• LunafreyaNox
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    12 years ago

    @DuskLoaf
    Lord Of The Rings series, Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series and the Harry Potter series I re-read a lot still.

    • DuskOP
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      12 years ago

      Every now and then I consider reading the HP series, I get a little ways in and then drop, not from bad writing or anything just cause my brains jumping to the plot points since I’m familiar enough w the movies, a curse really.

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      22 years ago

      Another that’s been on my list for far too long

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    2 years ago

    Don’t really do favourite lists but if I did Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Night Watch by Terry Pratchett would probably be very near the top.

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      12 years ago

      Added catch 22 to my list, I’m quite intrigued by the synopsis ^^

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        22 years ago

        It’s bloody great. I love the absurd humour and wordplay, the weird non linear plot, the black humour and satire of bureaucracy. Then you get hit in the guy with some really dark depressive shit. It really isn’t for everyone, though. There ain’t nothing like it. Well Kurt Vonnegut kinda has the same vibe in some of his books, but I love his books for other reasons.

        I’d probably put a Vonnegut book in my favourites list as well but I couldn’t decide which one!

        • DuskOP
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          12 years ago

          thats my bad there, replied to wrong comment, it does sound like a ton of fun to read

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          Would it be benefitial to start 4 books prior to Night Watch, being The Truth or somewhere else?

          Edit* I’ve just seen in readarr that the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is sectioned off so I’ve just started there ^^

    • DuskOP
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      12 years ago

      I’ve had my eye on the night watch before, it’s part of the discworld series right, every time I come across that it looks a little daunting, is it one big series or just drop in wherever

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        02 years ago

        Well it’s kinda complicated lol. It’s not really one giant series that has to be read in order, it’s a bit of a shared world type thing with various sub-series focusing on various characters or places and some stand alone stuff. Some characters will kinda float in and out of the various sub series as well, and a lot of the books are centred around the city of Ankh-Morpork. The later books kinda got more connected with various plots about technological and social progress across the world.

        Night Watch is the 5th or 6th (I forget which) Watch sub-series of books which focus on Ankh Morpork’s city watch, ie coppers. It focuses mostly on their Commander Sam Vimes. I’d rate the watch books as some of the more inter connected ones, so reading the previous 4 or 5 watch books at the very least before Night Watch would most certainly enhance it a lot.

        It’ll probably still be quite a good read without knowing the background of the characters and city though, Pratchett’s satire and social commentary would still shine through, but you’ll probably miss out on a bunch of subtext.

        The Discworld books are some of my favourites, started reading them in the late 90s as a teen and they’ve been with me through some tough times. I recently had a big re-read of almost the entire series over the past few years and I’m still finding new things, new jokes and puns and new meanings after all these years. I still haven’t read the final 2 or 3 though. Kinda makes me sad thinking they there will be no more to read after those so I’ll hold off for a few more years. First couple of books are a bit meh though.

        GNU Terry.

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          22 years ago

          Thanks for the deep dive into the series there, much appreciated and really helpful, I’ll 100% be adding them to my list, probably pick the few you mentioned before the 5th instalment Night Watch.

          I do love a series that’s complicated and has a whole world built with characters that crossover, good shit right there. ^^

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            12 years ago

            Btw there is a nice guide for the reading order and connections of the main Discworld books. While I haven’t read Night Watch, Guards! Guards! is also very good and it sets up the watch story nicely so you could start from there and maybe skip a few books before the Night Watch.

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    32 years ago

    Still probably Birthday of the World, by Le Guin. Short story compilation, particularly enjoyable if you’re familiar with her other work. Finishes with one of my fav generation ship stories.

    Honorable mention for Kushiel’s Dart being my all-time favorite piece of guilty-pleasure reading.

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      22 years ago

      I’ve read some of her Hainish Cycle and some from the Earthsea series, also LHoD and Omelas and some of her non-fiction. But didn’t know about Birthday of the World until this! More Le Guin is always good. Thank you.

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        12 years ago

        You’re in for a treat. lol For fans, it’s imo the cherry on top of her entire career. Kinda the sweet treat that ties the whole thing together and puts a bow on it. It’s all refined riffs and dives into some of her seemingly favorite kinds of concept material.

        Four Ways To Forgiveness is also really good. Her later short story work is, in general, my favorite of her entire catalogue. She’s just kinda done with fucking around and has finally arrived at exactly the kinds of things she wants to say, and she fires them like a ping pong ball machine gun.

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          22 years ago

          My my my. You definitely know how to rile someone up! Will look up both. Thanks again. Did/Have you read Always Coming Home? I couldn’t get through it the first time, but images from reading it still linger in my mind.

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            12 years ago

            No, I haven’t actually. It’s in my collection, and I have picked it up a couple times, but have never stuck with it very long. That format is one I struggle with in general, admittedly. I have a hard time engaging with it.

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    Ender’s game is a book I can always pick up and read through in one or two sittings. The rest of the serieses maybe not as much.

    Also anything Jonathan safran foer.

    Edit: foundation and anathem are also gems.

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    22 years ago

    Lord of the Rings (although I would lump any Tolkein under this), Count of Monte Cristo, Rendezvous with Rama, one of Thomas Hardy’s (can’t decide which but maybe Return of the Native, Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

    • externelly
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      22 years ago

      Ordered it a couple of days ago! I’m generally interested in the ancient biblical history and archeology so it seemed like a must read

    • DuskOP
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      42 years ago

      I’ll have to check it out, it’s not a genre I’m too familiar about myself but happy to add things to my to read list at any opportunity ^^

  • pajaritocolibri
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    32 years ago

    The book that made me fall in love with reading was “City of The Beasts” from Isabel Allende. I picked it up because my dad had left it lying around, and I completely fell in love. Not only with Isabel Allende, but with reading.

    And my favorite book is “One Hundred Years Of Solitud”. The first time I read it, was pre internet, so I would write down the name of the characters, to keep track of the family tree. It was just so beautiful, and it really opened me up to fantasy.

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      42 years ago

      Awesome, I just bought a used copy of “one hundred years…” Looking forward to reading it!

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    32 years ago

    l’etranger by Camus. I relate sometimes too much with the main character im starting to worry

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    I loved the Murderbot series it was amazing

    • The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
    • The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice