A Novel Idea

[GSXR_Boy]

what about John Grisham??? and King don't float...just not everyone enjoys the genre of writing/movies he does. Did you enjoy The Green Mile Movie?? That wasn't horror yet stephen king wrote the original novel and helped produce the movie.
i was reading that book at 12 at school and wasn't suppose to but i got a letter from the principal. got hounded by the other students though

Boring! The float bit is a quote from the movie IT The Green mile was a good (a guy at my work is a dead ringer for John Coffey lol ). Forget what the other students think of you, you only have to be there a few years and then have nothing to do with them or thier stupid reunions

 

[Defective]

i finished high school 5yrs ago ! it was only because they were reading the stupid boring teen books and i was intellectual enough to get what stephen king was writing about! they would 'dob' on me and be all like "rhiannon's reading books from the senior section!'' i'd flash a note and the teachers laughed.

back on topic...i got some new stephen king books today with orginial covers (YAY) which is rare.

Title: Dolores Claiborne
Bit of info: (from the blurb) Dolores has a story to tell, not quite what the police had expected. Dolores claiborne has a confession to make... she will take her time. won't be hurried. will do it her way, sparing niether details or feelings. hers or anyone elses.

i haven't read this since year 10 so its been a fair while. from what i remember of it, it was a good book. mum also got me The Stand and Gerald's Game all with original covers as well. i guess it's a good reason to go to markets.

 

[ravan]

really like james patterson too... am a bit behind though, still have about 6 that have been released recently that i havent read...

 

[Snakeluvver2]

Goerge R. R. Martin
Song Of Ice and Fire.

Pretty much the largest game of chess you'll ever see.
The fantasy in this is so ever subtle which brings it to the forefront of this genre, making you grasp to every wisp of magic you see.
Not like many other fantasy novel's where a group of young men or a young man become the saviour of the world but this is a world of Kings and Queens and politics.


Pretty much the most epic series I've ever read. Much more than Wheel Of Time (R. Jordan) because this never slows down.

 

[MrHappy]

Just finished;

'Enforcer'
Non-fiction
By Ceaser Campbell - founding member and sergeant-at-arms of the Bandidos Australia
An interesting insight into Ceaser's life as a bikie.

 

[FusionMorelia]

i just read a series by an Aussie lady called Lian Hearn
Tales of the Otori a 5 book series
based in japan its part fantasy part based on real events
its got a killer story with ninjas samurai an awesome love story just a great read from book 1
starts with Across the nightingale floor i highly recommend it.

 

[dreamkiller]

agree with dean koontz . . . . but try 'intensity'.

 

[Tinky]

Astralian Action

Some very good recomendations on the Fantasy side, (Robin Hobb, Raymond E Fiest, David Eddings)

Stay away from Tolkin unless you are a hard core fan, (movies were great by the books are long and dry)

For Something different

Title: Ice Station
Author: Matthew Reilly (Australian)
Genre: Action
Bit of info (blurb on back): Go, Go, Go from page one.

At a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of US scientists
has made and amazing discovery. They have found something
buried deep within the coastal ice shelf. Something trapped
inside a 100-million-year-old layer of ice.
Something made of metal.​

​

Or for a cross over of fantasy and action
Title: Contest
Author: Matthew Reilly (Australian)
Genre: Action
Bit of info (blurb on back): Contest is the result of an interstellar gladiatorial conflict between seven sentient races. This time, Earth has been chosen to host the event, and Stephen Swain, with his daughter in tow, has been chosen to represent us in the arena. Although Earth may be participating, it is not participating of its own free will.
The ultimate blood sport has begun, and survival is only part of the problem.

Great Xmas presents

 

[Vixen]

Certainly another thumbs up for Matthew Reilly, I really enjoyed Ice Station aswell.

Also any books by Michael Crichton, probably my favorite author.

 

[AllThingsReptile]

John Marsden?

yeh i've read the "tomorrow" series, and recommend them for anyone

i also recommend "gone" , cant remember the auther tho

uhh, its late and no more come to mind, but ill get back here

 

[Sock Puppet]

Also any books by Michael Crichton, probably my favorite author.

