Right. There's a movie topic, song topic and a Games Corner. So why not start a topic for books and comic books?

So, here it is. Here we can talk about what book/comic book you have read lately. What, you read something, that is in your country only (for example, a book by Dutch author, not known anywhere else)? Post it anyway, if you found it interesting!

I'll post the one I'm reading now later.

Has anybody read the Asimov's books? If yes which one of them? I read every book that is in the Robot-Empire-Foundation timeline as well as the David Starr series.

Of course DISCWORLD :). I'm now reading "Science of Discworld" pretty hard book :P.

From comics (online) I've discovered yesterday Monkey Island Link

I must say I didn't like "Science..." - I like the normal Discworld books more. And I didn't knew there are Monkey Island comics! Thanks! I start reading. :)

Unfortunately, I haven't read Asimov yet. :( But I'll do what I can to read it!

As for me, I'm reading "The Codex" ("Testament") by Douglas Preston. It's about three sons of Maxwell Broadbent, the treasure seeker and tomb raider, who burried himself in an unknown place with his treasure, worth five hundred million $... Of course, his three sons have to find him, if they want to get it.

Yeah the Science is sometimes so difficult to understand that I'm getting headache.
Comics are based on two first chapters of Monkey Island, so if you played the game , you will feel like in home.

I've read the Foundation series of books, I just finished reading Foundation and Earth the other day as a mater of fact. I've also read Robots and Empire and a few others that I can't think of off the top of my head.

As a seperate question, does anyone here read Raymond E Feist or David Eddings? and if so, which do you prefer?

I find I prefer David Eddings more as a fantasy writer that Feist. While Feist is (In my opinion) a damn good writer, his characters can get a little two-dimentional, also he also focuses on a single "universe" for a better lack of a term. Eddings, I find, works in quite a lot of humour into his works, which are many and varied. Also, his use of varied worlds keeps most of his works fresh. </English Essay>

Something awesome now.The best book ever.

Jeremy Clarkson-"World According To Clarkson"

You gotta read this!The most absurdal british humour ever and also interesting,cynical notices about different counties and cultures.And blaming Tony Blair.Pure fun,I gotta say. :D

I'm going to start reading second book of Piers Anthonys Xanth series in few days.
Anybody knows it ? :D

BTW cool avatar Alexa :)

Treasure Island is the best reading adventure I had! :arr: It's so classic and memorable! :D It's full of some of the coolest characters :lol: and it has rum...lots and lots of rum! :P :bottomsup:

I read all 12 of the Darren Shan vampire stories.You should read them they're really exciting :)


BTW,I like your new avatar Alexa ^_^

Yeah, I know it. I read three books of it - and that's all I'm going to read from that series. I just don't like that author.

At the moment I'm reading "Przedwiośnie" (Approach of Spring, as Wikipedia says) by Stefan Żeromski. Not a bad book. Better than "Ludzie bezdomni", at least.

And a nice avatar, Alexa :)

OK, I'm double-posting, but I decided to bring to life a dead topic.

Lately I read many good books - Philip K. Dick's "The Man of the High Castle", Terry Pratchett's "The Fifth Elephant", Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", Zofia Nałkowska's "Granica" (...OK, this wasn't a good book) and - at the moment - Guy Gavriel Kay's "The Last Light of the Sun". I love that writer - if any of you have read his "Lions of Al-Rassan", you'll love this one.

I'm now reading only Terry Pratchett's books ( I want to catch them all )

I've finished "Reaper Man"

AND I HAVE MY FIRST FAN STUFF

DISCWORLD MAPP

Ok i've suddenly had an explosion of reading interest as of yesterday. I've never been much of a reader but now i'm pretty interested in trying stuff out. What i'm mostly looking for is fiction books about treasure seekers/adventurers. What's caught my eye is "King Solomon's Mines", and more books from Robert Louis Stevenson(who wrote Treasure Island).

I've just read Quenta Silmarillon....I mean The Silmarils,again :D
Even after the 5th time,its still great :)

Ah, Quenta Silmarillion... this was a very beautiful story... :wub:

As for me, I was reading recently books by Guy Gavriel Kay - "The Fionavar Tapestry" trilogy (about five students of Toronto Universtity, who, with a help of the mage Loren, find their way to Fionavar, the first of worlds - just to discover that they are needed there to defeat the dark god, Rakoth Maugrim, who has broken free of his bonds) and "Tigana" (one of Kay's best books, telling about a land of Tigana, whose citizens, defeated by a wizard king, are cursed - no one beside those, who were born before the final battle in Tigana, can hear the name of it - few of the Tigana descendants decide to kill the wizard, for this is the only way to undo this spell).

