What books have you read recently?

I recently read all the Harry Potters in prep for the last two movies coming out. I also re-read most of the Ender's Game series except #1 because I've read that one like nine times now. I read all the Ender's Game comics recently too.

I also read all the Walking Dead comics after the first season of the show ended. Both the show and the comics are really really good.

I just finished Daemon by Daniel Suarez and am now reading the sequel, Freedom. These books are really good in a DaVinci Code sort of way. Just remove all the dumb cult and secret society stuff and add in WoW set into an augmented reality. It's really fun, mostly based in technology that already exists, is cutting edge, or the next logical step in the next decade.

After I finish Freedom I'm going to read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I'm told it's really good and despite being written 40+ years ago, really depicts the world we live in today.

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Originally Posted by Kayin

Project Gutenberg. Free books for the taking.

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Great source, definitely. :D Also, if audio books are what you want, librivox.org has a lot of volunteer-read recordings. That's how I finally got around to 'reading' The Origin Of Species...hour long drives to class + audiobooks = :D

I just finished Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. Why isn't this a freaking movie? great book... perfect for a movie adaptation.

"Atlas Shrugged" by "Ayn Rand" (the book that inspired Bioshock!)

"Metro 2033" by "Dmitrij Gluchovskij" (some good parts but not worth reading imo)

"Shantaram" by "Gregory David Roberts" (quite good, some parts when the protagonist annoyed me but well worth the read)

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Originally Posted by d_stilgar

After I finish Freedom I'm going to read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I'm told it's really good and despite being written 40+ years ago, really depicts the world we live in today.

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I can vouch for that. The mono- and dialogues can get a bit lengthy at times but I really enjoyed almost all of the 1200 pages :D

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Originally Posted by Diamon

"Metro 2033" by "Dmitrij Gluchovskij" (some good parts but not worth reading imo)

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So is the game based on the book or is the book based on the game?

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Originally Posted by x88x

So is the game based on the book or is the book based on the game?

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Game's based on the book.

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Originally Posted by Diamon

Game's based on the book.

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Ok, good...I was worried about humanity for a second there... :P Though to be fair, the story in the game was pretty good (I guess because that part was already done for them). I never did finish it though.

I was just thinking today that I should make a thread like this....then remembered I already did! :P

I just finished Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven. Another great addition to his 'known space' universe. :D

Incidentally, if anyone wants hard sci-fi, Niven is your man. ;) I've read most of his stuff (strike that...just looked at his Wikipedia page looking for something else and...I've read maybe half his stuff..) and have yet to be disappointed. ...and he's been writing (and published!) for 47 years!

..and, in reading that article, I realized that Destroyer of Worlds is the third in a quartet! ...must...find...

I just finished the Percy Jackson series. Short but surprisingly good read. Next up? a bunch of books for school, then my summer reading.

Finished The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three.

Needed a break from King's writing style, so I started Eyes of Prey by John Sandford. Already nearing completion. I like his style of showing you the killers right off, and flipping back and forth between their perspective and the detectives. It's different than keeping the killer from you and having that big climactic moment of *Dun dun dun, XYZ is the KILLER*, but you get more info about the killer. The climax seems to be an event in his books as opposed to a revelation.