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Yes, I have a "To Read" list, and only add to it once I am sure I want to read that book, so I usually follow this process: 1. Hear about a book, usually through websites like this. 2. Do a quick check on amazon.com and see if it is at least 4-stars average user rating. 3. Read lots of user...

Shoot, I think I put this in the wrong Forum, I wanted it in Books & Literature. :( Can it be moved?

I just finished Fall of Hyperion, and would like to figure a few things out about the ending, particularilly concerining the Shrike. *Warning, for those who have not read this book, there may be spoilers* Questions: -What was the purpose of Kassad's fight with the Shrike? -How did...

Thanks, I've been thinking about reading the Otherland series, but haven't been sure if I will like it. It is anything like The Dark Tower series by King? I really liked that, and it was about a group of characters that walked into many new and wierd worlds. I may just have to check out...

I've read Fantastic Voyage, by Asimov, but I'm looking more for something on not such a small scale. A SF or Fantasy book where characters are shrunk down, and have to face new dangers in the everyday household would be fun. Kind of like that movie "Hunny I Shrunk the Kids" but not so...

Well I just finished Pillars of the Earth. I am so glad I read it; it was actually this thread that introduced me to the book, and Ken Follett. I really enjoyed this book, and I normally only read fantasy or SF. I am trying to get my wife to read it now, as she doesn’t usually read the books I...

I was definately let down. Not by the ending itself really, but by the last 3 books in general. I found myself reading simply to get them done, not reading to enjoy them. If I now recommend the Dark Tower to anyone, I only recommend the first 4 books. Pretty much anyone can make up their own...

On Ken Follett's site he has said that he is currently writing a sequal to this book and expects it to be published in 2007.

I'm currently reading this book. I really enjoy it so far! (I'm about 100 pages in) I don't often stray far from my SF/Fantasy, but decided to with this book. Lots of tragedy so far, action, romance, lust. The prologue itself was enough to catch my interest. I love a book that makes you want...

For SF, I suggest: Tunnel In the Sky, by R A Heinlein. (Easy and quick to read) For Fantasy, I suggest: The Hobbit, by Tolkien. (As good a place to start as any)

I think a series can be as long as it wants to be, as long as it is good. Trouble with many long series is that they are not good. Or, they start out good, and drop off to poor quality. To be good, I believe the author must know from day one just how the story will go from start to finish. I...

I love the feel of bending back the front cover of a Mass Market Paperback for the first time. It’s all part of the experience of reading a crisp new book. I almost always buy the Mass Markets over Hardcover or Trade. I suppose it’s mostly because of the savings, but also because of portability...

I really loved Tunnel in the Sky as well. I just finished Starship Troopers, enjoyed it, but not as much as Tunnel. The later half of Starship Troopers deals with quite a bit of military conventions such as differerent rank variations (which I don't know one from the other). Looking forward...

Reading this reminds me of the "Afterword" in the last Dark Tower book by Stephen King, where he insults his fans, and then warns us all not to visit him. Really put a sour taste on the whole series for me.

Well I'm about half way through this book, so my opinons of it may change, but so far I enjoy it quite a bit, and although it does go against some of my political feelings, I had prepared myself for this before reading it. I have just read the part about spanking babies, and how to raise them...

When I first read LOTR, I wasn’t a reader, meaning, I really didn’t make it a point to read novels on a regular basis, and I had never actually gotten so deeply into a book before. For a good year after reading it, I didn’t WANT to read anything else. I though I would be content to read LOTR...

Picked The Knight, Gene Wolf after reading the first chapter on Amazon.com Within those few first pages I was drawn into the story, and want to read the rest of it. It kind of reminded me of my childhood.

I'd like to nominate The Knight (The Wizard Knight, Book 1) by Gene Wolfe

I've read the entire series. I loved the first books so much that I spent nearly a year straight reading nothing but the Dark Tower series. I must admit I did not enjoy the last 3 books of the series. They are written very differently and seem to lose touch with the themes that made the first...

I'm currently reading Starship Troopers. My second Heinlein novel, (Tunnel in the Sky being my first) and I must say I love this book so far (Page 89). I'm a fairly liberal thinker, so after reading some of the reviews of this book I wasn't sure if it would rub me the wrong way or not. I've...