the book recommendation thread

my current recommendation would be a series of books by neal stephenson. it's called the baroque cycle (quicksilver, the confusion, and the system of the world) and it's so much different from anything else i've read. on the surface it looks like a plain historical fiction taking place mostly in the 17th century. but then there is so much wit and comic moments that surprisingly don't ruin the books' sociological, political, economical, philosophical, and even scientific events. a series that uses such "characters" as isaac newton, gottfried wilhelm von leibniz, and even king louis xiv himself takes a risk and stephenson goes for the gold by making the characters truly his own. some points can be blatantly gruesome but they were gruesome times. in short, if you have lots of time (they aren't small books) it's worth a read.

also just about anything by vonnegut and palahniuk is pretty damn good. vonnegut for people who like absurdity and laughing and palahniuk for anyone who likes twisted weirdness.

i'm also a shakespeare fan.

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