The Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice
Interview With The Vampire
A dragging but surprisinlgy enticing story, we're introduced to Lestat, learn to hate him and learn to love Claudia and Louis.
The Vampire Lestat
By far the best in this series. We learn of Lestat's hundred's of years of vampiric experience, weaved into the one of the most gripping and interesting stories I've ever read. My favourite of the series. Here, the true opulence of her characters is brought forth. Through, vivid descriptions of Lestat's life we learn to love him. Tales of his human days in the wilds of France, his youth in Paris, his transformation, destruction of the old ways and life long ago.
The Queen of The Damned
Another excellent example of Anne Rice. A bit confusing in the beginning, penned again by Lestat himself, but through his ability to mind-read, we experience the story first-person through many characters. Akasha, the first of all the vampires, is awoken. Lestat has formed a rock-group in the late-80's and defiantly reveals the ancient secrets to the world, we also learn of how vampires came to be.
The Tale of the Body Thief
Where does this fit in? It had some classic moments...most notably Louis in his New Orleans shack, by candlelight, with "[Lestat,] what have you done now?" Not my favourite, but important to the rest of the series. Lestat's chance at a normal life by switching bodies, through careful mind control, with a mortal man.
Memnoch, the Devil
A masterfully told tale of Lestat's travels with the devil himself through heaven and hell. Amazing.
The Vampire Armand
With Lestat lost in a coma, we learn of Armand's life growing up in Venice over hundred's of years and his journey to find the meaning of life, while being dead himself.
Pandora
Vittorio, the Vampire
Merrick
Perfume - Patrick Suskind
My favourite novel ever. The story of a man, born in France in the 17th century. He has a lack of all earthly senses, save for an over-developed sense of smell. He sees the world through scents and eventually begins to grow sick of the stench of humanity. (It's currently being made into a film, with none other than Orlando Bloom playing the lead.)
American Psycho - Brett Easton Ellis
A sick-parody of men, a misogynists dream, it tells the story of Patrick Bateman, and the sinister world he weaves in his head, where he murders, mutilates and then cannibalizes girlfriends and colleagues, only wanting all along to "just fit in." If you take this book too seriously, you might be driven to throw-up, if you can read it objectively, it will make you laugh.
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Holy shit! A life-changing novel. The main character, tired of trying to be what he is not, meets someone who is everything he wants to be. Eventually we learn, that it's not all it's cracked up to be. This book opened my eyes, it's an interesting new life-philosophy. But most importantly, a self-parody, and not to be taken verbatim. Read between the lines!
Utopia - Saint Thomas Moore
St. Thomas Moore outlines the perfect utopian society. He details all the characterisitics, from law and government to entertainment and how, in theory, everything should work in harmony.
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
I finished this book in two days. The story of a 16-year old Indian boy, trapped on a life raft in the middle of the Pcific Ocean with an injured zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a tiger. Amazing!
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
Carl Streator, a journalist, unwittigly kills his family by reading them an ancient culling spell. He discovers the powers of the spell and that people all over the country have also accidentally killed family members. He goes on a journey with a real-estate agent in a search to find and destroy every last copy of the spell and to find it's origin in the Grimoire or witches "Book of Shadows." Palahniuk masterfully combines witchcraft in modern times with his anti-establishment and anti-corporation ideals.
The Tesseract - Alex Garland
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The Time Machine - HG Wells
The Beach - Alex Garland
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Girl In The Box - Sebestyen Ouida
Life After God - Douglas Coupland
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