Reccomend us some books to read

[gimp]

I encourage anyone to read the entire Hitchhikers Guide..

I was going to say the same thing. I read the first one a while back and I just got the whole thing to read again. Very entertaining.

[wetwrks]

For good fantasy look to
The Black Company novels (Glen Cook) - merc company in a fantasy setting
The Amber Chronicles (Roger Zelazny) - sci fi/fantasy politics
The Royal Assassin (The Farseer trillogy by Robin Hobb) - psychalogical warfare
The Magicians' Guild (Trudi Canavan) - Harry Potter for older "kids"


For Good Sci Fi look to
Any Bolo novel - uber tanks (including sentient tanks)
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) - raising the child commander
anything by Philip K. Dick

[iambored]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Beowulf. Good fantesy/epic legend. If you read find a translation or learn old English. About a guy killing a monster, the monster's mother then a dragon as he rises to become a glorious king.

[wjr]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Beowulf. Good fantesy/epic legend. If you read find a translation or learn old English. About a guy killing a monster, the monster's mother then a dragon as he rises to become a glorious king.

Read the translation by Seamus Heany. It's the mist recent translation and supposedly the best.

For Sci-Fi books, you're not going to get any better then the Lord of the Rings trilogy (as well as the Silmarilion and other notes) and the Dune series. Only read the Dune books Frank Herbert wrote- the ones written by his son are utter crap.

[WaffleBaron]

1984
Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way (Only $5!)
If Chins Could Kill

[Eagle]

Flight of the Old Dog by Dale Brown. a B-52 bombs the crap out of a Soviet SDI facility. Kind of Clancy-ish, but isolated to mostly the Air Force angle.

The Lessons of Terror by Caleb Carr. A history of terrorism
Sputnik by Paul Dickson. Lead up and the resulting historic, political, military, and scientific ramafacations

[rkjunior303]

Ender's Game was a great one.

[Thordic]

The Lessons of Terror by Caleb Carr. A history of terrorism

I havn't read this one, but now I need to. Caleb Carr is a pretty good writer.

[Pacifist_Farmer]

Do yourself a favor, go download the list of Hugo and Nebula award winning books/stories, and read them all.

Quickest way to find a good book in my opinion.

[Empyreal Rogue]

Can manga count?

[robnix]

Anything by Alistair Reynolds. Century Rain is a good place to start.

[Caboose]

I enjoy Oliver North books as well as C.S. Lewis.

[Soopa Villain17]

in all seriousness , read Mein Kampf if you want something non-fiction.

[SCpoloRicker]

in all seriousness , read Mein Kampf if you want something non-fiction.

For the Godwin.

/wrote a 50 page thesis on Hitler
//so I'm getting a kick out of this reply

[Soopa Villain17]

For the Godwin.

/wrote a 50 page thesis on Hitler
//so I'm getting a kick out of this reply

well for once im not trying to be a wiseguy , im just reccomending a good book.