Books

[WS_Jack_III]

im interested because many of my fave games have dystopia themes.

[feral chile]

It is - set five hundred years in the future, when all people are grown, and the type of person they are destinied to be is dictated whilst they are grown. One of the cornerstones of the dystopian theme. I love it.

I guess one of the really early ones would be the Time Machine by HG Wells. It's about a guy who travels forward in time to find that humanity has evolved into two unique strands ; one really tall, clever who do all thinking and one small and grunt-like.

Makes you think.

I myself am reading American Gothic. Although I've only read Rip Van Winkle from that. I don't remember the story being quite so disturbing ....

[feral chile]

im interested because many of my fave games have dystopia themes.

Edited February 18, 2010 by feral chile

[sifi]

I thought the Time Machine showed how the leisured classes evolved into mindless cattle farmed and preyed upon by the technolgical workers?

[Toilet Duck]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good dystopia book or a book about a post apocoliptic world?

[feral chile]

Farenheit 451 would probably be up your street...also Do androids dream of electric sheep? (which became blade runner)...and the book I am Legend is way better than the film (or at least quite different...the reason he's a legend is reversed and a lot more interesting as a result)....

[sifi]

Ballard wrote some good dystopia. Hi-Rise especially springs to mind. It's about a huge apartment complex, which gets isolated and becomes it's own private fiefdom. Cracking read that one.

A lot of his books are like that ; he creates a community of sorts, and then utterly destroys it.

[feral chile]

You are right - it's been years since I read it.

[WS_Jack_III]

Farenheit 451 would probably be up your street...also Do androids dream of electric sheep? (which became blade runner)...and the book I am Legend is way better than the film (or at least quite different...the reason he's a legend is reversed and a lot more interesting as a result)....

[sifi]

Farenheit 451 would probably be up your street...also Do androids dream of electric sheep? (which became blade runner)...and the book I am Legend is way better than the film (or at least quite different...the reason he's a legend is reversed and a lot more interesting as a result)....

Edited February 18, 2010 by sifimaster

[Wooderson]

Stephen Kings 'The Stand'

[Ryu]

My best books what I are Reading now and lately...

Columbine - kinda what it says on the tin, bout Columbine

Truman Capote - In Cold Blood

Dennis Lehane - Shutter Island

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

No Country for Old Men

Boy by Roald Dahl

501 Most Notorious Crimes

Friends Like These - Danny Wallace.

I like books that are films (and films what are books) if you hadn't already guessed

[Toilet Duck]

Truman Capote - In Cold Blood

[bunique]

both great books them.

i know that the following are meant to be aimed at young adults, but ive just finished the 1st 2 books of Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy (The Knife of Never Letting Go & The Ask & The Answer(3rd ones not out till may) ). Really fantastic story, with some strong ideas in them. Their a bit lightweight but for on the bus and train into work they were perfect - couldnt put them down.

and of course their is always Stephen Kings 'The Stand'

[Tugger2k]

Amazing, amazing books, those Patrick Ness ones - I mentioned them a while back. So worth a read for adults as much as teens. The third one is due out in May and I don't remember being as excited about a book in years. I spotted the paperback of Ask and the Answer earlier and was trying to make my friend buy it. Brilliant stuff.

[smog]

Ive been gnawing on a huge pile of sci fi books over the last year (Neal Asher and Alistair Reynolds if anyones interested).

Other books I have read lately and enjoyed though are Friends Like These by Danny Wallace which I found pretty inspiring and funny and read the Wasp Factory by Banks again which is well.....read it and find out yourself!

[WS_Jack_III]

Just got the road. Can't wait to read it.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

If anyone knows of someone that may have use for a stack of old Biology books give me a yell. All a little out of date (1999) but I have microbiology, immunology, molecular biology, animal physiology, plant physiology, blah blah blah.

I have had them on Freecycle for ages, and I have been taking them to a charity shop in dribs and drabs, but for the cost of the taxi to get them to one of the charity bookstores I could post them off to someone.

[Lesley-Anne]

What book are you currently reading? Anita Blake number 4 (lunatic cafe) - have already read most of them but decided to start all over again as i just bought number 12 and havent read them in a while

Last book read? Anita blake number 3 lol ( circus of the damned)

Favourite author? umm at the moment (always changes lol) would have to say.. laurell k hamilton (probably cos i'm in a wee world of her books atm lol) or maybe marian keys (always a good read)

Favourite book? hmm jane eyre probably

[The Nal]

Oldie but goodie.

Cant find the book you're looking for? You know why?

You're shopping at the

[Purple Monkey]

Re-reading I Am Legend.

I am still astounded as to how they could have got the movie so very, very, very wrong.

Edited March 24, 2010 by Purple Monkey

[Katster]

I'm reading Russell Brand's autobiography.

He isn't JUST a dickhead.

[Bezdad]

I'm reading Russell Brand's autobiography.

He isn't JUST a dickhead.

[WS_Jack_III]

Just finisheed the road. Loved it. Makes you think about how you'd act and how you do act now.

[Digi]

Re-reading I Am Legend.

I am still astounded as to how they could have got the movie so very, very, very wrong.