I like making lists sometimes. Not often, I'm not a big list-maker, not like some people. When I do get into it, though, I can really enjoy it, and I've just finished writing down the contents of my bookshelf. It seems like more written down that it does when I just glance at the shelf.
Anyway, I thought someone might be interested or something, and then other people can post what's on theirs, and we can all be like "wow I had no idea person x would like book y!" or "wow I knew person x would like book y!" and it will be fun :)
Also, even though I've called the thread my bookshelf, I have also included DVDs and music CDs, as they also have their own not insignificant spaces on the shelf, alongside the books.
Books with a {u} after them are unread. Yet. I will read them all one day, honest!
books
Monte Cook Presents: Iron Heroes
EARTH by Nicolas Cheetham
Glastonbury Festival 2009 programme
Vegetarian Cooking by Lalita Ahmed
Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Sláine: The Horned God
Sláine: Demon Killer
Weapons in the Theatre
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco {u}
Warhammer Fantasy Role Play
Marvel Comics' Essential Dr. Strange Vol. 2 {u}
Warriors of the Wasteland by John Grigsby
Saladin: A Man for All Ages by Lauran Paine
Hitchcock's Music by Jack Sullivan {u}
Hearing Film by Anahid Kassabian {u}
The Prestige by Christopher Priest {u}
Fiction First Aid: Instant Remedies for Novels, Stories and Scripts
Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks
How to Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction by Ann Druffel
The City and the City by China Miéville
The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions by Robert Rankin
The Book of the New Sun Volume 1: Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson {u}
Scar Night by Alan Campbell
The Dancers at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock {u}
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin {u}
In Trouble Again by Redmond O'Hanlon {u}
The Book of the New Sun Volume 2: Sword and Citadel by Gene Wolfe {u}
Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell
King Rat by China Miéville
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code by Robert Rankin
The Penguin Book of Norse Myths
Sharpe's Challenge by Bernard Cornwell
Twelve by Jasper Kent {u}
Viriconium by M. John Harrison
The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin
Film Music: A Neglected Art by Roy M. Prendergast {u}
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Retromancer by Robert Rankin {u}
The Conan Chronicles by Robert E. Howard
Iron Angel by Alan Campbell
Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Scar by China Miéville
Elric by Michael Moorcock
The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston {u}
Collected Ghost Stories {u}
Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
Genghis Khan by John Man {u}
Sharpe's Devil by Bernard Cornwell
London A to Z
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Dune by Frank Herbert {u}
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
dvds
Lost Highway
The Thin Red Line
Strange Things Happen at Sundown
Days of Glory
Blood Sabbath
Predator 2
Predator
Transformers: The Movie (the original animated one from 1986)
Kung Fu Hustle
The Secret Kick of Death
District 9
The Transporter
The Transporter 2
Band of Brothers box set
House of Flying Daggers
cds
4 rooms by Jacob Kirkegaard
Oceanic by ISIS
Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn0)))
Psychic Maps by Dysrhythmia
Love in the Fascist Brothel by The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull by Earth
Sunset at the End of the Industrial Age by The USA is a Monster
Rössz Csillag Alatt Született by Venetian Snares
Medulla by Björk
Black One by Sunn0)))
Orient by Nicolas Meier
The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Cencerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste by Bartók
The Brown Album by Primus
a great big Ramones compilation with over a hundred songs on three discs
Put Your Heart Into This by Above Them
Option Paralysis by The Dillinger Escape Plan
Mediocre Generica by Leftöver Crack
I am the God of Hellfire by Bong-Ra
Old Skool Jungle
Plague Soundscapes by The Locust
Cell-Scape by Melt-Banana
Bleach by Nirvana
Calculating Infinity by The Dillinger Escape Plan
Board up the House by Genghis Tron
Filth by Venetian Snares
Miss Machine by The Dillinger Escape Plan
Rage Against the Machine (self-titled)
Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan
Reign in Blood by Slayer
Agorapocalypse by Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Detrimentalist by Venetian Snares
Confederacy of Ruined Lives by EYEHATEGOD
Dillinger Escape Plan (self-titled)
You Fail Me by Converge
Catch Thirty-Three by Meshuggah
Cactuses Come in Flocks by Melt-Banana
Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom-Poms by Venetian Snares
The Fat of the Land by the Prodigy
The Richard D. James Album by Aphex Twin
Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss
Teeny Shiny by Melt-Banana
Ruiner by Made Out of Babies
ObZen by Meshuggah
Pound for the Sound by Capdown
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
Okay, your turn!
