Survey: Favorite Books

[Handothrawn]

Outside of Star Wars, what are some of your favorite books?

Mine are Stephen King's "The Stand", Terry Brooks's Shanara Books, anything by Tolkien, all of the EU books, Marc Cerasini's "Godzilla 2000", Batman: Knightfall, the Death and Life of Superman, The Shawshank Redemption.

[Kit]

I'd have to say my absolute favorite books of all time would be:

Out of the Silent Planet (great-great-great! book) C.S. Lewis
The Andromeda Strain- Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park- Michael Crichton
The Lost World- Michael Crichton
The Great Train Robbery- Michael Crichton

(I'm a big Crichton fan as well)

[BL-17]

Schutzstaffel-Great Britain - Len Deighton
Op-Center - Tom Clancy
Op-Center: Mirror Image - Tom Clancy
Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
Mars Attacks: War Dogs of the Golden Horde - Ray W. Murill
Beowulf
The Incredible Hulk: Abominations - Jason Henderson

[DblDwn]

Anything by Tom Clancy

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne

Anything by John Grisham

Most of Crichton's stuff

[tunafishman]

I like Robert Heinlien's stuff, as well as Orson Scott Card's Ender and Bean series. But that's sci-fi stuff.

In the literature category, I LOVE all of Chuck Palahniuk's books - Fight Club, Survivor, Invisible Monsters, and Choke. I can't wait for Lullaby. I also recently discovered Don Delillo, and I've read Americana and End Zone by him.

I read Nick Hornby, but only because tunafishgirl buys his books and I borrow them from her.

Oh yeah, I read lots of textbooks, but that's cause I'm back at school now. YEAH COLLEGE!

[padmehlc]

Mine would be:

The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan

The Wayfarer's Redemption series by Sara Douglass

Anything by Tolkien

Harry Potter

Wrinkle in Time and it's suites by Madeline L'Engle

If YOu GIve a Mouse a Cookie

Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Giving Tree

Upside Down and its related kids poetry books

The big O and the Missing Piece

Anything by Dr. Suess

THe list goes on and on....

BTW Have I ever meantioned that I am working on my elementary ed degree..... with a specialty in languages...

[Mann]

The Godfather

LA Confidential

The Cider House Rules

The Shawshank Redemption

The Invisible Man

Lord of the Rings (yes they are one book)

[Darth Vegas]

Everything Tolkien.

Les Miserables

Twain

Jules Verne

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Complete adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus a few other works of his, Tarzan, The Lost World....

the list goes on............................

[BlueSaber]

I have so many....

The 'Dragons of Pern' Series by Anne McCaffrey especisally 'Dragonflight', 'Dragonsdawn', 'The White Dragon', 'All the Weyrs of Pern' and 'Dolphins of Pern'.

The 'Harry Potter' series by J.K Rowling especially 'Prisoner of Azkaban' and 'Goblet of Fire'

'Black Beauty' by Anna Sewel (sp?)

'Lost in a Good Book' by Japer Fford

The 'Wicca' series by Kate Tiernan

The list goes on...

[Darth Vegas]

It keeps going and going..................


"The light of other days" co-authored by Arthur C. Clarke.

Almost everthing of H.G. Wells.

Robert Louis Stevenson- Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

"The Red Badge of Courage", and absolutely wonderful story from the American civil war.

"The Jungle", an interesting true story about ham & bologna factories.

"Animal Farm"

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[tunafishgirl]

Originally posted by tunafishman@Sep 3 2002, 03:45 PM
I read Nick Hornby, but only because tunafishgirl buys his books and I borrow them from her.
geez, honey, i'm sorry i force you to read nick hornby. that's how you made it sound.

but really, tunafishman seemed to really enjoy high fidelity. and why wouldn't he? nick hornby is a great author!

okay, so here it goes...i'll go by authors because that's easier for me.

nick hornby, as previously stated.

chuck palahniuk!!! he's an amazing author. if you haven't read anything by him, you definitely should. and if you have and love him, you should try to see him while he's on his book tour for lullaby. you can find dates on this site: Lullaby Site (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/lullaby/home.html)

john irving--one of my all-time favorites! the world according to garp is a wonderful novel. but i haven't found one i didn't like.

j. k. rowling--you can think anything you want about the harry potter books, but it won't mean anything unless you've read them.

tolkien--lotr is an amazing novel.

okay, there are many more, but those are on the top of my list...

[BlueSaber]

'Narnia' by CS Lewis is also goo. Not only is it a stunningly well written series, it deals with religous aspects very well. Been reading them since I was 7 and I've always loved them.

[RollaFett]

It's hard to throw out a bunch of titles, I'd prefer to just say who my favorite authors are. That said, Alex Haley's "Roots" was outstanding.
As far as my favorite authors go:
1. Robert B. Parker
Most of you might know the old 80's TV show called "Spenser for Hire". Well that show was based on the Spenser novels started in 1973 by Parker. And let me say this, the novels are light years better than the TV show.
2. Walter Mosely
There was a movie out in the mid 90's called, "Devil in a Blue Dress" starring Denzel Washington. Excellent movie based on an even better book by Mosely.
3. Sue Grafton
She writes a series of novels about a female private eye. Superb!
4. Michael Crichton
5. Elmore Leonard

Others who are outstanding, but no longer alive, include:
Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep), Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon).

[Javen]

My favorite book of all time is The Stand, Stephen King

[Kafer]

Anything and everything by Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Steven Brust, Debra Doyle. (Hmmm.....notice a pattern) and ofcourse Tolkien.

At any given time I'll have a Pratchett book going along with something else.

[Darth Vegas]

Well there's Crichton, and Clancey. Doyle, and Clarke. Twain, Hugo, and Stevenson, King, and Rice.

But do you know the most famous author of all.............

Tolkien the great fantasy author............... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[Master Jason]

My favorite of all time is probably The Stand. I also like anything by Dean Koontz. All the Tom Clancy books with the Jack Ryan storyline are awesome. I love to read all about WWII, especially the books by Stephen Ambrose.

[Rebel Astromech Droid]

I like all of the following and no the are not in the order I like them:

Outpost - I can't remember who the author is.

Combat - Stephen Coonts

P.S. I hate fantasy.

[Kit]

Yes... The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is a wonderful book, the same with Animal Farm.

Kafer,
My girlfriend, who is also on this board as Jamielee, is a big fan of the Terry Pratchet books she keeps telling me I should read those; I keep telling her she should read Out of the Silent Planet. Shame that no one else is mentioning that book ??? .

[bodhisattva yoda]

you hate star wars, astromech?

[Kit]

Originally posted by bodhisattva yoda@Sep 6 2002, 01:12 AM
you hate star wars, astromech?
Good point, Star Wars is science fantasy.

[Kafer]

Kit - If you like to laugh, and I mean a good laugh, with tears and everything, read Pratchett. He'll make you forget the messed world we live in and take you to a wonderful messed place that's not so bad.

[AlanRJ]

The Dragonlance Chronicles are good for a read.

[Kit]

Yeah, I guess so, but I'm not too big on reading comical books, granted a few jokes are funny sometimes. But when it comes to a good laugh, I like the movies better. In my own oppinion, some things are just better told than written. Anybody, know what I mean, because I feel like I'm rambling?

Out of the Silent Planet is kind of the opposite, but in a way the same. A man is kidnapped and taken to a planet, where he finds different intellegent species living together in harmony. And it just makes you think about how the world could be and, I guess, should be. If you read further in dept to it, it's a very religous book, actually. C.S. Lewis is a really good writer!

