Here, I hope you will find a great group of open-minded people who love to read!

In Ancient times, there were people known as the Scribes. Their job was to record events and stories for future generations to enjoy. We are forever in their debt.

"It's not the amount of books you read, it's which books you read that counts."

Donald E. Westlake (Hot rock, Bad news, Don't ask), Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy), Stanislaw Lem (Solaris, Cyberiad, Master's voice), J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Alan Dean Foster (Alien, Aliens), Andrzej Sapkowski (Wiedzmin), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) and many authors of Star Trek novels (Ann C. Crispin, James Blish, Gene DeWeese).

:-)

Fencer: Work, game site, games .... so when do you get time to read?

Best books ever: The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings :O)

Harry Potter doesn't even come close LOL (although still quite readable)

Good point Whisperz LOL :-)

Give me Stephen King or James Herbert.....

... or Graham Masterton, Richard Layman, Dean Koontz...

Mostly on the way to my work and back :-)

Fencer, now i know you are a clever guy (well sometimes lol), but you can't expect me to believe you can Read & Drive as well - if so i thinking we should do something about Drink & Driving ;-)

I hope you don't drive to work!! lol!!

I don't have a car :-)

Oh I love Wilbur Smith books, I find them so interesting and exciting too, especially his ones situated in Africa. Dean Koontz I enjoy too. Ohhhh I feel like a good read now, I haven't had one for ages. Amazon here I come. lololo

My favorite Authors are Stephan King and John Grisham

Oh yes I like Grisham too, I'd forgotten him, I like the occasional Stephan King.

because unlike Stephan, Steven is just a plagiator-king ... ~*~

during the 60s have been Hans Fallada and Hermann Hesse ...

no offense though intended towards the dreamcatchers of my childhood,
Werner Bergengruen, Erich Kaestner and the great Astrid Lindgren :) ... ~*~

Read a book many years ago in Sweden.
If i translate (try) the swedish title it is:
"The knights around Danny's table" by John Steinbeck. Cant find it, have searched Amazon.com and Ebay. Any idea of another english title?

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) ? ~*~

Thanks Dano..ill try that one :)

Robert A. Heinlein
Rod Serling
Ray Bradbury
George Orwell
Hermann Hesse
Lewis Carroll
Aldous Huxley
Mark Twain
Jack London
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dr. Carl Sagan

I'm always open to discussion of new and unknown authors, so, fire away!

I am from Salinas where Steinbeck lived. My dad used to deliver his newspaper. :) Just wanted to tell you all. My families claim to fame. LOL

I read true crime and Don Pendeleton books
books like
stony man
executioner
any Mack Bolan books
and any casino books I can find

Oh yes I also love true crime..Love all the Ann Rule books

I forgot to mention Jane Jensen.

I read "Bitter Harvest" by Ann Rule.
It was very well written.Very descriptive ...almost too much so. It left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. Oh,I don't blame Ms Rule except to say she really knows how to draw an accurate picture. I almost threw the book out when I was finished. Anyone who has read it and has children would understand.

I agree Stardust....Ann's book "Small Sacrifices" will do the same thing.

I enjoyed her writing very much and would have loved to read more of her work,but it's taking me awhile to get past "Bitter Harvest". (2 years lol)
Could you recommend something of hers I would like better,please? :-)

If you lose the ability of naming crap crap
- you eventually will start to stink yourself ... ~*~

Stardust try "A Rose For Her Grave"

ty I will! :-)

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Steppenwolfe - Herman Hesse
Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Lectures on Levi - Machiavelli
The Republic - Plato
The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test - Ken Kesey
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K. LeGuin
The Cost of Discipleship - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Beyond Good & Evil - Nietzche
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
Nichomachean Ethics - Aristotle
Leviathan - Hobbes
Essays - Emerson
Dune - Frank Herbert
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
The Secret Doctrine - Blavatsky

Usurper KM: "The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test" was not written by Ken Kesey. Although it was about Kesey, the author was Tom Wolfe.

Gulp. I stand corrected. Of course you are right as I now recall. Too many jack & cokes. lol

I noticed you forgot to add George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty Four" to your list!

"My Antonia'"

Very inspirational!!

Magenta: Not only that but Animal Farm, Brave New World and a host of other classics on this spur-of-moment list. :o)

To Kill a Mocking Bird... David Copperfield...

Third best book available today Harley :o)

Oh honestly Ms Harleykins, you have a lot to answer for, I've just been and bought three Dean Koontz books from Amazon. Now I'm off to look for some John Grisham ones, haven't read any books for ages, now you've all started me off. lolololo

Hey its Magenta who started this board, don't blame me!! ROFL!!
Dean Koontz? Excellent choice! I have his whole collection! Don't forget Graham Masterton and Richard Layman!! And check out Stephen Kings 'Insomnia' if you haven't already. Fantastic!

Oh right, yes I like Graham Masterton, haven't tried RL, I don't always enjoy Stephen King for some reason, I did enjoy the Shawshank Redemption, it was only a short story too, I read it a long time before they made a film of it, and the book was even better than the film, which usually is the case.

I do love Dean Koontz though, that's why I ordered three, I got a lot of catching up to do on my reading.

Speaking of Graham Masterton, what were the titles of the books that involved those guys who were sort of super-heroes in their dreams? It's a long time since I read them.

Night Warriors?

That was one, but weren't there several?

NIGHT PLAGUE, DEATH DREAM and THE SLEEPLESS.

*bumble scrambles for pen and paper* THANKS, Aragon!
That's been bugging me for ages.

He also did PREY set in the UK Isle Of Wight I think. Very far fetched but good non-the-less

I've read all his at one time or another. Excellent.
I've got a pile of Clive Barker books but I haven't read any yet!

HellRaiser and Evil were good books!! And he has some fantastic games too. The Undying for one!!

Well I've just ordered three more books. Two of Wilbur Smith, who can do no wrong in my eyes, I've read nearly all his books.
I was looking at that book called PREY, but couldn't make my mind up about it.