Help me get out of a really bad habit... (reccommend me some books!)

[Daemoniac]

I haven't done much reading recently (the last 4 years or so ) and i'm beginning to miss it.

Unfortunately, i am a very very visual person, and as a result i am one of those very stupid people who does judge a book by it's cover... Needless to say, i'm positive this has turned me away from a great many good books, but it seems that i can't really help myself. Even when i pick up a book and read the blurb, if i am not taken in by the art then it's lost me.

So, i need some recommendations from you guys

I'm really big into some fantasy (though i can't really say what type ) the Tolkien books i always loved, anything written by Sara Douglas, and older style novels like H.G.Wells science fiction and even older short stories like Edgar Allen Poe's writing. Not so big on stuff like Twilight (even the books) or Stephen Kings writing. Post-apocalypse style stuff is good, and just generally things with a bit of an interesting element to them.

Go!

EDIT: I also love Noddy.

 

[gdbjr21]

The book i always go back to is "Dune".

 

[Daemoniac]

Oh shit, i haven't read that yet!

I keep meaning to, and i saw the old movie, but never got around to reading them Thanks

 

[gdbjr21]

Yeah its a great book. Ive read it at least 5 times, really complex. And the rest of the original series is good as well; the new series of books are OK but not as good as the original.

 

[ralphy1976]

i am very partial to the work of Daniel Baldaci. It is mostly detective / police / investigation / big scret type stuff.

I think Clint eastwood made a film based on one of his book (absolute powers)

 

[petereanima]

Mischa, you MUST read George Martins "A Song Of Ice And Fire". i cant recomment that enough. for details check http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/mo...363-george-martin-a-song-of-ice-and-fire.html

 

[TheSixthWheel]

Down And Out In Paris And London - George Orwell
Down and Out in Paris and London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Upon reading this, I gained excellent perspective on life, and how lucky most of us are to live how and where we do.

 

[Daemoniac]

^ Oh yes, Orwell too. I LOVE Brave New World. One of my favorite books of all time.

 

[TheSixthWheel]

Then read the shit out of Down and Out in Paris and London already. It's short, it's a good intense quick read. Cheap book, easy to find.

 

[TomParenteau]

I like Vallerie Bertinelli's autobiography "Losing It." If you're an EVH fan, there is lots of little-known info and rare photos.

 

[matty2fatty]

If you like visuals, you should try reading The Watchmen graphic novel

 

[conorreich]

read a scanner darkly


if you like horror read ; edward lee, richard laymon, guiliermo del toros book is rad, dean koonts, and poppy z brite.

i work in a bookstore =]]

 

[Daemoniac]

^ Cheers dude I have a mate who works in a bookshop, but i haven't seen him in ages aye

 

[t3sser4ct]

^ Oh yes, Orwell too. I LOVE Brave New World.

Brave New World was written by Huxley, not Orwell. 1984 was pretty good, though.

I'd recommend getting a collection of HP Lovecraft's stories, or reading them on Wikisource. You can't beat the Cthulhu Mythos!

 

[keeper006]

For fantasy, Michael Moorcock's "Elric of Melnibone" and "The Swords Trilogy" will make you happy.

 

[shredfreak]

Get one of those necronomicon's from HP Lovecraft, should keep you busy for quite some time that.

And weaveworld from clive barker

 

[Daemoniac]

Brave New World was written by Huxley, not Orwell. 1984 was pretty good, though.

I'd recommend getting a collection of HP Lovecraft's stories, or reading them on Wikisource. You can't beat the Cthulhu Mythos!

Motherfucker, i hate it when you get shit like that wrong Love both of them, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. Read 1984 a little while ago, and it was pretty awesome too

 

[EDG3CRUSHER]

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

 

[conorreich]

^ Cheers dude I have a mate who works in a bookshop, but i haven't seen him in ages aye

go buy some of the books i recommended you from him? my friends used to visit me all the time because i would get them deals on cds and stuff.

 

[Daemoniac]

I'll have a look dude, cheers I'm going down when i get paid to pick up a few books (the ones i mentioned as a starter, then some H P Lovecraft too and whatever else i can afford)