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I hope some of you degens read, post your favourite books or ones you think others will like. Shōgun by James Clavell is my alltime favourite, followed closely by Winter World by Bernd Heinrich. Lets hear some book love out heare
VTshredder69Is reading Dune after the movie a bad idea?
Reading the Hobbit & LOTR before the movies was epic.
Reading I am Legend after the movie... not so much.
Feel like this is true with most big name movies that come from books.
Reading dune after the movie was the best decision I made. Gives you so much more detail on what’s going on behind the scenes, plus the book ending of where dune 2 left off is phenomenal
has anybody else read the book "Sky's End"? it's part of the "Above the Black" trilogy and I thought it was a great book. Read it on the drive back from copper mountain
ThegenericskierReading dune after the movie was the best decision I made. Gives you so much more detail on what’s going on behind the scenes, plus the book ending of where dune 2 left off is phenomenal
Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan changed my perspective on everything in highschool. Only growing in relevance some 30 years later after it was written. For fiction Blood Meridian blew me away, but I had to look up the old timey words left and right. Was better the 2nd time because of that.
Just came into this thread to say I'm starting Blood Meridian Today.
SchwagsDemon Haunted World by Carl Sagan changed my perspective on everything in highschool. Only growing in relevance some 30 years later after it was written. For fiction Blood Meridian blew me away, but I had to look up the old timey words left and right. Was better the 2nd time because of that.
VTshredder69Is reading Dune after the movie a bad idea?
Reading the Hobbit & LOTR before the movies was epic.
Reading I am Legend after the movie... not so much.
Feel like this is true with most big name movies that come from books.
I watched the first movie then read the books. finished god emperor which I liked but didn't end up continuing the series past that since I felt like the main storyline had been wrapped up nicely by that point. Would definitely recommend to anyone who liked the movie(s). It's a little difficult to keep track of the names and references, some of which only seem to get explained later. I think that's why some people aren't a fan but other than that, great read.
I think it might be my fav fictional story i've read in a very long time. I had to re read and listen to a lot of the chapters twice just to get what was going on. Last chapter with the judge is insane. His dialogue is some of the best literature i've ever read.
VTshredder69I think it might be my fav fictional story i've read in a very long time. I had to re read and listen to a lot of the chapters twice just to get what was going on. Last chapter with the judge is insane. His dialogue is some of the best literature i've ever read.
VTshredder69I think it might be my fav fictional story i've read in a very long time. I had to re read and listen to a lot of the chapters twice just to get what was going on. Last chapter with the judge is insane. His dialogue is some of the best literature i've ever read.
yeah one of my fav books I've ever read. Almost forgot how good some of the Judge's dialogue is, had to read it again cuz I def missed some stuff the first time around. I've read some of McCarthy's other books and No country for old men is also top tier but Blood meridian is really in a league of its own imo
I was thinking about reading another one of his but coudln't decide on which one.
Christian_Baleyeah one of my fav books I've ever read. Almost forgot how good some of the Judge's dialogue is, had to read it again cuz I def missed some stuff the first time around. I've read some of McCarthy's other books and No country for old men is also top tier but Blood meridian is really in a league of its own imo
I'm reading Warhammer 40k books at the moment. Some of my favorites are Helsreach, Devestation of Baal, The Emperor's Gift, The Grey Knights Omnibus, and The Night Lords Omnibus.
All of the Murderbot Diaries books by Martha Wells are fantastic. Apple is turning it into a show and I was pretty disappointed with the trailer.
Blindsight and Echopraxia are also excellent novels by Peter Watts. Blindsight won a Hugo and is free iirc.
Suttree is another great book by Cormac McCarthy!
a great author to check out if you are into dark psychological shit is Chuck Palinuk, who wrote fight club. More great books by him is invisible monsters, choke, and the invention of sound.
Splizard_WizardSuttree is another great book by Cormac McCarthy!
a great author to check out if you are into dark psychological shit is Chuck Palinuk, who wrote fight club. More great books by him is invisible monsters, choke, and the invention of sound.
