My weight is 102 kgs Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 ^^ the movie has nothing to do with the book. They just slapped the name and asimov's aura to gather eyeballs. Movie is good though, but book is far better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I picked up this Immortals of Meluha today, nifty cover. Anyone else read it ? am 5 chapters in, and while the plot seems decent, the writing is really pretty sub standard. Lots of slang and attempts to make the protagonist a "cool dude".. Not going with the setting at all, the mannerisms, the speech are kind of putting off from the epic indian mythology scale that i was looking for. And i am not even a heavy-snob know it all- reader :| Does it get any better later ?? or is the plot worth it to go through it all ?? Yeah the plot is good.. Nice take on Indian Myths and Culture. But I would say Nimo go read LoTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pArth Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 shieet that always reminds me somehting.. the big phat book it lying on the shelf.. mocking me I have all three movies lying in HD. Very much tempted to watch them, but i'll read first. Dont want to miss anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Ordered LOR trilogy You don't know how much I hate you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pArth Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 You don't know how much I hate you ! its 755 only. Buy one comic less beeyoch http://www.flipkart.com/lord-rings-j-r-tolkien-book-0261102389?ref=619a75d9-f838-422f-9f37-e33ceb71feb7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 its 755 only. Buy one comic less beeyoch http://www.flipkart.com/lord-rings-j-r-tolkien-book-0261102389?ref=619a75d9-f838-422f-9f37-e33ceb71feb7 Oooooooh. I thought you got the LOTR bluray trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pArth Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Oooooooh. I thought you got the LOTR bluray trilogy. Why would i post that in THE BOOKS THREAD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersim Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Ordered LOR trilogy Good choice I remember reading this, Amazing stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pArth Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Good choice thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkmonster Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 You guys should read "The Bartimaeus Trilogy" by Jonathan Stroud. And "The ring of solomon" by the same guy. If you are into fantasy genres that is. Very well written Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmage Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 I thought Bartimaeus trilogy was pretty average stuff.. Almost done with the mistborn trilogy. Highly recommened Next up RR Martin .. Songs of fire and ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Wait wait - you are saying that the I, robot movie is crap ??!! - I for one enjoyed the movie. I have not read the book - I guess this means I have to read this one as well. I enjoyed the Foundation series a lot. A lot. Any other good scifi recommendations ? - I seem to have read only Asimov and a bit of Heinlein. Arthur C Clarke Larry Niven Bradbury PKD With SF I would strongly recommend picking up compilations because the best part of SF is the short stories. Also, finish Asimov first before reading anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Arthur C Clarke Larry Niven Bradbury PKD With SF I would strongly recommend picking up compilations because the best part of SF is the short stories. Also, finish Asimov first before reading anything else. I liked Michael Crichton and Peter Watts (Crysis 2 fame) as well. And yeah, I read I Robot after watching the movie and had to recheck couple of times to see if it was the correct book. There's practically no connection between the book and the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Karnage Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 With SF I would strongly recommend picking up compilations because the best part of SF is the short stories. Also, finish Asimov first before reading anything else. +1 I just finished the Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Vol 1 (this one), great read. Didn't enjoy the similar collection of novellas as much though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup bro? Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Wait wait - you are saying that the I, robot movie is crap ??!! - I for one enjoyed the movie. I have not read the book - I guess this means I have to read this one as well. I enjoyed the Foundation series a lot. A lot. Any other good scifi recommendations ? - I seem to have read only Asimov and a bit of Heinlein. Other than the ones Bulo recommended.. Neal Stephenson China Mievelle - Although not strictly sci-fi.. he writes fantasy, weird fantasy, steampunk, alternate universes etc. If you loved Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Neil Gaiman etc. then go with him. Octavia Butler - Esp. Kindred. Little magic realism here. Other books are classic science fiction. Larry Niven's Ringword series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My weight is 102 kgs Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) ERAGON LOVERS REJOICE!!!!! Random House and Christopher Paolini have officially announced the title, cover, and release date for the fourth and final installment in the Inheritance Cycle! Inheritance, Book 4 of the Inheritance Cycle, will officially release on November 8th, 2011 in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The book's first print run will total an astonishing 2.5 million copies. Additional foreign release dates are to be announced by their respective publisher. [sOURCE] Edited April 4, 2011 by The Joker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 ^^ OMG ! I still have the 1st three books lying somewhere Read book 1 and somehow lost interest by the time book 2 released. Too many characters to remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Eragon is absolute sh*t. It's the same level as Twilight. Both took something awesome and defiled it to the worst possible level to make the genres more 'accessible'. Inheritance lifts straight from Lord of the Rings - many fantasy books take a lot of concepts, but the way Inheritance does it is shameful. oooh oooh ooh - one more scifi - William Gibson. Neuromancer I need to check out this china mievelle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My weight is 102 kgs Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Eragon is absolute sh*t. It's the same level as Twilight. Both took something awesome and defiled it to the worst possible level to make the genres more 'accessible'. Inheritance lifts straight from Lord of the Rings - many fantasy books take a lot of concepts, but the way Inheritance does it is shameful. oooh oooh ooh - one more scifi - William Gibson. Neuromancer I need to check out this china mievelle. Anything and Everything is from LotR. But Inheritance has different plot... LOTR has no Dragons(except Ringwraiths)... At least ones with sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmage Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Eragon is twilight with dragons instead of vampires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My weight is 102 kgs Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Eragon is twilight with dragons instead of vampires ... NO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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