thommob1987
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Post by thommob1987 on Jul 7, 2006 20:48:18 GMT
What books do you find so gripping that you can't stop reading them? Enter your answers to this on this thread.
My fave books that I can't stop reading are autobiographies of racing drivers and motorcycle legends such as What If I Had Never Tried It by MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi and My Championship Year by 1996 F1 champ Damon Hill.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Jul 8, 2006 15:51:02 GMT
Whenever Terry Pratchett has a book out, I always have to get it in hardback right away. He's a great example of a writer whose work significantly evolves without any drop in quality. Lots of excellent satire and laugh-out-loud jokes to be found in every volume, as well as some truly ingenious concepts (like the semaphore Internet making an appearance in his fantasy world).
China Mieville is another, his work very definitely repays rereading. I know I keep going on and on about this guy, but his books are true genius. He's doing for fantasy what the New Wave authors did for science fiction in the 1960s, challenging convention and taking the genre in strange new directions.
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OldBoiler
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Post by OldBoiler on Jul 29, 2006 21:35:56 GMT
I love the classic Biggles books by Captain W. E. Johns. Biggles has so many exciting adventures and some of the best stories are set between the wars, before Bertie appears in them. One of the best stories is Biggles goes to war. There are some great scenes in it. Well worth a look even if you're not interested in flying.
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Post by OJ on Jul 29, 2006 21:39:19 GMT
The Harry Potter series I read lots of times. So many mysterys of what will happen in book 7. I have a feeling there are clues of what will happen in the existing books.
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gotSTEAM?
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Post by gotSTEAM? on Aug 10, 2006 3:45:11 GMT
I can't stop reading To Sleep With the Angels, despite how sad it is. Also I'll read my Star Wars over and over, along with the Harry Potter books and the Railway Series ^_^
And my Titanic books, too XD
~Elizabeth
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Post by reno on Aug 10, 2006 15:30:26 GMT
My favourite books I read over and over are The Railway Series particually Duke The Lost Engine, Mangas of Full Metal Alchemist, dot Hack & Yu-Gi-Oh!. I also like The Hobbit quite a lot aswell.
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Post by tidus on Sept 15, 2006 18:29:12 GMT
Endless reading from manga's, The Railway Series and Fantasy Novels. I haven't read many fantasy novels as such due to my higher interest in manga. I do read the Railway Series a lot as I have enjoyed them since I was a child.
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Post by edwardblue on Sept 23, 2006 3:32:58 GMT
My favorite books to read over and over are 'The Railway Series' books I have (The first four), and the Harry Potter series. I'll probably continue re-reading them even after the final book comes out.
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Post by santafe3751 on Jul 15, 2007 18:43:09 GMT
If there's one book I never get tired of, it's 'Titanic: An Illustrated History'. It's one of the best books about the Titanic ever written, and as a Titanic fan, I'm never getting rid of it!
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Symphony In Blue
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Post by Symphony In Blue on Sept 22, 2007 22:42:17 GMT
IT by Stephen King. I've probably read it twenty times, and I never get sick of it.
Harry Potter Seven is a close second.
And, of course, the railway series--but Not Christoper's-I haven't read any of those yet...
Edit: 12/5/07: And THE CHASE, by Clive Cussler
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Post by Kyle on Sept 24, 2007 1:49:47 GMT
Whenever I get a chance I like to re-read my Railway Series books, but apart from that the only books that I'll continually re-read are my Garfield comics and any book by Dan Brown.
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Post by CabForward on Sept 24, 2007 2:34:19 GMT
The RWS books I read around once a season. (Of course, there are certain books I'll read more often, depending on if I'm doing my Sudrian research). (As of now I have 30 of them, but I hope to get the last 11 in the New Collection... soon.)
I'm also a long-time fan of Animorphs. I have all 54 books, plus the special books. I'm actually re-reading them again now - just beginning the 3rd book.
And, although I don't technically own them, I've read the Naruto manga from start to the part we're up to at least four times. (The Japanese version translated into English, of course).
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Post by Aidan on Oct 6, 2007 13:35:11 GMT
I love re-reading my RWS books, particularly "The New Collection". It's just to hard to put them down!
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Post by trainzfan on Oct 8, 2007 17:56:04 GMT
I like reading the Emperor series. I'm very tempted to write an SiFiction set in 64 BC after reading them.
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CM
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Post by CM on Nov 27, 2007 12:36:57 GMT
I love reading the Fruits Basket manga! Unlike the anime it shows more adventures. It's still going!
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Post by Cruiseshipz on Feb 29, 2008 13:42:36 GMT
The only book I read is a science fiction hit from Walt Disney's 1st PG rated motion picture, it's called "The Black Hole" by Alan Dean Foster. It's a good book, but I think the movie is better though.
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Post by shanedooiney on Mar 14, 2008 17:46:06 GMT
I'm re-reading Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!) for the second time, and I still think it's hilarious.
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OldBoiler
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Post by OldBoiler on Mar 5, 2009 22:02:59 GMT
One book that i do enjoy reading is actually three in one. It is 633 Squadron. The film was pants compared to the book and is pretty gripping. The book was bought it Asda for only a fiver so was a bargain. I find that hard to put down. There is six in total. 633 Squadron, Operation Rhine Maiden, Operation Crucible and three others. Have only read the last two at that was many years ago so can't remember them! The RWS are always being read again and again but as i've been pretty busy last couple of years the amount of books i've read for pleasure are few indeed. Have managed to purchase some off ebay and even read two recently. The two that i have read i've been searching for quite sometime. Read the first (Biggles Flies North) and was disappointed. Years wait and then an anti-climax! Second was Biggles Buries a Hatchet and that was fabulous as he had to rescue his old adversary from a political prison in the wastes of Russia set during the Cold War era. Brilliant stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 13:05:09 GMT
Oldboiler, dunno if you are still active but I, too, had a lot of the Biggles books. Well worth a read but I sold my whole collection off which raised a small amount towards my engine. The 633 squadron books were 633 squadron, Operation Rhine Maiden, Operation Crucible, Operation Valkyrie, Operation Cobra and the last one is Operation Titan. The last one I didn't like as much as the others. Valkyrie and Cobra are good.
I have to admit that I haven't read any of the Railway Series books for a while now. Whilst I do like the Christopher ones I much prefer the stories written by the Reverend Awdry. I do enjoy reading many of my railway books time and again.
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Post by Metamorphical on Jun 2, 2018 2:06:11 GMT
If we can count Manga I just got a copy of the hardcover Full Metal edition of the Full Metal Alchemist manga. It's beautiful. FMA is without a doubt my favorite manga and it'll be my 3rd read through. I think even if your not an anime fan FMA is a must for any fantasy fan. It's one of my favorite inspirations for how mythology is built and world building is done.
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