I've still been on a sci-fi kick, lots of Ellison.
Honestly it's been fun learning about the author himself tbh, the dude was fuckin nuts!
Like, to prove my point here's an excerpt from his fan websites Q&A from the 1990's:
DID HARLAN REALLY PUNCH IRWIN ALLEN?
Never touched him. But he was in the room when it happened...
Seems Harlan was writing for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and
Harlan, Irwin Allen, the head of ABC Network Continuity (read 'censor'), and
others were in a story conference, and the network head wanted Harlan to make
more than a few "stupid changes" in his script....
Harlan: "Those are stupid! And you're stupid for asking for those things."
Network head: "You'll make them all right."
Harlan: "You don't understand. I will _not_ make them."
Network head: "Writers are toadies. You will do as you're told."
Harlan became angry, leapt upon the long conference table, and ran down
the length of it at the network head, intent on kicking him in the face.
Harlan slipped and slid the rest of the way down the table, hit the guy in
the mouth, knocking him backwards out of his chair, knocking a model of the
_Seaview_ off the wall, and it broke the man's pelvis.
Irwin Allen settled out of court for the whole incident.
(Quotes from Comics Journal #53, Gary Groth, interviewer)
DID HARLAN REALLY MAIL A DEAD GOPHER TO AN EDITOR?
Nope. It was the comptroller of a certain publishing house that bound
a cigarette ad into one of Harlan's paperbacks, breaking a stipulation in
Harlan's contract. Although better related in Harlan's essay "Driving in
the Spikes", suffice to say that after trying nicely to get the book
rights reverted back to him, as per his contract, and getting blown off,
Harlan mailed 213 bricks postage due to the man (this was back when the US
Postal Service would mail anything postage-free, making the recipient
pay up), had a Luthuanian hit man friend of his have a talk with him, and
then mailed the dead gopher, along with Ted Cogswell's recipe for braised
gopher stew, fourth class mail, where it stank up the mailing room for quite
a while.
WHAT WAS THE TERMINATOR LAWSUIT?
Here's the final word, as related by Rick Wyatt....
It was discovered that James Cameron had ripped off HE's "Outer Limits"
story "Soldier". Deposition was given that Cameron had admitted this,
and the producer of the film settled out of court with Ellison and placed
a very large add in _Variety_ and _The Hollywood Reporter_. Ever since
then, Cameron is said to go ballistic if Ellison's name is mentioned.
Wildest part is if you've ever read "Soldier" you would know 100% that Terminator ripped it off, it was so obvious, but Cameron will never admit it publically. Really good story too, I think they turned it into a tv episode for Twilight Zone as well?
Oh and then I've been reading Ulysses for the past year and a half, almost half way done. It's a great book but it can be so exhausting to read. Most I've ever been able to read in a single sitting is like 20 pages lol. I get why it's so loved though, parts of it are really fun.
Like a cool tidbit is that the intro to Shrek is literally straight out of the book. When Shrek is reading the fairy tale and then wipes his ass with a page. Literally scene for scene of a chapter in Ulysses where Bloom is monologuing about the importance of journalism while he reads the paper. Then at the end of the chapter he laughs and rips the front page out so he can wipe his ass- then it's revealed that he's been in an outhouse the whole chapter lmao.
VTshredder69Is reading Dune after the movie a bad idea?
Reading the Hobbit & LOTR before the movies was epic.
Reading I am Legend after the movie... not so much.
Feel like this is true with most big name movies that come from books.
I watched the movie first and then read the book and fell in love. I'm still reading through the series, there's nothing like it, and it's definitely worth it
edit: Read the second dune book before watching the second movie.
**This post was edited on Jun 23rd 2025 at 8:28:09am
Lonely700/940 pages into the Eisenhorn Omnibus and Dan Abnett does not disappoint.
Definitely a step above some of the other books in the genre
Eisenhorn trilogy is awesome. Ravenor trilogy is ok. Bequin books have been good, somewhat big lore implications with a Custodian, just waiting for book 3 now.
Dune is so good. Can't believe this came out in the 1960's. About to start the second book. I watched the second movie but i was so cooked i don't recall much of it.
STEEZUS_CHRI5TI watched the movie first and then read the book and fell in love. I'm still reading through the series, there's nothing like it, and it's definitely worth it
edit: Read the second dune book before watching the second movie.
**This post was edited on Jun 23rd 2025 at 8:28:09am
Slaughterhouse-five is a trip. Not one of my favorites, but it's a quick read and it definitely had me semi tripped up about what the fuck was going on.
abjectwoeEisenhorn trilogy is awesome. Ravenor trilogy is ok. Bequin books have been good, somewhat big lore implications with a Custodian, just waiting for book 3 now.
Like 10 books into Horus Heresy my eyes and wallet hurt but my gdamm this shit slaps
Just starting “Know no Fear” and from what I’ve been told I’m in for a treat. Love me some Danny boy
**This post was edited on Aug 18th 2025 at 9:12:31pm
Reading “In Our Time” god i love hemingway. can’t wait to have a fire place a book shelf’s to fill at school.
this summer i’ve reread The Stranger & A Farewell to Arms.
Also read A Devil in The White City. Erik Larson does an amazing job of telling history like a fictional story. It was mad unsettling, i’m gonna read In the Garden of the Beasts when I can.
Finished Shadow of The Torturer which is a weird science fantasy thing and The Haar which was a shorter horror novel set in Scotland with a sea creature
Next is either the sequel to Annihilation or the Claw of the Conciliator, the sequel to Shadow of the Torturer
Or maybe even a Sanderson, probably don't have enough time left in the year to beat last year's number of books finished
can anyone help with sword and shield fantasy series recs? Just finished the most mid trilogy ever (raven’s shadow by Anthony Ryan, would not recommend) and I’m looking for something I can actually get into. Something like way of kings (Sanderson), sarmatian trilogy (Tim leach), or even GoT
brownetowncan anyone help with sword and shield fantasy series recs? Just finished the most mid trilogy ever (raven’s shadow by Anthony Ryan, would not recommend) and I’m looking for something I can actually get into. Something like way of kings (Sanderson), sarmatian trilogy (Tim leach), or even GoT
It's cheesey and gets a bit borderline softcore occasionally but I enjoyed reading the Sword of Truth series through college
brownetowncan anyone help with sword and shield fantasy series recs? Just finished the most mid trilogy ever (raven’s shadow by Anthony Ryan, would not recommend) and I’m looking for something I can actually get into. Something like way of kings (Sanderson), sarmatian trilogy (Tim leach), or even GoT
Don't read GoT. Great books, but I can't recommend putting in all the effort to read them just for GRRM to never finish the story.
The books are all literally in front of me on my desk, but I'll probably never read them again.
Paolini's Inheritance Cycle and associated books are good. Bear in mind, he started writing the books as a teenager and I started reading them as a pre-teen. They aren't the most intricate of books, but solid and fun. Cool take on magic, combat, etc.
Black Templar based 40k books, like Helsreach, could be a cool sword and shield meets grimdark far future kind of thing.
abjectwoePaolini's Inheritance Cycle and associated books are good. Bear in mind, he started writing the books as a teenager and I started reading them as a pre-teen. They aren't the most intricate of books, but solid and fun. Cool take on magic, combat, etc.
He just released a new book, set in the Eragon universe in 2023. Murtagh, which follows his adventures after the main 4 books.
Haven't read it yet, but definitely planning on checking it out. I loved the Inheritance cycle as a kid.
Flacker Finally started reading this masterpiece, super hard to put down and highly highly recommend to everyone.
Also just re-read this bad boy, probably my favorite book of all time. About a bank robbing junky turning a new leaf read the whole thing in 2 days, would love to make a screen play about it one day.