[Jaina Solo Durron]

Net Force series - Tom Clancy

Lord of the Rings - Tolkien

Harry Potter - J.K Rowling

Anything by David Eddings

Anything by Anne McCaffrey

All Sci-fi / Fantasy

-JSD

[Jamielee]

Well, I love Tolkien, Terry Pratchett(as already mentioned) Kit you really should read them it's a laugh per page, I'm not kidding. Mark Twain, Phillip Pullmann, I absolutely love Madeleine L'engle, Ann Rinaldi, there are more that I'll think of later, oh well style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[nerfer]

Arthur Conan Doyle - I adored Sherlock Holmes as a kid. I am convinced Jeremey Brett's portrayal was the best there ever was or ever will be on tv. That man was his living incarnation! Played him absolutely perfectly.

Phillip K Dick.

James Patterson! The man is an absolute sicko but a genius. No wonder they made Kiss the Girls into a movie.

Pern books hmmm all I can think of for now.

[Senator Amory]

<span style='color:darkgreen'>"Holy Bible" by Men Inspired by the Holy Spirit

"Voodoo Doll" by Jarrod Spicer

"Beneath the Canopy" & "Valle Verde" by Shirley Chance Yarbro

"Harry Potter" series by J. K. Rowling
(And I feel that "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" will be just as great, if not greater, than the previous books.)

"Song of Fire" by Joseph Bentz

"Stuart Little" by "n/a" style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

"Drydin" by Meghan Murray(Pretty good. Though I'm not finished with it yet.)

And of course, the book(s) that I plan to write.</span>

[STar war spUNK]

the devil's arithmetic by jane yolen
romeo and juliet
winnie the pooh by a.a. milne (ITS A GOOD BOOK! )

[Rinc]

My favourite book is LOTR but i also love Terry Pratchett. Read a few Iain Banks books which are a bit twisted. Mainly read biographies though.

[tunafishgirl]

as i said previously, i absolutely love chuck palahniuk. he's definitely my favorite author right now.

last week i was fortunate enough to meet him! he was doing a book reading/signing in D.C. as part of his lullaby tour. i have to say that the man is amazing. he cares so much about his fans. he signed books before and after his talk... and he signed every book people brought with them. and he personalized every one of them. and he was kind enough to chat with every person who walked up to him. talk about fan appreciation. unfortunately, attendance greatly exceeded the maximum capacity for the bookstore and the talk ended early...but once some of the crowd cleared out, he stayed and signed every last book.

anyway, if you enjoy his writing, you should definitely take advantage if he's visiting a city near you. there are still a few dates left on his tour.

[Brian]

Anything Tolkien. I also like Desmond Bagley's novels.

[flo fett]

Oh god...I read so many books it's hard to choose
Favourite authors include:
Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Jane Austen, the roman poet Catullus, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy Dunnet, Jean M. Auel

Individual favourite books apart from those authors above:
Dangerous Liasons- Chodorlos de Laclos
Lord of the Flies- William Golding
Alice through the looking glass- Lewis Carroll
Phantom- Susan Kay

and many..many more. My mind has gone blank at this point.

[Lara]

Anything by Tolkien.
"The Chosen" -Chaim Potok
Anything by Jane Austen.
"Surfacing"- Margaret Atwood.
"War and Peace" - Tolstoy
All of the great American fiction writers [Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, et. al]

...and some others

[Jedi D'oh]

Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Kay Hooper, among others.

[Brian]

Originally posted by Kit+Sep 5 2002, 08:27 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kit @ Sep 5 2002, 08:27 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-bodhisattva yoda@Sep 6 2002, 01:12 AM
you hate star wars, astromech?
Good point, Star Wars is science fantasy.[/b][/quote]
I consider Star Wars to be science fiction. Fantasy would be something like LOTR, Dragonlance, or Harry Potter.

[Darth Whaler]

My favorite is The Stand by Stephen King. Harry Potter books are also great.

[Kit]

Originally posted by O-B-GATES+Oct 10 2002, 03:46 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(O-B-GATES @ Oct 10 2002, 03:46 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>
Originally posted by Kit@Sep 5 2002, 08:27 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-bodhisattva yoda@Sep 6 2002, 01:12 AM
you hate star wars, astromech?
Good point, Star Wars is science fantasy.
I consider Star Wars to be science fiction. Fantasy would be something like LOTR, Dragonlance, or Harry Potter.[/b][/quote]
It's kind of a mix. If you look at the starships and battles and different aliens, yes it's science fiction. But you've also got to remember that it all centers around Vader's turn back to the good side and the Force. And all of that would classify under fantasy.

