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Mortis · 12-02-2010, 08:34 AM

This seems like a safe topic to break my post cherry with.

I would have to say that there are more than 5 I couldn't (wouldn't want to) live without, but I'll give it a go.
(In no particular order)

2001 - A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke (This was the first book I read that wasn't forced on me by a parent or teacher).

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

Memoirs of a Space Traveller - Stanislaw Lem (Eng Trans)

Midnight at the Well of Souls - Jack L Chalker (I liked the original books, the 5 that followed were not as good, IMHO)

Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Looking at that list I have to say I'm not what you would call a literary scholar, not that I claimed to be. Sad to think also that only one of these great authors is still alive.

12-02-2010, 08:34 AM	#71
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	This seems like a safe topic to break my post cherry with. I would have to say that there are more than 5 I couldn't (wouldn't want to) live without, but I'll give it a go. (In no particular order) 2001 - A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke (This was the first book I read that wasn't forced on me by a parent or teacher). Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson Memoirs of a Space Traveller - Stanislaw Lem (Eng Trans) Midnight at the Well of Souls - Jack L Chalker (I liked the original books, the 5 that followed were not as good, IMHO) Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Looking at that list I have to say I'm not what you would call a literary scholar, not that I claimed to be. Sad to think also that only one of these great authors is still alive.