I can't stand Harry Potter, it just bores me.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]I hate the big fuss that's made over it, because it's not all that good.

I like the books themselves though.[/QUOTE]

Ah ok. I've read up to half of the fifth book. I should maybe finish it...

And I learned the other day, that in english class we will be doing a project on Harry Potter. We're reading the second one..My teacher is obsessed with him. Theres posters everywhere in her class.

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Harry Potter is incredibile. The first few books whne I were younger were a magical reading experience. Now, Rowling's trying to make the books with more romance and 25% more teen angst, so Harry yells a lot.

Hah, I hated that, I did that with the first one when I was about 13... I'd already read it and I had to read it with the rest of the slow-arses in the class.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Hah, I hated that, I did that with the first one when I was about 13... I'd already read it and I had to read it with the rest of the slow-arses in the class.[/QUOTE]
I had to read it in class too. The amount of retards in my class was rediculous. The teacher gave up at page 50 or something.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Hah, I hated that, I did that with the first one when I was about 13... [B]I'd already read it and I had to read it with the rest of the slow-arses in the class[/B].[/QUOTE]

:lol:

I don't like reading along with the class.

I remember when I was a lot into Lord of the Rings. I had this version that was written in old english or something. I did not understand all the expressions. I should finish those books though, they were good. Esxcept long at points.

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]The only fantasy I have ever read was Lord of the Rings. I usually read mystery/conspiracy, millitary and espionage books.[/QUOTE]

LOTR is another initiating series, Tolkien's style is kinda boring though.

I'm a major fan of Terry Brooks, Margaret Weiss, Tracy Hickman, RA Salvatore, and David Eddings. Definately my top 5 authors.

[quote=TheDMV]Harry Potter is incredibile. The first few books whne I were younger were a magical reading experience. Now, Rowling's trying to make the books with more romance and 25% more teen angst, so Harry yells a lot.[/quote]

:lol:, that's so true. Still pretty good though, just kinda corny as I said.

[QUOTE=Happy]I had to read it in class too. The amount of retards in my class was rediculous. The teacher gave up at page 50 or something.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I've had that all my life... I have had a reading age far superior to my classmates since the start of school really.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Yeah, I've had that all my life... I have had a reading age far superior to my classmates since the start of school really.[/QUOTE]
Same here. And quite a few people in my year have a lower reading age than they are.

I was a really slow reader until 4th grade. My one teacher forced us all to read the first Harry Potter, then I got really into fantasy and just kept reading [I][B]a lot[/B][/I].

My favorite authors are Tom Clancy, Dan Brown, George Orwell and Tolkien.

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Im reading this book called house of the scorpion. Its fantastic. Its about this clone of a powerful drug lord in the future. He has opium feilds that cover the land between mexico and america, and he can legally sell drugs as long as he captures allt he people crossing the border. Its really good.

I think Ill go read it now....

I'm reading [I]Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.[/I] by Susana Clarke

it's about magicians in the 18th century. I like it

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[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]My favorite authors are Tom Clancy, Dan Brown, George Orwell and Tolkien.[/QUOTE]

I like John Le Carré, Philip Roth, Greg Iles, Tom Clancy, Jack Higgins, and Robert Harris.

I'm a big fan of intrigue/spy/war/historical novels, in other words. Low literature but thoroughly entertaining and often very academically interesting to boot.

To choose...

Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, HP Lovecraft, Ian Rankin and Douglas Adams.

Probably

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Clancy is good, but his books seem to be too long winded and technical. I enjoy Jeffery Deaver for a good old Thriller though, i have all his books and their brilliant.

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The marks around it are just wear i had to cover it, and they will come of when i shower.

Clancy's best and only really readable book is probably "The Hunt for Red October," his first one. I find "Red Storm Rising" interesting in a very analytical and detached academic way in terms of what it depicts and how, but I care very little about any of the characters.

Rainbow Six is also quite good, but The Bear and the Dragon pissed me off.

[QUOTE=Arucard]Rainbow Six is also quite good, but The Bear and the Dragon pissed me off.[/QUOTE]

Why?

Probably the most long winded book hes ever written.

[QUOTE=Arucard]Probably the most long winded book hes ever written.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I tend to avoid his later works. I use HFRO as a template for a lot of my own historical/political fiction, just because it's probably one of the most highly skilled examples of the genre out there. I just don't think Clancy's a very creative writer. He's much more suited to writing readable technical journals on military equipment and political scenario than he is at novels.

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]LOTR is another initiating series, Tolkien's style is kinda boring though.
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Seriously now, Tolkien is a relief to read after that Potter stuff. I haven't really been reading much lately though just a book of poems by Poe, but I keep on just reading The Raven and then leaving it :/

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Tolkein is not boring at all. You just need an attention span and a capacity to percieve depth in some other manner short of falling right into it.

[QUOTE=Cain]Tolkein is not boring at all. You just need an attention span and a capacity to percieve depth in some other manner short of falling right into it.[/QUOTE]
Right! Moby Dick is probably the most testing book I've read, because of Melville's way of writing sentences that last for an entire paragraph. Still it was an enjoyable read, I just had to focus which was fine because I was reclining in the Turkish sun :cool:

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No, Tolkien is definitely boring.

Harry Potter is like Star Wars - I guess it's solid for kids, but why would anyone over 12 bother with it?

Fav authors: Ralph Wiley, Chuck Klosterman...I dunno, most of the guys I read are columnists. I read books but I don't go for authors, if that makes sense.

Anyone into Kurt Vonnegut? He's my favorite author at the moment.

Tom Clancy's Red Rabbit is very good also. Its more espionage than millitary, but I suppose it is very accurate for the Cold War period. I highly recommend it.


Did anyone ever read [I]The Stranger[/I] by Albert Camus. Its a pretty interesting read about a man who committed a murder. We read it in school last year and it is one of the only school books I would recommend (other than Catcher in the Rye)

[QUOTE=Cain]Tolkein is not boring at all. You just need an attention span and a capacity to percieve depth in some other manner short of falling right into it.[/QUOTE]
Tolkein is awesome. i've only really read a tiny bit of his work though: The Hobbit, LOTR, and The Silmarillion (which gave me a hell of a headache when i read it all in a day!).
authors i read books by:
David Gemmell
Tom Clancy
JRR Tolkein
Gerald Seymour
Christopher Paolini (more teenage fantasy than adult, but it's not bad, kindof a crossover of Gemmell and Tolkein)
Michael Crichton
Jack Higgins.

[quote=Illmatic]No, Tolkien is definitely boring.[/quote]

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[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]
Did anyone ever read [I]The Stranger[/I] by Albert Camus. Its a pretty interesting read about a man who committed a murder. We read it in school last year and it is one of the only school books I would recommend (other than Catcher in the Rye)[/QUOTE]
You mean [I]The Outsider[/I], and yes I have read it. I really liked that book a lot, it was quite uplifting in a way I found.

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[QUOTE=metal guitar]You mean [I]The Outsider[/I], and yes I have read it. I really liked that book a lot, it was quite uplifting in a way I found.

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Its also knows as The Stranger. There are two translated versions and we read that one.