Just what I can see from my computer chair....
DMs Guide 4.0
PHB 4.0
PHB 2 4.0
MM 4.0
Adv. Vault 4.0
Dungeon Delve 4.0
Pyramid of Shadows
DMG 3.5
PHB 3.5
Libris Mortis 3.5
MM 3.5
Atlas of Lost Cities
Atlas of Medieval Europe
A World History of Art by Hugh Honour and John Fleming
Worlds Greatest Buildings
The Thames: A History From the Air by Leslie Banks
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology by Aurthur Cotterell and Rachael Storm
The Crusades by Zoe Oldenbourg
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
The Greeks at War: From Athens to Alexander by Philip de Souza...
Chinese Classics: Three Kingdoms attributed to Luo Guanzhong (thats a fun read)
The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages by J.E. Kaufmann (highly recommend this book)
Spectrum 15
Spectrum 14
Flight Vol. 1
Flight Vol. 2
Marvel Zombies
X-Men New Age of Apocalypse
X-Men Complete Age of Apocalypse Vol. 1
Fables 1001 Nights
Sandman King of Dreams by Alisa Kwitney
Dvds:
City of God
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
Tai Chi Beginning Practice
Kingdom of Heaven
Pearl Jam Touring Band 2000
Pearl Jam Live at The Garden
Pearl Jam Single Video Theory
Sin City
The Last Samurai
Children of Men
Silent Hill
Shutter Island
Mummy Collection
Godfather Collection
Jimi Hendrix Blue Wild Angel (Isle of Wight Show)
Edward ScissorHands
Oceans Collection
300
L.A. Story
Cds:
Band of Horses Everything all the time
Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak
NIN The Fragile
Radiohead OK Computer
Radiohead The Bends
A perfect Circle Mer de Noms
A perfect Circle emotive (this cd sucks)
A perfect Circle 13th step
Kings of Leon Because of the times
Kings of Leon Youth & Young Manhood
RHCP Stadium Arcadium
Pearl Jam Lost Dogs
RadioHead In Rainbows (highly recommend this album)
Pearl Jam: Ten, Vitalogy, Vs., No Code, Yield, Self Titled, Riot Act, Binaural
RHCP Californication
Tool 10,000 days, Lateralus, Opiate
Temple of the Dog
Off the top of my head...
RPGs
Burning Wheel
Dogs in the Vineyard
Call of Cthulhu
D&D 3.5 and 3.0
Nobilis
Amber Diceless
FATE 2.0
In a Wicked Age
Kill Puppies for Satan
Reign
Sorcerer
Fiction
The Road
Blood Meridian
Ulysses
Canterbury Tales
Viriconium
Midnight's Children
Satanic Verses
A Suitable Boy
Book of the New Sun
Litany of the Long Sun
Wizard Knight
Latro in the Mist
Peace
Fifth Head of Cerberus
Delta of Venus
The Man in the High Castle
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Sacred Hunger
Wolf Hall
Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell
Poetry
Milton's Poetical Works
The Oxford Book of Comic Verse
Non Fiction
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Wordwatching
The Great War for Civilisation
G.E.B. The Eternal Golden Braid
DVDs
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The Talented Mr Ripley
Ripley's Game
Hot Fuzz
Hero
House of Flying Daggers
Curse of the Golden Flower
Princess Mononoke
Casino Royale
The Incredibles
The Point
Poirot
I have alot more than this, this is just in my quick access bookshelf next to the computer (the rest is in the bookshelf in my closet).
The Chronicles of Narnia
Jurassic Park
The Lost World
Battlestar Galactica
Earthwreck
Firefox
The Time Machine
Journey to the Center of the Earth
War of the Worlds
Rogue Squadron Series
Hatchet Series
The Silmarillion
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
The Book of Lost Tales Series
Interesting Times
Guards! Guards!
