Jaws
Imajica
Good Omens

All pretty damn fine books. Clive Barker is an excellent writer and Good Omens is comic genius....

LordofHats wrote:Some people probably find it weird, but I really enjoy Kelly Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. Contemporary Fantasy is a genre I've become very fond off. Sadly many examples are rather pathetic *glares at Twilight and shakes fist* or just not my style.

Have you read her book Men of the otherworld.

My favorite is
The Summoner, book 1 in the chronicles of the necromancer, by Gail Z Martin
In second, third, fourth and fifth place are:
2nd, The blood king
3rd, The dark lady's chosen
4th, Dark Haven
all from the same series,
5, The Sworn, also by Gail Z Martin, but in her new series.

I enjoy a variety of literature...some of my tops would include..

Slaughterhouse 5--Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange--Anthony Burgess
World War Z--Max Brooks
God is Dead--Nietzche
Wonderland Avenue--Danny Sugerman
The Warriors--Sol Yurick
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Story of the Eye- Georges Bataille
The Devils Notebook--Anton LeVay
The Cat in the Hat--Dr. Seuss.

Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

I also enjoyed the Eric Nylund Halo books, and I'm currently half way through the Eisenhorn Series by Dan Abnett. Jurassic Park 1&2 by Michael Crichton were awesome as well.

What no love for Terry Pratchett?

Anyway..
LotR Tolkien
The Silmarillion Tolkien
The Tolkien reader, guess who... yep Tolkien
A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin
Going Postal. Terry Pratchet
and many more.

There was at least one post mentioning Pratchett.

One that I read recently while I was in Spain shot up in my favourtie books of all time, Winter Warriors by David Gemmell.

Cracking read.

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.

I can't help but re-read a chapter or two every time I come across my copy.

FITZZ wrote: I enjoy a variety of literature...some of my tops would include..

Slaughterhouse 5--Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange--Anthony Burgess
World War Z--Max Brooks
God is Dead--Nietzche
Wonderland Avenue--Danny Sugerman
The Warriors--Sol Yurick
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Story of the Eye- Georges Bataille
The Devils Notebook--Anton LeVay
The Cat in the Hat--Dr. Seuss.

I would never have pegged you as a Dr. Seuss man, FITZZ. You just never cease to surprise!

rubiksnoob wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I enjoy a variety of literature...some of my tops would include..

Slaughterhouse 5--Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange--Anthony Burgess
World War Z--Max Brooks
God is Dead--Nietzche
Wonderland Avenue--Danny Sugerman
The Warriors--Sol Yurick
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Story of the Eye- Georges Bataille
The Devils Notebook--Anton LeVay
The Cat in the Hat--Dr. Seuss.

I would never have pegged you as a Dr. Seuss man, FITZZ. You just never cease to surprise!

..There is much philosophical and social wisdom to be found in the works of Dr. Seuss.

The Sandman comics - Niel Gaiman
Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton-Ellis
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Neuromancer - William Gibson

Obviously the Horus heresy series is up there

Recently read the Hunger Games series and must say, not bad.

Salamanders books by Nick Kyme are great.

Have there been any books on the Raven Guard? Cause that would be awesome if someone knew.

Jurassic Park.
A. Because I am a dino nut.
B. It has a really good storyline
C. Because I am a dino nut.

FITZZ wrote:

rubiksnoob wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I enjoy a variety of literature...some of my tops would include..

Slaughterhouse 5--Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange--Anthony Burgess
World War Z--Max Brooks
God is Dead--Nietzche
Wonderland Avenue--Danny Sugerman
The Warriors--Sol Yurick
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Story of the Eye- Georges Bataille
The Devils Notebook--Anton LeVay
The Cat in the Hat--Dr. Seuss.

I would never have pegged you as a Dr. Seuss man, FITZZ. You just never cease to surprise!

..There is much philosophical and social wisdom to be found in the works of Dr. Seuss.

I agree
Wholteheartedly
With the use
of Dr Seuss
But his rhymes
Can at times
Be a bore
And nothing more.

It's just what I think
He drives me to the brink
Of my sanity
It's an oddity
But to me it just means
What I read only seems
To constantly nauseate
Until it is far too late.

Turkeysaurus_Rex wrote:Jurassic Park.
A. Because I am a dino nut.
B. It has a really good storyline
C. Because I am a dino nut.

You sir have a very good taste!
I am also a Dino nut and would like to have a discussion about them with you. Also yes the story is brilliant, the only problem I find with it is the movies (even though they are my favourite trilogy) is that they over size and give the dinosaurs wrong names. All in all totally brilliant book

Therunabout wrote:

Turkeysaurus_Rex wrote:Jurassic Park.
A. Because I am a dino nut.
B. It has a really good storyline
C. Because I am a dino nut.

You sir have a very good taste!
I am also a Dino nut and would like to have a discussion about them with you. Also yes the story is brilliant, the only problem I find with it is the movies (even though they are my favourite trilogy) is that they over size and give the dinosaurs wrong names. All in all totally brilliant book

T-rexes ate coconuts.

Discuss.

Avatar 720 wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

rubiksnoob wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I enjoy a variety of literature...some of my tops would include..

