What should I read next?

[ericathepimp]

NOTE THAT I AM NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON A GOOD BOOK... I'M LOOKING FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO REVIEW, IF ANYTHING


I've only got two more True Blood and one more Twilight book to go to finish out my comparison of the two most popular vamp series out at the moment, which will definitely be done before the last weekend in August, maybe this upcoming weekend if I don't get too busy with other crap.

Now, in November, I'm going to pick up more Jim Butcher as it comes out in paperback (I hate buying hardcover). So, the question is whether or not there's anything else out there that you all would like to hear my opinion on.

An author?

A series?

My top pics?

Would you like for me to write haiku using primarily curse words?

I did see a possible next series when I was at Borders the other day, but if there are any requests (all of which MUST be fiction, none of which can be horror-esq enough to give me nightmares because I'm a little bitch, and nothing that would filed in the romance section because I'm not that much of a girl).

Or, if you'd rather I just shut my trap and let Felix do all the talking, feel free to say that too.

Thanks!

[ELROSS]

It's not his best, but I always reccomend Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. Great read, I have never had someone read this one and come back to me with a negative opinion. Suffers from his tendency to write an AMAZING story and then try to end it in three pages, but will definitly provide you with a good few nights read.

[GlennWebber]

Off the top of my head, check out Stephen Gould's "Jumper" (1992). If you saw last year's movie adaptation you'll be familiar with the premise, but that's where the similarity ends. The novel is a far more personal story, doesn't include the cheesy plotlines, and puts you in the main characters shoes much more effectively.

I've loaned this book to my niece, sister, and wife (all of whom are also of your gender) and they all enjoyed it. There's a podcast called The Kickass Mystic Ninjas who review/dissect older sci-fi books, movies, and series. They're a great source for material that one may have previously missed.

[ANBU]

From Orson Scott Card:  Ender's Game and Speaker For The Dead.  The series finish with Xenocide and Children of the Mind, but I don't love them like I do the first two.  Another I've loved that associated with the series is Ender's Shadow, basically the same timeline as the first book but from the perspective of Bean instead of Ender.  I enjoyed the rest of that series (4 books in all), but I don't think you're really missing anything

Piers Anthony:  On a Pale Horse.  The first book of the incarnation of immortality, 8 books total of which I've read 7.  Other books in the series that I enjoyed were on Fate, Nature, Satan & God, but since they're so interrelated you may as well read the books on Chronos & Mars.

[ericathepimp]

From Orson Scott Card:  Ender's Game and Speaker For The Dead.  The series finish with Xenocide and Children of the Mind, but I don't love them like I do the first two.  Another I've loved that associated with the series is Ender's Shadow, basically the same timeline as the first book but from the perspective of Bean instead of Ender.  I enjoyed the rest of that series (4 books in all), but I don't think you're really missing anything

Piers Anthony:  On a Pale Horse.  The first book of the incarnation of immortality, 8 books total of which I've read 7.  Other books in the series that I enjoyed were on Fate, Nature, Satan & God, but since they're so interrelated you may as well read the books on Chronos & Mars.

Alas, beat you to it on all counts.

If you all ever want to hear my tirade on how fucking disgusting a misogynist Piers Anthony is, let me know. I read the whole incarnations of immortality series, and it left me pitying a world that could create such a mind.

And I agree with the Shadow series by Orson Scott Card. Much, much better than the continuation of the actual Ender series for sure.

[ANBU]

I understand your view of Anthony, but I still love On A Pale Horse.

Other suggestions:

David Weber:  On Basilisk Station.  The following Honor Harrington books are pretty good as well..
RA Salvatore:  The Crystal Shard
Dan Brown:  any, really.  I enjoyed all of his books
Douglas Adams:  Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Robert Ludlum: The Bourne Series

[ericathepimp]

I understand your view of Anthony, but I still love On A Pale Horse.

Other suggestions:

David Weber:  On Basilisk Station.  The following Honor Harrington books are pretty good as well..
RA Salvatore:  The Crystal Shard *
Dan Brown:  any, really.  I enjoyed all of his books
Douglas Adams:  Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Robert Ludlum: The Bourne Series

*I've read almost every Drizz't book out there... I think I'm one behind.

K... Hitchhiker is definitely on my to read list. I don't know who Dan Brown is, but I feel like I should. David Weber I will look into. Ludlum, however, is low on my list as I tend more toward sci-fi fantasy.

Thank you!

[GlennWebber]

K... Hitchhiker is definitely on my to read list. I don't know who Dan Brown is, but I feel like I should. David Weber I will look into. Ludlum, however, is low on my list as I tend more toward sci-fi fantasy.

Thank you!

Dan Brown = DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, etc. so yes, you should. Don't you hate that feeling when your brain can't seem to put 2 and 2 together? Especially frustrating during highly competitive trivia games.

[ericathepimp]

Dan Brown = DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, etc. so yes, you should. Don't you hate that feeling when your brain can't seem to put 2 and 2 together? Especially frustrating during highly competitive trivia games.

Oh... DaVinci Code. I assume it was better than the movie? 'Cause the movie was beyond obvious. I mean, I fucking played King's Quest back in the day. After King's Quest IV & V, that movie looked like fucking child's play.

[Silva]

Both DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons were great. I read both of them. No, really I did.

[Roadrunner]

How about a good alien book, like, say, Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

[ericathepimp]

I just saw the Hugo winner for this year was The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman... might be getting that this weekend to tear into.

2 votes for Hitchhiker...

[ANBU]

I just saw the Hugo winner for this year was The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman... might be getting that this weekend to tear into.

2 votes for Hitchhiker...

That's actually a pretty good book

[geoff]

I really want someone, anyone, to read Ulysses by James Joyce and give me something to take away. I have tried three times. I am incapable of piercing the veil.

[ELROSS]

I really want someone, anyone, to read Ulysses by James Joyce and give me something to take away. I have tried three times. I am incapable of piercing the veil.

Same. Never made it more than a page in. It is a hella flyswatter, though.