h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Anyone got an idea for a new book for me to read? I'm in between books and too lazy to think of one myself...

Have you read all of the Hitchhiker's books?

Do you only like science-fiction stuff ? Some Milan Kundera novels aren't bad at all, if I only knew the titels in English...

Yes, read all the hitchhiker's stuff, and I will read almost anything, not just sci-fi, although that is my favorite. Milan Kundera? What genre is that?

Have you read any Robert Rankin? I can highly recommend his books - very surreal and off the wall, a cross between hitchikers, red dwarf and Terry Pratchett really is the best description I can give!!

1) Nostradamus Ate My Hamster (ISBN: 0552143553)
2) Armageddon: The Musical (ISBN: 0552136816)

Armageddon is actually a trilogy I think. I'm still trying to collect and read all his books, but he keeps churining them out quicker than I can afford to buy them!!

All are available at Amazon. Enjoy!!

I liked Rankins Bretford Trilogy (another trilogy in five parts, I think I am not sure what you have read but some books which I liked and returned to -

Any book by Iain M Banks but The Player of Games for a good romp
Enders Game and the Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card,
The Lord of Light, This Immortal and The Amber series by the master Roger Zelazny,
The Riverworld Books by Philip Jose Farmer.
The Narnia series by CS Lewis
The Deverry Books by Katherine Kerr

Some books I enjoyed, but havn't returned to (yet)

Reality Dysfunction by Peter F Hamilton
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (?)
The Deed of Paksanarrion by Elizabeth Moon
The Boy who Kicked Pigs by the Doctor, Tom Baker

Books I am reading at the moment, and am enjoying

The Earth Abides by George R Stewart
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
The River of Blue Fire (tho this is book two) of Tad Williams Otherwold series

I could recommend any of these

BCNU - Crescent

Of course the Narnia series is great, but I haven't heard of any of the others. I'll have to check them out. Thanks for the ideas! Unfortunately I really must go do my homework.

I presume that you have read the bookof The Princess Bride?
William Goldman ISBN 0-7088-3978-9

Or you could always try the original version (if you can read Florinese that is!)

Iain Banks writes contemporary fiction as well as Sci Fi (note there is no "M" in his name this time but still the same writer)

Yes, I have read the Goldman version, and I think the Florinese version doesn't really exist. You see I wrote in for the love scene Goldman refers to, and got a letter back that was a form letter and gave various excuses, added onto over the years, why they could not send me the love scene. I have also never heard of Florin or Guilder (these are actual names of money though) and so I think it was all fake... But the book was still very good anyway...

Kundera is a Tcheck author that also writes books in french. He's pretty known in europe. His most known book is called "The incredible lightness of being" or something like that I just tried to translate it like this, maybe it's wrong (especially if the title doesn't make any sense to you ).
In French it's called "L'incroyable légéreté de l'être" in german, "Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins".
He's got a funny style, pretty raw, and direct with once a while a few hidden Philosophical ideas.

Was it made into a film, I seem to recall a film with a name like that?
BCNU - Crescent

Maybe. I don't know. By the way, I've got to apologize, I made an error it's "l'insupportable" Wich means the name of it is "the unbearable" or something like that.. I gotta find a German/english or french/english dictionary.

This is weeks later, but just thought I'd suggest:

Have you read all 14 of the original Oz books?

Have you read the "chicks in chainmail" anthology series? (kinda of a really funny cross between valkyrie warrior chick and science fiction and humor). they're edited by esther friesner. this has lots of women in long hair with cool outfits. *grin*

Have you read the Surveillance/Intervention/Jack the Bodiless/Pliocene saga/etc by Julian May? Incredibly good series -- there's about 9-10 books in all. I'm just now rereading them for the umpteenth time. The Pliocene books also feature women in long hair with incredible outifts. *grin* yet once again.

Have you read anything by Heinlein? If not, I'd suggest "Time Enough for Love" or "Friday."

have fun!

Wow. Thank you all for all the ideas. Now I don't know where to start. I have read some of the original oz books but it's been years, and the rest of your suggestions, Mikey, I have not read. I'll get started soon!

Oh and I have read the first two otherworld books by Tad Williams. Is the third one out yet?