Books

[Ghosty]

I know someone who just finished dracula after like 6 months of reading it in small bits. He said it was horribly boring and long.

I've read Dune, its o.k., I know some people who think a little more highly of it than me thoug...

This weekend I re-read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the first time since it came out, and last weekend I re-read "Rise to Rebellion" by Jeff Shaara. Which is sortof odd because those are the only real extra-curricular books I've read in a long while, and I started and finished each within a week of the other.

[Magicman]

I just finished the Dune series (the six original books; I've read the House novels, Butlerian Jihad, and Machine Crusade, but they're not nearly as good) for the eighth time (no joke), have read the Wheel of Time series about five times, and Battle Royale five times... I need more books. =(

Right now I'm reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Good book, even if she won't admit to it being science fiction.

[Sektor]

I picked up Diablo: The Black Road. I'm a freak when it comes to anything from Blizzard Entertainment ;D

[Creed]

those starcraft/diablo/warcraft books offered by blizzard entertainment are generally very well written, except for a select few.

one of the worst i've read so far was liberty's crusade[/u] by jeff grubb. for one thing, unless you've played through the starcraft terrans campaign you'll have to use your imagination when it comes to the description of many of the creatures and locations (the hydralisk is described as a "giant snake-like thing"). also, i personally find the language used by the author to be more or less childish, and there are many areas where he could've improved his wording to make it look and sound more professional.

however, there are some books that deserve a standing ovation, especially any book by richard a. knaak.[/color]

[Sektor]

The black road, written by Mel Odom, is also well written

[Jaggy]

I'm thinking of getting the first three Harry Potter books since I don't even have them. I've read them though, just everytime, I borrowed it from someone or the library. I want to read them again too..

[TreasureFinder]

Sounds like a good idea, Jaggy, maybe I'll have to re-read them also!

Dracula is (I believe) 344 pages (I apparently bought an edition with footnotes* which were very helpful. I can see how Dracula could be considered boring, but you have to remember a couple of things:
1) It was written in the 1800s. So, there wouldn't be any Psycho/Halloween/Chuckie type writing.
2) It is written in the form of several people's diarys. You actually get to see them make the book in the story near the end.
3) It needs to be read somewhat in the same timeperiod. You could easily get confused what happened or where the characters are if you don't read it. I finished it in 2 weeks and I loved it.
4) Everybody has their own personal preferences.

*Small noteworthy bits of information placed in the footer of a page.

[Dark Yoshi]

I'm not really reading anything at the moment, but I can tel you what I've read recently(Of course, I have little concept of time, so recently could go back a while).

All five Harry Potter books.
The Sign of Qin.
Eragon.
About ten or so Star Wars books(at least).
Warcraft: The Well of Eternity.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
And whatever I picked up from my bookcase when I wanted to have a quick read.

And that's just what I could remember. I'd say that I read about ten books a week on average.

[TreasureFinder]

Wing, I read Dune and I thought it was pretty good. Then I read the next one in the series and lost all hope. I've read about five chapters into the third, and I quit (I'm really glad I did, too).

[Magicman]

TreasureFinder said:

Wing, I read Dune and I thought it was pretty good. Then I read the next one in the series and lost all hope. I've read about five chapters into the third, and I quit (I'm really glad I did, too).

Shame on you. Why didn't you like them?

Anyway, Jennifer Government is a lot of fun to read. ;D

[TreasureFinder]

Owl said:

Shame on you. Why didn't you like them?

Anyway, Jennifer Government is a lot of fun to read. ;D

I didn't like Dune because the second one focused more on "Alia's tranceing out of mind, and body, visiting the stars of the universe on a molecular level in her own mind" trips.

The third was okay, I just kind of fell out of reading it. It got too boring and such...

[Magicman]

TreasureFinder said:

I didn't like Dune because the second one focused more on "Alia's tranceing out of mind, and body, visiting the stars of the universe on a molecular level in her own mind" trips.

Well, Alia's a bitch, so I can see where that would throw you off.

And the later books are boring because they span scales of thousands of years, and don't focus on one event (such as the first one with Paul's metamorphosis into Muad'dib)

[TreasureFinder]

Owl said:

Well, Alia's a bitch, so I can see where that would throw you off.

And the later books are boring because they span scales of thousands of years, and don't focus on one event (such as the first one with Paul's metamorphosis into Muad'dib)

Nothing can be as bad as the World Civilizations textbook we had to read for World History. The makers of the book really need to talk to the people who make the test (who are, consequently, the makers of the book), to make sure that the correct answer on the test is actually given in the text.

[Magicman]

TreasureFinder said:

Nothing can be as bad as the World Civilizations textbook we had to read for World History. The makers of the book really need to talk to the people who make the test (who are, consequently, the makers of the book), to make sure that the correct answer on the test is actually given in the text.

Ouch. But for literature class earlier in the year, we were given two choices: Battlefield Earth or Lord of the Flies.

WHICH WOULD j00 CHOOSE??!?!?

[TreasureFinder]

I don't know what Battlefield Earth is, but I watched the Lord of the Flies movie and I like it. I would probably choose that one.