readers out there???

[eTiMaGo]

I don't read anywhere as much as I used to... But I just finished The Salmon of Doubt, basically a collection of odds and ends and a few chapters of a new book that Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) was writing before he died... He was a very most interesting person!

Or else, I usually read a variety of stuff, but favorite authors are Dean Koontz, Michael Chrichton, Clive Cussler. Tom Clancy too, very thick, long-winded books, best value for money

Or else, bathroom reading are magazines like Import Tuner, Sport Compact Car, etc...

[death is my gift]

Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

I really enjoyed Manson in His Own Words, Squeaky The Life and Times of Lynette Fromme, Fassbinder, Desperate Visions, Patty Hearst:Her Own Story, Disco Bloodbath

Disco Bloodbath is one of my favorite books.

[brickhardmeat]

Originally Posted by death is my gift

Disco Bloodbath is one of my favorite books.

I was a part of that scene back in the 90's.

I met many of those people including James St. James. I was with him in the VIP room at a party here in Dallas and he over dosed on K and had to be carried out of the place. Ah, those were the days.

[ChinoCharles]

Ewww, the K hole.

[death is my gift]

Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

I was a part of that scene back in the 90's.

I met many of those people including James St. James. I was with him in the VIP room at a party here in Dallas and he over dosed on K and had to be carried out of the place. Ah, those were the days.

that wave hit new orleans and i was all over those parties.

i write to michael in jail

[brickhardmeat]

Originally Posted by death is my gift

that wave hit new orleans and i was all over those parties.

i write to michael in jail

ha, I have a letter from Micheal from '99 but I did not keep up, I see Brooke H around town sometimes but she has always been such a cunt, Richie Rich has been to town a few times in recent years but that whole scene is such a joke to me now

I caught the coat tails of the whole thing ....'94 '95 '96 FIN

[kurokoma-kun]

I ended up with an English degree, so for a long time it was hard to even read for read for fun

I like science fiction, just finished Kim Stanley Robinson's Red, Blue, Green Mars trilogy about future colonization of red planet. Spend a lot of time reading comic books--I MEAN graphic novels--too, most recently Neil Gaiman's Sandman series (again). Also like cooking and gardening and art and history and mythology and cartography (maps) books. Too much fiction to list, but I still like stories about the US South and 19th/20th-century American culture best I guess.

Not the biggest political expert but would like to read Obama's book.

[Slummy]

I've usually got my nose in a book. Right now I'm reading a compilation of short scifi stories from 1924-1962. Its pretty wild reading stuff from that time period, you might even say "daffy".

I read a lot from Stephen King, James Rollins, Lee Child and Dean Koontz.

[fu_im_from_texas]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

...Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

pot-heads bible...ha

check out "A Confederacy of Dunces" by Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide. The book was published through the efforts of the writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a revealing foreword) and Toole's mother, quickly becoming a cult classic. Toole posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the book in 1981. It is an important part of the 'modern canon' of Southern literature.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by joey1320

brave new world is on my nightstand, i have tried to read it in the past but never had the time to dedicate to it. so i finally got it out of the shelf and i'm getting into it again.

also "the giver"(sorry forgot the author) great book. kind of follows your suggestions.

The Giver is by Lois Lowry, my wife has it in our mini Library
She is a big Dean Koontz fan and has 99% of his books if you like thrillers, here are a few she suggest

The Odd Thomas trillogy (Odd Thomas, Forever Odd & Brother Odd)
False Memory
Twilight Eyes

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

The Giver is by Lois Lowry, my wife has it in our mini Library
She is a big Dean Koontz fan and has 99% of his books if you like thrillers, here are a few she suggest

The Odd Thomas trillogy (Odd Thomas, Forever Odd & Brother Odd)
False Memory
Twilight Eyes

Brother Odd? Is that a recent one? Never seen it before, off to the bookstore I must go!

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by fu_im_from_texas

check out "A Confederacy of Dunces" by Toole

This is awesome. I was just about to put this book up here as well!
Excellent literary taste, I must say!

[kurokoma-kun]

Originally Posted by tk-421

This is awesome. I was just about to put this book up here as well!
Excellent literary taste, I must say!

Agreed!

[joey1320]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

The Giver is by Lois Lowry, my wife has it in our mini Library
She is a big Dean Koontz fan and has 99% of his books if you like thrillers, here are a few she suggest

The Odd Thomas trillogy (Odd Thomas, Forever Odd & Brother Odd)
False Memory
Twilight Eyes

actually i'm a big fan of Dean Koontz. i have about 10 of his books.

Velocity
The door to December
Intensity
Midnight
and some other titles.

The one thing about Dean Koontz is that one you have read more than 5-6 of his books they all tend to merge into one. you can't tell the difference from one to the other. That's why i'm not reading his work as much.

but nonetheless a great writer.

[joey1320]

also Lorenzo Carcateras' Sleepers- great book.
the movie was ok but the book is awesome!!!

[Yaris Revenge]

"Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind. Yeah, it starts off like "Lord of the Rings" and "The Wheel of Time", but it becomes it's own story very quickly, and is probably my favorite of all time. The final book comes out this summer! Goodkind catches some flak for mixing his strong political views into a fantasy world, but that's actually what I like about it... makes it more real. Some pretty adult subject matters, too.

Greg Keyes' "Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone" series is pretty cool as well. The atmosphere is very Lovecraft. Creepy!

And of course, Harry Potter and Eragon.

For those of you who have read Eragon, did you notice it's basically a re-hashing of the Star Wars (episode 3) plot? I was a bit disappointed when I realized that, but what can you expect from a 16 year-old?

BTW, for any avid Sci-Fi/fantasy readers out there who don't already know about this, go to www.sfbc.com. The Science Fiction Book Club is an awesome deal... hard back books for half price, and dirt-cheap shipping. I've been a member for a long time now, and zero complaints.

~YR

[Black Yaris]

I do not read books I am dislexic as all hell.... I can not get more than a page or 2 in before I get too frustated.... pointless for me to read for entertainment

[kurokoma-kun]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

I do not read books I am dislexic as all hell.... I can not get more than a page or 2 in before I get too frustated.... pointless for me to read for entertainment

This is same reason I do not do math for fun...