Anyone read books for fun?

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#1  Edited By AZ123

I am happy it's summer time because I have more time to read. I read Angels & Demons (I saw the movie and loved it... turns out the book was better). What books do you guys like?

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#2  Edited By JJOR64

What's a book?

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Philip K Dick was an author so far ahead of his time it makes my head swim.

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#4  Edited By Stephen_Von_Cloud

Right now I'm reading Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison again.  I don't think a book could be better.  I know it's appreciated but I also think it's underrated regardless.

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#5  Edited By Ransom

of course. any literate with half a brain reads...

i mostly read classics and science fiction, but i'll read other genres if the fancy strikes me

 working on the fall of hyperion at the moment

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Clive Cussler This is the guy that Tom Clancy reads
And
Chuck Palahniuk This man is the auther of Fight Club.

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@AZ123 said:
" I am happy it's summer time because I have more time to read. I read Angels & Demons (I saw the movie and loved it... turns out the book was better). What books do you guys like? "
I read the book first and think that it was way, way better.  One of my all time favorites, I'd even say.

The movie struck me as..."eh"...just like The Da Vinci Code.  I just don't see Tom Hanks as Langdon.  To his credit though, the character is built for a novel, and doesn't really have a personality that can be expressed easily in film.

Oh, and I'm trying to get back into the reading routine.  It's proving to be tougher than I thought it would be.
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#8  Edited By bwooduhs

The only books i've chosen to read are Harry Potter.

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I plan on rereading the Jack Ryan series, pre-executive orders.

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only once, and it was I Am Legend...it was vastly better then the movie and it also made me want to break the movies disc in half for ruining it.

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#11  Edited By ColinRyan

I love reading. ATM I'm reading Ulysses by James Joyce and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. And I agree with you about A&D, the book is way better. It's one of my favourite books actually.

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#12  Edited By Guardian

Why else would you read a book? Oh, and history is my favorite. 

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#13  Edited By sweep  Moderator

I read more than I play games, I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to the books I read. My favourite authors are Alex Garland (The Beach, Sunshine, The Tesseract) and Hunter S Thompson (Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Hells Angels, On the Campaign Trail). I'm currently reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. He is a very clever man, though his arguments are a little convoluted - perhaps by his rambling enthusiasm.

The books are always better than the films, although Mr Depp gave Mr Thompson a run for his money.

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Im reading the fellowship of the ring now, its pretty good

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#15  Edited By Jayge_

I love reading.


I think I'm going to buy the entire Song of Ice and Fire series off of Amazon.

I've heard good things.
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#16  Edited By shadows_kill

@JJOR64 said:
" What's a book? "
a porno without the pictures

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I'm going to start reading my books soon. I have to finish Everything is Illuminated.

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#19  Edited By shadows_kill

i really only read the Pendragon series for fun..... not many others i get interested in.....