[Vyndim]

Outside of Star Wars, I enjoy things like the Dragonlance series. Most of it is written by Tracy Hickmen and Margret Weis; I highly reccomend it to anyone interested in fantasy. If somebody is interested in the series it's good to start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight which is followed by Dragons of Winter Nights, then by Dragons of Spring Dawning, followed by the last installment of the first string of characters Dragons of the Summer Flame. Good read, all of them.

Also, I really like Isaac Asimov, hes great author. My personal favorite of his was I, Robot.

Anyway, If I recall any other goods ones, I'll post them.

[Brian]

Moved to Novels & Comics section....

[bluemilk]

Murder in the Place of Anubis - Lynda S. Robinson
Murder at the God's Gate - Lynda S. Robinson
Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing - Lynda S. Robinson
Eater of souls - Lynda S. Robinson
Drinker of Blood - Lynda S. Robinson
Slayer of Gods - Lynda S. Robinson
Relic - Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
The Cabinet of Curiosities - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Lost World : a novel - by Michael Crichton
Congo - Michael Crichton
Shogun : a novel of Japan - by James Clavell
Noble house : a novel of contemporary Hong Kong - James Clavell
Tai-Pan : a novel of Hong Kong - James Clavell
King rat - James Clavell.
Gai-Jin : a novel of Japan - James Clavell
Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
The Jungle Book - by Rudyard Kipling
Fear Nothing - Dean Koontz
Seize the Night - Dean Koontz
Tick Tock - Dean Koontz
Watchers - Dean Koontz
By the Light of the Moon - Dean Koontz

[kopernikuz]

Bluemilk... tell me about Lynda S. Robinson... what style of story are those? The titles are certainly intriguing..


As for Dean Koontz... I used to love his stuff... but I always got the feeling his endings were too rushed... like he was approacing the deadline and was like "Aw crap... I gotta wrap this up!" Watchers and Phantoms were awesome but just suddenly ended. Watchers especially... he spent pages upon pages building this evil conscienceless assassin... and then when he finally shows up, he's shot instantly. lol But good suggestions there!


My 2 favorite authors off the top of my head:

Stephen King
Douglas Adams

[MarchHatter]

Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
Porno - Irvine Welsh
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein
Stone Canal - Ken Mcleod
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clark
Valis - Philip K. Dick
Clans of the Alphane Moon - Philip K. Dick
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. Dick
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

kopernikuz,
Have you read the posthumously released DA work. I forget what it is called.

[Dark Skywalker 9]

All the Harry Potter books
Swan Song- Robert McCammon
Boy's Life- Robert McCammon
The Lost World- Michael Crichton
The Hobbit and LOTR trilogy- Tolkein
Childhood's End- Arthur C. Clarke
To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee

[Das_Funked]

LOTR Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
Les Miserable by Victor Hugo
Do You Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dck
The Gap Series by Stephen Donaldson
Masters of Rome Series by Colleen McCullough
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
It by Stephen King
Dracula by Bram Stoker

[kopernikuz]

Originally posted by MarchHatter@Jul 14 2003, 09:11 PM
kopernikuz,
Have you read the posthumously released DA work. I forget what it is called.
Not yet... I just got it from the library yesterday though on Audio... The Salmon of Doubt... it's a collection of stuff they got off of his Macintosh after he died

It also includes his very first published work... a letter to a Boy's Magazine when he was a kid... LOL.

