Vigil, what genres do you like?

Sci-fi, Heinlein and Smith for classics, Verne for fun and

Larry Niven (Ringworld and Known Space series) for hard

sci-fi.

Classics, G Rider Haggard for She and the Quatermain tales.

Ray Bradbury for the dark and scary corners of the mind.

Romance? Heard about it somewhere LOL.

Vigil,

Oldfart had a good question. What types of books do you like to read? Personally I am a Science Fiction/Fantasy reader but I also enjoy mysteries and the occasional romance.

My favorite S/F authors are Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, E.E. 'Doc' Smith, H. Beam Piper, John Varley, Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffery

For fantasy, J. R. R. Tolkien (of course), Christopher Stasheff, David Eddings, Katherine Kurtz, Terry Brooks (but not his Shanara books)

For vampire/dark fantasy fiction Laurell K. Hamilton is terrific, as are Tanya Huff (she also does some nice fantasy), Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris

In mysteries I like the lighter stuff, anything by Dorothy Gilman, Lillian Jackson Braun, William Kienzle... Dame Agatha Christie is alwasy good for expanding your mind

These are all authors I keep an eye out for (if they are still alive and writing) or are good for a re-read (I am a shameless re-reader)

Do I get shot for suggesting the lord of the rings by you know who????

Seriously, I find it to be a wonderful fantasy novel/masterpiece to lose myself into....

...and it'll keep you going for a while.:D

I would highly recommend Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. It was a completely amazing novel. It's far from an easy read, though.

"My Life and Loves" by Frank Harris
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"A Good Life" by Ben Bradlee
"Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown
"The Civil War" by Shelby Foote
"Aesop's Fables"
"Grimm's Fairy Tales"
Robedrt Frost's poetry
Emily Dickinson's poetry
A. Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
The Harry Potter books
Agatha Christie's mysteries...I enjoy Poirot or Marple

lets see I've been meaning to post here a while a quick list

any thing by John Irving's a good start would be The hotel New Hampshire or The Cider house Rules
or any of Tom Robbin's a good start Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
or try any of Christopher Moore's books
Tim Sandlin's Skipped Parts
I could go on and on with books to read

I would chime in with a vague reference to any books you can read on intelligence in your country, the more recent the better.

If you're in America, beware the Patriot Act. It makes the First Amendment a pipe dream.

I just finished reading Michael Moore's "Dude, Where's My Country?" and was saddened to hear that Bush is still fighting for the Patriot Act, as his State of the Union address clearly stated.

Sillyme, we'll have to talk H Beam Piper sometime and find out

who's really a Little Fuzzy.

Smith, Herbert Mccaffery too.

Dale Brown, Steven Coonts, Clive (gasp) Cussler too.

Re Genres question from OF.

Sorry for the delay OF, I've not been around much lately - too busy reading.

The genre is less important to me than the core, by which I mean I like books that intelligently study humanity whether fact or fiction.

Sci-Fi tends to come quite low down on my list and stodgy 19thC classics tend to put me to sleep.

I'll read anything by a skilled writer.

ANYTHING by Neil Gaiman, Michael Crichton, or John Saul