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Book club

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:27 pm
by Lopdo
Hey, so I decided to share some books that I read lately and I think you should read them as well :) Please no spoilers!

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin - I think this should go without saying, one of the best fantasy novels I ever read. For those who don't know what it is, it is saga the TV show Game of Thrones is based on (does this sentence even make sense?). It is exceptionally written, although sometimes too detailed and it is pretty long so you won't finish it overnight (which is both good and bad thing :) )

Pandora's star and Judas unchained by Hamilton (too lazy to google full name) - This is sci-fi that made me dream again. Ideas behind it is what drives me forward those past couple months/years. It is pretty long as well and rather complicated, so it might not be suited for everybody. It is about humans colonizing galaxy and their conflict with newly discovered alien species. I don't why is that, but from all sci-fi universes, this is imho closest to how it is going to look in couple hundred years. It just all make sense. Maybe it is because it is relatively new book and author and since lot has been discovered in past decade he doesn't have to come up crazy ideas. He just takes what could work in 50 years from now and then advances it by 100 years and makes it awesome.

Please share books you think are exceptional somehow, I don't want just great books, I wan't the best ones :) There is just too many of them and one can't hope to read them all

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:02 pm
by ace199212
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson

If you watched movie ... you will probably know what about is this book :P

The Postman
by David Brin

If you played Fallout ... you will probably know what about is this book :P



These books appeared in polish, english and, I think, other languages too :)

Good reading? :D

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:07 pm
by Lopdo
there is the postman movie as well, I think Costner plays in it. If it is based on the book as well, I might read it, I loved that movie

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:12 pm
by ace199212
The Postaman movie? :shock:

I wanna watch that 8-)


I am cool :arrow: 8-)


P.S.: So Lopdo, is possible to get gold coins throught SMS road?
I haven't Paypal, so this is huge problem for me

or ... (if not possible)

Could you unlock for me editor :D I will pay 3000 crystals for it
In despair up to 5000 :)

EFFACÉ

PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:01 am
by Ozserf
EFFACÉ

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:16 pm
by Combeboy
Hey Lopdo

You should turn this into a map for VW2

XD

Westeros

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:58 am
by Lopdo
there already is couple of westeros maps

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:38 am
by Sundancer
Metro 2033/Metro 2034 by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
Bunch of Russians living in the metro system after a nuclear war. Awesomeness is ensued.

Intervention by Robin Cook.
Bunch of people do some shit and awesomeness is ensued. Also archaeology and church and morgue.

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:34 am
by Lopdo
I am reading Godfather right now and I am loving it. I am not sure why, it has very interesting story, but it is not that exceptional. I guess it is because of the characters, they are really likable and lifelike. I want to be part of Corleone family and give myself to the life of crime (non-violent one only of course) :)

Re: Book club

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:44 pm
by Drone6o3
Red Badge of Courage,
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I've read it all ready, but it makes for a good story.