But it has some essays I guess, some fiction and what was done of the unfinished SIXTH book in the TRILOGY (yes you read that right, style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif)

[Leia]

Hey Bluemilk, so you like those Egyptian Mysteries? I've only read a few, we don't have too many in my library. (at least not too many that are good :o)~)

Ruins of Ambrai-Melanie Rawn (An awesome fantasy, my fav book of all time)
Reflections in the Nile- Suzanne J. Frank (Modern day woman transported back to the time of Exodus with Hatshepsut as Pharaoh! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif )
Phantom- Susan Kay (story of the Phantom of the Opera, just expanded)

[Leia]

My fav authors are

Melanie Rawn
Mercedes Lackey
David Eddings
Terry Brooks
Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Lord Rocha]

100 years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Dracula- Bram Stoker

The House of the Spirits- Isabel Allende

Chronicle of a death foretold- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Call of the wild- Jack London

I like most books, I even was a Clancy-fan some years ago but I can't really stand books like War and Peace and Crime and Punishment (I almost fell asleep in the latter one), I simply dislike the genre of Realism.

Niether A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by Joyce.

[Ripley the Warmaster]

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Most addicting book series I have ever read.

[Kapit]

i love the jurassic park books, a million times better than the movies (though those are great)

i also love the detail that goes into the tom clancy novels, mostly just the jack ryan saga, though

[empire21]

Wizards First Rule - Terry Goodkind
Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind
Faith of the Fallen - Terry Goodkind
Chainfire - Terry Goodkind
The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan
Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan
Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks
The Heritage of Shannara - Terry Brooks
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
A Game of Thrones - George R R Martin
The Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
And anything by David Eddings

[Tos Corath]

In no particular order...

It by Stephen King
The Stand by Stephen King
'Salems Lot by Stephen King
Magician by Raymond E Fiest
Necroscope by Brian Lumley
The Fog by James Herbert
Split Infinity by Piers Anthony
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men by Colin Bateman
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Keeper of the Genesis by Graham Hancock
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye
War of the Worlds by HG Wells
The Illiad by Homer

...and many more

[Bretsch]

First nad foremost, the original "Dune" series by Frank Herbert.
Also:
East of Eden- Steinbeck
Moby Dick - Melville
The Foundations Series - Asimov
The Sum of All Fears- Clancy
Contact- Sagan

And I could go on, and on.........I just love reading.

[leiaorgana]

Dracula- Bram Stoker

LOTR Trilogy by JRR Tolkien

Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

The Vampire chronicles series by Anne Rice

and Lots more...

[Tos Corath]

Unlike myself, so many people I know barely read at all. SW fans seem to be quite a literate bunch style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Revan]

The Dune series.After those,Lotr and Silmarillion.
Gone with the wind
The Idiot

[Emperor Palpatine]

Star Trek books by various authors, all books by Tom Clancy, all books by Michael Crichton, and the Harry Potter series.

[DarthAnakin]

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind

[DarthAnakin]

Originally posted by Revan@Apr 8 2005, 11:11 AM
The Dune series.After those,Lotr and Silmarillion.
Gone with the wind
The Idiot

Quoted post


Yeah The Silmarillion is great style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[empire21]

I forgot to add all those Star Trek books I can't seem to stop reading.

[stylo]

I recommend Andre Dubus's novel, House of Sand and Fog.

Read it before seeing the movie if possible.

[Jedi_of_the_North]

Um, here are the last books I've read that I really enjoyed:

A Clockwork Orange

The Picture of Dorian Grey

King Lear

Voices of Terror

From Manassas To Appomatox

[Kapit]

Night by Elie Wiesel

[cj790]

Favourite book: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

Favourite authors: Haruki Murakami, Yukio Mishima, J G Ballard, Umberto Eco.

[Talcy]

No single favourite, so I'll list 'em as they come to mind.

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, by Tom Baker (yes, that Tom Baker)

[Bretsch]

Originally posted by cj790@Apr 20 2005, 10:29 AM
Favourite book: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

Favourite authors: Haruki Murakami, Yukio Mishima, J G Ballard, Umberto Eco.

Quoted post

I find Umberto Eco to thick and difficult to read..........I loved The Name of the Rose, though.

[cj790]

Its odd, because his novels are obviously translated; but I find there is such an amazing use of arcane yet poetic language that must still remain at the source, which I find quite remarkable.

