Have you tried Terry Pratchett?
He is a comic/parody fantasy writer. He's really easy to read and has a great nack of keeping you turning those pages. He's also a funny guy and very imaginative.
Seriously, recommend it.
Quote: ajp29 @ January 26, 2008, 1:59 AM
I like the fact that EMS says he doesn't like reading then Aaron gives the longest reply in the history of the internet
Really made me laugh.
Quote: Eat_My_Shirts @ January 26, 2008, 1:05 AMI much prefer watching a film or something.
I'd always watch TV. Probably why it takes me so long to get through books.
Quote: Eat_My_Shirts @ January 26, 2008, 1:05 AMAnyway, I'm saving trees by not reading books.
If only most of today's "musicians" would save plastic by not making music.
Quote: Aaron @ January 26, 2008, 12:40 AMShakespeare etc rubbish
Shakespeare...
...rubbish?!
I think people that don't enjoy reading (and I'm talking more about EMs here) often have a relatively short attention-span. Certainly all the people I've come across who don't enjoy books are forever diddling with the remote control, playing with their mobiles etc. Is there anything wrong with that? Yes, shoot them all.
Quote: James Williams @ January 26, 2008, 10:47 AM
Shakespeare...
...rubbish?!
That is correct.
Quote: James Williams @ January 26, 2008, 10:47 AMI think people that don't enjoy reading (and I'm talking more about EMs here) often have a relatively short attention-span. Certainly all the people I've come across who don't enjoy books are forever diddling with the remote control, playing with their mobiles etc. Is there anything wrong with that? Yes, shoot them all.
Yep, I pick up books and just fade out as I'm reading them.
Some Shakespeare is rubbish. Some is great. Another reason to think he had a bunch of writers doing all his work for him!
Or he was bipolar.
Sorry for sounding rude about people who don't like reading books. I'm an arse.
But, do you like reading scripts? It just seems a bit random to say 'I don't like books'. It's not the reading you hate, cos you're reading right now. So is it the turning of pages?
Seeing Terry Pratchett's name earlier reminded me that someone once said (years ago) that my work reminded them of his. Can't see it myself but there's worse comparisons to have even if the judgment was only based on fantasy and vast quantities of alcohol.
I love reading...whilst I was travelling for a year 06-07 I read 32 books. Travelling was the best way to pick up books you'd never normally read. You meet someone and do a "book swap", if you've both finished the book you were reading. I read some of the best (and worst) books I have ever read, and really enjoyed reading ones I would never have picked up normally!
Quote: James Williams @ January 26, 2008, 10:47 AMI think people that don't enjoy reading (and I'm talking more about EMs here) often have a relatively short attention-span.
Well obviously if I don’t enjoy doing something, then I’m not going to be giving it my full undivided attention, am I?
My “Field of Excellence” is Art and Design. Books do nothing to me. Am I a thick, uneducated chav? Not really. I can match all those qualifications you have rather pompously listed in your profile.
I have a few books. Books on artists, graphic design, films, photography. But in terms of sitting in a darkened room and “devouring” a novel for hours?....gimme a break.
i know it is a question of taste but i'm firmly in the "Shakespeare is rubbish" camp. tedious man.
some books are great. some are crap.
some films are great. some are crap.
some tv is great. etc etc
Quote: Eat_My_Shirts @ January 26, 2008, 11:58 AMBut in terms of sitting in a darkened room and “devouring” a novel for hours?....gimme a break.
That's where you've been going wrong! You need a lamp. 
I'm with EMS, i don't enjoy reading books, never have, never will, but each to thier own etc.
Quote: Eat_My_Shirts @ January 26, 2008, 11:58 AMBut in terms of sitting in a darkened room and “devouring” a novel for hours?....gimme a break.
Quote: zooo @ January 26, 2008, 12:08 PMThat's where you've been going wrong! You need a lamp.
Oh, and no-one is actually asking you to EAT the book neither.
Quote: Ray Dawson @ January 25, 2008, 8:42 PMTake no notice Robyn. Dave posts without thinking, or at least that's what his sketches suggest
hehe dont worry-for the record, I wasnt actually bothered - school has made me used to it by now 
Bless 'im. Ray's so protective!