08-18-2015, 11:10 AM
You're talking to the right guy I have been a mad book glutton all my life and i have a system.
Firstly Go to the local library. You can sample a book there and if you like the way it's written go check out the author's other works. I randomly got a Ray Bradbury anthology out of the library a few years back and I now have his complete published works sitting on the bookshelf right in front of me.
Secondly Books aren't written in a vacuum. Check out your favourite author's favourite books.
Bradbury was a fan of Issac Asimov. So I bought one of his books from a old second hand book stall in a market. I now have Six of his books including the entire foundation series in one big-ass anthology. I took out a Steven king novel from my library and Stephen king named H.P Lovecraft as one of his inspirations. I now own a big ass Lovecraft anthology.
And then every once in a while to mix things up, I bite the bullet and just buy a bunch of paperback books from Amazon that sound interesting. I currently have Neuromancer, the Crimson labyrinth and a Terry Pratchett novel sitting on my desk ready to read. I do occasionally get bad books that way but the feeling of opening a big brown box full of novels more than makes up for it.
And if I happen to like Neuromancer i'm going to look up William Gibson's works and then his favorite authors. And so the cycle will continue with each new book I like yielding many others.
Firstly Go to the local library. You can sample a book there and if you like the way it's written go check out the author's other works. I randomly got a Ray Bradbury anthology out of the library a few years back and I now have his complete published works sitting on the bookshelf right in front of me.
Secondly Books aren't written in a vacuum. Check out your favourite author's favourite books.
Bradbury was a fan of Issac Asimov. So I bought one of his books from a old second hand book stall in a market. I now have Six of his books including the entire foundation series in one big-ass anthology. I took out a Steven king novel from my library and Stephen king named H.P Lovecraft as one of his inspirations. I now own a big ass Lovecraft anthology.
And then every once in a while to mix things up, I bite the bullet and just buy a bunch of paperback books from Amazon that sound interesting. I currently have Neuromancer, the Crimson labyrinth and a Terry Pratchett novel sitting on my desk ready to read. I do occasionally get bad books that way but the feeling of opening a big brown box full of novels more than makes up for it.
And if I happen to like Neuromancer i'm going to look up William Gibson's works and then his favorite authors. And so the cycle will continue with each new book I like yielding many others.