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[Quezo]

neuromancer by william gibson

just about anything by william gibson

I've read some neal stephenson, he's good.

Asimov is a no brainer

pros and cons re: philip k. dick, i like him though

[church]

you could try vonnegut sirens of titan, cat's cradle, and timequake for some not so sciencey science fiction



or barely legal

[unluckycharm]

salinger - nine stories
kerouac - desolation angels

not sci-fi but you might like them

[skeksis]

I'll second the neal stephenson recommendation; particularly snow crash OR the diamond age

If your tastes drift toward fantasy, robert jordan's wheel of time will keep you busy for the next year or two. the first few books in this series are a great read.

I haven't been reading that much fiction lately. mostly just textbooks like Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th ed.

or Simulation in the Social Sciences.

ick.

[dharma_bum]

anything by bukowski

[larah]

Speaking of Tom Robbins, I always enjoyed "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

I always recommend a revisit to "A Wrinkle in Time" Madeline L'Engle.

Cliche maybe, but Palaniuk's "Choke" & "Survivor" were great. His newest, the short stories that I can't remember the name of right now, was entirely vulgar and I loved it. (Pool drains and self-pleasuring)

My suggestions are moot this morning.

I am currently reading the "Da Vinci Code" because I felt it was time I hopped on the train. Obviously because a movie is coming out. It's okay, so far.

[bob]

i recomend george saunders (any) charles bowden (any) dennis cooper (most) and i'm a big sucker for michael connelly's harry bosch novels. there.

[weener]

I just re-read the Giver by Lois Lowery. I read it as a kid but dude, that book is not for kids. I understand it so much better now. It's sort of sci-fi, like dystopia, 1984 Jr.

[larah]

I just re-read the Giver by Lois Lowery. I read it as a kid but dude, that book is not for kids. I understand it so much better now. It's sort of sci-fi, like dystopia, 1984 Jr.

i was such a dorky kid, i used to go to these young author's conferences and lois lowry was one of the guest speakers. it was right after she wrote "number the stars". i thought i was the coolest kid on the block cause i got her autograph in that particular book. however, i was not the coolest kid on the block because none of the other kids cared.

[weener]

I would have thought you were cool.