Recommend to a friend...

[Turgon]

Thought it would be nice to start a thread in which we can recommend our favourite books, albums, meals, or whatever to our fellow forum members. Could be an entertaining and educational thread...!?!

Anyway I'll start by recommending a novel called 'The Last of the Wine' by Mary Renault. It's a fictional account of the Peloponnesian War as told by a young Athenian - and is without a doubt one of the best 'historical' novels I've ever read - beats 'I Claudius' hands down.

Musically - 'Astral Weeks' by Van Morrison. If this album is not your CD collection - then your CD collection is incomplete... and I call your CD collection a silly thing!?!

That's about it...

Oh btw this thread is open to all - just thought it would look nice inside here...:p

[chrysophalax]

I've read every one of Renault's books and I agree that they are wonderful.

I've also enjoyed Mary Syewart's books on Merlin "Crystal Cave" "Hollow Hills" and the evil one I can never remember! Anyway there were great!

[Turgon]

Cool Magnus.. another fan of Mary Renault! All her books on Ancient Greece are worth reading (and re-reading!). You have great taste mighty one!

[Rangerdave]

I have become partial to the works of Parke Godwin. He is a godsend for history geeks like myself. He tackles popular legend and tries to place them in real history.

Some topics include
King Arthur: Firelord and Beloved Exile
Robin Hood: Sherwood and Robin and the King
Beowulf: The Tower of Beowulf
King Harold: The Sunset King

Also worth reading by Godwin are Waiting for the Galatic Bus and The Snake Oil Wars. I strongly recomend these to anyone with a flair for history and a sense of humor.

Another book that should be on everones must read list is the Joint colaboration of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaim Good Omens. Its sort of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Apocalypse.


As for music. My current favorites include The Hellecasters, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and of course King Crimson.

RD

[Chymaera]

I also recommend Good Omens most of the characters alone are pathetic but bring them all together and it works beautyfully.

Basically it is the movie the Omen with the twist that the Antichrist is switch to the wrong parents, and goes to live in suburban England and lives his first seven years undisturb until the powers of good and evil realize that they are watching the wrong baby. :D At this point the story gets fun.

[DGoeij]

I'm always interested in new things to read. This thread's a good idea.:)