...and a bunch of random programming books and references
Just realized that my quick access bookcase has alot of stuff that's been made into movies or are closely related to movies made. I take comfort knowing I've had alot of these before they were popularized by said movies (also most of them are far superior to their movies).
A few of my books:
The Bas-Lag Sequence
Un Lun Dun
The City and The City
Kraken
Fevre Dream
The Dying of the Light
The Gormenghast Trilogy
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Dying Earth
The Cadwal Chronicles
The Green Pearl
Snow Crash
Viriconium
The Great Book of Amber
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Sandman Series
Fragile Things
Anansi Boys
Neverwhere
Scar Night
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Watchmen
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Oryx and Crake
The Handmaid's Tale
Windhaven
The Lord of the Rings
The Similarillion
Unfinished Takes
The Harry Potter series
Paradise Lost
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Road
The Master and Margarita
The Player of Games
Excession
Inversions
Matter
Use of Weapons
The Wasp Factory
Chronicles of the Black Company
The Books of the South
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Crooked Little Vein
City of Saints and Madmen
Shriek: An Afterword
The Etched City
London: The Biography
Look at the Birdie
House of Leaves
The Atrocity Archives
The Jennifer Morgue
Legend
Wolf in Shadow
Elric: The Stealer of Souls
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Leviathan
The Difference Engine
The Turn of the Screw
The Divine Comedy
Dreams of Terror and Death
Dreams in the Witch House
Lord Byron's Novel
The Children of Men
The Master and Margarita
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
Hellboy: The Conqueerer Worm
Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1 and 2
Gunslinger
Hellblazer: All His Engines
Hellblazer: Empathy is the Enemy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (unfortunately the "Blade Runner" tie-in copy)
Brave New World
Never Let Me Go
Dune
Lord of the Flies
The Blade Itself
The Steel Remains
Robinson Crusoe
Collected Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
I've got more on my shelves than I care to consider, and I never really got stuff organized since I moved in August. Maybe later I'll work up a little list, as a way of getting these shelves in order.
Of course, my nook has changed things a bit.
Curses, now I feel compelled to list my stuff as well.
Maybe I'll start off lightly with a list of my roleplaying books:
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D&D 4th Edition core books (Shudder)
Pathfinder core rulebook
A very rugged (read: half-broken) copy of the 3.5 Player's Handbook
Iron Heroes along with Mastering Iron Heroes
D20 Modern
D20 Future
Unhallowed Metropolis (I really need to get around to actually playing it someday)
Unhallowed Necropolis
HOL - Human-occupied Landfill and companion book Buttery Holsomeness
A borrowed set of core GURPS books
the Riddle of Steel, Flower of Battle, tRoS Companion
World of Darkness
A borrowed copy of the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting
Star Wars Roleplaying Game (the newest of its kind)
Eberron books. Oddly enough not the actual setting at the moment... where have I put that...
More D&D 3.5: some complete [insert archetype] books and heroes of horror, as well as unearthed arcana, tome of magic and dragon compendium
A printed copy of the FATE SRD
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I have a shameful amount of D&D books hidden in a closet in the room next door. Also, this doesn't really reflect the number of PDF's, free or bought, currently on my hard drive. It's awesome you have a copy of Kill Puppies for Satan Salacious Angel.
ah, who am I kidding... Here are some of my books.
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Bas-Lag sequence, Kraken, the City & the City, and Un Lun Dun by Miéville
Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
The scarecrow series, 7 ancient wonders series, contest, Hell Island, and temple by Matthew Reilly (guilty pleasure)
The First Law trilogy and Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
The Graveyard Book, American Gods and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston
The Book with No Name by Anonymous
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
2 diaries
The last few Harry Potter books
Game of Thrones (the sequels I have only had borrowed)
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
The Sheriff of Yrnameer by Michael Rubens
Cliffhanger by T.J. Middleton
Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre
Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
A self-printed copy of the Translated Man by Chris Braak (underground new weird. Sort of)
Adam by Ted Dekker
Prey by Michael Crichton
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (my girlfriend currently possesses my Hitchhiker omnibus)
Illuminatus! trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson (crazy, crazy books.)
