Hellbender Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 In the parlance of the "Favorite movie genre" thread, what is your favorite type of book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny8522003 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Horror. Im particularly into Stephen King books at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 fact/reference/data books anyday for me. I`m not a big lover of Fiction, although I have enjoyed some of Rudy Ruckers works, and Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressPol Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Fantasy, and I'm a huge David Eddings fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J'Dona Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Mostly hard science fiction (which tries to be as scientifically detailed or accurate as possible), some space opera (more character drama, like Star Wars), or a mix of the two (called "new space opera", but that sounds stupid). I like fantasy just as much though if it's logically consistant and detailed, like Lord of the Rings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 anything with words in it unless its a romantic novel or something. i just finished Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. it rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Sci-fi/ fantasy. Just finished the Ender Sagas. Amazing books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbender Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 Horror. Im particularly into Stephen King books at the moment. I have read pretty much all his books, so I have to find my horror somewhere else. I really enjoyed "It", "Pet Sematary" and "Salem's Lot". I sped through the "Dark Tower" series, up to the 4th book, then I just got bored of it. I understand he finished that series though. I liked the "Riftwar Saga" by Raymond Feist, and most of the "Lord of the Rings" books. Now I am mostly reading biology-related books and textbooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Any combination of parascience, sci-fiction, adventure, fantasy, adventure, mystery-suspense-horror, and good ol' Star Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Any combination of parascience, sci-fiction, adventure, fantasy, adventure, mystery-suspense-horror, and good ol' Star Wars I mostly agree. Hey, did you ever read Hyperion by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulderMan Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 not a big fiction fan, but sci-fi and graphic novelisations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hey, did you ever read Hyperion by the way?Still searching for it, my usual new-bookstores didn't have it in stock, so I'm waiting for it to show up at my used-bookstore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Fantasy probably, loving the Terry Pratchett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Anything as long as it is good. Really, there's no one type for me. So recently I've read (and really enjoyed)... A book on QM A book on programming in VB Snow Walker Trilogy The Abhorsen Trilogy A physics text book! I've got Genius, which is Feynman's biography lying around, not sure if I will read all of it though. I read the newest Harry Potter when it came out, that was a while back though. So all of those books cover quite a big time period, but whatever, my taste in books varies, I've got horror, war, action, sci-fi, course Douglas Adams! etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maioux Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Science, horror, biography (depending), fiction, reference, prose, and poetry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPQuiceno Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Non-Fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Non-Fiction. Ditto. Reality is waaaaaay to interesting for fantasy to interest me anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 It is a futile comparison to say non-fiction is better than fiction. It's like saying carbohydrates are better than proteins. It just doesn't work. I don't like one more than the other because they meet completely different needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spith Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Science Fiction mainly. My favourites would have to be: Dune (my bible) and all its sequals. Philip K Dick's books ("Do androids dream of electric sheep" and "minority report" Everything by Isaac Asimov, especially the foundation series. Also some stuff that people sometimes classify as SF, and sometimes as fantasy e.g. Pratchett's books and the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. *Gazes over at bookshelf* Yeah, the rest is just anything that interests me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeThinker Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Well, I enjoy science books ( Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould), but when Sci-Fi is concerned who can go past the legend, Isaac Asimov! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI_Interface Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Mostly sci-fi and non-fiction books about science, computer science and a little philosophy. Occasionally fantasy. I love the Lord of The Rings and I've got Eldest around somewhere but I don't know if I'm going to read it because Eragon wasn't my favourite book in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Eragon's premise was good, and the writing was almost half decent, but many of the author's descriptions and ideas were painfully cliche, and obviously taken from other sources. Then there was that scene where he goes ou of the way to right something like "oh how wonderful the world of reading is! I have had my eyes opened to whole worlds! Joy is me!" I almost vomited every last internal organ I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I like sci-fi and fanstasy best I think, but they have to be well written and have well developed characters in them. There is so much trash written these days (especially in fantasy) that it is sometimes hard to find the good ones. In the fantasy genre, one of my favourites was Transformation by Carol Berg. It has great, believable characters in it. As for sci-fi, I have just finished reading Illium by Dan Simmons which, as the name suggests, is a retelling of the seige of Troy, but from a sci-fi perspective.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Ray Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Sci-Fi and Fantasy are my fav to read. Here are a few greats. Fantasy: J.R.R Tolkien Robert Jordan Sci-Fi: Robert Heinlein Isaac Asimov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 How 'bout Terry Brooks' "Shannara" series. I found those to be one of the best fantasy series. Or Ray Bradbury -- "the greatest living science-fiction writer" What beats "The Martian Chronicles" or "The Illustrated Man"??!?!? C'mon, possibly the greatest writer in sci-fi/tech/doctoral literature--Dr. Michael Crichton... You know...Jurassic Park, Congo, Timeline, Sphere, do I have to list any more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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