Official PSPMod Literature thread - Page 13

whitelamp · 06-14-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by AlsonXIII

I read the old kingdom series by Garth Nix, so far there's only 3 books "Sabriel", "Lireal" and "Abhorsen". I like his writing style.

Another great author is Eoin Colfer (Pronounce owen, easier then it looks eh?). His most famous series is the Artemis Fowl franchise. He's really good at making up fantasy, magical stuff. Much better then Harry Potter sad to say, at least his ideas are realistic.

YES.

Finally, somebody else who is a fan of both Nix and Colfer

Unfortunately, the most recent artemis fowl book falls short of the first two, and Nix needs to write more about the old kingdom. Three books and a short story are not enough.

Regarding recent reads, the His Dark Materials series hit all the right points EXCEPT for the fact that the american editions of The Golden Compass (Northern Lights) and The Amber Spyglass are censored. It's hard to put into words how much the censoring and banning of books rubs me the wrong way.

*goes back into lurker status*

Mr_Sprinkles · 06-14-2009, 04:04 AM

the only books that hav caught my interests are the books by DAVE PELZER
A Child CAlled It, The LOst Boy etc

SammyJman72 · 06-18-2009, 10:45 PM

I don't read very much, but battle royale sounds pretty cool. I think I'll read it.

EngrishKiller · 08-16-2009, 01:21 PM

I have been reading a lot of Neil Gaiman and Albert Einstein's thesis he gave as of lately. As well, I am in the middle of The Templar Legacy by Steve Barry. I am waiting for my Kindle to come in, and my hardcore reading will hence begin yet again.

JD135 · 08-16-2009, 03:39 PM

Have any of you guys read the alien/predator novels and comics?
I feel they rock!

Geek9 · 08-16-2009, 03:43 PM

read some George Orwell, it will teach you to fear communism, also check frank miller and alan moore

pspfan101 · 09-07-2009, 07:18 PM

The only book I tend to like are by dan brown . Love the way he writes !

EngrishKiller · 09-08-2009, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by pspfan101

The only book I tend to like are by dan brown . Love the way he writes !

Yes, he is a great writer. I am looking forward to read his new one, that is coming out on the 15th.

iPenguin2 · 09-08-2009, 06:12 AM

I read the menu on an Emirates 777-300 plane? I liked the page that had the cheesecake...

EngrishKiller · 09-08-2009, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by iPenguin2

I read the menu on an Emirates 777-300 plane? I liked the page that had the cheesecake...

Haha, yeah when you are bored you will find entertainment in anything.

fubar42o · 09-08-2009, 01:33 PM

Skymall ftw...

EDIT: But, seriously the only book series that I was ever into was someting called The Belgariad and The Malloreon. There are five books in each series, and I used to have all five titles from The Belgariad. I read the first three books, but then all five of them mysteriously disappeared before I had a chance to finish the last two.

... A shiny penny to the person who can find me the ebooks.

Product F(RED) · 09-08-2009, 02:14 PM

Porno flipbook ftw. A .gif in your hands.

DarkFoxSniper · 09-08-2009, 02:16 PM

Your Baby's First Year.

matrixsucks · 10-01-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pirate-M.Lifnen

Okay, so I finished All the Pretty Horses, Slaughterhouse Five, and Invisible Man over the summer.

All the Pretty Horses wasn't too bad. I like McCarthy's style, so it was neat, but I liked Blood Meridian much more.

Invisible Man was boring. I read a lot of African American struggle books in school, and to be honest..I can get a little tired of the same book over and over again.
It was neat cause it had a lot of symbolism in it, and such, but I didn't like it too much.

Slaughterhouse Five, was amazing. This was just awesome. I've added a lot of Vonnegut to my list.

And I got to read White Noise on my own time too. That was also...just awesome. I loved it.

Hey, good to see you liked McCarthy. IMO, The Crossing is his best novel by far. It might not seem so after the first reading, but critically it places his novels on a philosophical plane that is incredible. In my opinion, it is the novel that has furthered the philosophical status of the American Western. While Blood Meridian is a realistic masterpiece, (in that it is a critique of America, and is on a realistic plane), The Crossing is a philosophical Magnum Opus.

I'm also happy to hear that you liked Don Delillo's White Noise, as it is also up there in my favorite books of all time.

You might want to check out Wallace Stegner's works (especially Big Rock Candy Mountain, Angle of Repose, and Wolf Willow).

McMurtry's The Last Picture Show is a very good contemporary look at a western.

If you want to head into the more philosophical texts, I suggest Emerson's Self-Reliance. As well, Barthes' Mythologies is a very interesting philosophical book. It has taught me to view objects differently--and helps with literary criticism.