Necronomicon: the best weird tales of H.P. Lovecraft
Edgar Allan Poe collection
Hunter's Moon by David Devereux
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding
the latter half of Wheel of Time excluding the two newest (I seriously don't know what happened to my other books in this series)
Dune by Frank Herbert
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Broken World by Tim Etchells
William Shakespeare: complete works
May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt
The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan
Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton
The Gone-away World by Nick Harkaway (love this book)
Long Price books by Daniel Abraham
Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
Gormenghast trilogy
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer
First two books from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Borrowed Dresden Files books
... plus more on the upper shelves, but that's mostly stuff from my younger days
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I'm not going to list my non-fiction books as that's a big jumble and some are in danish. I have a handful of dictionaries and variations thereof (Isms and Ologies, the Meaning of Tingo), some books on science & math and their ilk (Spook by Mary Roach can be recommended, although it deals with the more dubious end of science), some history books, and books about superstition and mythology.
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Nice touch.
Looking at one of my shelves that is actually a proper bookcase that has books on it, here's a list of what's on the top shelf:
Mythology an Illustrated Encyclopedia edited by Richard Cavendish (in library crinkly plastic because it was bought from a library book sale);
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'neil;
TAO its history and teachings credited to/written by OSHO;
Women in Control Iron Fist Velvet Glove photography by Larry Utley, introduction by Mistres Miranda;
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, illustrated by David Burton;
Classical Greece (an entry in Time Life Books's Great Ages of Man series);
Imperial Rome (an entry in Time Life Books's Great Ages of Man series);
Spirit Summonigs (an entry in Time Life Books's Mysteries of the Unknown series);
Ancient Wisdom and Secret Sects (an entry in Time Life Books's Mysteries of the Unknown series);
Dawn of Man The Story of Human Evolution by Robin McKie (in library crinkly plastic because it was bought from a library book sale);
Mage V-three The Hero Discovered by Matt Wagner (still in intact glue binding but missing covers, bought used);
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers;
Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (3e);
Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide (3e);
Dungeons & Dragons Deities and Demigods (3e);
Dungeons & Dragons Dragon Compendium Volume I (Paizo OGL fantasy d20);
Dungeons & Dragons Complete Arcane;
Dungeons & Dragons Tome of Battle The Book of Nine Swords;
Dungeons & Dragons Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss;
Dungeons & Dragons Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells;
Dungeons & Dragons Expanded Psionics Handbook;
Dungeons & Dragons Magic of Incarnum;
Forgotten Realms Unapproachable East
Forgotten Realms Shining South
Legends & Lairs Path of Magic (Fantasy Flight Games OGL fantasy d20);
Champions of Darkness (White Wolf/Sword Sorcery/ Arthaus OGL fantasy d20 for the Ravenloft setting);
Dungeons & Dragons Sword and Fist;
Dungeons & Dragons Tome and Blood;
Dungeons & Dragons Song and Silence;
Dungeons & Dragons Defenders of the Faith;
Dungeons & Dragons Masters of the Wild;
Changeling: The Dreaming 2nd edition (hardcover);
Changeling: The Dreaming 1st edition (softcover);
Immortal Eyes: The Toybox (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, mostly an adventure, some setting information about San Francisco, and a new character type);
The Shadow Court (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, inside information on a big bad-guy group with lots of new character types);
Isle of the Mighty (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, setting information about Great Britain and a new character type);
Nobles: The Shining Host (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, stuff on playing nobles, a new Art and a new House);
Immortal Eyes: Shadows on the Hill (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, mostly an adventure, some setting information about Hawi'i, new character types native to Hawai'i);
