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  • 20-12-2008 1:49pm
    #1
    Dr. Baltar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭


    I haven't picked up a book in over a year and once again, I feel the itch to pick up a few nice books over Christmas and get reading.
    I'm usually a fantasy/sci-fi reader but I also like some autobiographies like Gerry Conlon's "Proved Innocent" - I'm not a big fan of autobiographies by celebrities.

    Some of the books that I have read and absolutely loved were

    The Lord of The Rings
    The Belgariad and Mallorean Series
    Harry Potter


    So please. Recommend me a few series or novels over Christmas.
    I was thinking about picking up Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials and perhaps Herbert's Dune too.


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  • #2
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    His Dark Materials is a great place to start..

    I would also tell you to google search 'bbc big read' from a couple of years ago. Its a list of top 100 books, which the public voted for. I have found several books and authors on that I now count among my favorites whom I had not heard of before I saw that list.


  • #3
    Blue-Eyed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭Blue-Eyed


    Yes, please do yourself a favor and read His Dark Materials. I can safely say it's high in my favorites list. Right up there with the Lord of the Rings I daresay!

    -Blue-:cool:


  • #4
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    If you like fantasy try either "legend" or the "troy" trilogy by David gemmell.Also "Magician" by Raymond e feist is a great read.
    A warning about feist,don't read any of his books that are co-authored.


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