I'm reading one at the moment called Prey, but it's struggling to keep me involved.
Of course, I still have to finish it, I can't leave it hanging haha

 

[craig.a.c]

I'm reading one at the moment called Prey, but it's struggling to keep me involved.
Of course, I still have to finish it, I can't leave it hanging haha

Prey is a very good book. My favourite of Michael Crichton.
All of the "Tomorrow when the war began" (John Marsden) series are good books.
Anything from Mathew Rielly is a good read also.

 

[imalizard]

Im also reading prey, nearly finished it. It's been keeping me interested throughout the book so I like it

 

[HILDY]

Anything with grug in it is great.

 

[SomeGuy]

Watership Down - Richard Adams
Awesome book, about rabbits, really enjoyed it

Lord of the rings trilogy are good books, bloody struggle to read though, I read them when I was 11 it took me a few months, The Hobbit is much easier and also a good book.

The Barrumbi Kids - Leonie Norrington
Spirit of Barrumbi - Leonie Norrington
Leaving Barrumbi - Leonie Norrington

These are about some kids in a remote aboriginal community, I picked them up only cause I saw a death adder on the front of one of them, they were a great read, loved them!

 

[Australis]

Genre: science / non-fiction

Author: Richard Dawkins - world renowned academic - biological theorist.

Titles: The Greatest Show on Earth & The God Delusion

Bit of Info: Like most of his titles they revolve around evolution - and dispelling primitive religious myths.

Rating: 10/10

 

[rhysmachine101]

What an awesome thread!

Well I am a predominately sci fi/fantasy reader but:

Genre: Crime
Author: John Connelly

Titles: Every Dead Thing, The Lovers, The Black Angel, The Reapers, The Unquiet and many more...

Info: These books mostly revolve around Private Detective Charlie Parker, a former cop who had his family murdered while he was at the pub.
Very dark and haunting novels- the characters are extremely grey, morally, and you really... well I wouldn't say 'love' but something close to love, them. Most of the books have this slight touch of the supernatural in them- especially The Black Angel and The Lovers.
I would highly recommend these books to both fans of the crime and supernatural genres

Also: The Dark Tower Series,
Also: Raymond E Feist : especially the Daughter of the Empire Trilogy, which he co-wrote with Janny Wurts - they are awesome!

 

[Tinky]

For something a bit light & fun

Title: The Dresden Files
Author: Jim Butcher
Genre: Fantasy
Bit of info (blurb on back): Go, Go, Go from page one.

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things -- and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a -- well, whatever.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.

 

[Snakeluvver2]

Title: Wheel Of Time
Author: Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Fantasy
Bit Of Info: Epic in all aspects.

Just finished reading the last few books in the series (books 10-13), they are a vast improvement on books 7-9, the plot moves along at an alarming pace, prophecies that have been stated from the first few books become fulfilled, relationships evolve and other decay. Books 1-6 are great as well the plot moves along nicely and it's interesting to see the character development.

Robert Jordan died in 2007 but has a had a friend and fellow writer Brandon Sanderson to continue the series that Jordan started in 1984.
Sanderson's writing is more direct and I find easier to read, in saying that Jordan's style was full of detail and emotion which is probably why the series became 15 books and not the original planed 4 to 6 books (giant leap ay!). Even so the firs hundred pages or so it's hard to notice.

Another great thing about this book is that women are in power whilst men aren't sort of female chauvinist, also the magic is calculated and has a certain amount of logic to it unlike other "great" novels like Harry Potter where they just wave a wand.

 

[mattmc]

Anything Matthew Reilly, btw about Matthew Reilly, he is writing a new 'Scarecrow' series novel due out christmas 2011, also anything Chris Kuzneski, probs my fave at the moment - major page turners by him that keep the action fast and the humour literarlly LAUGH OUT LOUD worthy. There is also another writer I like in Michael Byrnes. I have half a dozen Steve Berry books which I am 30 minutes from starting, and also a naval fiction author being Patrick Robinson, a no B.S author. Michael Crichton is also a favourite and Tom Cain. ALLLL OFFFF THEMMMM!!!!!

Also read, and I say it as an order, Between a Rock and a Hard Place. The book that created the movie 127 Hours. Read it.