I'm gonna get Tigana :wub: I was looking on a website...it looks awesome! :lol:

I'll have to read these very soon :D

Books I want to read soon:
Treasure Island(again):Robert Luis Stevenson
Kidnapped: RLS
Around The World In 80 Days
Moby Dick
Tigana
King Solomon's Mine's

I have a love for Heroic Epics, that leaves me with mythology, and fantasy very quickly.

Favorite books of mine include
Gilgamesh
the raising of Hephaisteus (From greek mythology, not a specific book)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
the farseer trilogy (Robin Hobb, really, these are the best!)
Protector, by Roel Konijnendijk (I'm a proof reader, it's not finished yet.)

i read Raymond E. Feist but thought it was crap.

I've read all magic the gathering books except for one anthology, and can honestly say these are mostly crap. thouroughly enjoyed them though...(but when i start a series i want to finish it)

i read Tai Pan, and Noble House, by James Clavell, i can definately recommend those.

other than that i like some travellogues, Loved Michael Palin's "around the world in 80 days" (not the original) and thought that Nicholas Jubber's book "the prester's quest" was the absolute best.

and of course there's the Hitchhikers guide, books by Dumas, and Don quichotte.

right now i'm reading a book that was recommended to me, called "The Chronicles of thomas covenant"
and as i like childrens books I'm thinking about buying chronicles of narnia books.
and yes, i like harry potter books too.

Ah, "Farseer Trilogy" was splendid series. Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever is a very interesting series too.

Besides, I always highly recommend "Magic Kingdom of Landover" by Terry Brooks. It's about an American lawyer, Ben Holiday, who bought a magic kingdom named Landover, from an advert in newspaper... However the advert forgot to mention, that in this land is controlled by a dragon Strabo and witch Nightshade, and there is a demon lord, that wants to fight with Ben for the title of the land's ruler... Great for me.

I've recently read Ilium by Dan Simmons : it's a mix of Homer's Iliad (Ilium means Troy) and science fiction, and quite brilliant.

His Endymion/Hyperion series are excellent too, for who's interested.

A combo of Greek mythology and Science Fiction! :D Sounds awesome :welldone:

Just started reading Treasure Island again, the basis for who I am :mememe: You read that book you read me! :arr: Fantastic characters! ^_^

Aye, tis a great book :rulez:

i beg to differ, i read the first 3 chapters in the library (yes, in English) and can't say i actually like any of the characters, the movie was great though. perhaps the story is too, but not the way it is told.

The movie version starring Haiku McEwan?

I was thinking Treasure Planet myself :P

... yeah, I've seen both a very old (black and white) treasure island, and treasure planet, but it was the latter one i was referring to, the first one i can't really remember.

Frank Herbert's "Dune". It's said to be a Sci-fi masterpiece, and I cannot wait to dive right in! :lol:

1984...great book....I have finished it yesterday :D

* WAR IS PEACE
* FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
* IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

1984 was one of the first "grown-up" books I ever read. It took me like, 5 tries to get past thedirst chapter, and then I read it in a day. I should read it again, it's been a long time!

I just read The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowatt and just about laughed 'til I puked. One of the funniest books I've ever read!

I'm giving one of my friends BG&E for (late) Christmas, and another one a book Mairelon the Magician by Patricia Wrede.

I'm starting "King Solomons Mines"! Classic adventure set in Africa ;) Because of the time-period when it was written, it's got some...err racial stuff in it :P I'll bring ya guys back some diamonds! :lol:

how to rule de world, by andre de guilliame. it's taken as a comedy, although the author is serious. you should take it serious (partly), it will give you an edge.

Just reading two history books: Paul Elliot "Warrior Cults: A History of Magical, Mystical and Murderous Organizations" (about the secret brotherhoods: Greek cults, Roman cults, Templars, Assasins, Thugs of India, Ninja and Chinese Boxers - the book is pretty interesting) and David Cordingly's "Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates".

I'm actually not in the middle of any books right now. I'm staring at a big, intimidating pile, trying to decide where to start.

For the most part, I've been getting fairly thinky nonfiction lately, but right now what I really want is a fluffy fantasy novel.

Dune is absolutely amazing! :ahh: So much depth in the universe and i'm not even on the 100th page yet! :P

right now i'm reading the Planar chaos magic the gathering novel. I love the author for bringing back so many characters and places from the previous 30+ (maybe even 40+) books.

I love him for mending my broken heart. (i know, lil' gay.)
for I have the feeling sometimes I enjoyed the history of dominaria along with the characters, and shared their losses.

that said, MTG novels are ususally crappy.

Just picked up Robin Cook's Invasion. You can tell it's a sci-fi written by a doctor, heh.

i have finished "Solaris" written by Stanisław Lem