Comment A few book recommendations (Score 1) 1259
But first a complaint, "Slashdot threads get too big too fast." Some of us are supposedly working I have no idea if some low moderated post mentioned these or not yet...
Anyway because I'm waiting for a meeting I'll give some advice. I too advise reading books other than SF. I almost read no SF/Fantasy now because there are so many better books out there then another hack formulaic SF/Fantasy novel.
That said my dad read a pile of SF and I kept some his books from their garage sale destiny and am reading some James Blish right now. He's an old dead Science Fiction writer.
I would recommend Burgess, "A Clockwork Orange" as a more literary Scifi. Or perhaps "The Wanting Seed" which I was given for Christmas but have yet to read.
I would also recommend a trifecta of "1984", "Brave New World", and "A Clockwork Orange". I personally think "Brave New World" is better then "1984" but how can you not read both?
I also recommend to everyone to read Malcolm Lowery's "Under the Volcano".
My friend Owen I were just discussing our mutual admiration for Joseph Hellers' "Catch 22". That book is brilliant, funny, insightful.
There are a lot of books out there if you look past the 400 copies of Steve King, Daniel Steel, Micheal Crighton, etc. etc. etc.
Back to work...
Muskie
Anyway because I'm waiting for a meeting I'll give some advice. I too advise reading books other than SF. I almost read no SF/Fantasy now because there are so many better books out there then another hack formulaic SF/Fantasy novel.
That said my dad read a pile of SF and I kept some his books from their garage sale destiny and am reading some James Blish right now. He's an old dead Science Fiction writer.
I would recommend Burgess, "A Clockwork Orange" as a more literary Scifi. Or perhaps "The Wanting Seed" which I was given for Christmas but have yet to read.
I would also recommend a trifecta of "1984", "Brave New World", and "A Clockwork Orange". I personally think "Brave New World" is better then "1984" but how can you not read both?
I also recommend to everyone to read Malcolm Lowery's "Under the Volcano".
My friend Owen I were just discussing our mutual admiration for Joseph Hellers' "Catch 22". That book is brilliant, funny, insightful.
There are a lot of books out there if you look past the 400 copies of Steve King, Daniel Steel, Micheal Crighton, etc. etc. etc.
Back to work...
Muskie
