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Post by wiilyr on Mar 5, 2006 13:22:11 GMT -5
Discuss your favorite book here.
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Post by p3ga5u5 on Jun 25, 2006 1:21:48 GMT -5
Favorite books at the moment... Catcher In The Rye Great coming of age story that I think most people can relate to in one way or another. The Alchemist I like adventures and journeys. What can I day? ;D Deception Point Ditto from above. I could have done with a better ending, but for what it was it was alright to pretty good.
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Post by moogman on Jun 25, 2006 5:39:33 GMT -5
I dont read much but the books i have enjoyed were Davinci Code and I.Q (star trek book) Mosaic (Voyager book)
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Post by Tyual on Jun 25, 2006 10:48:18 GMT -5
The DaVinci Code was pretty good.
My favorite book is a runoff though. It's either Dune or Shogun, because I could read both until the day I die and be happy with them.
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Post by seffy on Jun 27, 2006 4:37:42 GMT -5
AAAARRRGH!!! I have two that I read over and over again, and they're both actually series, not just one book. It's no good, I can't decide between JRR Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings and Stephen King's The Dark Tower. Someone else pick for me.
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Post by BWIceSoldier on Jun 27, 2006 12:49:48 GMT -5
Or you could flip a coin. It's what i'd do.
For me, I like The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede. A fantasy setting, but all the characters bring humor to the situation.
Another favorite of mine is Resurrection by Arwen Elys Dayton. It has a truly great story. Too bad it's really hard to find.
And then there's the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Enough said.
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Post by wiilyr on Jun 28, 2006 1:16:23 GMT -5
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles was probably the first fantasy series I got hooked into. I still love 'em to this day and I just reread them in the last 4 months because I used the first one for a project in my Young Adult Lit. class.
Hitchhiker's Guide was good too. I enjoyed that.
But my all time fave: Simon Green's Shadow's Fall. It's the one book of all his that has a little bit of everything else he's written and I do love all his books. His Deathstalker Series was a hefty read in just under a month, but that too was fantastic. I love how he combines elements of fantasy with science fiction.
My fave Non Science Fiction/Fantasy book would have to be Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Strange as it sounds, I hadn't read it before this summer so it was the first thing on my list and I loved it. Excellent story all around.
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Post by Tyual on Jun 28, 2006 8:20:55 GMT -5
To Kill a Mockingbird is an excellent book. I love it.
Like you, I like Sci-Fi and fantasy being mixed. (Actually in a way, Dune does it, and that's why I like it so much.) =) =) *HIGH FIVE*
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Post by p3ga5u5 on Jun 29, 2006 3:19:23 GMT -5
Oooh, reading some of the other posts reminded me of another. Chronicles of Narnia.
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Post by Tyual on Jun 29, 2006 5:49:39 GMT -5
I haven't read it yet. As soon as I can, I plan to bum Mistress's copy and read it. lol.
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Post by seffy on Jun 29, 2006 14:17:19 GMT -5
Ty, you read all the Dune books? Frank Herbert is a God. I used to have them all, but when I split up with The Dragon, I left them behind. What a loss that was.
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Post by Tyual on Jun 29, 2006 14:52:18 GMT -5
No *Crys like a baby* I've read Dune and Dune Messiah because that's all my worthless library has! My friend bought a few of them not too long ago and when I get done with my summer reading for school/get some time, I plan to borrow the ones he got and read them.
Dune is what legends are made of. Dune Messiah, although less in story I feel, has a lot of knowledge to be taken out of it. They're books that I could read over and over and still learn something new everytime I think.
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Post by BWIceSoldier on Jun 29, 2006 19:48:31 GMT -5
*puts on a Kevlar vest*
I tried reading Dune, but I really couldn't get into it. I don't know why, I had to trudge through it, and I hate doing that. Eventually, I'll get around to it, but I dunno.
However, fave non-modern book: A Tale of Two Cities.
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Post by seffy on Jun 30, 2006 4:29:21 GMT -5
Has anyone ever read any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? Those books are unbelievably funny, that guy is a Genius.
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Post by Tyual on Jun 30, 2006 5:13:40 GMT -5
BW, you get through the the beginning, which doesn't make a lot of sense on it's own, and it all comes together, and then, it's awesomeness. Because you understand. It's like having a jigsaw puzzle and finally seeing how it goes together to form a picture.
Also, the great thing about Dune isn't just the story. It's the things below the layer that you catch. Frank Herbert was a genius with those types of things. It's the meaning behind what's said that you really have to look for in Dune. At least, it is for me.
A Tale of Two Cities? I'd rather stab my eyes out. My friend had to read it. He was going on about how it sucked. I said dude it can't be that bad. I took it from him, read the first 2 or 3 pages, handed it back and said "Burn that." ....Sorry, but Dickens sucks. A Christmas Carol? Wasn't that great. I mean the base story is, the spin offs and such. I even like his writing style, but his depressed "oh poor pitiful" themed writing bugs the crap out of me. It's like he's begging his readers for pity or something. Don't like that at all.
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Post by BWIceSoldier on Jun 30, 2006 11:13:23 GMT -5
It's probably because I had to read it for school. I had to get past the beginning. After you get used to the characters, the story flows and becomes compelling.
...Crap. I just realized that's the same thing you said about Dune. I'm guessing any book without a snap beginning comes together well. (*inserts "with a good following" into the sentence*)
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Post by Tyual on Jun 30, 2006 19:39:35 GMT -5
My friend had to read it for his AP World Hist class. He ended up not reading it and using Sparknotes to get through, LOL.
Actually I find Dune to have a very interesting beginning. I can't stand a book without a good introduction. It just isn't quite so coherent and doesn't make a lot of sense. But if you accept the story for the story, and the knowledge that's in it at the beginning, it's a very good story even there...So when you get further in the book and it makes coherent sense to the rest of the story, it's even better. =)
One thing I remember from that book - Never sit with your back to a door. =) (Actually I rarely do if I can help it unless I'm kind of far from it.)
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Post by wiilyr on Jul 19, 2006 0:13:21 GMT -5
BW, I totally understand about Tale of Two Cities. I read that thing in like 2 days 'cause I had to take a test on it and totally didn't understand it until the second half of the book. Now I love it. My fave Dickens. And Ty, you gotta read one of his earlier books 'cause Tale of Two Cities came during his dark period which was toward the end of his life. Given that all of Dickens' stories are a bit depressing, there are better ones. I really enjoyed Oliver Twist too. However, Hard Times ... totally sad in the end.
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Post by p3ga5u5 on Jul 19, 2006 1:43:19 GMT -5
Not a favorite per say, but I'm currently reading Without You. It's Anthony Rapp's memoirs, particularly during the RENT years. He's surprisingly really open. I haven't finished the book yet, but I live what I've read so far.
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