The Pavilion Book Club

[Toaster]

Reccomend some books, because I really don't know what's good.

[Alex]

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I just finished the 4th volume of Scott Pilgrim. It's a pretty cute anime-influenced comic with a lot of video game references and charming characters.

[Ryner]

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Watership Down.

I know that's always my answer, but I just like making it clear that every human being on Earth should read it.

[Big Rick Cook]

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http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/...ad.php?t=16790

There's a bazillion suggestions here.

[John Mora]

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If we're going to be recommending graphic novels, I'd recommend Ode to Kirihito and MW.

[Tintenfisch]

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Watership Down.

I know that's always my answer, but I just like making it clear that every human being on Earth should read it.

Terrifying movie.


I throughly enjoyed The Running Man

[Translucid]

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The Plague by Albert Camus

[altoecko]

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House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
Lullaby - Chuck Palahnuik
Naked - David Sedaris
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Pattern Recognition - William Gibson

Those are some good fiction I've read recently. If you want some nonfiction suggestions just let me know.

EDIT - Oh yeah and Kafka On The Shore - Haruki Murakami was really good too.

[Translucid]

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ending of Pattern Recognition was... disappointing.

[Ryner]

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Yes, Watership Down was a terrible movie.

[162]

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That movie made me sad.

Anyway, here's my list:

-To Kill A Mockingbird
-Abarat
-Catcher In The Rye
-The Book of Lost Things
-Lord of the Flies (Reading it now)

[JPS]

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The Saxon Series by Bernard Cornwell...I doubt anyone has read this but its an addicting series, very fun to read.

http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index...=1&seriesid=10

[Perversion]

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I've mentioned it multiple times in these parts, but I'll mention it again...an excellent, creepy, informative, and sorta revolting to an extent non-fiction book I highly recommend is As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl. Even if you have no interest in gender issues, it's still a very good read.


And if you can get a hold of The Hot Zone, I recommend that as well. The first half is edge-of-the-seat brilliant (again, it's non-fiction, but this time about the Ebola virus), but it kinda loses some steam in the second half. Still a worthwhile read. And I'm not sure if this is gonna lend my opinion any creedence, but this is the only book I've ever read that literally made me physically nauseous. Meaning, I was VERY close to be on the verge of vomiting very early in the book. You might not take that as a good thing, but for me, it made me appreciate the book that much more. The passage I'm referring to describes in graphic detail exactly what happens to the human body when it's afflicted with the virus. Good stuff.


Okay, a few more...David Sheff's Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World is a wonderfully written history of the company, and has a LOT of exclusive interviews and insider information. It's non-fiction, but it reads like a novel.

If you are interested in old-school hacker stuff, and enjoy mysteries, The Cuckoo's Egg is pretty engrossing. It's basically another true story that's set up like a detective story, with the perpetrator always one step ahead, but all clues and mysteries are solved by strings of data. It's a bit dated, but for a history lesson on how the internet USED to be, and how it was manipulated even back then, this book is recommended.

Anything by Douglas Coupland I can heartily recommend as well (Generation X, Girlfriend in a Coma, Microserfs), and I quite enjoyed Alex Garland's The Beach. If you've seen the Leo DiCaprio film, and thought it was not so good, do not let that dissuade you from reading this excellent novel.

I've also heard lots of good things about Russell Banks' work.

And if you're into Stephen King, and have not read Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, or The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, I recommend those as well. Hell, even if you don't like Stephen King, I'd recommend those. Each is more psychological horror than straight-up typical Stephen King horror.

[The Toecutter]

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I'll recommend you one darkly good book:

-Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

[jacquel]

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Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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