recommended book (fiction)

[Donn]

Anyone ever read "The Glass Bees" by Ernst Junger? Written in the late forties. Incredible what he saw then....

Any recommendations? (pleasse no profanity, well, ok--if it's really really creative. . . .)

Best//Donn

[Abbadon]

"Dune" springs to mind as one of the best books (series) I ever read. It's sience fiction, but the sience part in it is realy just background.

[pentachris]

I really liked Dune, but didn't think much of the sequels.

The Fountainhead is the only book of its size (around 700 pages, I think) that I've ever read all the way through more than once. I believe I've read it four times, and the characters pull me through every time.

A piece this morning on NPR mentioned a book called Bridge To Terabithia. It's a children's book, but I read it again a few years ago and found it to still be a great read. Suggested for readers from age 10 to 110.

If you've never read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, it's a counter-culture classic that you should check it out.

[Abbadon]

The books by feist are also quiet excellent, if you're into fantasy that is...

[malcore]

If you liked Junger, try some Stanislaw Lem or even Philip K. Dick (my personal favourite SF author).

[Donn]

The Glass Bees isn't science fiction in the way of the authors you mentioned, it is, well, I'll spoil it, let's say it was ahead of it's time.

The only sci fi writers I could stay with are Larry Niven (time was), and Frank Herbert, and a little of A. Asimov. Starship Troopers (the book) was great reading. I also read a little L.R. Hubbard, but I don't care for pulp writing.

Best//Donn

[pentachris]

Good call on Larry Niven, Donn. Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers are the two best scifi books I've ever read. Period.

[Abbadon]

Originally posted by pentachris
Good call on Larry Niven, Donn. Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers are the two best scifi books I've ever read. Period.

I second that, real good stuff... Of course, in a line up like this, Arthur C. Clarcke shouldn't be forgotten ("2001, A space odysee")

[pave_spectre]

Peter F. Hamilton's 'Nights Dawn' Trilogy is pretty decent.

I thought Stephen Donaldson's 'Gap' series was alright, though somewhat 'adult'.

[Budfred]

And of course, Heinlein... he wrote a fair amount of dreck, but also some amazing things...

Kurt Vonnegut is not Sci-fi in the same sense, but some amazing writing in his portfolio.

Ray Bradbury too....

[Donn]

Oh, beg yer pardon, completely forgot about Arthur C. Clarke, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ray Bradbury ("Where'er you go: so there you are.")

Anyone ever read a book called Nighteyes by Garfield Reeves-Stevens?

All I'll say is it starts out like a gumshoe detective novel, and goes right into the Twilight Zone.

Best//Donn

[Ghost_Hacker]

Dune
Foundation Triology
FootFall
Jeff Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme books.
Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware books.
Frederick Pohl's Heechee Triology.
Snowcrash
Cryptonomicon