Recommend Me Some Fiction Authors

[Billy Balthorpe]

Just had an Amazon moment.

My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Arthur Smith Autobiography

Stalin ate my homework, Alexye Sale Autobiography.

BSB reviews '09, '10 and '11 on DVD.

BSB review 2000 on VHS, I think I'm missing this one, i'll find out at Easter when I go to France and check the "Bike Video cupboard".

All for £18 delivered, I love Amazon I do!

[nick crisp]

you have to go through the bother of turning the actual page

Hmmm, might overtax me  :lol

[Buzz]

Anything by: -

Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club/Choke
Iain Banks -  Wasp Factory/Crow Road
Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting/Filth/Maribou Stork Nightmares

I can send you the MOBI files if you need them

[Oldgit]

Alex Salmond "The Dream Shall Never Die"  :rollin

[fireblake]

I love Wilbur Smith's writings. He does family sagas and stand alone books. Mostly about Africa.Michael Connolly is another favourite. Jeffrey Archer is an enjoyable read, his prison diary was very interesting. I get a lot of books on audio as they while away the hours whilst driving my lorry.


Mickey

[Dinger1962]

Sven Hassel---Fredrick Forsythe---Gerald seymore i know they not fantasy but they are good blokey reading--

[Punkstig]

Ok, if it's a free for all then you absolutely must read 'The Princess bride' by William Goldman, yes the film has a massive cult following (because it's the best film ever!) but the book is perfect!

[esetest]

Conn Igguldens emperor series about Julius Caesar , or the series about Genghis Khan , Manda Scotts The emperors spy , Simon Scarrows Eagle series ,
Valerio Massimo Manfredi , David gibbins Atllantis , Pathfinder by David Blakeney , The Silent sea  , Robert Goddards  The ways of the world .

[nick crisp]

Ok, if it's a free for all then you absolutely must read 'The Princess bride' by William Goldman, yes the film has a massive cult following (because it's the best film ever!) but the book is perfect!

Don't know of it. Not heard of the film either. Ok, what's it about?

[pilgo]

Bernard cornwell, more known for his SHARPE books, does a series about Anglo saxon England and the viking invasions, tells you true English history from a bloody time set around fictional characters, think im about to start book 6 or 7, loved them all.

[lew600fazer]

A Game of Thrones just on the 3rd book now.
Ian Rankin Rebus series books crime thrillers.
Bernard Cornwell the American Civil war series
And if you need something to send you to sleep at night, War & Peace.

[Stupid Luke]

Ok, if it's a free for all then you absolutely must read 'The Princess bride' by William Goldman, yes the film has a massive cult following (because it's the best film ever!) but the book is perfect!

How long since you last read it? The reason I ask is I told my kids exactly the same thing, and forced them to read it. They thought it ok but little more. Determined to prove them wrong I re read it and proved them right instead.


William Goldman is a brilliant screenwriter involved in some of the epic films of our time, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the Presidents Men, Marathon Man, A Bridge Too Far. He also has two brilliant autobiographies (3 but I have only read 2) Adventures in the Screentrade and What Lie Did I tell?


I am a big fan of Goldman and I know he claims to be more proud of Princess Bride than anything else he wrote. I think his opinion is perhaps a little biased because of all the hassle he had getting it made into a film. The story had been picked up and dropped by almost every film company and would likely never have been made if Rob Riener (a family friend) wasnt looking for a first film to produce. The film suffers the constraints of low budget and the book is an imaginative story, with a thread of self depreciating mockery of its genre but these days neither really live up to the hype.

[darrsi]

Dean Koontz is similar to Stephen King except he doesn't go off on the massive tangents that king tends to, after reading Koontz I didn't go back to King and have now read the majority of his books, the odd Thomas series is good, I'd suggest intensity or fear nothing as a first read!

.....The Tank Engine?  :lol

[Stupid Luke]

I am not usually a big fan of sci fi or fantasy writing but The Song of Ice and Fire Books from which Game of Thrones was made are excellent. Another vote too for John Connolly's Charlie Parker series especially' Every Dead Thing'.


The good thing about these series books is that Amazon will usually discount the early ones to get you hooked into the characters so bargains are out there.


I also like Charlie Williams Mangel series starting with Deadfolk. I reckon Royston Blake is a brilliant comic invention although some are put off by the language. These are being filmed now so read them first before some director ruins them.


I also really like the Jack Irish series by Peter Temple and Barry Eisler's Japanese books. The Power of The Dog by Don Winslow and Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

[Punkstig]

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Ok, if it's a free for all then you absolutely must read 'The Princess bride' by William Goldman, yes the film has a massive cult following (because it's the best film ever!) but the book is perfect!

Don't know of it. Not heard of the film either. Ok, what's it about?
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Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles...

[Punkstig]

[quote author=Punkstig link=topic=16317.msg187916#msg187916 date=1426884465]
Ok, if it's a free for all then you absolutely must read 'The Princess bride' by William Goldman, yes the film has a massive cult following (because it's the best film ever!) but the book is perfect!

How long since you last read it?
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June last year by the looks of it
http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=13575.0

In that particular book I just love the narrative side to the book, which you can almost believe, but to realise that is part of the fiction  just makes it even more enjoyable!

[mickvp]

Griff has already suggested this but Richard Laymon has a few good books worth a read - motsyl horror/thriller type stuff.

Clive cussler was another good suggestion - I especially liked the dirk pitt series of books.

[ChristoT]

Dirk Pitt and The Oregon files are my favorite 2 series. Again, a bit predictable, but quite good for wasting an hour or 3 without engaging brain.

[darrsi]

[quote author=Punkstig link=topic=16317.msg187916#msg187916 date=1426884465]
Ok, if it's a free for all then you absolutely must read 'The Princess bride' by William Goldman, yes the film has a massive cult following (because it's the best film ever!) but the book is perfect!

Don't know of it. Not heard of the film either. Ok, what's it about?
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You must've seen the film at some stage, it's the one with ex wrestler Andre The Giant in it.

[nick crisp]

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[quote author=Punkstig link=topic=16317.msg187916#msg187916 date=1426884465]
Ok, if it's a free for all then you absolutely must read 'The Princess bride' by William Goldman, yes the film has a massive cult following (because it's the best film ever!) but the book is perfect!

Don't know of it. Not heard of the film either. Ok, what's it about?
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Who he?  :lol


You must've seen the film at some stage, it's the one with ex wrestler Andre The Giant in it.
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