Vladimir-Vlada Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Meaning what you read? My favourite books so far: "Harry Potter books": Joan K. Rolling "Lord of the Rings" triology: J. R. R. Tolkien "Da Vinchies Code": Dan Brown "It's worst at home": Efraim Kishon Special Place: "The Gambler": Fiodor M. Dostoyevsky BEST BOOK I HAVE READ SO FAR: "The Idiot": Fiodor M. Dostoyevsky How about you?
FiEND_138 Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 1984 - George Orwell My one & only favorite book. - especially with the relevance it seems to have to today...
Prime Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Probably Lord of the Rings. THe Davinci Code was awesome too...
montnoir Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 William Gibson - all his novels but Neuromancer is his masterpiece Robert E. Howard - all his novels H. P. Lovecraft - all his novels Neil Gaiman - Coraline, American Gods, The Wolves in the Walls, Stardust Michael Bond - A Bear Called Paddington Samuel Taylor Coleridge - (a poet not a writer but I could not, not mention him) Kubla Khan, The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner Victor Hugo - The man who laughed James Ellroy - The LA Quadrilogy (Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz) Clive Barker - The Great and Secret Show, Everville, Galilee, Abarat, Weaveworld, Cabal, The Thief of Always, Coldheart Canyon Alistair McLean - Puppet on a Chain, When Eight Bells Toll, The Golden Rendezvous, Bear Island Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - The Death Gate Cycle Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Milton - Paradise Lost Honoré de Balzac - Pere Goriot Michael Crichton - The Eaters of the Dead, The Andromeda Strain Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers Frank Herbert - Dune Glen Duncan - I, Lucifer Marcus Aurelius - Meditations Hadrian - For the soul Catullus - Songs John Lennon - In his own write Bob Dylan - Tarantula Steven Brust - To Reign in Hell Umberto Eco - Foucault's Pendulum (the davinci code is a pale shadow of this book), Name of the Rose Thomas Harlan - The Oath of Empire Quadrilogy Ehmm, well... that's off the top of my head, but I can come up with oh about a hundred more if I think about it for a couple of minutes
stingerhs Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 now this is an even tougher question than the best movie question. hmm, thinking..... got it: Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy
Vladimir-Vlada Posted September 12, 2005 Author Posted September 12, 2005 ^^^^^ No one likes Dostoyevsky? Hm, :/ Too bad he's my favourite writer.
ForceFightWMe12 Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Harry Potter (entire series, number 4 is my fav. though) LotR (entire trilogy, number 3 is absolute fav.) His Dark Materials Eragon Eldest Redwall I could probably tell you a ton more, but those are my favorites...
Achilles Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 stingerhs said: got it: Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy Great book, but you almost have to consider it and Executive Order to be the same book. I can't think of any other Jack Ryan novels that leave off and pick up the way these two did.
Snafu7 Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Band of Brothers Six Silent Men When Thunder Rolled LotR series We Were Soldiers The Sum of All Fears Fallen Angels
RevanA4 Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 favorite book == The Silmarillion (still reading it though) and it is thanks to darth333 and tk102 that I actually found this book so thanks bunches
ForceFightWMe12 Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Snafu7 said: Band of Brothers I forgot about that one...
Jeff Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Harry Potter 6. They are all great, but this one is my fav. And then LotR books.
90SK Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 I liked the Artimis Fowl series, especially the 3rd one. I was oblivious to the fact that it had come out, so when I got it I was very pleasantly surprised.
Snafu7 Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Revan the great said: favorite book == The Silmarillion (still reading it though) I started reading that and I couldn't finish it, I got confused as hell.
MdKnightR Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 Isn't there already a thread dedicated to this topic?
RevanA4 Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 MdKnightR said: Isn't there already a thread dedicated to this topic? yes if ya want to go mining for it be my guest
Aristotélēsticus Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 The Epic of Gilgamesh The Odysse The Count of Monte Cristo History of Philosophy the Republic (PLATO) and offcourse everything about Aristotle
Jeff Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 Korfredonn The Ecclesiastes said: The Odysse I hated that book! We had to read it freshman year at school, and I couldn't even read it because I thought it was so boring. Usually I would have been interested in that kind of stuff, but just the way it is written...
montnoir Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 The classics aren't exactly known for their "hip" writing-style.
Jeff Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 montnoir said: The classics aren't exactly known for their "hip" writing-style. I know, but some classics I enjoy. We had to read "To Kill a Mockingbird" and surprisingly I greatly enjoyed that. And I have liked the 2 Shakespeare that we have read so far (Romeo and Juliet and Taming of the Shrew).
JediKnight707 Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 I love the Harry Potter series, I love The Blue Nowhere, the Da Vinci Code, Prey (and pretty much all books by Michael Crichton), and LOTR the first one (its the only one of them ive read)...I love many other books but I must rush
Emperor Devon Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 There are so many... Anything writen by Dante, Charles Dickens or Tolkien comes to mind. I also enjoy the Eragon books and all the Dune books.
montnoir Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 DarthMoeller said: And I have liked the 2 Shakespeare that we have read so far (Romeo and Juliet and Taming of the Shrew). Those are rather overrated imho, you could always try "a midsummer night's dream" for some lighthearted romanticisim or "Julius Caesar" for a more serious contemplation on power and friendship, pretty heavy-duty reading. Or if you want a real challenge - go for Milton and his "Paradise Lost" in the original olde english. If you still got a head after that one, we'll talk some more, heheh.
Darth InSidious Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 DarthMoeller said: I hated that book! We had to read it freshman year at school, and I couldn't even read it because I thought it was so boring. Usually I would have been interested in that kind of stuff, but just the way it is written... Let me guess, translation by EV Rieu? His is...accurate yet extremely dull. Textual tamazapam. Even in other translations, though, what really comes across is that they are all windbags! I'm not very keen on it either - particularly Book XXI.....That's a real yawn-maker.
Astrotoy7 Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Man, theres too many to list, so Im just going with the ones that immediately came to mind: FICTION Fantasy: The Dark Elf Trilogy by RA Salvatore Sci-fi: william Gibson - Neuromancer Literature/Fiction - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Adventure - The Journey West - by Wu'Cheng En NON FICTION True Crime - The Black Magic Rituals of Jack the Ripper - Ivor Edwards Philosophy/religion - This spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche History/Art- The Lives of the Artists by Gorgio Vasari Entertainment/Film Lynch on Lynch - by David Lynch and Chris Lewis that's all i can think of atm ... mtfbwya
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