Benheck Book Club!

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:07 am

So, I just finished reading John Lacarre's The Constant Gardener (amazing book BTW) and now I'm in need of a new read! I love political-style novels as well as surreal type novels and adventure, sci-fi, etc.

So let's have it people! Share some great reads!

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:26 am

Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising

a stand along book, has nothing to do with the rest of his books. basically, its a theoretical WWIII situation started by Soviet Russia after some islamic terrorists destroy a production facility of some sort. follows the war from many different lines, including the politics of war. great read.

DK · Post by DK » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:06 am

H.G. Well's The War of the Worlds. Must have read it 5 times

SonyPortableizer · Post by **SonyPortableizer** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:12 am

Mario Puzo's Godfather, best book Ive ever read
And I dont know if you heard of this book, but its Called Video Game Hacking by Benjamin J. Heckendorn

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:13 am

I don't read books, period - I have mild Aspergers Syndrome; my mind wanders as I read something, don't take it in, forget in a matter of minutes the bulk of what I have read; so no point reading anything but short articles!

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:16 am

grossaffe wrote:Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising

a stand along book, has nothing to do with the rest of his books. basically, its a theoretical WWIII situation started by Soviet Russia after some islamic terrorists destroy a production facility of some sort. follows the war from many different lines, including the politics of war. great read.

Seconded. That book is awesome.

The Halo series is pretty good (I've read the first three). If you're into the games, then you must read the books to fully understand the story. Even if you don't like the games, you could still find them interesting. I like the games, but I'd rather read the books.

Something I want to do is read the books that movies are based on, such as Jumper and I am Legend. The books are usually much better than the films that are based on them, such as the Harry Potter and LotR series.

Post by **Black Six** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:22 am

I'm currently reading The Ashes of Worlds, which is the seventh book in The Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson. I's sci-fi, but has a lot of political themes and sub plots. My favorite part is that there's a ton of characters and each chapter is from the perspective of a different one so you see how events are unfolding across the galaxy from a number of different perspectives.

HotDog-Cart · Post by **HotDog-Cart** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:35 am

I'm reading Russian Spring by Dennis Jones. Hes the author of Rubicon One <3

Post by **Triton** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:56 am

I don't read books, period - I have mild Aspergers Syndrome; my mind wanders as I read something, don't take it in, forget in a matter of minutes the bulk of what I have read; so no point reading anything but short articles!

its more than likely that i also have very mild aspergers plus ADD and i dont have any problem reading thousand+ page novels

as for book/author suggestions:
the odd thomas books by dean koontz or any dean koontz for that matter
house of leaves my mark z danielewski
the long run by daniel keys moran (my fave book of all time)
any of several james patterson books
the jungle book by Rudyard Kipling
dune series by frank herbert
bourne books by robert ludlum
anything by micheal crichton
scott bakkar, Margaret Weis and tracy hickman, piers anthony, geary gravel,issac asimov, robert heinlein, peter f hamilton, and so many more!

and i could keep listing lol, im mostly into scifi/paranormal type stuff

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:09 am

Christine. the best stephen king novel imo. dead zone's good too. about to start tommyknockers.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:25 am

fahrenheit 451 FTW

HazmatB · Post by **HazmatB** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:41 am

Hells Angels - Hunter S Thompson
A Clockwork Orange - A Burgess
One Flew Over the Cucoo's nest - Ken Kesey
One Hand Clapping - Anthony Burgess

Some good ones.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:57 am

ganonbanned wrote:fahrenheit 451 FTW

Very good stuff.

I'm a fan of all dystopian future type books, my favorites being Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and my personal favorite, Atlas Shrugged by none other than Ayn Rand. If you're interested in politics, history, social progression, and most importantly, ideologies of Socialism and Communism, they're all great books. You really have to read beyond the story, though, and put the story in the context of history and the time it was written, even the written opinions of the author.

Though Atlas Shrugged is one of the largest books in the English language, it's extremely powerful.

Possibly considered political wrote:MUST READS include Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, The China Threat by Bill Gertz, and See No Evil by Robert Baer. The first two are definitely political (though historically factual), and the latter is written by an ex-CIA case officer who witnessed the great demise of the Agency at the hands of bureaucracy. Anyways, yeah.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:36 am

Black Six wrote:I'm currently reading The Ashes of Worlds, which is the seventh book in The Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson. I's sci-fi, but has a lot of political themes and sub plots. My favorite part is that there's a ton of characters and each chapter is from the perspective of a different one so you see how events are unfolding across the galaxy from a number of different perspectives.

Along a similar vein is the Song of Ice and Fire series by George Martin. It's fantasy for people who don't read fantasy, if that makes sense. Some parts are pretty mature, the intrigue between royal houses is compelling, and each chapter is from a different character's viewpoint. The first book in the series is A Game of Thrones.

underclocked · Post by **underclocked** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:50 pm

Triton wrote:
I don't read books, period - I have mild Aspergers Syndrome; my mind wanders as I read something, don't take it in, forget in a matter of minutes the bulk of what I have read; so no point reading anything but short articles!
its more than likely that i also have very mild aspergers plus ADD and i dont have any problem reading thousand+ page novels

Didn't luc have aspergers as well? And he even wrote a book.

Ive been reading some Stephen king books recently, and Catcher in the rye. very good book.