I haven't read anything else of his. Just what he did with Clarke on that series.
j-whitt987 Send a noteboard - 22/06/2010 12:08:15 AM
I finished Magician recently, and I'm looking for something else to read. Instead of raiding the book store and looking for something, I thought I'd ask which books you consider to be spectacular.
I'm not looking for a book that has any particular outstanding single characteristic such as a contrived plot, deep philosophy or detailed world-building. I'm looking for a book that destroyed your life for the time that you read it - because you couldn't put it down, and afterwards you put it down and went 'wow'.
Thanks!
Arthur C. Clarke's "A Space Odyssey" and also his work with Stephen Baxter "A Time Odyssey". "A Time Odyssey" was left hanging since I understand Clarke died before he and Baxter could finish, but it's a great series of books.
Kirk: Spock, you want to know something? Everybody’s human.
Spock: I find that remark…insulting.
Spock: I find that remark…insulting.
Amazing books you think people must read
20/06/2010 08:35:22 PM
- 1384 Views
If you insist...
20/06/2010 11:05:30 PM
- 850 Views
Actually, I did better on that list than I was expecting beforehand.
20/06/2010 11:24:17 PM
- 751 Views
The main ones coming to mind are 1984, Possession and The Discovery of Heaven.
20/06/2010 11:27:48 PM
- 815 Views
sadly I have not been wowed by a book in a while
21/06/2010 12:07:33 AM
- 876 Views
Catch 22
21/06/2010 02:03:18 AM
- 763 Views
It's that good? I have it on my shelf here but haven't read it. *NM*
21/06/2010 05:13:55 PM
- 333 Views
Let's just say it makes an impact.
21/06/2010 06:22:10 PM
- 740 Views
I enjoyed it. The absurdism--not all that unlike Vonnegut in many instances--made for a lot of fun.
22/06/2010 02:50:49 AM
- 784 Views
I'd say...
21/06/2010 03:11:24 AM
- 760 Views
Baxter's book The Raft was an interesting book
21/06/2010 02:35:32 PM
- 732 Views
I haven't read anything else of his. Just what he did with Clarke on that series.
22/06/2010 12:08:15 AM
- 743 Views
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It's the July Book Club selection, too. *NM*
21/06/2010 05:13:25 PM
- 361 Views
didn't the Russian Book Club just cover that book? *NM*
21/06/2010 05:17:59 PM
- 357 Views
Nope... The RAFO book club is joining the Russian book club to discuss it in July.
21/06/2010 05:20:36 PM
- 723 Views
Pale Fire by Nabakov. Or Lolita for that matter. *NM*
21/06/2010 08:22:56 PM
- 369 Views
Pale Fire was excellent. Especially for people who enjoy when Frost is mocked.
22/06/2010 12:49:38 AM
- 763 Views