[Talcy]

The Omen - David Seltzer.

Not usually scared by books but that creeped me out.

EDIT:

My lack of literary sophistication should be showing any minute now.

[Bretsch]

Originally posted by cj790@Apr 20 2005, 11:14 AM
Its odd, because his novels are obviously translated; but I find there is such an amazing use of arcane yet poetic language that must still remain at the source, which I find quite remarkable.

Quoted post

Yes, even though I've read him in spanish, and there's not much difference with italian......but yes, there's always something lost in translation; It would be great to be able to read whatever you want in the original language.

[Spacehunter24]

Originally posted by Kit@Sep 1 2002, 10:14 PM
The Andromeda Strain- Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park- Michael Crichton
The Lost World- Michael Crichton
The Great Train Robbery- Michael Crichton

(I'm a big Crichton fan as well)


Awesome! Me, too. Crichton is the only author I specifically follow. JURASSIC PARK is actually my all-time favorite book, and I also like THE LOST WORLD, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, TIMELINE, and CONGO. (Some others that I haven't caught up with yet, and I'll be starting STATE OF FEAR soon.)

Other favorite books are...

TIMESHARE - Joshua Dann
EARTH ABIDES - George R. Stewart
HOWL-O-WEEN - Gary L. Holleman
CARNOSAUR - Harry Adam Knight (much better than the crappy Roger Corman movie adaptation)
NIGHT HUNTER - Michael Reaves
SIMPLE SIMON - Ryne Douglas Pearson
WHITE SHARK - Peter Benchley (much better than its TV mini-series adaptation, CREATURE)
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD, THE POOL OF FIRE - John Christopher

[Bretsch]

^I used to love Crichton too, but his last two novels haven't been too good in my opinion. I hope he hasn't lost it though, and comes back with something better. I still belive he is the Jules Verne of the 20th century.

[GeneralDirection]

- The His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
- JK Rowling's Harry Potter saga, especially Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix
- Any Sherlock Holmes stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle (especially The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Regeneration by Pat Barker
- The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

[Spacehunter24]

^ Can't believe I forgot the Sherlock Holmes stories. I became addicted to them a year ago when I bought THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES, which contains every single Holmes story Doyle ever wrote. Exciting reads. (Love the British series adaptation with Jeremy Brett, too.)

[Soontir Solo]

Outside of Star Wars my favorites would be

Civil War books, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Tale of Two Cities, all of Dan Brown's novels, religious texts, political books, Catcher and the Rye, Warriors of God, and war books in general.

[GeneralDirection]

Originally posted by Spacehunter24@Apr 22 2005, 02:38 AM
^ Can't believe I forgot the Sherlock Holmes stories. I became addicted to them a year ago when I bought THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES, which contains every single Holmes story Doyle ever wrote. Exciting reads. (Love the British series adaptation with Jeremy Brett, too.)

Quoted post


Conan Doyle was an absolute genius - surely one of the greatest storytellers who ever lived.

[Daibutsusan73]

Holographic Universe- Michael Talbot (this is my bible right here)

The Gunslinger- Stephen King ("The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.....")

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai- Yamamoto Tsunetomo ("The end is important in all things")

[cj790]

Originally posted by Daibutsusan73@May 1 2005, 01:12 PM
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai- Yamamoto Tsunetomo ("The end is important in all things")

Quoted post


I'm reading that at the moment - very intersting perceptions in opposition to the traditional western mindset. I'm also reading On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Scopenhauer, and it's interesting to compare and contrast the two...

I've not yet started my Art of War by Sun Tzu, but I'm looking forward to it - and I'm on the lookout for a copy of The Book of Five Rings; I'm getting into eastern philosphy style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
Any other suggestions anyone?

[Daibutsusan73]

The Book of Five Rings is next on my list to read. I'm looking to start studying Martial Arts, and wanted to know about the philosophy behind it. A friend of mine who is an expert on many styles and weapons suggested I read five rings as a good starting point.