Players Guide for Changeling: The Dreaming (lots of everything including new Native American character types);
Immoratl Eyes: The Court of All Kings (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, mostly an adventure, some setting information about Ireland, a new character type);
Noblesse Oblige: The Book of Houses (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, in-character fiction from most of the good guy noble Houses, very short on crunch);
Book of Lost Dreams (a sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming, odds and ends book originally packaged with a GM's screen; I bought it used on its own, just the book);
Books
From what I can read from my position beneath the shelf:
Organic Chemistry, Fox and Whitesell
Basic Virology, Wagner, Hewlett, Bloom, & Camerini
Introduction to Mathematical Programming, Winston, Venkataramanan
Chemistry, Chang, 9th Edition
Discrete Mathematics with Graph Theory, Goodaire & Parmenter, 3rd Edition
Practical Statistics by Example Using Microsoft Excel, Sincich, Levine, Stephan
Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 4th Edition, Stewart, Redlin, Watson
Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Stewart, 6th Edition
Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Arfken & Weber, 6th Edition
An Introduction to Biostatistics, Glover & Mitchell
Modern Geometry: Its Structure and Function, Henderson, Pingry, Robinson
Elementary Topology, Gemignani
Alternity Player's Handbook
Alternity Gamemaster's Guide
Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology, William A. McKim
Chaos, James Gleick
An Introduction to Error Analysis, John R. Taylor, Second Edition
Vibrations and Waves, A.P. French
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Randall D. Knight
The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas
The C Programming Language, Kernighan & Ritchie, 2nd Edition
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Mort, Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man
Soul Music
Hogfather
Thief of Time
Ordinary Differential Equations, Tenenbaum and Pollard
Basic Thermodynamics, Carrington
Yeah, most of what I read is science-y. Some of my books on linear algebra and astronomy are currently in the hands of others, and I've got nine more science textbooks in the mail right now. I've got a bunch more stuff at home that I'll get to add to my movie/book shelf soon...
Sorry this will be semi-out of subject; I realize I'm due to expand my library and stop actually only renting the books from the community library.
gotta get myself that "The Art of War" book by Shun Tzu.
Ok, I have a question. Please forgive the tone but I can't imagine I'm the only one thinking this: Did anyone actually read this thread? Like, does anyone actually care about a big list of books that someone else owns? I know I didn't more than barely skim half of the big lists that you all had posted, and I don't really see the point of going through the effort to post a list if everyone cares about my list as little as I care about everyone else's...
Sorry if this comes across as extraordinarily bitchy, I am seriously just asking.
Speaking of, Kindling I notice you're a big fan of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Do you know the band Between the Buried & Me? or the Devin Townsend Project?
And on a side note, I find it interesting to see what's in other peoples libraries. Sadly mine if pretty large, so I doubt I'd get past my lazyness to put down the entire thing on a list (both books and CDs are in the several hundreds each. DVDs I have like 6)
I don't see how it's any different than what people used to list on facebook; when people would have large lists of books and movies that they enjoy. Sparkle, perhaps take this as a list of people's favorite books. What's on their bookshelves are likely to be their favorite books. :)
And yes, that would have been a bitchy question...if not for the fact that everyone was acting fairly solipsistic and not responding to anyone else's interests. Since the responses of person to person were quite limited, your question was probably appropriate.
It is interesting to see and to note that I have read and actually own many of the same things listed here that other people on this site read.
I'm not in my room ATM but here are the RPG books I can think of off the top of my head. I have a lot of 3rd party RPG books (that I can't Remember the names of), a lot of Dragon/Dungeon Magazines, all of the Warhammer 40k Codices, a few Warhammer Fantasy Army Books, some Warmachine Books as well as a metric ton of "regular" non-fiction and fiction books... I'd have a looong list if I ever wrote it out ;) .
