50bookchallenge book list for 2009.

[rugbybaby]

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[deana_in_texas]

Since you don't have nearly enough books on your list , do you mind if I add a few?

[rugbybaby]

Is there ever such a thing as enough? I am always in the market for recommendations.

[deana_in_texas]

You seem to have a science fiction sort of theme going, which is why I'm volunteering these:

Robert A. Heinlein
The Door Into Summer
Starship Troopers
(Actually I love a lot of his stuff, but the later works get pretty ... preachy. Most people will recommend Stranger in a Strange Land which is good until the last third of the book which is really preachy and weird... or The Cat who Walked Through Walls. Or Job: A Comedy of Justice, but that one is obviously religious in nature. Really awesome, was the first book of his I read, but ... yeah. Those first two aren't preachy and are awesome books, from his early work.)

John Steakley
Armor

Roger Zelazny
The Chronicles of Amber - this is actually a 10 book series... they are very short books though. The first 5 are with one narrator, and they are a must read. The second 5 are a different narrator, and not as good... but if you like the first 5 the second are a decent read also. But seriously, read the first five.

[rugbybaby]

I do very much like science fiction and that sort of fantasy, though arguably I've really not read a huge number of classics.

IIIII shall definitely add those to my list, and thank you for the recommendations! I appreciate them. I feel like Zelazny is vaguely familiar and I'm not sure why, though I'm certain I've not read any of those before.

[frosty_pickle]

ZOMG not oliver twist! I hated that when I had to read that for school. I actually just watched the movie. :P

[rugbybaby]

I had to read it for school and never finished it. I figured I'd give it another shot, just in case!

[frosty_pickle]

I don't remember it at all except he's an orphan and I think he has to steal for these people.

[deana_in_texas]

The book I found a horrible read. But I was in the musical when I was in 6th grade and the story is actually pretty fun. I've just found that most of Dickens' stuff is... not to my liking.

[scorpion_gem]

HOW LONG IS YOUR LIST?!?! Man, and I thought I read a lot. I think I'll be stealing some of your books after you're done. teehee

[rugbybaby]

I don't really have all of them, and I don't know how many I'll get through. But I do like lists.