Books

[Grain]

Does anyone here read books?

[GunCastor]

Does manga count?

I used to read various thriller and mystery novels when it quieted down at work. There was a series of books about an agent Pendergast by two authors but the last book took a while to come out and I sort of lost interest. I have to admit I haven't been reading many books as of late, they just don't catch my interest. Well, there was this series of translated light novel from Japan called Boogiepop but that was pretty short as well. Was the Densha Otoko (Train Man) novel ever translated...? I'll have to look it up.

[Grain]

I saw the Boogiepop anime and really liked it.

Something about it reminds me of Serial Experiments Lain.

Nevermind that though, this isn't an anime thread!

[GunCastor]

I only liked the boogiepop books, couldn't get in to the anime. Speaking anime-ish books, the .//hack/AI Buster two volume series is my favorite .//hack stuff. I like it more then any of the games or anime series.

I used to read Animorphs and Goosebumps before that when I was in grade-school.

[MeleeNewb]

Pretty big reader here, currently in the middle of Neuromancer and Gulliver's Travels. Rather than list books (which would take forever) I'll list some authors I've enjoyed. There's Stephen King*, Dean Koontz*, John Scalzi*, Neil Gaiman*, Neal Stephenson, Arturo Perez-Reverte*, John Wyndham*, Orson Scott Card*, Christopher Moore*, Mark Twain, William Gibson, C.S. Lewis*, Phillip Pullman*, Dante Alighieri, Ambrose Bierce, Lloyd Alexander*, Piers Anthony*, Tad Williams*, Terry Goodkind, J.K. Rowling*, Douglas Adams, Tom Clancy, H.G. Wells, Ian Fleming, K.A. Applegate*, Robert Heinlin*, Jacqueline Carey, Robert Sheckley*, and of course William Shakespeare*. I know I've forgotten some, but that's what I can think of right now.

Anime, manga, tv shows, movies, and games are all great fun, but I find there's no substitute for a good book.


*Have read and enjoyed more than 2 novels by this author.

[Rad!oZonde]

I was able to get a hold of a original Ian Fleming [really good books are hard to find here]

Philip K. D. is a good author too. Finally got to read 'A Scanner Darkly' after seeing the movie

[MeleeNewb]

I was able to get a hold of a original Ian Fleming [really good books are hard to find here]

Philip K. D. is a good author too. Finally got to read 'A Scanner Darkly' after seeing the movie

Which Ian Fleming?

[Kyrie]

I was able to get a hold of a original Ian Fleming [really good books are hard to find here]

Philip K. D. is a good author too. Finally got to read 'A Scanner Darkly' after seeing the movie

Which Ian Fleming?

Presumably the writer of the James Bond books.

[MeleeNewb]

I was able to get a hold of a original Ian Fleming [really good books are hard to find here]

Philip K. D. is a good author too. Finally got to read 'A Scanner Darkly' after seeing the movie

Which Ian Fleming?

Presumably the writer of the James Bond books.

I meant which book, I know who he is, I mean he's on the list of authors I put up

[HellecticMojo]

I'm reading Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium

and

How to Read a Person Like a Book