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06-11-2006, 10:10 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: somewhere
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I liked The homicide game by david hunter.
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06-12-2006, 12:08 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 61
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Originally Posted by Paper_Wings
I thought "A Great And Terrible Beauty" by Libba Bray was really good. Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" was also one of my favorites.
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Twilight, awesome book.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
a very lovely one "The Vampire's seduction" By Raven Hart
And Demon in my view by Amhelia Awater-Rhodes
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06-12-2006, 05:05 AM
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#78
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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The Historian by Anna Kostova. Dracula and librarians - you can't go wrong.
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07-27-2006, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
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The Cirque Du Freak Series by Darren Shan.
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07-30-2006, 05:04 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Down ze wabbit hole
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Anyone here that's a Phantom Of The Opera fan should read the original book by Gaston Leroux, it inspired the play (though I'm guessing that most fans have already read it)
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Rouge Z. Hatter has FINALLY returned to Gnet!
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08-18-2006, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Amidst a shallow grave
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Well, I have read some Dante, and I love what I have read, didn't have the time to read more, but, in my opinion, the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice have been a good read. I concur, Paper Wings, Twilight was an amazing book, I loved it.
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08-18-2006, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Amidst a shallow grave
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Originally Posted by Mr E Nigma
"The Plucker" by Brom.
I've already stated it in Art. But, thought I should here due to the subject.
The art in this story is incredible. Brom is indeed the man.
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Anything else you'd recommend by Brom?
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08-22-2006, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: NL, Canada
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I'm in the process of reading Midnight In the Garden Of Good and Evil by John Berendt and it is alot better then I thought it was going to be. I find myself laughing outloud, mind you I probably shouldn't be laughing at these parts but oh well.
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08-23-2006, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
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Any book by the author Jodi Picoult is good too.
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08-25-2006, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: A lil hole in the wall in the USA
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As much as my friends tend to diss it, Alice in Wonderland is a great book. *before Disney got ahold of it of course
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08-26-2006, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
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Originally Posted by Crying_Crimson_Tears
The Cirque Du Freak Series by Darren Shan.
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Yep, I've read the whole series of that & I have to say it was truely amazing.
The Demonata series he's written is another set of wonderful fantasy stories, the descriptions of the demons genuinely freak me out!
The whole of the His Dark Materials series is must too.
I'm half way through The Magic Kingdom by Stanley Elkin & it's not failing to dissapoint!
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08-26-2006, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: GA, USA
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"Sabriel", "Lirael", and "Abhorsen" by Garth Nix.
Just finished reading these - was completely blown away. They are absolutely incredible. I have no words to describe them adequately. JUST READ THEM! They revolve around death and the powers in death and the power of being able to control death. These books impressed me beyond Lord of the Rings or anything else I've read in general fantasy.
The Obsidian Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey.
Great fantasy, well written, fast paced, intriguing characters.
"White As Snow" by Tanith Lee.
No other retelling of the fairy tale of Snow White has ever quite struck me so hard. This book also incorporates the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone into the story. It's dark, mature, and the characters become creepingly real.
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08-30-2006, 06:13 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: United States.
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[quote=Lackluster_Heavens] The Divine Comedy by Dante (Purgatorio is my favorite of the three)[quote]
Oh yes, The Divine Comedy is great.
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08-31-2006, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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Transformingfate, thank you very much, now I won't rest until I find these books. ¬¬
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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08-31-2006, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: GA, USA
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
Transformingfate, thank you very much, now I won't rest until I find these books. ¬¬
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You're welcome.
Garth Nix is an all-around astounding writer. I don't know that I'd say he writes in a goth or gothic style, but the way he speaks of death is superbly different and amazingly real. I wish they'd make that trilogy into a set of good movies. The only thing is with all the death and gore (mostly consisting of rotten, falling-apart bodies inhabited by bound spirits) involved they'd be NC-17. Haha.
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08-31-2006, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
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Originally Posted by She_Is_My_Sin
Yep, I've read the whole series of that & I have to say it was truely amazing.
The Demonata series he's written is another set of wonderful fantasy stories, the descriptions of the demons genuinely freak me out!
The whole of the His Dark Materials series is must too.
I'm half way through The Magic Kingdom by Stanley Elkin & it's not failing to dissapoint!
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OOOOOO, I will have to get my hands on these books because they sound amazing.
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09-01-2006, 09:20 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: GA, USA
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[quote=She_Is_My_Sin]The whole of the His Dark Materials series is must too.
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That series is awesome. I devoured those books. In 3 days. Aheh.
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09-01-2006, 01:47 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: That little dot in the Middle East , Lebanon
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The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
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09-02-2006, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
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"Second Glance" by Jodi Picoult.
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"Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon."
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09-12-2006, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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I was particularly fond of 'Inkheart', by Cornelia Funke, and its sequal, 'Inkspell'.
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09-12-2006, 03:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Canada
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Anyone ever read Dracula and see that it's one great big porno? :P
I'm into the classical horrors, so I recommend:
~ "The Mysteries of Udolphu" by Ann Radcliffe -- I'm in the middle of it and I can't put the damned thing down!
~ "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
~ "Dracula" by Bram Stoker -- read it twice. Read it once just as it is, and then read it the second time, thinking of every instance of blood consumption as an erotic act.
~ "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Another haunting novel.
~ "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Lereux. Nothing like the plays/movies/etc.
~ "Paradise Lost" by John Milton
~ "The Monk" by Matthew Gregory Lewis
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09-15-2006, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 951
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I highly recomend Phillip Pullmans dark materials trilogy
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09-16-2006, 03:42 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: in a small hell
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That sounds most intriguing. Can someone recommend me some good fantasy reading?
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The Belgaraid and The Mallorian series by David Eddings.Both series have 5 books but they are really good also you can try Ellenium series, and Dark Elf trilogy by R.A Salvatore is really good.
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09-16-2006, 04:42 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
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'Faerie Wars' by Herbie Brennan is an excellent read. Yes, it's aimed at a young audience, but alot of the content is something at can appeal to all age groups. It's definitely one of my favourites.
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09-16-2006, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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The books I most reccomend:
I hope someone will consider this options, for tese books are the ones that made me who I am today; really.
First and foremost- All of the four books of the Hyperion Saga!! By Dan Simmons. There's no literary device or technique you won't find in these books. They really contain everything you can imagine: from violence to poetry, from a love story to a guy who can only say seven bad words, from The Crucifix which grants eternal life to an AI that only speaks in koans.
Oh, yeah, and, in the second book, John Keats is the protagonist!!!
Second book- Schrodinger's Cat. Anton Wilson (who I have already learned of, as he's also an individualist anarchist) is the guy for which I got obsessed with Quantum Physics. He's the guy that turned me into a Nihilist.
The Picture of Dorian Grey- Well, you all know about Oscar Wilde.
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I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
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