BOOKS!

[moonslav59]

Two of the best non-fiction books I ever read are Unbroken and Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand. She does such a great job of pulling you into the story and rooting for the characters. I don't even care about horse racing, but I was on the edge of my seat with the will they/won't they? tussle to have Seabiscuit race War Admiral. The other book is an absolutely ridiculous story of courage and the will to survive.

It's too bad that she has a debilitating illness, I hope she gets round to writing another book some day.

Have you ever read Barbara Kingsolver?

[Northern Star]

Have you ever read Barbara Kingsolver?

No.

[Northern Star]

When it comes to sci fi, Robert Heinlein is still my favorite. But it helps if you like your sci fi to be loaded with socio-politico-theological commentary. Otherwise, H Beam Piper wrote only one series, but it was very good. And for silliness, Frederic Brown's "Martians Go Home" or Karel Capek's "War with the Newts"...

I couldn't get into Heinlein at all. His style irritated me.

[Bellhorn04]

I don't read any of that escapist junk any more. I only read serious literature that probes the depths of 'la condition humaine'.

[moonslav59]

No.

Try...

A Prodigal Summer

or

The Poison Wood Bible

(Bellhorn: both are "serious literature that probes the depths of 'la condition humaine.")

[Bellhorn04]

Try...

A Prodigal Summer

or

The Poison Wood Bible

(Bellhorn: both are "serious literature that probes the depths of 'la condition humaine.")

I will look into them.

[mvp 78]

Read Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen. I keep trying sci fi books, but it's just not my thing.

Currently reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. I'll be done with that one this week.

Finished the third Stormlight Archive book today. Have slowed down my reading due to vertigo.

[notin]

I don't read any of that escapist junk any more. I only read serious literature that probes the depths of 'la condition humaine'.

So.... just Penthouse Forum?

[Bellhorn04]

So.... just Penthouse Forum?

Not for a while LOL

But I did read Lolita a few years for the first time. What a great and twisted book. Nabokov was a beast of a writer, right up there at the top of the pyramid.

[cp176]

So.... just Penthouse Forum?

I think that a little imagination is still appreciated by some - These guys got nothing on D. H. Lawrence!

[notin]

I couldn't get into Heinlein at all. His style irritated me.

He can get very involved.

For a more direct writing style, I recommend the “Little Fuzzy” trilogy by H. Beam Piper. The biggest flaw in those books in my eyes is that the titles are more reminiscent of a children’s picture book...

[Northern Star]

He can get very involved.

For a more direct writing style, I recommend the “Little Fuzzy” trilogy by H. Beam Piper. The biggest flaw in those books in my eyes is that the titles are more reminiscent of a children’s picture book...

Thanks, haven't heard of that author. The one I've read the most is Philip K Dick, and I think his prose is very poor. I've read a couple of Greg Bear books as well, and had the same conclusion but in a different sense.

[Northern Star]

Not for a while LOL

But I did read Lolita a few years for the first time. What a great and twisted book. Nabokov was a beast of a writer, right up there at the top of the pyramid.

If I recall correctly, English wasn't Nabokov's first language, but his prose is extremely good.

[Northern Star]

Oh, sci-fi, how could I forget Patrick Lee? I've read all his books and they are complete mindfucks. Really cool stories.

[Bellhorn04]

If I recall correctly, English wasn't Nabokov's first language, but his prose is extremely good.

He's one of the great stylistic masters IMHO. And he really enjoyed getting into the mind of the psychotic, for some reason. I've only read 3 of his novels, and in each one the protagonist either commits a murder or plans one.