Have read the odd book or two in my time.
Now it's time to start writing them...
Have read the odd book or two in my time.
Now it's time to start writing them...
Age is too high a price to pay for maturity
I see the word geeks ....
I see the words ... Bary Crump ... :spudwave:
THe hand's farster than the eye ... keepan eye onda feet .. .
For those of you with a SF bent, try China Mieville, a Brit author in the 'steampunk' genre. "The Scar" and "Perdido St. Station" are pretty cool.
The Gap Series by Stephen Donaldson. Not as heavy as the Thomas Covenant Series, more tongue in cheeck SCIFI.
The Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert. Also, the three books that follow in the series, and the prequels written by Brian Herbert, continue in quality. Also, the Dune and Children of Dune mini-series on DVD are excellent.
Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. Love em all.
The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkein.
Haynes Yamaha FZR 600, 750, & 1000 1987-1996 Repair Manual
I tend to re-read my favourite books a lot. Like re-visiting an old friend.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Holey cow dude--Ive almost finished the MOTE bookOriginally Posted by Kickaha
My favorite is the ringworld series.
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
Yea, The Vamp Chronicles were pretty cool, but boy I got sick of eveyone crying all the time!!!Originally Posted by celticno6
Not even with yours!!!
Best thing in that list is that Haynes manuals.Originally Posted by celticno6
But seriously I find Stephen Donaldson an incredible bore.
Frank Herbert's original 3 Dune books are classics but the rest of the series is appallingly tepid.
Anne who???
I love LOTR, but I can't touch it until I have purged the mental images that that light weight film series placed in my brain.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Just watched Dune on Video last week. Got me a little how on the desert planet Arrakis the locals had heaps of precious.........water that no-one knew about, and they were stockpiling it so that they could control the universe and deny the emporer rights to mining. Sounded a little too blatantly allegorical for me. That and the fact that the evil baron had a skin disease and was immediately identifiable as evil. Too obvious. He only floated so that they could show off some effects too. I tried to read the books ages ago, but I think the movie has put me off trying again, as I didnt really like them that much last time
Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....
Alice in Wonderland
for no one on this earth can you trust,
not men, not women, not beasts,
*lifts sword*, this you can trust
Conan the Barbarian
You too?Originally Posted by MikeL
Mind you, they reckon almost everyone in NZ "has a novel in them".
(Whoever "they" is...)
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Wow! This forum thread is quite an eye-opener.
Who'd have thought that Wikd would be a fan of David Eddings (me too), or that they'd be several others on this list who know of the "Moties"?
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
David Gemmell - Druss the legend, waylander etc
Raymond E Feist - Riftwars
dragonlance - Many many authors.
Death Dealer - Frank Frazetta and James Slike
for no one on this earth can you trust,
not men, not women, not beasts,
*lifts sword*, this you can trust
Conan the Barbarian
Originally Posted by firestormer
Just finished David Eddings Tamuli series yet again,I tend to reread all my books numerous times.
The Moties are cool I particulary like the crazy Eddie figure of their legend that appears in both books,reminds me of some people I know.
Jim2 I would have to agree with you regarding the Dune trilogy and the books that followed,although I didn't mind Chapter House.
What,if you liked Ted Simon you may also like Full Circle by Richard and Mopsa English about riding around the world on a sidecar.
Dean Koontz is another I didn't think of with "Lightning" being my favourite one of his.
Motu,I have read both the John Briitens books and found the Tim Hanna one to be the far more interesting of the two.
Dragons Egg by David Eddings is my favourite book of all time.
Most Eddings fans have never heard of it.
Other favoured authors are,
Andy McNab,
Eric Van lustbader,
Douglas Bader,
Ludlum,
Eric Idle,
Aaron Slight,
Tom Clancy.
Basically if it is two or more of the following
Funny,
informative,
fast paced,
dark,
action filled,
entertaining,
Thought provoking,
About bikes, war, science, crime or cars (whispered).
I'll read it.
I never seem to have much spare time but I'm slowly working my way through Tim Hanna's book on John Britten. Very interesting. I read the Felicity Price one first and found that great but the Hanna one certainly has more of the real guts. Trouble is I'm lucky to get through a chapter a night.
I have the Possum Bourne and Carl Fogarty books to get through yet too - all presents given to me as a guy who likes his books with pictures in them. Typical engineer - no arty fiction stuff for me eh!
Cheers
Merv
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