My favourite book of all time is probably Alexandre Dumas' "Count of Monte Cristo".

I'm a big fan of PK Dick and Iain Banks, who have already been mentioned along with plenty of other classic stuff. Michael Marshall Smith writes some great tripped out sci-fi too. Warped my teenage mind.

Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, John Grisham and Anne Rice are fucking awful... I have a lot of love for Stephen King but he keeps writing the same five stories over and over.

Easton Ellis and Palahniuk are great. Though anyone into transgressive crap should look up some Peter Sotos, nasty little man. Anyone read Lunar Park? I think I'll start that next week.

ive no idea how popular or well known this book is, im not a huge reader by any means. but since im away i thought i may as well utilise the nights that i spend in hostels by reading.

so i picked up Richard Pelzer - A Brother's Journey for £3!!!

anyone know it? i just got it cos it sounded good and the bit on the back seemed interesting.

what i didnt know was that its an actual true story and the book itself is an autobiography. its about the guy richard and his mum, dad, and his brothers ross keith scott and david.

the mother hates david and richard blames everything on david then the mum destroys him and slaps kicks totally pummels the living out of the kid. she even stabbed him once. all the kids are scared to tell authorities about the mum and eventually david is taken away and slowly Richard takes his place and all those things happen to him also. Ross, Keith and Scott have nothing done to them but Richard then gets absolutely kicked the shit through in many violent ways. i havent finished yet, but right now he is beginning to grow courage and stand up to her. its moved through his life since about 6 years old and he's currently 15. the beginning of the book explains how he hadnt even told his wife until she saw him breaking down and eventually dug it out of him.

i tell ya, its by far the most interesting book ive ever read. its very sad its a true story but wow its very powerful. i recommend it.

the only thing close to a book that i read are guitar magazines, album booklets and forums

It shows.

the only thing close to a book that i read are guitar magazines, album booklets and forums

It shows.

yeah with the time id use to read i instead have been workin out to get my hot body that i have
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'The Count of Monte Cristo' is still holding strong... I love revenge tales.

Otherwise, Philip K Dick's 'Valis'... I found that very affecting, and read it just recently.

I need to be reading more to be honest, I read one or two biographies a month, but that's about it, I've been meaning to get back into reading fiction again. The best book I've probably read in the last couple of years was probably Helen DeWitt's 'The Last Samurai', if only for the Kurasawa obsessed single mother...

A lot of my favourites have been mentioned, (Mo's usual shout out to 'Wonderland Avenue' is seconded) Iain Bank's 'Complicity' and 'the Crow Road'. King's 'IT'. My favourite Pratchett is probably 'Small Gods', though his book with Gaiman 'Good Omens' is great fun. My favourite Robert Rankin would be pretty hard to pick, maybe 'Raiders of the Lost Car Park'? 'Choke' is my favourite Chuck, but what western white collar male doesn't have some sort of jones for 'Fight Club' eh? I still have to get my copy of that book back, like 'Fear & Loathing...' it tends to vanish all the time.

My favourite philosophical work (if it can be called that) is Deleuze and Guatarri's 'Capitalism & Schizophrenia: A Thousand Plateaus'... a hypertext of soul warping proportions. I won't start on comics...

Next book I buy will probably be the Lester Bangs collection 'Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung'

terry prattchet = FTW

friend sent me a terry prattchet book, whats his style?

Humourous fantasy, with lots of satire.

like dunsany or ambrose bierce?

There's similarities definitely.
Another heir to P. G. Wodehouse.

His first few Discworld novels were skewering fantasy itself, but since then he's really widened the scope.

I'm reading "The Moor's Last Sigh" by samon rushdie right now and it's fucking dense!

I just finished a book called "Liontide" by Chris McBride. Very hard to find in the US. It is a short read, only 200 pages on the behavior and nocturnal happenings of the Savuti Lions. Was back in the early 80s when it was written and the Savuti was still raw wilderness.
Phenomenal book.

I've jumped on the Gaiman bandwagon and I have to admit, he's a badass. I bought American Gods and Smoke & Mirrors, both fantastic reads.

Oson Scott Card: Ender's Game
Frank Herbert: Dune

Yeah... I likes me the sci-fi.

"Ondskan" ("Evil" translated to english) by Jan Guillou would propably be one of my favourites. I love the movie based on the book too.