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SpeedKills:
Damn... didn't see any philosophy here:
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche
An amazing book on morals. It's probably one of the most important books ever written.
Why I Am Not a Christian - Bertrand Russell
More than anti-religious, it's a very compassionate look at rational thought and science.
The Dialogues of Plato
Yeah! Ancient Greek, son!
Morgia:
--- Quote from: TeeEi on December 25, 2008, 08:04:29 PM ---Great books beyond mainstream ;)
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers. It's funny, exciting, easy to read, satiric, whimsical and very, very imaginativ :)
Borderliners by Peter Hoeg. It fetching, little bit surreal, philosophical and thought-provoking. Maybe you're thinkg of matrix or serial experiments lain. But borderliners is very different. Less spectacular and more confusing ;)
Momo by Michael Ende. It's a book for children and for adult (I mean it seriously! :P ). It's imaginative, intense, of course easy to read, but in its own special way sophisticated (for both children and adult - and it's not that easy :P ).
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Wow... I never imagined Walter Moers was translated into english... you should try out his comics like "little asshole" "better living with the little asshole" etc.
Another great fantasy series would be "The chronicles of Amber" by Roger Zelazny... it's about the royal family of the side of order, called "Amber"...every reality including our own world is just another veil towards chaos - the other extreme. 10 Volumes, whereas 5 are about Corwin of Amber and 5 about his son Merlin. Completed
If you like erotic fantasy novels I'd highly recommend the black dagger series by J.R.Ward ...really hot stuff I couldn't put away... 6 Volumes so far... there's even a little plot between the sex... overall a very nice read. Ongoing. Ah yeah... and not only for women... my boyfriend enjoyed them as well ^^
I'm a little surprised that nobody mentioned "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov so far... if you've seen the movie... never mind - the book is completely different. It's a collection of short stories that evolve around the three laws of robotics and about how they can be bent or what problems they can cause.
What I've just begun to read, but was recommended highly towards me were books by Sherrylin Kenyon (gods of the underworld saga)
and The Night huntress novels by Jeanine Frost. Both Ongoing.
Ah... I forgot... I don't know whether it was translated in english, but "das Parfum" by Patrick Süskind is very good stuff as well
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: Morgia on January 29, 2009, 06:15:23 PM ---Another great fantasy series would be "The chronicles of Amber" by Roger Zelazny... it's about the royal family of the side of order, called "Amber"...every reality including our own world is just another veil towards chaos - the other extreme. 10 Volumes, whereas 5 are about Corwin of Amber and 5 about his son Merlin. Completed
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I always liked Zelazny... I first read the "Amber" series about 20 years ago. I've also got a collection of his short stories called "The Last Defender of Camelot" that I really enjoyed, too. One of the stories in that particular collection, "Damnation Alley," was actually made into a bad movie in the late 70s.
Any of the "classic" authors are great to read. Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen, Philip Jose Farmer, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, just to name a few, were some of my favorite authors back when I was kid.
Fatigue Guy:
My list of good books to recommend to you.
1.The Judas Strain by James Rollins
2.The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell
3.The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
4.The Map of Moments: A Novel of the Hidden Cities by Christopher Golden
babybluez287:
well idk if anyone mentioned this before ,
Trudi Canavan - Priestest of the white (3 book series ) [fantasy adventure , full of heroes , gods , magic and forbidden love ]
Last of the wilds
(i forgot the last book's tittle)
Philip Reveeve - Mortal Engines [interesting book for young adults ]
More of fantasy type than the serious stuff
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