We have all read Ender's Game (or some other OCS book) and loved it. Or hated it... but if you hated it then i have no idea what you're doing on this website but...whatever
What I want to know is what other books you like. Or, if you dont feel like listing books, authors.
I'm just going to list authors. God knows there's enough as it is, anyway.
Patterson, Connely, Rowling, William Blake, Charles Baudilaire, Milton, Crowly, and bunch of authors where I only read one or two books. Also, that woman who wrote Medalon was pretty cool.
PS- this is the first time I've ever posted on this website- considering i just made it 10 minutes ago in my Networking class. My name may be Ozymandias but my real name is Alexis. Not quite sure why i felt inclined to share that bit of information... please dont yell at me Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
:eats the n00b:
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome to the forum, Ozymandias! Sounds like you've got fairly ecclectic tastes in fiction and poetry--you should fit in here quite well.
It isn't uncommon for us to have book and author recommendation threads--I'll see if I can dig up a few of them for you. In the meantime, why don't you tell us a bit more about yourself?
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
She's being digested, Noemon. Give her a minute.
Welcome to Hatrack, Ozymandias.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Newbie salad?
yesplzing
<goes back to work>
...oh, hi, welcome!
Posted by Ozymandias (Member # 9424) on :
Thank you =) always looking for new stuff to read!
Hmmm... more about myself...hmmmm. Well, I'm in 10th grade, a redhead, a girl, a flaming liberal, I have the weirdest tastes in food and cloths, i love debates and discussing philosophies, and I'm a bit of a goofball.
Posted by Ozymandias (Member # 9424) on :
salad? nah...i prefer steak Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Ozy. I think you'll like it here, given your list of interests.
I lean more towards SciFi/Fantasy in my reading, although I haven't been doing as much lately at all. Computer games and yardwork have gotten the lion's share of my time recently.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Second to OSC (of course) my favorite author is Tom Robbins. They have completely different styles, but I love that silly man.
Third, I guess I would go with Chuck Palahniuk. That man is a genius. He's like a Tom Robbins on downers. Invisible Monsters was freaking amazing, and so was Choke and Survivor and everything else he's written for that matter. Gah! Love that psychotic freak.
Hmm, after that comes a conglomeration of Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus, Charles Bukowski (<-- that guy rocks the hoo-haw), W.S. Burroughs, H.S. Thompson, and, well, uh... lots of others.
Oh yeah, and welcome to Hatrack.
oh yeah again... redheads! Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Incidentally, anyone with the phrase "anarchistunite" in their SN is bound to get on my good side.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ozymandias: a flaming liberal
You are young, don't worry, you will grow out of it.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:Charles Bukowski (<-- that guy rocks the hoo-haw)
Amazing, someone else who actually likes his writing!
I guess I should actually answer the question put out in the first place...
...recently I've been re-reading a bunch of Studs Terkel. I brought him up in another thread and it re-inspired me.
Also re-reading Asimov's Foundation series. After that, I'll probably re-read Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, since reading it at least once a month is what keeps me sane.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
A flaming liberal.. named after the destroyer of worlds... ........ Nah... I won't say anything. Her heart's in the right place I'm sure.
Btw, Ozzy, Don't get upset at getting eaten. It's something of a tradition.
Read Octavia Butler. All of her works.
Pix
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ozymandias: a flaming liberal
Oh goodie.........
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Also, feel free to ignore resident trolls. Jay is a shining example thereof.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Book Reccomendation (Please) (this one is specifically a request for books for a 16 year old girl. Most people seemed to recommend books for 6-10 year old girls, for some reason, but hey)
Books for free (check it out!) (Not technically a book recommendation thread, but you can get a good idea of what people are champing at the bit to get their hands on, and possibly pick up some free books yourself, if your parents are okay with your giving your address to a complete stranger you met on the internet. )
Favorite online short stories. (this thread is woefully incomplete--there are a couple of stories that I could have sworn I linked to in it, but I must have been thinking of a different thread. I think I'll be resurrecting this one. Unless I, you know, forget.)
There are more, I'm sure, but these are a good number of them.
There used to be a really fantastic thread on the OSC side of the river in which Card had solicited recommendations for a "best of the best" type short story anthology he was editing. It's been lost in the sands of time now (threads here are subject to deletion after they've been inactive for more than 6 months), but it was stuffed with fantastic recommendations.
[ May 16, 2006, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Dood Are you into Watchmen or something? If so that is cool.
Did you read Maximum Ride by Patterson? Sure it's targetted at kicks, but I enjoyed it.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Syn, I'd be willing to put money on the name being a Shelley reference.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
I don't get the "The Destroyer of Worlds" thing. I thought that was either Oppenheimer or Galactus. Where does the Ozymandias association come from?
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
Jake, you are my hero.
Ni!
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Syn, I'd be willing to put money on the name being a Shelley reference.
Well, that's cool too. And it it was Rameses reference....
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
Shelley rawks!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hi Oz! I can't actually recommend any books at this time. I have to confess that I don't even know how to read.
In actuality, I am an infinite number of monkeys with an internet connection to Hatrack. Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
The phrase "infinite number of monkeys" does it for me every time. I will now be giggling at intervals for the rest of the morning.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Man, I'm looking on this thread and despairing, that's for sure Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Mighty Cow, I know you're upset that I gobbled up the n00b.
There just wasn't enough of her to share.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
What with only eroded feet and a stone face left, and all.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Stone? Man, no wonder I've been gassy.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
::clucks::
Scott, you *know* you need to take your Beano before eating newbies.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
:winces:
d00d. Totally not gonna forget next time.
Posted by Ozymandias (Member # 9424) on :
Ozymandias... The King of Kings. Actually I read it in Patterson's The Lake House. Loved the name/character. Yes,a flaming liberal. Thanks for all the suggestions and threads =)
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