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Simo

Simo

Professional Watermelon Farmer
DashRaccoon said:
Any good books to recommend?

I’m looking for something to read ;)
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Ah, you are in the right paws! I was also an English major : ) What genres do you like? Can you list three authors you like that are very different from each other? And this will give me some ideas.

Edit: Or, the authors can be similar.
 
Mudman2001

Mudman2001

Wolf of Many Talents
Simo said:
Evenin' there. Yeah, it gets hard to follow! I'll read back a few pages, and reply to any mentions, mostly.
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Simo said:
Ah, you are in the right paws! I was also an English major : ) What genres do you like? Can you list three authors you like that are very different from each other? And this will give me some ideas.
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Yeah...unless I have an alert I normally read everything but felt lazy tonight.

If you don’t mind giving me a suggestion, my books are getting ragged from my reading.
 
DashRaccoon

DashRaccoon

Coon looking for cuddles ^^
Simo said:
Ah, you are in the right paws! I was also an English major : ) What genres do you like? Can you list three authors you like that are very different from each other? And this will give me some ideas.

Edit: Or, the authors can be similar.
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Definitely enjoy sci-fi. But I don’t know authors.

I have 1984 but damn it is taking me a long time to read.

I have such bad priorities. XD
 
Simo

Simo

Professional Watermelon Farmer
Mudman2001 said:
Yeah...unless I have an alert I normally read everything but felt lazy tonight.

If you don’t mind giving me a suggestion, my books are getting ragged from my reading.
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OK, give me a genre or two you like, and a couple authors you've enjoyed!
 
Mudman2001

Mudman2001

Wolf of Many Talents
Simo said:
OK, give me a genre or two you like, and a couple authors you've enjoyed!
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Thanks, genre would be Sci-fi and fantasy...for authors would say Weiss/Hickman and Anne McCaffrey
 
Simo

Simo

Professional Watermelon Farmer
DashRaccoon said:
Definitely enjoy sci-fi. But I don’t know authors.

I have 1984 but damn it is taking me a long time to read.

I have such bad priorities. XD
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OK, I have some ideas! So, something perhaps dystopic...and though 1984 is an amazing work, the prose style isn't the most flowing, I've always thought.

1. 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami. I can't suggest this enough. It may seem long, but moves quickly. It sends shivers, is part sci-fi, part mystery, pure but hauntingly strange. 1Q84 - Wikipedia

2. The Futurological Congress, Stanisław Lem. Whoa. The world is vastly over-crowded, and a convention of experts is convened to solve things. Only an odd war/attack occurs: Odd 'love' bombs are dropped, that make people wanna, well...do things; hallucinogens are pumped into the water supply, it's very funny, things go crazy. A short, good read. Same author who did the book Solaris, on which the more weight film is based. The Futurological Congress - Wikipedia

3. Phillip K. Dick: Any of these short, lesser known works of his: Maze of Death; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said; Ubik. All of them twist time, reality, and variously involve paranoia, humor, drugs that have never even been invented, corrupt corporations and government. A true master. Known for Bladerunner (AKA, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), but not really at all as good as these.

OK, hope that helps : ) Skunk workin' overtime : P
 
DashRaccoon

DashRaccoon

Coon looking for cuddles ^^
Simo said:
OK, I have some ideas! So, something perhaps dystopic...and though 1984 is an amazing work, the prose style isn't the most flowing, I've always thought.

1. 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami. I can't suggest this enough. It may seem long, but moves quickly. It sends shivers, is part sci-fi, part mystery, pure but hauntingly strange. 1Q84 - Wikipedia

2. The Futurological Congress, Stanisław Lem. Whoa. The world is vastly over-crowded, and a convention of experts is convened to solve things. Only an odd war/attack occurs: Odd 'love' bombs are dropped, that make people wanna, well...do things; hallucinogens are pumped into the water supply, it's very funny, things go crazy. A short, good read. Same author who did the book Solaris, on which the more weight film is based. The Futurological Congress - Wikipedia

3. Phillip K. Dick: Any of these short, lesser known works of his: Maze of Death; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said; Ubik. All of them twist time, reality, and variously involve paranois, humor, drugs that have never even been invented, corrupt corporations and government. A true master. Known for Bladerunner (AKA, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), but not really at all as good as these.

OK, hope that helps : ) Skunk workin' overtime : P
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Omg, thanks Simo <3

I’ll go take a look at the books.

I want to get back to reading again.

*distracts skunk, takes a book and runs*
 
Simo

Simo

Professional Watermelon Farmer
DashRaccoon said:
Omg, thanks Simo <3

I’ll go take a look at the books.

I want to get back to reading again.

*distracts skunk, takes a book and runs*
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OK, I think these would be up your alley. Also, High Rise, by J. G. Ballard comes to mind....
 
Simo

Simo

Professional Watermelon Farmer
Mudman2001 said:
Thanks, genre would be Sci-fi and fantasy...for authors would say Weiss/Hickman and Anne McCaffrey
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OK, this is a tad bit harder, but I have some ideas! (more familiar with sci-fi than fantasy)

1. The River-world Series, by Philip José Farmer. Somehow, I think you'd find these compelling... Riverworld - Wikipedia

2. The Great God Pan and any short (horror/sci-fi) stories, by Arthur Machen. Probably the single biggest influence on H. P Lovecraft, and an author I've come to like even more. A bit earlier, but amazing reads. Arthur Machen - Wikipedia

3. Stepmother, by Robert Coover. I can't suggest this one enough. Takes all the tropes, images and myths off fantasy, and plays with them, in a bawdy, teasing, suspenseful way. About 70 pages, and it flies by. Magic gone wrong! Dark, but the best sort of darkness.

Hope this helps!
 
Simo

Simo

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