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I really want to get into more reading. I do read articles and manuals so I do have a good working on the English language. I've just decided that I should read more thick books. So my question is, what are some good books for a computer geek who has a wild imagination and an old fashioned mind ie, chivalry, war stories, being a regular gentleman

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  • A Song of Ice and Fire series
  • Atlas Shrugged (You said you wanted a big book)
  • Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • The Age of Intelligent Machines (Pretty much all of Ray Kurzweil's books)
  • Slaughterhouse Five
     

If you could mention some genres that would help a bit. The books I mentioned is kinda grasping at straws.

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For war stories, The Monuments Men hits the spot for me.

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Did you read the "Dark Tower" series yet?

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Did you read the "Dark Tower" series yet?

I started reading the "Dark Tower" series and for some reason I couldn't get into it. I tried so hard, but I just couldn't, maybe it's the poor translation, maybe I'm not fully understanding the 1st book, not sure what it is.

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LOTR series

GOT series (it differs from the tv show)

Harry Potter

 

If you like gangster stories and the US during the 1900. when NYC was ruled by gangsters please read "Gangster" by Lorenco Karkatera :)

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Anything from Terry Pratchett

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The Hobbit + Lord of the Rings. If you don't read this in your lifetime, you haven't truly lived IMHO. (don't bother with any of the other Tolkien stuff, they were pretty bad)

Terry Pratchett books. Anything he makes is generally a good book, I recently read the long earth, and am going to read the long war soon.

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Helmet for my Pillow -> war, excellent first hand story

With the old breed

 

If you "read" audio books, i recommend Hut 33 and Cabin Pressure, both very funny sitcoms

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Nuclear weapons at home 101

 

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Philip Pullmans - His Dark Materials is superb. Terry Pratchett's discworld or Long Earth (cowritten with Stephen Baxter) series are brilliant. Also if you haven't already try - The Hitch Hikers guide to the galaxy series. The movie really doesn't do it justice. Finally, The Time Machine and War of the Worlds are classics that are still excellent to read today.

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Thank you! I'll most likely buy all of the books recommended

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Dystopian fiction. I am doing it for English Coursework at school. 

1984, Lord of the Flies and the Hunger Games trilogy are my favourites

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand was fantastic.

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A song of ice and fire.

I don't always have time to study, but when I do, I don't.

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand was fantastic.

You know that book was the inspiration for Bioshock?

Because he had a hard drive.

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You know that book was the inspiration for Bioshock?

I've heard about that. Haven't played Bioshock though.

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You know that book was the inspiration for Bioshock?

I don't think so much the book, as the philosophy it represents.

I makes sense since Andrew Ryan, is kinda of an anagra, of Ayn Rand. Andrew Ryan's life also mirror that of Ayn Rand

http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew_Ryan

The same way that Bioshock was based around extreme capitalistic ideas, the second Bioshock was based around extreme marxist ideas.

Ken Levine really know how to make deep stories

 

 

Crime and punishment by Dostojevski, or The Idiot.

i would like to add The Brothers Karamazov to that. 

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How has no one mentioned The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Complete Collection? Such a good collection of books.

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you can't beat great modern titles

 

Hunger games series

Divergent Series

Crossed series

Legend series

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Probably far-fetched but the Odyssey comes to mind. Lots of adventure in there, plus with the absurd amount of people. 

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Didn't see Brave New World suggested, so I'll suggest it. you may have read it. But in case you haven't, why not?

I really enjoyed reading it some years ago. 

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How has no one mentioned The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Complete Collection? Such a good collection of books.

I did :(

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