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Sosseres:
--- Quote from: Ixarku on July 12, 2010, 11:30:22 PM ---Coincidentally, I've got "Old Man's War" and "The Ghost Brigades" sitting in my 'waiting-to-be-read' pile. I may hit those next after I finish Peter F. Hamilton's "The Temporal Void".
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That should probably do nicely since they are totally different kinds of space opera. I also like Hamilton, even if he sometimes feels a tad heavy.
Ixarku:
I'm a pretty big fan of Hamilton. I think he's finally starting to hit his stride. His Greg Mandel books weren't bad. Nights Dawn was better, with a lot of great ideas, but I think a lot of his characterizations were weak -- partially the consequence of having an ensemble cast of characters. In the Commonwealth Saga, he found a better balance between the grand story arc and the struggles of each character, and I think in the Void trilogy he's honed his characterizations even a bit further.
Of course, the real point of interest in Hamilton's stuff is his world-building and his portrayal of how technological advances affect the societies he constructs. But, in the Void trilogy, my favorite part is actually the fantasy story within the main story (ie, the Waterwalker's story). I'm actually more interested in the Waterwalker than in the main narrative!
Soryon:
Ernest Hemmingway - The Sun Also Rises
Richard Adams - The Plague Dogs
Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
John Grogan - Marley and Me
Ira Glass - The New Kings of Nonfiction (this is a collection of short stories)
Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment
just a few off the top of my head that were really good.
GregD:
A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski (I've heard it compared as a "tame" Pale Fire, so I would check out Pale Fire as well if you like HoL.)
Misery - Stephen King
A lot of Terry Pratchett.
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller (Very, VERY funny book.)
I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting.
Killbasas:
Glen Cook Black company series.
Davif Gemel Druss the Legend series (actually the whole Drenei saga)
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