Books

Well we have a movie thread a music thread so I thought why now a book thread
I used to be an avid reading, fitting it in whenever I could, seems the last few years that has dwindled down some, so not up on the latest book but perhaps some of you all are.
King
Koontz (good fast reads)
Rice
to name a few.

Asimov, Bradbury,Steinbeck, The Odyssey by Homer, Plato's Republic, Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, and in general the Great Books.

Ok now this is fun


My favorites are Steinbeck-Mice and Men
Alan Paton-Cry the Beloved Country


Now the earth is going to stand still but I agree with Lucille

Asimov especially the Foundation Trilogy that became the Foundation Mess
I do like Classics Like Goethe and Machiavelli.

And my favorite non fiction (kinda) Management Techniques of Genghis Khan

Augusten Burroughs, Harper Lee (for her only published book!), Jim Knipfel, Jonathan Kellerman, Clive Cussler, Steinbeck, Stephen King (more the really old stuff than the current).

I also love autobiographical works.

Terese I love Cussler, fun and a fast read. And I agree Kings older stuff is better (although I found Bag of Bones to be very good) A couple of authors I forgot

David and Leigh Eddings-The Belgariad Series

And a fast read on the Fantasy side is Robert Jordan

Still no one can replace Tolkein

I haven't read Bag of Bones...glad to hear something good about it, I may reconsider!

Forgot Joseph Wambaugh...and Maya Angelou (now there's quite a pair, eh?)...Mark Twain...and Arthur Rimbaud.

I have cheated with Rimbaud and read the translations; while my speaking French is passable (in a survivalist sort of way), my reading skills are not sharpened enough to fully appreciate his works in his native language. Someday, I may tackle that.

I'm into Patricia Cornwall, Gregory Macguire, Stephen King, Koontz and Anne Rice.

Has anyone (besides myself) struggled through Anne Rice's newest novel - Out of Egypt? Uck...

No, I have been staring at it on the shelf thinking of giving it a try. Guess maybe I will wait..till its at the used book store. I like Rice but think she lost it after Queen of the Damned (thats the title mods ). As one friend of mine once said, "she's a dirty book author who got lucky with a vampire".

Out of Egypt is a tough one... and I hope she doesn't expect it to atone for Beauty in anyone's eyes...

Have to say too - I just consumed Eragon and Eldest in less than a week... and now have to wait for the author to finish the 3rd book. If only I knew before I started the series.