anyone read the following?
stranger in a strange land
Great book, one of my all time favourites, cult classic. I recommend it to everyone.
catch-22
Haven't read it.
do androids dream of an electric sleep
Interesting book, as you're probably aware the one blade runner was based on. I don't remember being blown away by it (like I was with SIASL) but I had to read it as a huge blade runner fan.
brave new world
A prediction of how the future may turn out. Fun spotting similarities in our lives and this book. To compare it with 1984... 1984 hits you like a hammer, the government is oppressive. This book is more about the insidious ways we can be controlled and how we accept it.
1984
Similar to ABNW. It's bleaker. Orwell is a genius, I would describe it as a study of how to break the human spirit. Can you make a person say 2 + 2 = 5 with them believing it? You tell me...
dune
I really like fantasy, and Herbert wrote a pretty good one here. It's interesting to note that he led safaris or some sort of work which required a knowledge of how to survive ina hostile/barren environment. It shows in the book.
LOTR
What's their to say... greatest fantasy ever written? I must admit others criticisms of it being 'a bit drawn out' in places are valid but........ for the most part I strongly disagree with these people. Tolkein had a subtle touch that was lost completely in bringing these movies to the big screen (courtesy of CGI animators sticking their dick in everything).
those are the books next on my list, hope theyre worth reading.