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several people discuss their favs in that thread AFAIK. I don't know that you're going to get as much info with a new thread here as you could get there.

Anything written by chuck palahniuk

Haunted is a good one if youre looking for short stories...

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman for escapism.

I know ya gots a poorly hand, so here's a link to amazon for you

I often use heavy reading as a form of escapism

if u like fast pace, action, etc have a look here:
http://www.matthewreilly.com/

mjrpes wrote:I often use heavy reading as a form of escapism

Yea I think I fall into that category too.

Any book by John Grisham.

Neal Stephenson's earlier work is some proper nerd crack.

Vurt, Pollen, Nymphomation & Needle in the Groove by Jeff Noon. Psychedelic cyberpunk from an author with a fantastic imagination and a love of wordplay; there's a strong Alice influence throughout his stuff. Indeed, he wrote his own Alice book, Automated Alice, but that's not really an easy read. Fantastically weird ideas, but hard to wrap your head around.

Any of the original R. E Howard Conan stuff, but Conan of Cimmeria is the best collection. Short, sharp bursts of high adventure that a lot of modern fantasy owes a great deal to.

In keeping with the Conan vibe, H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu books, "At the Mountains of Madness" in particular. You wouldn't immediately associate Cthulhu with Conan, but the monsters have the same sort of mysterious dread to them, and Howard & Lovecraft wrote to each other quite a bit and even collaborated on a few pieces here and there.

And for easily digestible books with a smidgeon of social commentary and a whole lot of humour, you can't go wrong with Pratchett. Small Gods is quite possibly my favourite of his, although I'm also fond of his ongoing Guards and Witches story arcs.

Mat Linnett wrote: Any of the original R. E Howard Conan stuff, but Conan of Cimmeria is the best collection. Short, sharp bursts of high adventure that a lot of modern fantasy owes a great deal to.

:icon14: Definitely. Btw, his old house is about 40 miles from here. Been meaning to stop in and look at it.

don't forget to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and drop by the local PTA to hear the lamentation of the women :icon14:

I'm reading "Name of the Wind" right now by patrick rothfuss. first book he's written, typical sci-fi fantasy stuff, but it has gotten very good reviews from what I've seen and reads pretty well.

Just finished "Bad Luck and trouble" the latest Lee Child book about jack reacher.
I'd recommend any of the Lee Child books in the Reacher series (there are several now). They are fast reads, some real page-turners.

seremtan wrote:don't forget to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and drop by the local PTA to hear the lamentation of the women :icon14:

Damn it I've heard it but can't remember........


Was it SNL by chance?

seremtan wrote:don't forget to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and drop by the local PTA to hear the lamentation of the women :icon14:

The movies don't do the books justice. :icon26:

The Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett; pretty good action/suspense.

Airs Above The Ground - Mary Stewart - Mystery. This one is light reading. Stewart gives a bit of history in her books which makes them better reading (at least to me).

Heinlein is good too - I liked "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" but you do have to get use to the way it's written.

I can only recommend the books by Eiji Yoshikawa. Musashi, Taiko, The Heike Story, they're all awesome.

R00k wrote:

seremtan wrote:don't forget to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and drop by the local PTA to hear the lamentation of the women :icon14:

Damn it I've heard it but can't remember........


Was it SNL by chance?

Conan, what is best in life?

Zimbo wrote:I can only recommend the books by Eiji Yoshikawa. Musashi, Taiko, The Heike Story, they're all awesome.

:icon6:

I think they're novel adaptations of his love interest.

American Psycho -- a satire on New York yuppie life, circa 1980s. Hillarious

theoneandonly wrote:i fucked up my whole left hand

You'll just have to use onehandonly.

Ryoki wrote:

Zimbo wrote:I can only recommend the books by Eiji Yoshikawa. Musashi, Taiko, The Heike Story, they're all awesome.

:icon6:

What?

hhmm its summer now ey?

prolly break out the nancy drews and hardy boyes'