Book Review Thread

[Scurvy]

well after watching The Lord of the Rings, the first one, i got the book i felt very proud of myslef) needless to say, i only got to about page 22...

more seriously, one of the best books i'v ever read was On The Road by Jack Kerouac

and another good'n is Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin

[Fragony]

Books are great when you just cannot reach the cookies, the thicker the better. But some are great to read as well, just reread 'In thousand pieces' by James Fray and it is great. It must suck to be addicted, and going to the dentist without getting any sedatives must suck even more. It really has this glad I am not you quality that goes so well with a warm bed and a good red wine, and it even turns out rather well for the hero. Brett Easton Ellis (one of my favourite writers) called it the war and peace of addiction, so who am I not to recommended it? So I do, fantastic book.

[Sjakihata]

Have anyone read Hegels Phänomenologie des Geistes? If so, please let me know what you think of it. Does he makes sense? I quite enjoy philosophy of history, especially Hegel's quite unorthodox view of the spirit moving from sout towards north, and east to west, ending up with the 'perfect' society of Preussen.

edit: here's a link, Phänomenologie des Geistes

[Alexanderofmacedon]

"Animal Farm" and "1984".

I like them very much. Great work Orwell.

[Geezer57]

Harry Turtledove is an author I regularly read - he has many engrossing multi-volume series currently in print. See here: http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/series.html

I'm currently reading Michael Crichton's State of Fear - it's a real page-burner and very hard to put down. The novel deals with the dangers of politicized science, particularly in the environmental field, when the search for truth is confused with political advocacy. More here: http://www.crichton-official.com/fear/index.html

Highly recommended.

[edyzmedieval]

Clive Cussler.

-Sahara
-Inca Gold
-Valhalla Rising

...is what I have so far. I enjoyed them all. The books are gripping and Cussler is considered "The Grandmaster of Adventure".

Find out here:
http://www.numa.net/clive_cussler.html