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Can someone please recomend me an Epic book to read!!

InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I was just browsing the What I'm currently reading thread.....and didn't find something I found to interesting.... HELP PLEASE!!! :)

Please no "chick" books

I like fiction preferably especially thrillers, conspiracies, fantasy, etc, etc.

I also like shit like Chuck Klosterman....

Oh Yeah and tell me a little bit what its about!!

THANKS A BUNCH
Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    I am reading "The Wanting Seed" by Anthony Burgess right now and it's quite a good read.
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    have you ever read Atlas Shrugged?
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    Try the AET Book Club book.

    'A Quiet Belief in Angels' by RJ Ellory.
    It's a very good read and the language is fantastic :)
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  • hoopinmanhoopinman Posts: 294
    Oxxys wrote:
    I also like shit like Chuck Klosterman....

    Have you read anything by Lester Bangs???

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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Oxxys wrote:
    I was just browsing the What I'm currently reading thread.....and didn't find something I found to interesting.... HELP PLEASE!!! :)

    Please no "chick" books

    I like fiction preferably especially thrillers, conspiracies, fantasy, etc, etc.

    I also like shit like Chuck Klosterman....

    Oh Yeah and tell me a little bit what its about!!

    THANKS A BUNCH


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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Lizard wrote:
    have you ever read Atlas Shrugged?
    I still have to get around to that..damn.
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  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Do you like stephen king?

    to be honest I never reaLLY gave him a chance
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I still have to get around to that..damn.
    She is awesome.

    yep. but if you are as bad as me re finishing a book, you better set aside 6 mos. of your life!!! ;)
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Oxxys wrote:
    to be honest I never reaLLY gave him a chance


    If you like fantasy and stuff and want a really epic read, I'd suggest the dark tower series. There's seven book in all and the first book, "The Gunslinger" is a pretty small read so you can read it and decide if you like it or not.


    http://www.stephenking.com/DarkTower/the_books.html
  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    That actually looks pretty sweet.
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I just finished Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell. It's the last in a series of 3 historically-accurate fictional books about the Saxons and their battle to rid England of the Danes in the 800's or so... Very good stuff. I'm moving on to his series about King Aurthur.
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    If you like fantasy and stuff and want a really epic read, I'd suggest the dark tower series. There's seven book in all and the first book, "The Gunslinger" is a pretty small read so you can read it and decide if you like it or not.


    http://www.stephenking.com/DarkTower/the_books.html
    Did he ever finish that series? I got hooked on it when it first came out and then he set it aside and really pissed me off.
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Did he ever finish that series? I got hooked on it when it first came out and then he set it aside and really pissed me off.


    Yep. All of them are out and done.
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Did he ever finish that series? I got hooked on it when it first came out and then he set it aside and really pissed me off.

    yep, he finished the series and each book came out around 2004-2005 I think.

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    I would also second the suggestion on reading the Dark Tower series. Also The Stand is a pretty epic story.
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  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    What did you guys think of them they look really interesting?
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • julieferjuliefer New Westminster, BC Posts: 397
    I agreed, The Dark Tower series is epic. I love it.

    And the Stand too. Other Stephen King stuff = not so good, in my opinion.
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Oxxys wrote:
    I was just browsing the What I'm currently reading thread.....and didn't find something I found to interesting.... HELP PLEASE!!! :)

    Please no "chick" books

    I like fiction preferably especially thrillers, conspiracies, fantasy, etc, etc.

    I also like shit like Chuck Klosterman....

    Oh Yeah and tell me a little bit what its about!!

    THANKS A BUNCH

    I love Klosterman books..so much that I've been trying to find something along that genre for awhile to read... I bought 'Love is a Mixtap' by Rob Sheffield; don't make the same mistake I did. That book was about at boring as boring could get.
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,961
    DeLukin wrote:
    I just finished Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell. It's the last in a series of 3 historically-accurate fictional books about the Saxons and their battle to rid England of the Danes in the 800's or so... Very good stuff. I'm moving on to his series about King Aurthur.

    That is a great series. Another one, which has been mentioned before in other book threads, is George R R Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series. Currently there are: 1) A Game of Thrones 2) A Clash of Kings 3) A Storm of Swords and 4) A Feast for Crows. There are three more eventually forthcoming. They are kind of a medieval fantasy type of series. Completely engrossing. Happy reading.

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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Fifthelement wrote:
    That is a great series. Another one, which has been mentioned before in other book threads, is George R R Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series. Currently there are: 1) A Game of Thrones 2) A Clash of Kings 3) A Storm of Swords and 4) A Feast for Crows. There are three more eventually forthcoming. They are kind of a medieval fantasy type of series. Completely engrossing. Happy reading.

    Pax!




    Those sound sweet. What type of fantasy are we talking here?
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,961
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Those sound sweet. What type of fantasy are we talking here?

    It's got it all . . . Dragons, mystics, magic, demons, wights, ice-cold walking dead type creatures, knights, princesses, murder, incest, Xian-type themes, swarming hordes a la Ghenghis Khan. It's a series that I keep going back to and re-reading.

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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,173
    What's the deal on the Klosterman books? I've read/heard people mentioning that they like his books, but I don't know much about him or his work. Someone please elaborate for me. :)
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    You want Epic? Read Dune. Best.Book.Ever.
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    Oxxys wrote:

    I like fiction preferably especially thrillers, conspiracies, fantasy, etc, etc.

    THANKS A BUNCH
    Tom Clancy. My favorite is "Without Remorse", its about a man who is taking out a drug and prostitute ring after they kill his girlfriend.
    Very awesome, keeps you interested throughout the entire book. And Clancy is a very good narrator.
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Snake wrote:
    Tom Clancy. My favorite is "Without Remorse", its about a man who is taking out a drug and prostitute ring after they kill his girlfriend.
    Very awesome, keeps you interested throughout the entire book. And Clancy is a very good narrator.
    Very true. I've read rainbow six and Patriot games. When Clancy does action you just can't put it down.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    RA Salvatore books are good i think.
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Personally I loved the Anne Rice Vampire Series and the Witch books too. The Witch books start out as a slow read, but pick up and they pay off in the long run.
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zalazny.

    The Complete Book of Amber is all 10 stories.

    Good times.
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