Any recommendations?

tylerr_ · 06-19-2009, 10:05 AM

I'm into stuff like Armaggedon & the end of the world, heaven & hell, etc. Any good books on these things? (Primarily fiction, but I 'spose some non-fiction could provide some entertainment.)

**Axed** · 06-19-2009, 10:21 AM

Uhh I just read this book called The Maze Runner, for some reason I think you'd like it. But it's an advanced copy and I don't know when it comes out. D:

Gathering Blue is set in a dystopia setting, so maybe you'd like that. It's by the same person who wrote The Giver (Lois Lowry).

I'll probably think of more at another time.

tylerr_ · 06-19-2009, 10:31 AM

Read Gathering Blue (and most of Lowry's books - I was in the library a lot when my mom worked across the street xD)

Looks like the Maze Runner comes out sometime late this year

~~*Paycheck*~~ · 06-19-2009, 10:36 AM

The Hunger Games is pretty good but it doesn't really meet your standards

**Axed** · 06-19-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Paycheck

The Hunger Games is pretty good but it doesn't really meet your standards

Ah, I was recommended that book! I read the first page or so while I was at my friend's house. Man I need to get up on that.

@Tylerr: Does the book sound interesting to you?

tylerr_ · 06-19-2009, 11:00 PM

It sounds slightly cliched (underdog new kid is really important, yadayada), but could be a good read. Did you enjoy it?

**Axed** · 06-20-2009, 06:53 PM

I actually absolutely loved it, and if there's a god, there will be a sequel.

bawksie · 06-20-2009, 10:09 PM

Uh. I don't know if you would be into this, but theres a TEEN series called Uglies.
The first book is kinda meehh. But the rest are real good.

Its about a future civilization after our time period of people (called Rusties in the book) are killed because of a bacteria that destroy all the oil in the world. It kinda a totalitarian society where everyone is kinda programed. I don't want to give anything away incase you read the book series, but I REALLY enjoyed it and it made me think about the world now.. (: