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i just got done reading tolkien, and am looking for a new book to read. so recommend something to me. some other stories/authors that i like:

all of stephen king
"song of ice and fire" series by george r.r. martin
" the sun, the moon, the stars" by stephen brust
neil gaiman
some anne rice (mostly her earlier stuff)
lovecraft
poe
thomas ligotti
kurt vonnegut


so tell me about that book that i've been missing. tell me about that story that you just couldn't put down until it was done.

thanks.

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"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", Stephen Covey

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"Salman the Solitary" by Yasar Kemal.

A great book. It tells the story of how Ismail Aga, fleeing from Russian troops, finds an abandoned boy named Salman and later adopts him. Salman idolizes Ismail who raises Salman as his own son. After some time Ismails wife gets pregnant and gives birth to Mustafa. All of a sudden Salman is no longer the most favoured one but this new baby is. Salman reacts to this through an even more obsessive devotion to his foster father. In the same time he starts to feel hatred against Mustafa who has taken his place as the most favoured son.

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Melville's "Moby Dick". Probably the greatest book in all of American Literature, but definitely an acquired taste.

Graham Greene's novels.

I think you would absolutely devour the short stories of Ambrose Bierce. He wrote a great deal about the Civil War, and he was purportedly assasinated by the order of Pancho Villa in 1914. Very interesting journalist/writer.

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I walked right into a tree while reading Melville's book - bloodied myself but good in front of everyone on Sayle's Ave in Abilene.

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The Third Eye by Tuesday Lobsong Rampa

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Good Bones - Margaret Atwood. It's full of cynicism and laughs at political correctness. It is a book of short stories, only a few pages of each, which is great for public transportation reads, or breaks at work. The best part is that even if you don't like one story, you're BOUND to like another. It's a tad heavy on feminism at times, but it's still a WONDERFUL read. I have read each story at least twice.

Not wanted on the Voyage - Timothy Findley: It's a satyre. Think of a corrupt Noah's Ark.

Not like that. I mean REALLY corrupt.

Anything by Sark is pretty fun to read as well. She's more inspirational than anything else. Think Fun Self-Help Book.

The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham: It's an oldie, but a goodie. I liked it, at least. It's a cross between sci-fi and horror, I would say... not unlike the twilight zone. And don't watch the movies. Not the original or the village of the damned. They just suck.

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"Running With the Demon" by Terry Brooks.
"Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking (preferably the illustrated one )
"Magic Kingdom For Sale: SOLD!" by Terry Brooks

Je suis le geek.

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Just hit me: "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" by Al Franken. One of the funniest books I have ever read.

Also, you should read some of Douglas Adams' books. Pretty funny, especially when he dedicates an entire chapter of one book to solo-sex.

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Have you read any Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? Very highly recommended.

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I've been meaning to get around to reading some of Discworld . . . thanks fer reminding me, Hazard.

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"wizards first rule" terry goodkind, if you read this you will be itching for all of them

"song of ice and fire series" george RR martin he is my new FAVORITE author this series is great,

dragon prince series by melanie rawn

micheal moorcock's "eternal champion"

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"lolita"=nabokov(sp?)
"legacy"=susan kay

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also:

east of eden-john steinbeck
suicide blonde-darcy steinke
and I second the vote for anything by Stephen King

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"wizards first rule" terry goodkind, if you read this you will be itching for all of them

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Blood and Gold by Anne Rice

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"We Wish to Inform you that Tomorrow we will be Killed with our Families" - Phillip Gourevitch. About Rwandan genocide. Not along the lines of the books that you mentioned, although it's quite good.

"Jaques the Fatalist" - Denis Diderot. Interesting.

"The Third Policeman" - Flann O'Brien. Really fucking good. Quick read.

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Not wanted on the Voyage - Timothy Findley: It's a satyre. Think of a corrupt Noah's Ark.

Not like that. I mean REALLY corrupt.

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"The Ides of March" by Thornton Wilder. One of my favorite books of all time. The story of Caesar's last days as told through private correspondence.

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You like action spy books?

For awhile I went crazy buying and reading every book the David Morrel wrote. You might know him as the guy who wrote "First Blood" now known as "RAMBO" , Morrel really has a nack for these type of books and quite a few of them have become movies.
My pick put of them all is problay "BrotherHood of the Rose" or "The Fifth Profession".

Or get a good comedy book. As said above Terry Pratchett co-wrote a book called "Good Omens" which is a great dark comedy about Armagedon.

And if you like the girly stuff (it took me a long time to read myself) try out Tom Robbins "Skinny Legs and All" , he likes to write about strange women.

I could give more but I'm sure thats tons for now

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Iain Banks - his straight fiction is good. He also does Sci Fi as Iain M Banks. Of the sci fi stuff, I'd recommend: Feersum Endjinn, Against a Dark Background and Use of Weapons. Straight fiction recommends: The Wasp Factory, Canal Dreams and Walking on Glass.

Raymond E. Feist - Empire trilogy is a very good read. I normally cannot stand Janny Wurts, but Feist seems to make up for her shortfalls in this series

Alastair Reynolds - Fairly new sci-fi author, but he has lots of potential. Revelation Space and Chasm City are excellent reads.

Other random books: Wheelers(by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen) is a fairly entertaining read. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is a *very* good read, but I suspect is somewhat limited in audience. Snow Crash is also highly recommended if you're into cyberpunk fiction. And you cannot speak of cyberpunk without mentioning the grandaddy of the genre, William Gibson. Idoru is a good starter if you're interested in Mr. Gibson's work.

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You like action spy books?

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'Watership Down' - Richard Adams

dont dismiss it because its a childrens book, because it isn't. I certianly would not read it to children.

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'The Watchers' - Dean Koontz

I really dislike the horror genre, especially stephen king, but this book is very very good.