APPETITE
I devour... historical fiction; classics; science fiction; fantasy; (and nonfiction) history, anthropology and other sciences. I like works that come alive with good character development and well-researched subjects. In particular: Miguel Cervantes: Don Quixote; Mark Twain: Roughing it; Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon; Snow Crash; The Baroque Cycle; Thomas Pynchon: Gravity’s Rainbow; Mason and Dixon; The Crying of Lot 49; Umberto Eco: Foucault’s Pendulum; Baudolino; Dan Brown: The DaVinci Code; Angels and Demons; Leon Uris: Mitla Pass; QB VII; Ken Follett: Pillars of the Earth; World without End; Morgan Llywelyn: Bard; Nelson DeMille: By the Rivers of Babylon; The Lion’s Game; Jane Austin: Pride and Prejudice; Nathaniel Hawthorne: The House of the Seven Gables; Herman Melville: Moby Dick; Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe; James Michener: Texas; Unknown Authors: Arabian Nights; Beowulf. Books I Hated: Michael Crichton: Congo; Sphere and Tom Clancy: The Teeth of the Tiger. Favorite nonfiction (just the titles): The Dragons of Eden; The History of the Arab People; The Celts, a History; 1453, The Holy War for Constantinople and the clash of Islam and the West; A World Lit Only by Fire; The Gift of the Jews; How the Irish Saved Civilization; and Life in a Medieval Castle.David Tveit
David Tveit
Dallas, TX
United States
TABLE TALK
“Any Thomas Pynchon fans here? I'm reading Inherent Vice and liking it so far. Set in early 1970's Southern California, it has some of the retro flavor of his The Crying of Lot 49. And much easier to read than Gravity's Rainbow (I struggled with that one).
—David Tveit, 761 days ago
“No I haven't but I'll check it out.
—CelticScribe, 934 days ago
“I'm a big fan of Cryptonomicon, too.
—tdawg, 951 days ago
“Great list, David! I came to this site via NPR as well.
—improvateur, 952 days ago
“Hi, I'm new here. Just finished Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. Preeety good reads. But I like his Cryptonomicon way better...Now reading Mark haddon's "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" and liking it. Just heard about this sight on NPR.
—David Tveit, 952 days ago
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