Slaughterhouse 5--Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange--Anthony Burgess
World War Z--Max Brooks
God is Dead--Nietzche
Wonderland Avenue--Danny Sugerman
The Warriors--Sol Yurick
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Story of the Eye- Georges Bataille
The Devils Notebook--Anton LeVay
The Cat in the Hat--Dr. Seuss.

I would never have pegged you as a Dr. Seuss man, FITZZ. You just never cease to surprise!

..There is much philosophical and social wisdom to be found in the works of Dr. Seuss.

I agree
Wholteheartedly
With the use
of Dr Seuss
But his rhymes
Can at times
Be a bore
And nothing more.

It's just what I think
He drives me to the brink
Of my sanity
It's an oddity
But to me it just means
What I read only seems
To constantly nauseate
Until it is far too late.

... ..." I meant what I said, and I said what I meant...Dr Seuss is quiet deep...100 percent.."


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Avatar 720 wrote:

Therunabout wrote:

Turkeysaurus_Rex wrote:Jurassic Park.
A. Because I am a dino nut.
B. It has a really good storyline
C. Because I am a dino nut.

You sir have a very good taste!
I am also a Dino nut and would like to have a discussion about them with you. Also yes the story is brilliant, the only problem I find with it is the movies (even though they are my favourite trilogy) is that they over size and give the dinosaurs wrong names. All in all totally brilliant book

T-rexes ate coconuts.

Discuss.

I was actually hoping someone would make this connection...well done Avatar.

Avatar 720 wrote:

Therunabout wrote:

Turkeysaurus_Rex wrote:Jurassic Park.
A. Because I am a dino nut.
B. It has a really good storyline
C. Because I am a dino nut.

You sir have a very good taste!
I am also a Dino nut and would like to have a discussion about them with you. Also yes the story is brilliant, the only problem I find with it is the movies (even though they are my favourite trilogy) is that they over size and give the dinosaurs wrong names. All in all totally brilliant book

T-rexes ate coconuts.

Discuss.

You silly man they did'nt eat coconuts, they ate coco. Common mistake though

Therunabout wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:

Therunabout wrote:

Turkeysaurus_Rex wrote:Jurassic Park.
A. Because I am a dino nut.
B. It has a really good storyline
C. Because I am a dino nut.

You sir have a very good taste!
I am also a Dino nut and would like to have a discussion about them with you. Also yes the story is brilliant, the only problem I find with it is the movies (even though they are my favourite trilogy) is that they over size and give the dinosaurs wrong names. All in all totally brilliant book

T-rexes ate coconuts.

Discuss.

You silly man they did'nt eat coconuts, they ate coco. Common mistake though

... Your obviously new here...someone fetch this fellow a link..

Pffft...Ill do it myself...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/347706.page

Yeah I am sorry, I didn't relise there was some inside joke. :(

Therunabout wrote:Yeah I am sorry, I didn't relise there was some inside joke. :(

No worries man...welcome to Dakka...and watch out for the T-rexs..

FITZZ wrote:

Therunabout wrote:Yeah I am sorry, I didn't relise there was some inside joke. :(

No worries man...welcome to Dakka...and watch out for the T-rexs..

"Now Fitz", said the pumpkin,
Don't be a fool-
You'll never find T-Rex
In McElligott's pool.

DukeBadham wrote:Have you read her book Men of the otherworld.

I've read almost every book in the series, and the Darkest Powers spin offs. The only one's I've skipped over are the ones that feature Hope Adams and Jamie Vegas as narrators as neither character really interests me. I find Elena and Paige more interesting, and Savannah's two books are a interesting change of pace from Kelly's usual crisis of the week style.

FITZZ wrote:

Therunabout wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:

Therunabout wrote:

Turkeysaurus_Rex wrote:Jurassic Park.
A. Because I am a dino nut.
B. It has a really good storyline
C. Because I am a dino nut.

You sir have a very good taste!
I am also a Dino nut and would like to have a discussion about them with you. Also yes the story is brilliant, the only problem I find with it is the movies (even though they are my favourite trilogy) is that they over size and give the dinosaurs wrong names. All in all totally brilliant book

T-rexes ate coconuts.

Discuss.

You silly man they did'nt eat coconuts, they ate coco. Common mistake though

... Your obviously new here...someone fetch this fellow a link..

Pffft...Ill do it myself...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/347706.page

Hah!!! You got to love how they try to explain these things. Now if they could explain the remains of other dinos found inside T-Rex skeletons, the T-Rex bite marks on other dino skeletons and the 65-67 million year age of the skeletons...

But thats for another thread

I can't pick favourites, there's too much out there to narrow down! I'm a big fan of Chuck Palahniuk, (just finshed Haunted- win sauce!) and i enjoy a bit of Richard Morgan too. Highly recommend the Takeshi Kovacs stories, great stuff!

IT by Stephen King. The book i have read the most times. Followed by Lord of the Rings and Playboy's Girls of McDonalds.

Children of DUNE, or PAUL of DUNE

You know, I've tried reading the LOTR series, but couldn't get into it. I read about half of The Fellowship, and stopped....it was just so boring. I'm assuming they get better after the first book? Should I try to re-read them?

Sorry, it just seems that every other person lists the LOTR as one of their favorites.

Almost forgot