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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 6188268" data-attributes="member: 70"><p>I enjoyed <em>The Wasp Factory</em> when I read it. Kinda screwy in the head a bit.</p><p></p><p><em>Johnny Mnemonic</em> is awesome. Go Molly Millions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think <em>Johnny Mnemonic</em> has the same problem <em>The Postman</em> does (except <em>The Postman</em> is much, much worse off) - a great story, but a crummy movie. The book <em>The Postman</em> is excellent. The movie....David Brin should have sued.</p><p></p><p><em>Ender's Game</em> is a good book. It didn't click for me as much as it did for many other people, and I didn't get into the later books at all, but it is a good book. Try that, <em>Starship Troopers</em>, and <em>The Forever War</em> to tick a few SF war commentary books off the list.</p><p></p><p><em>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</em> felt dated, and like it needed a heavy editing. Still haven't gotten around to the other two (though the movies were good.)</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I enjoy Leigh Brackett. Poul Anderson's <em>Three Hearts and Three Lions</em> is the blatant source of a number of D&D tropes. I recently read something else of Anderson's, but I'm not sure if it was <em>The Broken Sword.</em> The first five books of Amber, by Zelazny. These really should be treated as one novel - don't just read the first one, nothing gets resolved and you miss all the good stuff. (All five together are about the length of a regular novel now anyways.) <em>Jack of Shadows</em> as well. <em>This Immortal</em>. Heck, anything by Zelazny. I would happily read his grocery list. I read a lot of Saberhagen's Swords books when I was a kid, but couldn't get into them again a few years ago. Recently read a few of his Berserker books, but again, didn't really get into them, so I can't really recommend them. Vance...some people love Vance, some people don't comment on the matter. I think Gygax liked a lot of wordy, kinda meandering authors that don't play well in today's market. And a lot of those books are, quite frankly, dated.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 6188268, member: 70"] I enjoyed [I]The Wasp Factory[/I] when I read it. Kinda screwy in the head a bit. [I]Johnny Mnemonic[/I] is awesome. Go Molly Millions. :) I think [I]Johnny Mnemonic[/I] has the same problem [I]The Postman[/I] does (except [I]The Postman[/I] is much, much worse off) - a great story, but a crummy movie. The book [I]The Postman[/I] is excellent. The movie....David Brin should have sued. [I]Ender's Game[/I] is a good book. It didn't click for me as much as it did for many other people, and I didn't get into the later books at all, but it is a good book. Try that, [I]Starship Troopers[/I], and [I]The Forever War[/I] to tick a few SF war commentary books off the list. [I]The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo[/I] felt dated, and like it needed a heavy editing. Still haven't gotten around to the other two (though the movies were good.) [COLOR=#000000] I enjoy Leigh Brackett. Poul Anderson's [I]Three Hearts and Three Lions[/I] is the blatant source of a number of D&D tropes. I recently read something else of Anderson's, but I'm not sure if it was [I]The Broken Sword.[/I] The first five books of Amber, by Zelazny. These really should be treated as one novel - don't just read the first one, nothing gets resolved and you miss all the good stuff. (All five together are about the length of a regular novel now anyways.) [I]Jack of Shadows[/I] as well. [I]This Immortal[/I]. Heck, anything by Zelazny. I would happily read his grocery list. I read a lot of Saberhagen's Swords books when I was a kid, but couldn't get into them again a few years ago. Recently read a few of his Berserker books, but again, didn't really get into them, so I can't really recommend them. Vance...some people love Vance, some people don't comment on the matter. I think Gygax liked a lot of wordy, kinda meandering authors that don't play well in today's market. And a lot of those books are, quite frankly, dated.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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