Books.

[Don Alexander]

Dan browns books are like cheap spy novels but with interesting facts.

I actually wouldn't use the word "facts" too much in connection with a Dan Brown novel..

[Tenjen]

oh, its pretty much still facts or should i say interesting bits of info brought together?

Stuff like dark matter, the priori, the golden mean [phi],the fact venus forms a pentacle in an 8 year cycle [is that something thats confirmed?] in our sky, a pentacle followed Phi perfectly, existing religions took on aspects of previous religions.

Its jsut that he brought it all together into a work of fiction. It worked out as a great gimmick.

but his novels still have all the elements of a cheap spy novel. protagonist is smart and finds himself in some crazy situation wiht scheming poeple, theres betrayal, as well as one woman per book, whether the protaganist loved the previous one a lot and got married too, theres always a new one per book and the last one disapears.

Really it reminds me of Nick Carter. Now that was some real stupid shit but then again, no one reads this thing for quality. But i hate any media which treats its charectors like tools which are discarded for whatever shit reason. [think of the saw movies after the 1st, or about all the hostel ones]

And yes. James Bond is actually a cheap spy novel that got really popular. But that was on part of bond's creator actually having some originality and skill and being generally superior than the competition.

[Dryope]

>.> I've never read Dan Brown so no comment there.

I may or may not have mentioned my great admiration of Tolkien that extends beyond LotR and The Hobbit and on into The History of Middle Earth and the spiffy books by Rateliff.
I also love Oscar Wilde. Plays, short stories, poetry...if Wilde wrote it I love it. He adorned my binder when I was in high school. <3
CS Lewis is another favorite. I particularly like his space trilogy.
I adore the poetry of WH Auden and Tennyson and Byron.
Frankenstein was very poignant, I thought.

Other than that I have a ton of history and linguistic and theology books and a bunch of Forgotten Realms and other assorted fantasy novels. Because, like the rest of you, I am a dork.

Vampire-wise I used to read The Southern Vampire chronicles but I got behind. Now that True Blood is out and everyone keeps telling me how awesome it is I had better catch back up, I guess. Or I can just say "oh yeah I used to read those books." and feel smugly superior. I liked them enough I might swallow my pride and go buy the rest of them. =_=

Manga:
Sailor Moon
Otomen (currently my absolute favorite manga ever)
Nana
Fun*Fun Factory
Fushigi Yuugi
Renai Catalog
Demon Diary (sure, manhwa, manga same difference)
anything by Tanemura Arina, Yuki Kaori, Sugi Emiko or Yoshizumi Wataru. Oh, and I second Aishabe's love of CLAMP
Also all magical girl series and anything published in Ribon.

[Azrael]

Wow I am late to this party too. . I am not going to give an exhaustive list of all the books I have read there is no room and I dare say many of you would be largely uninterested. One good thing about working the night watch is lots of time to read . I'm not sure I could even begin to figure out what my "favorite" book would be, too many "yeah, buts". I have made one recent dicovery I would like to share: A Scottish gentleman by the name of Martin Millar. I found his book The Good Faeries of New York three or four months ago and found it to be a thoroughly amusing and enjoyable read. I would put his style as some where akin to Green or Gaiman. If you enjoy that sort of thing I highly recomend it. Now if I could just locate any of his other books on this side of the pond.

Other than that lately it has been rereading some old stand-bys in Weber, Ringo, and Martin. Did manage to finish off a couple of Manga series here this past month: Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 and Watsuki's Ruroni Kenshin. Enjoyed both quite a lot, was somewhat sorry to see them end but now to move on to other stories and new directions.

[Swayambhu]

The "Odd Thomas" series is my favorite Dean Koontz series.

And boy howdy, do I love that magnificent bastard and his work.

[Dirty n Evil]

Azrael - I was thinking about reading The Good Faeries of New York myself, and with your recommendation I'll give it a try. Thanks. In return, I'll suggest a good book that surprised me in a good way - Beknighted by Kit Whitfield. It's placed in a world where over 90% of the world's population are werewolves... but the remaining percentage of humanity that can't change has to keep peace during the full moon. Told from the point of view of one of these fully human peace officers, it's very interesting how the author shows the impacts both socially and culturally of having such a distinctive rift between the two sides. Very well written.

[Don Alexander]

The "Odd Thomas" series is my favorite Dean Koontz series.

And boy howdy, do I love that magnificent bastard and his work.

Huih!

I've read most Dean Koontz books around except for some of the newest ones and some more obscure ones he wrote under pen names.

I loved Odd Thomas and think it would make a great M. Night Shyamalan (at least in his "Sixth Sense"-form) like movie (the end, you know). I especially Bronwen "Stormy" Llewellyn, she is such a dream girl!!!

The other two books... Well, Forever Odd was a bit weak, I thought, though it had a cute vile villainess. Brother Odd was better IMHO, though I felt a bit concerning the "science" in the book... But the creatures... They were highly swell!!

[Swayambhu]

The "Odd Thomas" series is my favorite Dean Koontz series.

