book recommendations ?

[arilinn]

I'm searching for some good books to take with me to bali (i forgot how addicted i am to books and have already started reading my planned haul

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[talldean]

I've been reading Forever War, which is a sci-fi take on the Vietnam War, contrasted to Starship Troopers being the opinion of war of a Korean War era vet. Forever War's take on sex is, well, 1970's orgy-futurism, but it is what it is.

[arilinn]

oh i love john scalzi - got the last colony autographed by him when he came to google. we sat and had lunch for like 2 hours - that man is awesome

[arilinn]

my friend pointed out that i mixed up forever war and old man's war, doh! i will have to check out forever war. thanks!

[tgrey]

jitterbug perfume by tom robbins. the difference engine by william gibson and bruce sterling.

[arilinn]

ooo i'll grab jitterbug - difference engine is sorta a classic (i have two copies!)

[tgrey]

robbins is a very avante garde "coffe table philosopher"... reminds me a little of a cross between douglas adams and hunter s. thompson. if you can't find jitterbug, still life with woodpecker would be my next recommendation.

i consider the difference engine a classic, but i've talked to two different people i've observed reading gibson lately, and neither had heard of it. if you've read it, great. i love the paradigm shift for cyberpunk.

[bryguypgh]

Have you read the Dune books by Frank Herbert (not the trash his son is publishing)? They are so well written.

[arilinn]

read those waaaay long ago. and yeah, sometimes kids need to step out of the "franchise"