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30 Aug 2009, 14:46
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So i would like to spend september on reading classic examples of world literature...
On my list so far are:
-Divine Comedy
-The Plague
-Count Monte Cristo
-Lord Jim
-Heart of Darkness
-Dangerous Liaisons
anything else worth reading?
On my list so far are:
-Divine Comedy
-The Plague
-Count Monte Cristo
-Lord Jim
-Heart of Darkness
-Dangerous Liaisons
anything else worth reading?
k bye
If you like sensation / thriller literature, Colin Forbes is pretty good as well. Mario Puzo - Godfather was pretty ok.
Harlan Coben - fair enough. Do NOT read Dan Brown- it's overrated commercial shit.
Ow, and if you want some classic stuff, try William Wharton's - Birdy. Although 2nd part - Al- was just not readable.
Roadwork
-"Master and the Margarita" Bulhakov
-anything by Gombrowicz or Suvorov
To read the books they've written, you'll need more than a month though.
Means if you read an average of 80 pages an hour (which is reasonably fast for a normal person) you'll have to read almost 9 hours a day if you wanna finish those books in a month!
I made a pic of them books in my collection, I've placed a DVD-box next to it so you have an idea of the size: http://i31.tinypic.com/11ccxzs.jpg.
Hats off if you can read thát in 1 month :D
i needed only 20 hours to read whole The Inheritance Cycle by Paolini :D
And Paolini is for kids ;<
R. Jordan currently has 11 books, with the 12th coming out in November (Wheel of Time). The first book is called Eye of the World and is pretty good. The 6 first books of his serie are all very good, with book 4 being the pinnacle of his work. Book 7-9 are generally considered as mediocre at best, but 10 and especially 11 are back on his original level again. (3 more books are supposed to come out, including book 12)
George RR Martin currently has 4 books, with the 5th book supposedly coming out 4 years ago (Song of Ice and Fire). This guy keeps postphoning his 5th book for some stupid details. Any other writer I would've given up long ago, but his first 4 books are exceptionally good. The first book is called Game of Thrones. (3-4 books are supposed to complete the serie)
Steven Erikson currently has 9 books, the last one came out 2 weeks ago. The next book is expected to close up the tale (Tales of the Malazan book of the Fallen). Luckily this guy lives for his writing so in 1, max 2, years we should have his final book in our hands. This guy is, hands down, the best writer I have ever read. His world is so vast it makes Tolkien's world look like a crumb. The first book in his serie is called Gardens of the moon.
Come to think of it I talked with a friend of mine about R. Jordan. Too bad he died without finishing the series.
As all those series are work in progress I'll put the names on my list and will check for more releases in the future. Thanks a lot for the detailed post, though. :)
Did you read Joe Abercrombies "The first Law" trilogy? It's quite new (first book was released in 2006). I think it is refreshingly different from other fantasy books with lots of black humour, great characters and quite a lot of violence as well. And best of all, it's a finished series without a cliffhanger in the end.
Robert Jordan has unfortunately passed away indeed, but before he did he wrote a lot of notes and shit about the story, he also told his wife and his publisher a lot about it. So after he died they searched for a new author to finish the series and they found one, Brandon Sanderson. Brandon has been working for more than a year on the 12th volume which will be for sale in november 2009. The 13th and 14th volume should be in stores at resp. 2010 and 2011. So I would start reading around this time next year, if you're really interested. But that's only under the assumption you have a social life and work. If not, you can prolly wait until spring 2011. That is, if you still remember the books and this conversation by then ;-p
Erikson is working on his final book, which should be in stores around Fall 2010. Considering the size of his books, I don't think it's a bad idea to start reading them now. The pockets do have an average pagecount of 950, some books even have 1200 pages! Once again, this only applies if you have a job and a social life, which limits the time for reading considerably.
There are tons of finished fantasy-series, but of those i've read, only Stephen King's The Dark Tower comes close. Completely different than his usual works, no horror/thriller shit but some sort of Sci-fi/fantasy mix which works out really well. It's a serie consisting out of 7 books, unfortunately I haven't read the last 2 books yet (because I don't have them, har har) but the first 5 are really nice. You could try them out if you're in need of a read and are not afraid to spend a few months on 1 writer :-)
Like I said, I put the names on my list (together with your post) and I'm pretty sure I will check it later on. There is another series started by the german author M. Heitz which won't be finished in the next 4 years as well. I would never remember those things if I wouldn't write them down.
To be honest I have not read a single book from King. He has simply written too many books that standing in front of the shelve I could never decide with which to start. But I'll keep that dark tower series in mind. The way things are going I guess I'll read the first book in about 2-3 weeks from now.
otherwise
read American psycho : )
it's a very disturbing book by Bret easton Ellis (less than zero)
winnetou <3
harry potter :D
hexe liliefee
The Catcher in the Rye
The Lord of the Rings
Anything of Molière
Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets - David Simon
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose
White Noise - Don DeLillo
On The Road To Kandahar - Jason Burke
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee