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Posted By:  Hyperion Jan 31, 2003 - 02:45 pm |       | Didn't want to place this in the BOOK forum as I thought it might be -out of place- somewhat with it not being fantasy Sci-Fi orientated kay 
Anyone read any other types of books in diff genres?
I.e. Classics, Horror, Poetry?
I have ONLY JUST started getting into the classics. I had read Herodotus before, and some Keats and Wordsworth but that’s about it.
Plus I have only just started getting into Horror of the back of a thriller stage. The one thriller writer that caught my eye and that I truly enjoyed reading during my thriller stage, was James Patterson; his book Along Came A Spider was a good read.
Anyway on the advice of a friend in these forums I bought my first Stephen King Book the other day, -->Dreamcatcher.
Also I bought my first true classic, it was a toss up between War and Peace and Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and I went for Canterbury Tales.
Anyone else have a broad scope when it comes to reading?
Anyone really like some of the classics? Or Horror?
Hyperion Out....
Well I do read non-fiction books..on music and sci-fi programs mostly...as for fiction I stick to fantasy/Sci-Fi books mostly, I have read one or two others....
I got a Stephen King Book of a friend yrs ago, couldn't get into it....it might have been because it was a shorter version, of the book, or the way it was written or the words used.....just didn't like it......anyway I stick it downstairs somewhere.....
Oh I do watch Horror on TV sometimes, just start watching "Poltergeist: The Legacy", since there's nothing else on......but I'm starting to get into it......
just thought I would mention it....I know you start on about books....
| Posted By: Odrade Jan 31, 2003 - 03:25 pm | | Canterbury Tales huh? Poetry is kinda tough at times i think. Doesn't have the same pattern as non-prose. And Canterbury Tales is not the easieat poem either.
i don't think i like just one genre. I like stuff out of types, except perhaps those sticky sappy romance novels. i like some non-fiction, but i have all sorts of stuff. plus now i am getting into children's literature quite a bit. i am amazed just how rich of a genre that is.
| Posted By: Bmat Jan 31, 2003 - 04:06 pm | | I read mainly sf and mysteries.
| Posted By: Ding_man Feb 01, 2003 - 03:44 am | | I read any thing people people throw at me. Of couse my uncle is a big reader guy and hes a scifi fantasy person so I often get reccomended to them. Also a rare kind of book but they are always award winning is Surivival Fiction. Such as Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins. I have read every Survivor fiction book there is about lol. Its neat to see what people do stranded in the middle of a Canadian forest or aloane on a small tropical island. I just love the idea.
I also have read some Will Hobbs books. He is a young adults author who has written books such as Bearstone. I don't really like his books though.
My favorite non scifi fantasy book is Tears of the Tiger by Sharon Draper. You should check it out. Its about a teen whos best friend dies sort of bnecuase of him(sort of) and he goes through depression and it is really interesting. Its written like a report sort of. They put a bunch of news articles and letters and homework assignments and most important...conversations. Its a good book and I'd highly reccomend it. It has a really cool ending. You'd never think it would happen!
| Posted By: Magus Sep 24, 2004 - 04:21 pm | | Which book was it, Dark Knight? I can assure you, if you love sci-fi and fantasy you'll love The Last Castle Rock Story: Needful Things by: Stephen King. It's amazing, my fourth favorite book. (The Lord of the Rings is number 1, The DaVinci Cod is number two and Deception Point in number 3). I say try it.
And, afterall, it really depends on what book of his you read. Do you remember what it was?
| Posted By: Hyperion Sep 25, 2004 - 04:17 am | | guess my best Non Fantasy/Science Fiction genre+ author, would have to Thrillers and the author would be James Patterson
Last James Patterson thriller I read was, Along Came A Spider
Really good read about this guy who pits his wits against the police and FBI by using his superior IQ to commit nasty crimes
His IQ has him in like the top 2% of the world, and his crimes and devious tricks are like unprecedented in their skill and ingenuity
He ends up kidnapping this famous persons daughter
There is a film about it also.
Hyperion
| Posted By: Magus Sep 25, 2004 - 06:41 am | | I do enjoy many a Stephen King novel. I believe he has been unfairly characterized as "The King of Horror".
