As for physical books, I'm reading The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett but it's been sitting untouched for a few months. For books in general, the last ones I finished were Silk vol 1 and Black Widow vol 1 for their current runs.

I picked up Stephen King's "The Stand"

And also "Armada" by Ernest Cline because I loved "Ready Player One" so much

Here are the books I've read in the past year or so, in order from favorite to least favorite:

"Ready Player One" - Ernest Cline
"Harry Potter books 1-7" - J.K. Rowling
"The Game" - Neil Strauss
"Ender's Game" - Orson Scott Card
"Stranger In A Strange Land" - Robert A. Heinlein
"Unbroken" - Laura Hillenbrand
"Farenheit 451" - Ray Bradbury
"A Game of Thrones" - R.R. Martin
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - Douglas Adams
"The Martian" - Andy Weir
"The Giver" - Lois Lowry
"1984" - George Orwell
"#AskGaryVee" - Gary Vaynerchuk
"The Hobbit" - J. R. R. Tolkien
"Dune" - Frank Herbert
"I, Robot" - Isaac Asimov
"Foundation" - Isaac Asimov
"The Quickie" - James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
"The Martian Chronicles" - Ray Bradbury
"The Truth" - Neil Strauss
"On The Road" - Jack Kerouac
"Starship Troopers" - Robert A. Heinlein
"Off To See The Wizard" - Scott Meyer

Based on all of these books, do you have any recommendations for me?

Notes, I cannot find the sequels to Hitchhiker's Guide on Audible so I think those are off the table for now. I will look again though. And YES, I have read ATTWN but it was a long time ago and yes it was amazing. I also recommend you guys watch that movie, it's super old but sooooooo fucking good. Likewise, I haven't read Murder on the Orient Express but that movie too is fucking awesome.

Ole' Vern @ 18/9/2016 13:04

I picked up Stephen King's "The Stand" And also "Armada" by Ernest Cline because I loved "Ready Player One" so much

Which of these "Books" that you "Read" is your favorite?

read my list curt ^

I saw you listed the books towards the bottom as "least favorite". Does that mean you didn't really enjoy them or you just enjoyed them less? A lot of those are dense classic sci fi books, so just trying to gauge your reading moods to be able to make good suggestions. (For example, based on your list, I would *not* recommend Sam Delaney's Dahlgren, which gets really dense. It's not light-hearted fantasy/sci fi in the slightest).

I still enjoyed the ones at the bottom but not very much. I think those are the ones that lacked tangible plot lines and yeah some a little sense I suppose.

Since you are more meh on old style sci fi, maybe more "New Wave" is your style.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Phillip K Dick who has had a bunch of his stories adapted to TV/Movies (Bladerunner, Minority Report, Total Recall, Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly). His stories often involve questioning of reality. If that sounds up your alley, I have some recommendations.

I also read Harlan Ellison a bit. He's a fiery bastard and lives in LA (in his documentary "Dreams With Sharp Teeth" there is a part where he points out the OC Valley as seen from his home and says "The LA smog doesn't bother me- look at it down there killing Republicans.").

Phil Dick sounds interesting..

What else u got

Ole' Vern @ 19/9/2016 11:03

Phil Dick sounds interesting.. What else u got

You Phillin' the Dick yet?

Sorry, I shouldn't make Phillic jokes on this board, there are children here.

Praise the lord, Phil the dick

I don't know if any of you are on Pottermore, but there's a Patronus test now.

Grimapple @ 22/9/2016 18:03

I don't know if any of you are on Pottermore, but there's a Patronus test now.

Yes! I took it today and my patronus is a polecat. I had to look that up. It's kinda cute, I guess.

I also got sorted into my American house and got Thunderbird. My sister did, too, which was kinda cool. :)

Maddie S. @ 22/9/2016 23:17

Grimapple @ 22/9/2016 18:03 I don't know if any of you are on Pottermore, but there's a Patronus test now. Yes! I took it today and my patronus is a polecat. I had to look that up. It's kinda cute, I guess. I also got sorted into my American house and got Thunderbird. My sister did, too, which was kinda cool. :)

I got a thestral as my Patronus, but I haven't sorted into the American school.