D&D 3.5
Book of Exalted Deeds
City of Stormreach
Complete Adventurer
Complete Arcane
Complete Divine
Complete Mage
Complete Scoundrel
Complete Warrior
Dragon Compendium
Dragonlance Campaign Setting
Dungeon Master's Guide
Eberron Campaign Setting
Enemies & Allies
Faiths of Eberron
Five Nations
Forge of War
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Heroes of Horror
Living Greyhawk Gazetter
Magic Item Compendium
Minatures Handbook
Monster Manual I
Monster Manual II
Monsters of Faerun
Mysteries of the Moon Sea
Oriental Adventures
Player's handbook
Player's Handbook II
Races of Stone
Races of the Wild
Red hand of Doom
Secrets of Sarlona
Silver Marches
Tome of Magic
Unapproachable East
Uneartehd Arcana
D&D 4E
Adventurer's Vault 2
Arcane Power
Dark Sun Campaign Setting
Dark Sun Creature Catalog
Dungeon Master's Guide
Eberron Campaign Setting
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Heroes of the Fallen Lands
Martial Power II
Monster Manual I
Monster Manual II
Monster Manual III
Player's Handbook I
Player's Handbook II
Player's Handbook III
Other Systems
Dragon Age: Dark Fantasy
Exalted 2nd Edition
Legend of the 5 Rings: Rokugan 3rd Edition
Rogue Trader
Star Wars Saga
Knights of the old Republic
Scum & Villainy
Star Wars Role Playing Game: Saga Edition
Threats to the galaxy
Quote from: sparkletwistOk, I have a question. Please forgive the tone but I can't imagine I'm the only one thinking this: Did anyone actually read this thread? Like, does anyone actually care about a big list of books that someone else owns? I know I didn't more than barely skim half of the big lists that you all had posted, and I don't really see the point of going through the effort to post a list if everyone cares about my list as little as I care about everyone else's...
Sorry if this comes across as extraordinarily bitchy, I am seriously just asking.
Even if they didn't, I don't see that as invalidating the thread - I enjoyed making the list, for whatever slightly bizarre reason, so... yeah :)
Quote from: LlumSpeaking of, Kindling I notice you're a big fan of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Do you know the band Between the Buried & Me? or the Devin Townsend Project?
I do know Between the Buried and Me, not a big fan. They supported the DEP the first time I saw them and seriously underwhelmed me.
And Devin Townsend is the fella from Strapping Young Lad, isn't he? I'm aware he has other projects, but I only really know his work with Strapping Young Lad, and even then I only have a passing familiarity.
I have a strange sort of relationship with heavy music in that when it's done well I find it incredibly exciting, but when it's done... well, not even badly, even if it's just done mediocre-ly, I can find very little to like about it. So, for example, Meshuggah big yes, but Trivium or Avenged Sevenfold... ohhhh nooooooo...
Quote from: sparkletwistOk, I have a question. Please forgive the tone but I can't imagine I'm the only one thinking this: Did anyone actually read this thread? Like, does anyone actually care about a big list of books that someone else owns? I know I didn't more than barely skim half of the big lists that you all had posted, and I don't really see the point of going through the effort to post a list if everyone cares about my list as little as I care about everyone else's...
Sorry if this comes across as extraordinarily bitchy, I am seriously just asking.
I read this post and have at least glanced at a few others. I am something of a compulsive lister anyway, so it was kind of amusing for me to do what I've done so far.
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Alternity Player's Handbook
Alternity Gamemaster's Guide
How is Alternity as a game? At the time I didn't buy in because TSR wasn't doing the one in-house system, like Palladium, and for some reason I felt that not being immediately able to crossover D&D and Alternity would be a disadvantage.
Since then, I've become intrigued by orphaned, abandoned, and dead too early RPG systems in general.
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Got it.
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Reaper Man
Soul Music
Got them.
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Thief of Time
Don't actually got them, but listened to on audio borrowed from the library. So, you like the Death and Susan ones? Me preference is either the Witches or the Watch.
Instead of Posting a long list of books, how about I just post an image of one of my book shelves? Please excuse the messiness, I'm cleaning out my closet and a lot of the excess from there is winding up on the book shelf.
EDIT: Link isn't working
Quote from: LlumSpeaking of, Kindling I notice you're a big fan of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Do you know the band Between the Buried & Me? or the Devin Townsend Project?
Ah ic ic. I seen them live and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. This was in 2010 mind.
Quote from: KindlingI have a strange sort of relationship with heavy music in that when it's done well I find it incredibly exciting, but when it's done... well, not even badly, even if it's just done mediocre-ly, I can find very little to like about it. So, for example, Meshuggah big yes, but Trivium or Avenged Sevenfold... ohhhh nooooooo...
Ya I can understand that, I'm very picky with my metal. And Avenged Sevenfold >_<
Quote from: Elemental_ElfInstead of Posting a long list of books, how about I just post an image of one of my book shelves? Please excuse the messiness, I'm cleaning out my closet and a lot of the excess from there is winding up on the book shelf.