While I'll admit that a good deal of his works have a horrific edge to them, they are not altogether horror. He's written fantasy (Eyes of the Dragon, The Talisman, Black House and The Dark Tower series (7 books). He's written scifi/futuritic works (The Stand, Fire Starter, The Dark Tower Series (7 books), The Long Walk and Gerald's Game) From a Buik 8, Dreamcatcher, The Running Man and The Tommyknockers). He's written prison dramas (The Green Mile and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption). He's written captive stories (Misery and Rage). Now, obviously, I haveb't read all of them. But I know that he's been imprperly classified in that aspect. He's a wonderful author who transends all genres.
His works are more of thrillers with an edge to them, surreal, mostly, in nature and in a very distinct style.
While the style is a little simpler, a little more blunt and to the point, its marvelously real and engrossing. The language is believable for his inclusion of everyday words, phrases, slang and swears.
His stories are also highly character driven, almost every one of them, and thereby are all the more interesting. As a matter of fact, he once wrote that the only truely plot driven book he wrote was "The Dead Zone" and thought it turned out ok, but not, by far, his best work.
And, while his stories are character driven, and his plots can someth=imes be summed up in only a few sentences, they are far from simply plotted. They are filled with twists and turns that, as the story itself is, are driven by the characters and their decisions.
He is also a master at bending genres into something new. Take The Dark Tower series. That's a post apacolyptic scifi western epic fantasy.
| Posted By: Odrade Jan 19, 2005 - 07:41 pm | | Been reading lots Hyperion??? Books are very good, for many things. (now watch someone turn that comment into something else)
Hi Hyperion, it is me again. This is number five i think that i have posted in the efforts to find you. I hope you are well, and not getting too bored with life.
I am sorry that i have been bad about getting back to you. that is rather an understatement i guess. Either way, i hope you fogive me. i know i haven't returned emails, and i have reasons, but they, in the end are excuses, and it doesn't make up.
i hope you forgive and no one here gives you too hard a time for all these posts i am sending you. Who knows, maybe they will think you are a hot romeo who has this girl getting her panties in a bunch for him.
take care,
odrade
| Posted By: Magus Jan 20, 2005 - 04:50 pm | | ***Magus gawks at Odrade***
You're a girl?
***Gasp!***
Magus's trend of gender assumption continues... where will it end?
I just assume everyone on here is a genderless AI program designed to trick me into thinking that this is the real world. That way I'll never be caught open-jawed like Magus here.
(P.S. I'm not falling for it, so you can all stop trying.)
| Posted By: Odrade Jan 20, 2005 - 09:12 pm | | Amazing enough, ther are people from the female gender on this site. I am by far, not the only one. Some of them might surprise you.
I didn't try to make my gender an issue here, personally, i don't think it matters what side of the fence you are on, here the idea is, at least what i get, is that we all love sci-fi or fantasy, or both. That is what got me here three years ago.
But hey, i have been wrong before...(hopefully not this time)
| Posted By: Odrade Jan 20, 2005 - 09:14 pm | | By the way, Magus, do you enjoy all of King's work, or you just a Dark Tower fan?
I think he likes them all.
| Posted By: Aldan Jan 20, 2005 - 09:51 pm | | Oh, one important thing, I think... Magus is now one of the Bmat people... and no, I don't mean females...
| Posted By: Hyperion Jan 21, 2005 - 05:17 am | | Yeah Odrade I am here at last lol
Of course I remember you and of course I missed you loads
Reason why I didn't catch any of your posts is because I only scan through certain forums on the boardss now, and I haven't been to this one since sometime last year...
Anyways I am hear and all is well now you're back hehe
Email me soon ok?
Hyperion
| Posted By: Magus Jan 21, 2005 - 12:55 pm | | Yeah, I like what I read of his. The only thing I was ever really dissapointed with, that I've read so far, was The Dark Half. Needful Things is my second favorite book that I have yet read and The Long Walk is either my third or fourth (The Lord of the Ring is my favorite and Jurassic Park is either third or fourth as well).
Right now I'm reading Insomnia. My sister told me that I should read that before I start on The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower. I'm only half a book away from starting the final Dark Tower book. YAY!
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