Of great read and authors..

[yinyang]

...graphic novel can or not??? managed to pick up a copy of first print "V for Vendetta" recently.

Fanny Hill genre also can:p Keep well, my friend

 

[pfingo]

teerak wannabes must read

 

[yinyang]

Great stuff this latest (I know, there are JA detractors out there). Paths of Glory
Based on real brit characters, who climbed mt everest early 1912-20 period. Interesting parallel between 2 loves, his OC and his "other" mt everest


http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/images/bookcovers/enlargements/pog.htm

 

[yansen84]

currently reading Niall Ferguson's Empire about the once-great British Empire. Anyone knows of other interesting reads of the same genre?

Previously was reading another interesting historical book, this one a narrative from David McCullough - 1776, about the American War of Independence. Not too bad!

 

[yinyang]

Bumping up this thread (been awhile)..

Recently caught on swedish author Henning Mankell's (translated to english) whodunits. Easy style, good insight of scandinavian scene and mindset. None of that excessive dialogue (more like screenplay, afflicting american authors).

Good selection at PageOne, better than Borders -displays, and settings overlooking bay at Vivio. If only they would be more felxible on plastic wrap on books:p

http://www.henningmankell.com/
http://www.henningmankell.com/Books/Novels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_Mankell

 

[yinyang]

Defector

Caught on latest NY best seller by my favourite author Daniel Silva. Great stuff on a russkie defector (suspected to re-defect back):p Following his last Moscow Rules. All the intrigue and insight on Israel's Mossad, M15, CIA

http://www.danielsilvabooks.com/content/index.asp

 

[pia]

That's one reason I was getting bored with his books. Then I switched to recommendations from others. "Hunt for the Red October" (can't remember the author) is an example of switch.

Tom Clancy will be the name. Was hooked for a while becos of the military technology stuff

Other books by him were the Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, Sum of all Fears. Ops Centre by him too?

 

[Unrepented]

My favourite is "Future Shock" by Alvin Toffer.

 

[cowbellc]

Does anyone read comics or manga?

doraemon

i like xiao ting dang better

 

[yinyang]

Glad to see that last piece of (late) Stieg Larsson's Trilogy made the best sellers list here in Singapore. I'd caught this up in Dec 2009, finale is best of the lot

http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Kicked-Hornets-Nest/dp/1906694176

 

[jw5]

This is a great thread, it's a pity that it got cold.
Has anyone read books by this mystery writer called Elizabeth George?

 

[yinyang]

This is a great thread, it's a pity that it got cold.
Has anyone read books by this mystery writer called Elizabeth George?

Thanks for dropping by. Meself also guilty for not bumping up thread last 7 months (carried away with footy and MU?):o

I'm into mysteries, thrillers and even crime. But must confess to my personal negative bias with female authors (only restricted to those who pen):p

Cheers

 

[Faidenk]

For me, it's Leon Uris for his Exodus; and James A Mitchener for his books that include Tales of the South Pacific, Hawaii and other greats.

Oh yeah, I like the modern ones too - Jeffrey Archer, Frederick Forsyth, John Grisham.

 

[elephanto]

Tom Clancy will be the name. Was hooked for a while becos of the military technology stuff

Other books by him were the Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, Sum of all Fears. Ops Centre by him too?

I enjoyed his Rainbow Six best.

But since his last book centering on jack Ryan's son little Jack, Tom Clancy has left his fans feeling empty.

On chance, I tried other similar genre authors in NLB.

Would strongly recommend the following authors because like Clancy, there is a hero central character & his heroics run in a series together with techno/military/espionage/ fight russia/china/terrorists stuff:-

1) Dale Brown - hero Patrick McNalahan series :Flight of the Old Dog, Day of the Cheetah, Tin Man, Wings of Fire to Shadow Command, Rogue Forces (2009), Executive Intent (2010).

2) Stephen Coonts - hero Jake Grafton series : Flight of the Intruder, Hong Kong, Cuba, America, Red Horsemen, Liberty

 

[yinyang]

..and James A Mitchener for his books that include Tales of the South Pacific, Hawaii and other greats.
Oh yeah, I like the modern ones too - Jeffrey Archer, Frederick Forsyth, John Grisham.

Yours on Mitchener's jogged my memory (from eons back) on his Hawaii. And wasn't this also went to celluloid screen?

Did all of Jeffrey Archer's and Frederick Forsyth's. Archer's usually with some twist. And Forsyth's fantastic on cold war genre. If only he can upgrade from his typewriter manuscript!:p

Anybody doing Mankell (swede translation)? Just did his on Man from Beijing? Exception to his usual swedish theme, with interesting revenge (mass murder) tale by descendant to chinese immigrants to US during the railroad ground breaking early years.

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Beijing-Henning-Mankell/dp/0307271862#noop

 

[Faidenk]

Yours on Mitchener's jogged my memory (from eons back) on his Hawaii. And wasn't this also went to celluloid screen?

Mitchener's may be 'eons back', but these oldies are still as good a read today as they were then, just as relevant and offers a peep into the past with its rich and colourful details. That's why I like them.

 

[elephanto]

Another out-do-print author I loved to read in the last century is Irving Wallace (also screenwriter):-
He is very good in spinning a tale around something topical:-
Some of my favourites that I can recollect:

- The Man - first black man who accidentally became US President (written in 1964, became truth in 2008 when Obama fulfil the prophecy)

- The Almighty (publisher who hire terrorist to create his own scoops)

- The Miracle (about Basque terrorist & Miracle of Loudes)

- The R Document (FBI Director creates crime to justifiy suspending Bill of Rights)

- The Chapman Report

- The Prize (around the lives of winners of the various Nobel Prizes)

- The Word (about the release of new Bible upon discovery of a fake new gospel according to James (Jesus half bro) )

- The Fan Club (erotic - how 4 fans stalk, kidnap & fuck their fav hollywood actress)

- The Seven Minutes (whether book pornorgraphy is responsible for crimes commited)

- The Plot (I have forgotten!)

- The Second Lady (what if like face/off Russians use a double to pose as US President's wife without him knowing?)

 

[yinyang]

Just to bounce this off you "readers"

I find most works by american writers have too much dialogue (almost like screenplay).

And any bias for or against 1st person style ("I")?

 

[jw5]

Another out-do-print author I loved to read in the last century is Irving Wallace (also screenwriter):-
He is very good in spinning a tale around something topical:-

He is also very good at describing sex scenes, perhaps that's another reason why you liked reading his books? I know it's my main reason, hehehe.

You forgot to mention "The Sins Of Philip Fleming". It's about a married author who lusts after another woman, but after he manages to satisfy his lust, he finds that it's not that great after all.

Pity his books can't be found in SG these days, perhaps they have been banned.

 

[jw5]

Just to bounce this off you "readers"

I find most works by american writers have too much dialogue (almost like screenplay).

And any bias for or against 1st person style ("I")?

The reason why they have so much dialogue is to make the story more fast moving and make for easier reading.
That's why James Patterson is so popular, and also because his chapters are all very short. He and his co-authors are no literary geniuses, that's for sure, but they certainly provide an entertaining read.
First person style can be very readable. You should read the first person classic by Agatha Christie "The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd".
Oh, but you don't like female mystery writers.