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Quote from: khyron1144Quote from: sparkletwistOk, I have a question. Please forgive the tone but I can't imagine I'm the only one thinking this: Did anyone actually read this thread? Like, does anyone actually care about a big list of books that someone else owns? I know I didn't more than barely skim half of the big lists that you all had posted, and I don't really see the point of going through the effort to post a list if everyone cares about my list as little as I care about everyone else's...
Sorry if this comes across as extraordinarily bitchy, I am seriously just asking.
I read this post and have at least glanced at a few others. I am something of a compulsive lister anyway, so it was kind of amusing for me to do what I've done so far.
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Alternity Player's Handbook
Alternity Gamemaster's Guide
How is Alternity as a game? At the time I didn't buy in because TSR wasn't doing the one in-house system, like Palladium, and for some reason I felt that not being immediately able to crossover D&D and Alternity would be a disadvantage.
Since then, I've become intrigued by orphaned, abandoned, and dead too early RPG systems in general.
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Got it.
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Reaper Man
Soul Music
Got them.
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Thief of Time
Don't actually got them, but listened to on audio borrowed from the library. So, you like the Death and Susan ones? Me preference is either the Witches or the Watch.
I love Alternity. The system is very modular and I'll probably use it for all of my settings should I get to run them (there's also a Starcraft Alternity game still on hold that I'm going to run with it). It is, in my opinion, the ideal implementation of gritty 2e/3e mechanics (mostly 3e other than the fact that rolling lower is better).
Yeah, I'm also a huge fan of the Death and Susan books. Death, the Death of Rats, and Quoth the Raven make me laugh no matter how many times I read the books, and Susan is also a very amusing character - she's probably my favorite female character from any medium.
I haven't had a chance to read much of any of the other books yet, but I'm a big fan of the wizards as well, so I might start there. I do also keep hearing good things about the Watch.
I would recommend the watch over the Wizards.
Thief of Time is a good watch one after you've read Night Watch or another watch story first.
Small Gods is probably one of the 3 best of the series. (It is unconnected to any others).
I never enjoyed the witches' series very much; Rincewind would be my second least favorite; but I enjoy the others quite a lot.
Samuel Vimes has got to be my favorite discworld character followed by Lord Vetinari
I don't have anything really like a book shelf at the moment and I can't list everything. I'm moving soon, though, and I may come back to this at that time.
Quote from: NomadicSamuel Vimes has got to be my favorite discworld character followed by Lord Vetinari
Agreed, although Esme Weatherwax might be up there with Vetinari for me. Vimes is still the daddy though :)
Weatherwax Uber Alles
Quote from: Elemental_ElfQuote from: Elemental_ElfInstead of Posting a long list of books, how about I just post an image of one of my book shelves? Please excuse the messiness, I'm cleaning out my closet and a lot of the excess from there is winding up on the book shelf.
EDIT: Link isn't working
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Not a bad collection, there. I notice you have one of those Christopher Hart art books, though. Have you ever seen any of his other books?
Quote from: SDragonNot a bad collection, there. I notice you have one of those Christopher Hart art books, though. Have you ever seen any of his other books?
His book is pretty good if you want to draw Anime-influenced American art but it doesn't quite explain how to draw, what I consider, in a true anime style. I've thumbed through his other works before, and they're similar. He does teach you how to draw really well and I like his books, even if they aren't quite the style I'd shoot for.
What sparkletwist says makes sense but we're an odd bunch. Personally, I read all of the thread that was posted while I was at my computer. I have skimmed a bit of it that I have seen from my phone, though.
I read this thread long before I posted at all so it slipped my mind but now that someone else mentioned it, I did take particular notice of Kindling's taste in music. While they're not my favorite bands or sounds, as a musician I have a solid repect for the work of Meshuggah and, even more, the Dillinger Escape Plan. I actually saw those guys on Warped Tour this last year and know a couple of guys (that play in Screaming Mechanical Brain) that are friends with them and went backstage.
