anybody recommend a good book?

Question

I want a book that I can absolutely not put down because it is so interesting. I'm primarily into sci-fi (but can't stand fantasy) and just got finished reading Battle Royale which was an excellent read. End of the world books interest me too (nukes and zombies). Any suggestions?

Answer 1

If you like time travel then Visitors by Bob Chapman

Answer 2

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson is quite good. I am right in the middle of it. It's sort of post apocolyptica, but sorry no zombies . What the most interesting thing is that its not written like most books and much of it is flashback (I know sometimes that is a bad thing, but wilson does it quite well). I can't really do it justice so here's is publishers weekly's review that was on Amazon.com
From Publishers Weekly
One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking "what if," Wilson (Blind Lake, etc.) builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres. The narrative time oscillates effortlessly between Tyler Dupree's early adolescence and his near-future young manhood haunted by the impending death of the sun and the earth. Tyler's best friends, twins Diane and Jason Lawton, take two divergent paths: Diane into a troubling religious cult of the end, Jason into impassioned scientific research to discover the nature of the galactic Hypotheticals whose "Spin" suddenly sealed Earth in a "cosmic baggie," making one of its days equal to a hundred million years in the universe beyond. As convincing as Wilson's scientific hypothesizing is--biological, astrophysical, medical--he excels even more dramatically with the infinitely intricate, minutely nuanced relationships among Jason, Diane and Tyler, whose older self tries to save them both with medicines from Mars, terraformed through Jason's genius into an incubator for new humanity. This brilliant excursion into the deepest inner and farthest outer spaces offers doorways into new worlds--if only humankind strives and seeks and finds and will not yield compassion for our fellow beings. Agent, Shawna McCarthy.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Answer 3

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

Read both Odd thomas and Forever odd by Dean Koontz.These books are about Odd Thomas who see dead people and is compelled to solve crimes.

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the Mars novels and the Tarzan novels.There are 11 novels in the Mars series beginning with 'A princess of mars'.Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The later books are about his son Carthoris,daughter Tara etc.John carter is a recurring character in all these books as martians live for 1000 years.The author wrote a series about an expedition to Venus too.The first book is 'Pirates of venus.'

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Answer 4

Take a look at the Penelope Dyan Books at www.bellissimapublishing.com. Also look at the new book by Robert McCutcheon, The Starting Block. All the books are Ingram listed and available to order anywhere.

Answer 5

Kind of scary: King of the World. Author: Gerber.

Answer 6

i suggest reading slyvia browne's book's, i believe she has over 50 that can be found at the library or at the book stores,. it is real and interesting.....

Answer 7

sidney sheldon - The Doomsday Conspiracy. this is a nice sci-fi.