Books. Options

[Dantrag]

Tell us your favorite books!

Then we can discuss them or something.

Mine are - all books on Drizzt by R.a. Salvatore, (I don't want to list em all, and you don't want to read all the titles) The Sword of Truth series by terry Goodkind, LotR (of course), A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin, Demonwars by R.A. salvatore, All of Robert Jordan's books that I have read.

[Chumbaniya]

Why has no-one listed Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy yet?! They're probably my favourite books. "Dune" by Frank Herbet is another one of my favourites.

On the subject of George Orwell, I really like his books too, and I agree that 1984 had one of the scariest ideas I'd ever seen in a novel. I've read Down and out in Paris and London too, and I'm sure there's a copy of Animal Farm somewhere around here...

Currently I'm reading an anthology of short stories by Arthur C. Clarke, which are actually very good (I am usually sceptical of science fiction) as are some of Ray Bradbury's science-fiction short stories. The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is another science-fiction/humour title I'd recommend, and other Douglas Adams stuff - particularly Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - is worth reading.

Rattling off a couple more recommendations: Catch 22 (hilarious), Molesworth (hilarious, but probably only to british tastes). I'm not going to put the Lord of the Rings here, because to be quite honest I find the books to be quite tedious, and with such a stunning movie version I don't see the need to read books which are, in my opinion, fairly drab in terms of actual writing style just because of the merits of the epic overarching idea. The Hobbit on the other hand, I would recommend, but I'm certainly biased because I have fond memories of my dad reading it to me and my brother when I was young.