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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
08-13-2007, 06:08 PM
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Location: MA, USA
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"You're Not You" by Michelle Wildgen.
"Perfect Match" and "The Tenth Circle" by Jodi Picoult.
(I always tend to read a handful of books all at once.)
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08-13-2007, 08:05 PM
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#1232
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stewart
Just don't let Mr Barker hear you say that. He prefers to call his genre 'the fantastic'.
And there is no master of horror. That's just hype tagged on. I agree that Barker is the better writer than King but when it comes to subject matter, they are not comparable. Sacrament is the best thing, by the way, Barker has written.
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Awesome! I'm so looking up this Sacrament book next after I finish Weaveworld  Thank you! |
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08-14-2007, 01:37 AM
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#1233
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Scribe
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: San Pedro, California
Gender: Male
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I'm in a bunch of different books at the moment. They are as follows:
On Writing - Stephen King
How to write a damn good novel - James Frey
Dynamic Characters - Nancy Kress
Phantom - Terry Goodkind
Most of these are technical books that I've been reading to help with my current project. The Goodkind book is my fun reading and a requisite for me to read before the final Sword of Truth book comes out.
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08-14-2007, 07:35 AM
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#1234
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brattleboro, Vermont
Gender: Male
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The Ruins by Scott Smith
Anybody else read it?
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08-14-2007, 11:18 AM
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#1235
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Scribe
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 93
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Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter
NightShift by Stephen King
On Writing By Stephen King (audio book on my ipod)
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08-15-2007, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Australia
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A walk in the woods - Bill Bryson
Is History Fiction - Two Australian Drs their names escape me at this point.
In the Lake of the Woods - Tim O'brien
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08-15-2007, 09:00 AM
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Some highway somewhere.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Heinz
A walk in the woods - Bill Bryson
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I love that book.
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08-15-2007, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Swadlincote, England
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Just finished Cell by Stephen King. Am now reading From a Buick 8, by Stephen King. For the third time.
I need some new books.
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08-15-2007, 10:57 AM
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Location: Brattleboro, Vermont
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rahvin
Just finished Cell by Stephen King. Am now reading From a Buick 8, by Stephen King. For the third time.
I need some new books.
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From a Buick 8 is in the top 3 for his works books ever written. Cell could be in my top 3 possibly for worst, although some people do like this book. I love stephein King, but Buick was just sooo bad. |
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08-15-2007, 06:30 PM
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Adept Writer
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Just switched gears. I'm now reading 41 Short Stories by O'Henry.
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08-15-2007, 07:52 PM
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Just finished reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman again, and starting on Neverwhere by him. American Gods is amazing, highly recomended.
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08-15-2007, 08:06 PM
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Someone said On Writing. I read that. Pretty good advice in there.
I'm reading The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner and I must say I'm thoroughly confused.
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08-15-2007, 11:16 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Just finished reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman again, and starting on Neverwhere by him. American Gods is amazing, highly recomended.
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Very nice books , i read NeverWhere twice and American Gods three times. Never can get bored of those books ^_^ |
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08-17-2007, 12:37 AM
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Location: usa
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Dry by Augustin Burroughs. I recently read two books of his essays, which I always see in airport bookstores. They are so dryly funny, mixed with some tragic stuff. I enjoy his writing so much, although the book Running with Scissors was a downer to read, without as much humor to relieve the stress of reading some of this guy's more upsetting experiences.
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08-18-2007, 12:34 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, The End of Faith by Sam Harris, Klingon for the Galactic Traveler by Marc Okrand, and Star Trek Corps of Engineers: Grand Designs.
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