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What are your favourite books? (pg. 2)
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| BTG |
Rainbow6
Sphere
1984
Hobbit
Baldurs Gate
i dont read much. so thats all i can remember. |
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| anuneventrade |
| I forgot to mention tolkein... I suppose I thought it was a given that everyone knew I was a LOTR geek from birth :clown: |
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| Virus |
1984 - George Orwell (the best of the best)
The Idiot, Tales From The Underground, The Double - Fjodor Dostojevskij
For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway
Mr Nice - Howard Marks
Some stuff by Charles Bukowsky
Almost all the books by Mario Puzo
etc etc
I enjoy a good book a hundred times more than a film |
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| SuperFarStucker |
I couldn't stand 1984, terrible book in my opinion. Seems like all it does is chalk one up for the conspiracy theorists. I read about a "page" of it before I decided it was ass though.. Didn't like the style or the subject, although one day I suppose I'll force myself to drudge through it.
I take a particular liking to The Great Gatsby.
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning -- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Raisin in the Sun (it's actually a play) is also ace.
I don't read much but I have been meaning to read Adam Douglas' works which I have high expectations for. (in contrast to most fantasy drivel which I spent much of my early teens reading. It's all the same -- ) |
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| TwoPlow |
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Slaughterhouse 5 - (Don't Remember)
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradberry
Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Sallinger
The Cider House Rules - John Irving
Lord Of The Flies - William Golding
Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Wizard Of Earthsea Series - Ursula K. Le Guin
Hyperion Series - Dan Simmons
Illium & Olympos - Dan Simmons
Prayers To Broken Stones - Dan Simmons
Lovedeath - Dan Simmons
Enders Game Series - Orson Scott Card
Dune - Frank Herbert
Snowcrash - (Don't Remember)
Shogun - James Clavelle
Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas - Tom Robbins
Another Roadside Attraction - Tom Robbins
Hitchhiker's Guide Series - Douglas Adams
Those are what comes to mind. I read a lot. Sorry I missed a few authors, can't remember them all.
My dad has a huge room full of books, so I whore stuff from him. Good times. |
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| BTG |
oh yah.
the stinky cheese man. |
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| zarathustra |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuperFarStucker
I couldn't stand 1984, terrible book in my opinion. Seems like all it does is chalk one up for the conspiracy theorists. I read about a "page" of it before I decided it was ass though. |
Which page was it? |
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| smokeape |
Moby Dick! Arrrrrrr!
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| Spin Doctor |
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller. Catch 22 it's self is actually in a way quite similar to double think, so you might want to check that out.
Currently Reading: Burning Chrome & Other Stories - William Gibson.
Just Finished: Father Land - Robert Harris. |
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| Nosmo |
The Civil War - Shelby Foote (all 3 volumes are great)
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Damaged - Josephine Hart
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera |
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| Omegasox |
Freedom from the Known - J. Krishnamurti
The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot
The Selected Writings of D.T. Suzuki
Timeline, Sphere, Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Abduction - Robin Cook
The Ending of Time - David Bohm & J. Krishnamurti
Wholeness and the Implicate Order - David Bohm
A Mind So Rare - Merlin Donald
Hyperspace - Michio Kaku
The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene
The Physics of Conciousness - Evan Harris
Many Lives, Many Masters - Brian Weiss
Ethics for the New Millenium - Dalai Lama
Have to agree with all those who said the Enders game series! One of the few works of fiction that I've read more than once. |
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| goose_wh |
| loads of suggestions here to keep me entertained for ages, thanks! |
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