And boy howdy, do I love that magnificent bastard and his work.

Huih!

I've read most Dean Koontz books around except for some of the newest ones and some more obscure ones he wrote under pen names.

I loved Odd Thomas and think it would make a great M. Night Shyamalan (at least in his "Sixth Sense"-form) like movie (the end, you know). I especially Bronwen "Stormy" Llewellyn, she is such a dream girl!!!

The other two books... Well, Forever Odd was a bit weak, I thought, though it had a cute vile villainess. Brother Odd was better IMHO, though I felt a bit concerning the "science" in the book... But the creatures... They were highly swell!!

I liked them all, but admittedly, "Odd Thomas" will probably always be my favorite of the series.

Plus, I fell in love with Koontz's depiction of Elvis. Simply adored it, along with so many other little treasurable things about the books.

I also loved "From The Corner of His Eye", oh GOD how I loved it.

[Don Alexander]

I liked them all, but admittedly, "Odd Thomas" will probably always be my favorite of the series.

Plus, I fell in love with Koontz's depiction of Elvis. Simply adored it, along with so many other little treasurable things about the books.

I also loved "From The Corner of His Eye", oh GOD how I loved it.

My faves are "Strangers" and "Phantoms" (I also like the movie, trashy as it may be...). "Dragon Tears" was also great.

But I'm starting to not being able to keep Koontz books apart...

[Swayambhu]

I liked them all, but admittedly, "Odd Thomas" will probably always be my favorite of the series.

Plus, I fell in love with Koontz's depiction of Elvis. Simply adored it, along with so many other little treasurable things about the books.

I also loved "From The Corner of His Eye", oh GOD how I loved it.

My faves are "Strangers" and "Phantoms" (I also like the movie, trashy as it may be...). "Dragon Tears" was also great.

But I'm starting to not being able to keep Koontz books apart...

Phantoms was good, but brutal. (Don't get me wrong though, I love well-written brutality.) Haven't seen the movie yet... I'm afraid to.

Never read Strangers or Dragon Tears.

[Don Alexander]

Phantoms was good, but brutal. (Don't get me wrong though, I love well-written brutality.) Haven't seen the movie yet... I'm afraid to.

Never read Strangers or Dragon Tears.

Have you read Intensity?? That has a scene right at the beginning which shocked even my jaded heart.

The most brutal thing I've ever read was King's "The Dark Half". It just had some very yucky slayings in it (movie is great, BTW, on of the good King cinematizations) - but I guess it's harmless compared to modern torture porn cinema...

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[Swayambhu]

Phantoms was good, but brutal. (Don't get me wrong though, I love well-written brutality.) Haven't seen the movie yet... I'm afraid to.

Never read Strangers or Dragon Tears.

Have you read Intensity?? That has a scene right at the beginning which shocked even my jaded heart.

I can't remember. Is Intensity about a murderer that Dr. Cox from Scrubs portrays in a movie?

Or is it about...shit, I can't remember it exactly, so I can't summarize.

Haha, what's it about again?

[Don Alexander]

I can't remember. Is Intensity about a murderer that Dr. Cox from Scrubs portrays in a movie?
Or is it about...shit, I can't remember it exactly, so I can't summarize.
Haha, what's it about again?

Well, a pretty detailed (and spoilerish! ) summary can be found on Wikipedia.

While only shortly mentioned in the text, I was referring to Laura's death. It's very disturbing. But then, I'm just partial to girls... I can watch or read a million guys or even older women being killed in the most gory of ways, but girls, especially cute ones... Even if it's pure fiction.

[Swayambhu]

I can't remember. Is Intensity about a murderer that Dr. Cox from Scrubs portrays in a movie?
Or is it about...shit, I can't remember it exactly, so I can't summarize.
Haha, what's it about again?

Well, a pretty detailed (and spoilerish! ) summary can be found on Wikipedia.

While only shortly mentioned in the text, I was referring to Laura's death. It's very disturbing. But then, I'm just partial to girls... I can watch or read a million guys or even older women being killed in the most gory of ways, but girls, especially cute ones... Even if it's pure fiction.

Yes! That is exactly what I was thinking it was.

Oh man. You should see the movie. It's greatness. And plus, the actor who plays as Dr. Cox from Scrubs makes a surprisingly good -- a damned good villain. Oh man, does he ever.

[Don Alexander]

Yes! That is exactly what I was thinking it was.

Oh man. You should see the movie. It's greatness. And plus, the actor who plays as Dr. Cox from Scrubs makes a surprisingly good -- a damned good villain. Oh man, does he ever.

There's... a movie???

I actually didn't know. Must have been a pretty low-level release.

Edit: Ah. Made for TV. No wonder. And the book is that old??? How time flies, a terrible rivener 'pon raven wings...

I think many Koontz books would make decent movies, if done correctly. They have that more swashbuckling, actiony 300-400 page thing going for them than many Stephen King novels which have been turned into mostly atrocious movies...