I have finally had the chance to really get into discworld and found that I absolutely love it. As such I have decided to buy at least 2 discworld novels a month until I have completed my collection. This is my list as it looks like now in order that I am thinking of getting them.
Men At Arms
Feet of Clay
Jingo
The Fifth Elephant
Night Watch
I have Guards! Guards! and Thud! so I want to complete the watchmen series before I do anything else, especaially since I am immensely enjoying it (and as stated I love vimes and vetinari).
Mort
Reaper Man
Soul Music
Hogfather
Thief of Time
Next I want to read the death series as while I've only seen a few movie and book excerpts from it but I have already fallen in love with the characters of death and susan. Plus I'm told these are all really good.
Going Postal
Making Money
Saw the movie for going postal, thought it was absolutely brilliant, want these two. That is all.
Equal Rites
Witches Abroad
Lords and Ladies
Maskerade
Carpe Jugulum
Got wyrd sisters, seen the animated movie for it and very much liked it, book looks like it will be of the same if not higher quality. So I'm going to finish up the witches books.
The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Sourcery
The Last Continent
Unseen Academicals
Some people said they didn't really like the colour of magic series or rincewind. I've seen the movie to colour of magic and read interesting times though and I liked them both. Rincewind as a character is a sniveling coward that you want to hate and I love it partly for that reason as Pratchett is so good at crafting the character in that way. Additionally I very much like all the other characters in the books, especially cohen (as well as twoflower and others).
Moving Pictures
The Truth
Monstrous Regiment
Pyramids
Small Gods
And that's the last of them really for the main books. Any thoughts on the books or the order I'm getting them in or even any comments on ones you think I'll really like?
Quote from: NomadicRincewind as a character is a sniveling coward that you want to hate
Interesting, I've never thought of him that way. I mean, a coward, yes, obviously, but I've never seen anything hateful in it. Or is that what you meant?
I'd personally read Monstrous Regiment after The Fifth Elephant or Night Watch then do Thud!
Small Gods can be read at any time, maybe even before the rest of the series. It is also one of the best Discworld books IMO.
After the Witch books that deal with Magrat there's the Tiffany Aching books, although aimed at teens (they have chapters unlike most Discworld books) they are quite good and deal with another young Witch.
I got an audio book of The Art Of War, by Sun Tzu.
Amazing work, even though it seemed to be only a "lengthy review" of the work instead of the actual complete work.
Quote from: KindlingQuote from: NomadicRincewind as a character is a sniveling coward that you want to hate
Interesting, I've never thought of him that way. I mean, a coward, yes, obviously, but I've never seen anything hateful in it. Or is that what you meant?
Rincewind is who he is because of the book he debuted in.
The Colour of Magic is a broad rejection of all the most well-worn ideas in fantasy literature, and appropriately, its protagonist is a broad rejection of all the qualities of a typical fantasy hero (competent, valorous, powerful, etc.) I never thought of him as odious or contemptible, just "poor bastard's in the wrong novel."
I think that's why a lot of people (me included) have a lukewarm reaction to the Rincewind-centric books: I suppose you either dig the constant ribbing at popular fantasy, or you don't. I personally prefer the witches books (where we're instead riffing on Shakespeare, folklore, and fairy tales, and where the protagonist works within, rather than contrary to, the genre expectations.)
Small Gods is my favorite and it is the favorite of two of my friends (I started one on the series with it). [I realize I am repeating myself here, but it shocks me to see it so low on the reading list :D)
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I did not like The Fifth Elephant or Feet of Clay.
Quote from: Light DragonI did not like The Fifth Elephant or Feet of Clay.
I don't remember specifics (it's been a long time), but I remember finding several of the Watch books pretty lackluster. Small Gods was pretty boss, though.
In general, with Pratchett, the books reward readers who are alert and well-read. The broader your base of knowledge going in, the more of the sly references and puns you'll pick up on. (If you need help, there's an online resource (http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html) that may come in handy.)
I've had a number of people tell me to steer clear of the colour of magic series as it is meh and rincewind is annoying/irritating/etc. As for small gods I may well move it up the list since it seems to be quite popular.
In other news...
Where is my cow?
Is that my cow?
It goes ...
It is a turtle
That is not my cow