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Position:Home>Books & Authors> Any recommendations for a book for me to read?Question: Any recommendations for a book for me to read!? hi!. i need a book to read!. im interested in a lot of sci fi and mythological books!. i have read the artemis fowl series, the olympian series (so far), and the warrior heir seres by cinda chima!. but im all fresh out of books to read!. i don't like harry potter books!. but i have read all the eregon books!. so i need some books to read!. anyone have any recommendationsWww@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hi! The House on the Borderland , The Ghost Pirates or The Night Land written by William Hope Hodgson !. :0) http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/William_Hop!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_House_o!.!.!. http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10002 "In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten!. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it!. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility!. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction!. Classic American horror writer H!. P!. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences!." http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Ghost_P!.!.!. http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10966 "The Ghost Pirates !. !. !. is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate!. With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power!." — H!.P!. Lovecraft http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Night_L!.!.!. http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10662 The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson [O]ne of the strangest visions ever published in science fiction or fantasy is presented!. The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism!. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, probably the first arcology in literature, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark!. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy!. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies!. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human!.?a Excerpted from The Night Land on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia!. =^,,^= Www@QuestionHome@Com Enders Game!.!.!. Orson Scott Card Synopsis: The first book in Card's superb Ender sequence, although it easily holds its own as a stand-alone!. Humanity is attacked by aliens and almost wiped out!. Child genius Ender Wiggin is top of the heap in the government's military genius breeding program!. A race against time springs some surprises for both Ender and the invading forces!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You should read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley!. Its a book about the future where everyone lacks emotion!. Its really entertaining in its extremes and funny in its absurdity but has a good message, but is for a mature audience!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Read the Dresden Files there a great series of books and detective like stories!. Brigsnr is one of the eragon books and it was great!. Oh try reading Shining, I heard that it was a great book but its quite oldWww@QuestionHome@Com If your into Fantasy I would suggest The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan ; the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind ; or my favorite The Saga of Recluce by L!.E!. Modesitt Jr All are great series in my view!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flats, Old Man and the Sea, Maniac MaGee, Tom's Midnight Garden!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.The last two especially if you're about 13!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Hunger Games maybe try Harry Potter and Eragon tooWww@QuestionHome@Com DEFINATLEY the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer!. Ive never met anyone who said they dont like the series!. They are the best books i have EVER read!. u really should :]Www@QuestionHome@Com The bartlemaeus Trilogy may be right up your alleyWww@QuestionHome@Com TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com dracula by bram stoker, it's a classicWww@QuestionHome@Com flowers to algernon it'll touch your heart and is considere sci-fiWww@QuestionHome@Com |