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Title: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: James Grant on February 12, 2013, 10:00:58 pm
Hello chaps, I'd like this thread to be a place to recommend books and also where you can ask others where you can find a specific book.

I'd personally recommend the True Soldier Gentlemen books by Adrian Goldsworthy, set in the Napoleonic Wars here you follow a group of young subalterns as they make their way through the war. It's a bit like Sharpe but with gentlemen, not ruffians ;)

Find them here http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com/fiction.htm (http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com/fiction.htm)


Though I admit at the moment I'm looking for a book set in the late 40's or the 1950's/early 60's something preferably set around police or perhaps similiar to the mad men series. Oh and set in LA or New York. Thanks chaps.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Ralph on February 12, 2013, 11:01:10 pm
I personally loved Frankenstein. Really symbolic novel.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Jacob on February 13, 2013, 01:16:39 pm
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy series, along the same sort of lines as Game of Thrones as I loved those books
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Tali on February 13, 2013, 07:37:09 pm
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy series, along the same sort of lines as Game of Thrones as I loved those books

The Lord of the Rings. It is such a great trilogy. Then when you are done, there is thousands upon thousands of more pages of lore to dvelve into.

Edit:
I also recall reading the Eragon series some time back. It's not as great as Lotr, and it is targeted at younger audiences, and it is pretty much a fantasy version of Star Wars, but I recall it as decent.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: König on February 13, 2013, 07:57:15 pm
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy series, along the same sort of lines as Game of Thrones as I loved those books

The Lord of the Rings. It is such a great trilogy. Then when you are done, there is thousands upon thousands of more pages of lore to dvelve into.
This. ^
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Tali on February 13, 2013, 08:59:05 pm
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy series, along the same sort of lines as Game of Thrones as I loved those books

The Lord of the Rings. It is such a great trilogy. Then when you are done, there is thousands upon thousands of more pages of lore to dvelve into.
This. ^

I managed to find all three books in, merged into one book, with original illustrations from Alan Lee, for 3€. Easily my best purchase ever.

Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: TORN on February 13, 2013, 09:02:37 pm
harry potter! great books enjoyed them.

Also the hobbit.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Jacob on February 13, 2013, 09:17:46 pm
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy series, along the same sort of lines as Game of Thrones as I loved those books

The Lord of the Rings. It is such a great trilogy. Then when you are done, there is thousands upon thousands of more pages of lore to dvelve into.

Edit:
I also recall reading the Eragon series some time back. It's not as great as Lotr, and it is targeted at younger audiences, and it is pretty much a fantasy version of Star Wars, but I recall it as decent.

I have already read both of those series :L
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Fortune on February 14, 2013, 08:18:05 am
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy series, along the same sort of lines as Game of Thrones as I loved those books
I've read the Sword of Truth series which was damn good and currently working my way through the last books of the Wheel of Time series (highly recommend it).
Still waiting for the next book of the Stormlight Archive, but I should probably finish the Mistborn series first.

I've also read a few books by Robin Hobb, like the Farseer trilogy and the Soldier Son trilogy. They were okay, but the fact that the main characters were total failures at the one thing they were supposed to do seems to be a recurring topic of her work.

Thing I'm wondering is, would you rather read it paperback or e-ink?
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Jacob on February 14, 2013, 11:51:13 am
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy series, along the same sort of lines as Game of Thrones as I loved those books
I've read the Sword of Truth series which was damn good and currently working my way through the last books of the Wheel of Time series (highly recommend it).
Still waiting for the next book of the Stormlight Archive, but I should probably finish the Mistborn series first.

I've also read a few books by Robin Hobb, like the Farseer trilogy and the Soldier Son trilogy. They were okay, but the fact that the main characters were total failures at the one thing they were supposed to do seems to be a recurring topic of her work.

Thing I'm wondering is, would you rather read it paperback or e-ink?

Thank you :) And paperback

I have a suggestion of book series and that would be the CHERUB series, I read them a lot when I was around 13/14 and its about a government agency that uses people from the ages of 11-17 as spies, gives them education on campus and shit, its a really good series of books (if a little action filmish) but I would say well worth a read.
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Post by: Rogov on February 15, 2013, 01:58:57 am
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

You need to have a rather random sense of humour though...
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Windom on February 15, 2013, 02:20:04 am
I would recommend for a short read the Strongbow Saga (http://www.judsonroberts.com/)
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Fortune on February 15, 2013, 10:26:52 am
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

You need to have a rather random sense of humour though...
Yeah, it's a brilliant series!
I've also read "And Another Thing" which brings the series to a trilogy of 6 books although it isn't by Douglas Adams as you may know.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Rogov on February 15, 2013, 10:47:17 pm
Aye, as have I. It was alright I guess, but I felt it didn't really live up to the rest of the series.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Fortune on February 16, 2013, 11:17:24 pm
I was trying writing in Gothic, and I got inspired by a quote in Wheel of Time.

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg688.imageshack.us%2Fimg688%2F6577%2Fgothicf.png&hash=a7069090061547cbb529cf35b587dad2420f269b)
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Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Rogov on February 17, 2013, 02:25:12 am
I've heard very good things about Wheel of Time, I take it you'd recommend it?

Also, has anyone read Asimov's Foundation Trilogy? I hear it's superb, currently next on my reading list.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Spearing on February 17, 2013, 03:15:11 am
Speaking of him, here's a gift.

http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm


That story is, god's truth, simply my favourite. Nothing so far has surpassed this as far as it's conjugation and thought process goes. It's made me think and even stay up many nights. Enjoy.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Fortune on February 17, 2013, 01:10:35 pm
I've heard very good things about Wheel of Time, I take it you'd recommend it?
I really recommend it, the Wheel of Time is a great series if you like fantasy.
I like series which have rather specific magical systems and a medieval setting.
The thing I didn't like in the beginning was how evil and good were shown, these guys are bad and these are good. But it developed to a more faded difference as good and evil became part of the way characters observed events later in the series.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Jacob on February 17, 2013, 02:31:23 pm
I've heard very good things about Wheel of Time, I take it you'd recommend it?
I really recommend it, the Wheel of Time is a great series if you like fantasy.
I like series which have rather specific magical systems and a medieval setting.
The thing I didn't like in the beginning was how evil and good were shown, these guys are bad and these are good. But it developed to a more faded difference as good and evil became part of the way characters observed events later in the series.

My mum says its a good series :D
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: psmith on February 17, 2013, 02:53:20 pm
Bernard Cornwell is a good one.  Personal favorite is his character Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Saxon Chronicles (http://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-saxon-stories/) series of books.

Starts with:
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bernardcornwell.net%2Fassets%2FLast_Kingdom_uk-101x162.jpg&hash=5cf035c5818d0169fae9ce48a2dfaf485ae77673)

Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: Rogov on February 17, 2013, 07:11:43 pm
Speaking of him, here's a gift.

http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm


That story is, god's truth, simply my favourite. Nothing so far has surpassed this as far as it's conjugation and thought process goes. It's made me think and even stay up many nights. Enjoy.
That is one hell of a story, thank you sir.
Title: Re: The Literature thread. Recommend,ask,find!
Post by: bdd458 on February 22, 2013, 05:58:44 am
Everyone here should read "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Marie Remarque and "The Things they Carried" by Tim O'Brian.