What book have you read over and over again?

Working my way through Gerald Seymour novels at the moment. Im reading two his concurrently; The Unknown Soldier and The Waiting Time. Favourite Seymour novel is probably Holding the Zero.
 
Probably when I was younger, some of Arthur C Clarke's fiction, especially his short stories. Its very rarely I'd want to read a book again these days ... odd, because I don't mind watching a good film quite a few times.

I'd like to read Carl Sagan's book Contact again soon though, because that is so much more detailed and in depth for what was a good film and book.
 
Richdog said:
Ahh read those too, though they did start to annoy me as I grew older as I really thought David tried to overdo it with the "witty banter" between the characters. You can only read the words "be nice" so many times before you start to crack. :D
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Yeah, unfortunately I have to agree with you on that. Although the description of the scenery in the first few pages of "Seeress of Kell" can almost make me smell the pines and the mountains.
P.S. Don't read my sig! :D
Richdog said:
Ohhhhhhh... have you read the trilogy featuring Mara of the Acoma that he co-wrote with Janny Wurts, the Empire trilogy? Ahh those are truly masterful books, amongst the best I have ever read (several times now), great political intrigue and some fantastic and fascinating characters and creations such as the cho-ja.
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Yesyesyesyesyesyes! They're getting to the stage where pages are starting to fall out, they've been read that often! So many superb characters, it's brilliant.
 
Richdog said:
... and the Drenai series the finest.
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Druss leading the Drenai out to Ulric's camp and all of them sitting down with their enemies the night before the final battle?
Richdog said:
Hmm thats a shame, I find them completely different reads to the other fantasy settings seeing as they are so radically different and far, far more gritty. Give the Tribe of One a try. :)

EDIT - Phew.
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I'm wondering if I'm thinking of a different series? Is that the one about the worlds of Fire, Water, etc?
 
Richdog said:
*Grabs kitchen knife* :mad:
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Conscript said:
Working my way through Gerald Seymour novels at the moment. Im reading two his concurrently; The Unknown Soldier and The Waiting Time. Favourite Seymour novel is probably Holding the Zero.
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Holding the Zero is Awesome!
 
Treefrog said:
Druss leading the Drenai out to Ulric's camp and all of them sitting down with their enemies the night before the final battle?
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Yeah that was some great storytelling there. If you could have anyone by your side in battle... I think Druss would rank among first choice. :D

I'm wondering if I'm thinking of a different series? Is that the one about the worlds of Fire, Water, etc?
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Hmm don't think so, it's set on the world of Athas, a sun-scorched and barren world almost devoid of water and resources. The world was once lush and green but due to the way they use magic (suck the life-force out living things, mainly plants/greenery, in order to power the spells), the world has been ruined and sorceror-kings vie for power by controlling cities in their quest to transform into dragons (literally) and ascend to the next stage of uberness.

As a result even basic citizens are ****** hard as nails, and only the strongest survive. So many cool things about it that its hard to know where to begin. But its bloody, epic, and very gritty.

Here's some Wiki info on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun :)
 
Richdog said:
Yeah that was some great storytelling there. If you could have anyone by your side in battle... I think Druss would rank among first choice. :D
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Yup! Or Ulric.
Richdog said:
Hmm don't think so, it's set on the world of Athas, a sun-scorched and barren world almost devoid of water and resources. The world was once lush and green but due to the way they use magic (suck the life-force out living things, mainly plants/greenery, in order to power the spells), the world has been ruined and sorceror-kings vie for power by controlling cities in their quest to transform into dragons (literally) and ascend to the next stage of uberness.

As a result even basic citizens are ****** hard as nails, and only the strongest survive. So many cool things about it that its hard to know where to begin. But its bloody, epic, and very gritty.

Here's some Wiki info on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun :)
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Ah. I was thinking of another series after all. Cheers Rich, I'll keep an eye open for them.
 
His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman has been re-read multiple times. Also a great fan of Tom Clancy, currently re-reading Hunt For Red October again. Excellent book IMO.
 
The_KiD said:
The one I always go back to is Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaimen (sp?).
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I've read that book loads of times now. It's Neil Gaiman BTW. Check out some of his stuff such as American Gods. He's actually a really good author on his own too.
 
R0551 said:
Same, I love the Discworld series, Pratchett is amazing, hell I've even got a map of Ankh Morpork :o
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I have the maps of Discworld and Ankh Morpork framed and on the wall in my dining room :p
 
Bohumil Hrabal's Closely Observed Trains, because it's short enough - at 96 pages - to read in an hour or so, and is so utterly fantastic in every respect. I need to read more of his stuff.
 
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