SW01 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 We have discussed our favourite games, movies and mods since I have been here, but now I wonder, 'Which books do the people at LucasForums love most?' Yes, you remember, 'the big papery-things tied up with string?' (Respect to anyone who can identify that line!) Anything, history, politics, philosophy, fiction, plays, poetry - whatever you like! I have favourites that fit into a few of these categories... In history, The Fall of the Roman Empire by Dr. Peter Heather - groundbreaking stuff... In plays, it has to be Coriolanus by the immortal bard... In poetry, The Canterbury Tales - the great Chaucer! How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigundr Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 The Archer's Tale - Bernard Cornwell Vagabond - Bernard Cornwell Heretic - Bernard Cornwell Selected Works of Catullus - Catullus Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Sea of Trolls - Nancy Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 History Books? Iron Coffins, by Herbert A. Werner. A great account of U-Boat war and Battle for the Atlantic. Fiction? Lots, but I particularly enjoy the Matthew Hervey series (a good rival for Cornwell's Sharpe), or George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman. Non-fiction? Donnie Brasco by Joe Pistone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnseyy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Ohhh this is my kinda' thread. In no particular order: 1. Harry Potter 2. The Raging Quiet 3. The Historian 4. Darren Shan (childhood classic!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigundr Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I forgot: The Pit Dragon Series - Jane Yolen Forgotten Realms Saga - R.A. Salvatore Chronicles of the Necromancer - Gail Z. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus Q'ol Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Shibumi - by Trevanian Dynamic, seven language speaking, mystic assassin that has mastered the ancient martial art of the naked/kill (and other activities too sensual for this forum) will take you on the literary ride of your life. This guy weaves a story like nobody's business. This fictional story changed my perception of life. ...for the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hm. I'm not sure what The Jungle is classified under, but I haven't had cow more than once since I read that book. I loved how Sinclair explored the politics of the era, combined with one of the most common foods of all time: meat. 1984. Nothing more need be said. Lord of the Flies. This has to be my favorite book that I've read. I love... I love the... I just love this book. If I remember any other 'major' ones, I'll post them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerGod Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hmm.. I used to like Harry Potter and the Animorphs as a child, but now I'm into the Alex Rider Series. I've read all the books up to Scorpia. Just need to read Ark Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare Death Star - Michael Reaves and Steve Perry The Call of Cthulhu - H.P. Lovecraft And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawathehutt Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Nonfic Inside the Jihad- its about a guy who infiltrated a training camp for the French and English in the 90s, it gave me quite a different outlook on the middle east since it wasnt just from some guy in a suit whos spent 20 minutes with insurgents in a pow camp sci fi/fantasy Dies the Fire and Island in the Sea of time series, both by S M Stirling, IitST is alt history, and DtF is more apocalyptic alternate future. LotR: of course Jurrasic Park and Lost World, these actually kind of ruined parts of the movie for me, becasue they make Muldoon such a bamf where as in the movies hes mostly just a filler character. Also the movies ruined the message by making Hammond too nice and not including Dr Wu. The Halo books: I actually like these more than the games, theyre quite well written for being video game books "advanced literature" 1984 All Quiet on the Western Front Farenheit 451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Lolita. Nabokov can write 100x better than most native English speakers. Also before Dev says anything AYN RAND LOLOLOLOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I had just come up with a list the other day: Till We Have Faces - CS Lewis Metamorphosis - Kafka Sabriel - Garth Nix The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley The Disposessed - Ursula K Leguin Earth - David Brin Soul Catcher - Frank Herbert Narcissus and Goldmund - Herman Hesse Ender's Game - Card "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" - Richard Feynman Faith of the Fallen - Terry Goodkind Cosmos - Carl Sagan War of the Gods - Poul Anderson A Planet Called Treason - Card The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand King Lear - Shakespeare The Silmarillion and Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass - Carroll The Man Who Was Thursday - GK Chesterton Notes from Underground - Dostoevsky (though it seems almost as if it belongs to the below) For philosophy: Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu The Abolition of Man - CS Lewis Fear and Trembling - Søren Kierkegaard and the last for the best: On Certainty - Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations - Wittgenstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meowster Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I enjoyed Wicked: The life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Also enjoyed Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan, and Harry Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Ooh, almost forgot, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Neverwhere Elantris Mistborn series Queens Bastard A Darkness Born in Fire The Darkwood Mask Those are my recent favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigundr Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 The Warhammer 40k books are very good. The Art of War - Sun Tzu Bushido: The Way of the Samurai - Tsunetomo Yamamoto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW01 Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 The Art of War - Sun Tzu Always meant to read that one myself - hard to find here though... A wide variety so far - but no-one has identified the quote yet! Here are a few more... The ABC Murders; The Labours of Hercule; Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien The Twelve Caesars - Suetonius The Annals of Imperial Rome - Tacitus The Histories - Herodotus Bellum Gallicum; Bellum Civilis - Caesar The Godfather; The Last Don; Omerta - Mario Puzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Always meant to read that one myself - hard to find here though...It's interesting, although I wasn't terribly awed by it given the hype. You can easily find translations online - it's a very old book! You can find free versions online of several of the books I posted before as well. More: On Basilisk Station - David Weber (<3 Honor) and Heir to the Empire - Zahn, because he made both Pellaeon and Mara, which are two of the best characters ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie I enjoyed reading Christie when I was younger. 1984. Nothing more need be said. Concur. Ender's Game - Card <3 I agree with this one. Good list, Samuel. _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Heir to the Empire - Zahn, because he made both Pellaeon and Mara, which are two of the best characters ever! I agree, I love the 'Grand old man of the Empire', and Mara just as much. It's just a shame they let Travissty kill BOTH of them off. Can't she make her own damn characters to kill off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW01 Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 You can easily find translations online Thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoad Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 1984 We Brave New World V Fahrenheit 451 The Man In The High Castle A Scanner Darkly Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sleep? Animal Farm The Odyssey Iliad The Picture Of Dorian Gray Logan's Run Logan's Search Logan's World The Iron Heel Ulysses Catch-22 The Stranger On The Road A Clockwork Orange One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Most of Tom Clancy Some of John Grisham Frank Peretti (great writer!) Bible That pretty much sums it up. I should have read more this summer, but once school starts up again, I will be reading like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1183 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 anyone read Band of Brothers? long but good also as you should all know by now i LOVE the Republic Commando books(cant wait for Order 66 to come out)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawathehutt Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I read Band of Brothers(Im assuming you mean the one that the hbo series was actually quite closely based off). It was quite good, I dont think the best I've read of a WW2 book in that style(following 1+ people rather than just going over events with some commentary from generals thrown in) but I still enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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