I'm reading this.

Anything by Wilbur Smith.

Anything by Wilbur Smith.

I love Wilbur Smith's Egyptian trilogy with Taita the slave. River God, Warlock and The Quest. I've always had a bit of an interest in ancient Egyptian stuff and I found these to be really interesting books. Bit of a question to anyone who's read River God...It mentions in a bit before the story starts that the book is based on some manuscripts found in a tomb. Is this true or was it just added in for dramatic effect??

Favorite book ever is Lord Of The Rings. Can't Fail. The Silmarillion is also amazing.

1984 is the only piece of entertainment media (i.e. book, film, tv program) that has ever actually scared me. NOTHING scares me at all. I watched The Exorcist when I was 10 and a half years old. I was on my own in the house and it was about 2 in the morning, and the wind wasn't being particularly quiet either. I laughed at it all the way through. On a side-note, to anyone who has ever seen the film but not read the book...you're missing out on the best version. The Exorcist book is MUCH better than the film.
But anyway, 1984 actually gave me the chills and got me into that weird kind of scaredness. The kind where you can't stop thinking, 'What if?'

I also read Stephen King and numerous Star Trek books

Lord of the flies.

Terry Pratchett is awesom.

I am currently reading Harry Potter again (tuff)

I also just read Ian Irvines Well of Echoes Saga- I thought it was good, but probably a bit longer than it needed to be.

I really like Magician by Raymond E Feist as well

For NF The Men who Stare at Goats- Jon Ronson

I really want to check out that House of Leaves, sounds interesting. I remember reading an Ian Irvine book that didn't have the most traditional prose novel strucutre, but it doesn't sound like it was anything on House of Leaves.

im curious as to what the Dev's favorite book is. Does anyone know?

Hmmm, seems that I am in really different league than other members..
I am more into newer stuff, but I'll list some of my fave books..

Lord of the Rings
I first read this when I was in 7th or 8th grade, and it really hit me back then.
After that, I've read it for numerous times!

Philip Pullman - Dark Materials
Again, this I found around the same time as LOTR.
Bit childish, but now re-reading it I remember why I loved it so much!
And I am so happy that they decided to movie-fy it!
Serafina Pekkala, a finnish witch.. Great!
Daimons, I wish I had one

Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Man, I wish I had read this a long time ago!
Really touching story, I haven't seen one movie or tv film that was as good as the original book.
If you haven't read this, you really should!!

Dan Simmons - Hyperion
I need to collect this, Hyperion was so.. Exciting!
I loved the confusing style, the out-there-ideas about environments, the main creature (Lepinkäinen in Finnish), and the fact that it continues from this

And I have to admit, that I've fallen in love with..
Harry Potters
When they first arrived, I didn't like the covers and never read any.
After buying "Deathly Hollows" , I now have them all
Really funny, again a bit childish but still have enough "street cred" that even my drummer dude loves to read them

King - Dark Tower
I have nothing to say but AMAZING.

I have lots more, but I'll start with these now.

The His Dark Materials trilogy is bloody brilliant

I've heard nothing but good things about "Dark Tower"

im curious as to what the Dev's favorite book is. Does anyone know?

I believe Tracy said he's not much of a reader:


Hidden far away on page 15 of Ask Tracy, which I had to click through every page because search is still b0rk3d: http://www.hevydevyforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=4794

Terry Pratchett is awesom.

Well some of his older books are really, really boring but other than that he's alright.

Hogfather and Soul music are awesome.

I've heard nothing but good things about "Dark Tower"

The first book in that series (The Gunslinger) is INCREDIBLY boring. I read the first 50 pages or so and had to put it down for good. It wasn't holding my attention.

I hear it gets much better but you have to be willing to tough it out.

Currently Reading:
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - Jon Krakauer. I only have a few chapters left, and have for months. I even stopped reading it a third of the way through to read Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries.
The White Spider - Heinrich Harrer. I must mention my awful habit of starting books and not finishing them before I start another one.
Desperation - Stephen King.

I'm trying to talk myself out of starting The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) until I'm finished with the others. I also bought Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!).

Favorite Books:
It - Stephen King
Insomnia - Stephen King
Weaveworld - Clive Barker
In the Flesh - Clive Barker
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt

A lot of you have mentioned most of my favorites, but I have to throw A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole into the mix. Very funny, very well written novel.

I'm currently reading the Otherland series, which a friend recommended to me (and subsequently lent to me). Rather cool series, sci-fi ish stuff with elements of cyberpunk... Lots and lots of VR stuff and interesting observations about the 'online' world vs. real life. Even more interesting given that it was started in 1996.

Some of my absolute favorite books are the Sprawl series by William Gibson-- That is, Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive. Big cyberpunk fan.

~Josiah