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Orwell's 1984, Huxley's Brave New World, Burgess' A Clockwork Orange and other such books are considered by many to be sci fi.

it's actually anticipation... meaning it's a possible view of the future from when the books were written...

another to add to your list is Philip K. Dick's Ubik 8)

It's in the Sci-Fi section at my local library.

It is a Science Fiction book



The scientific breakthrough that allows people to be constantly watched and subsequently controlled by Big Brother (a rather lagre part of the polt really) which was at the time ficton. And its set in the future......sounds like science fiction to me?

And fuck you! Insulting me for saying a book is sciene fiction! WTF? Do you always act like a cunt?

Calm down, it's not like he said bad things about your mother.

It's not science fiction.

And the insult was a joke. Nobody uses insults like 'peripatetic' without a half-smile on their face. My apologies for not putting a half-smile on the web.

ok, little late on telling, but i finished Dark Tower7, it was a while before it really got to me, but i enjoyed it, however, the ending is horrible, really really horrible :x

I keep hearing people say this, even before I stared reading it (still on book 5 just now). Fuxxorz. :?

well it's more like this, it's an ending, but noone wants it to 'end' like that

Am I the only one who loved the ending? I thought it was brilliant and really the only way that it could have been ended.

I'll let you know in a month or so.

sorry mate, I thought you were being serious, and peripatetic is a bit of a weak insult, lol. But its science fiction.

right, finished A Confederacy of Dunces (by John Kennedy Toole). i read it was hilarious, but i rarely laughed out loud. i mean the way Ignatius talks and acts is funny, but far from hilarious. anyone read this one??

done with that, i made a list of books to look into, based on suggestions from this and another forum:
Jack Kerouac – On the Road
Jack Kerouac – The Dharma Bums
Chuck Palahniuk – Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk – Haunted
Chuck Palahniuk – Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk – Survivor
Elizabeth Kostova – The Historian
Erik Larson – The Devil in the White City
George Orwell – Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Xenophon – The Persian Expedition
Hunter S. Thompson - Hells Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson - The Rum Diary
H.P. Lovecraft - (compilation of his stories, in portuguese)

(obviously i'm not going to read all that, at least not in the near future)

what do you think? which one first?

and a few questions...

1. Kerouac, Palahniuk and Thompson - are the books page-turners? besides ideas and descriptions and thoughts is there also a story going through?

2. Xenophon - Brahm, will the book still be interesting to someone that doesn't have as much love for History as you do (i mean, i like it, but not as much as you)??

3. H.P. Lovecraft - besides atmosphere (which i find hard to get into with just a book) does the story and the writing compell you to keep on reading?

Haven't read two of those, but have read On the Road. Kerouac isn't exactly what I call a page turning author; there is a plot, but its secondary to characters and descriptions of jazz music and weird shit. I reccomend it, but unless you're a beatnik, don't be surprised if you don't enjoy it that much.



I would say that of all the history books I've read, this would be the most easy and page turning read. It follows a straightforward narrative, contains people you can get attached to, and some great battle descriptions if you're into that thing, as well as great drama. I think you'd enjoy it if you have any interest at all in ancient history.

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Lovecraft isn't really a pageturner either, but the atmosphere and great writing are more then enough to compell you on. His stories are also very short, so it shouldn't be too hard to read one or two and see whether you like it or not.

Re-reading: George RR Martin- A Feast For Crows

Decided to read the count of monte cristo again. Best book ever.

Not sure what to expect, just bought it for a dollar.

Dude I've read some Palahniuk and I ate them all with a sip of water. That's how awesome they are. And Lovecraft imo is one of the best writers ever, if you let yourself into his atmosphere you might be scared to turn the fucking page, he's the best atmosphere creating writer I've read.

thanks for the help guys

if you read any of the other books please comment.

Bloody brilliant. I read the first page and knew it was the type of book you want to read over and over again.



Heard of him, Kathy?

I'm reading "Journey of the Magi" by Paul William Roberts, its a pretty cool book about religion and such.