03-30-2003, 05:58 PM
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Pontificator
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What's your favourite book?
There was a "What's your favourite movie?" thread, I figured there should be one for books - since I know lots of the people here enjoy a book here and there when they aren't reading these forums.
Mine would have to be 1984 by George Orwell. I've read it at least 3 times and each time I just can't put it down. For some reason I NEED to read what happens next, even though I already know...
So, what are the books that you lose sleep over because you just HAVE TO read one more chapter...
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03-30-2003, 06:03 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Definatly The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas ....
I read Animal Farm by George Orwell....very interesting
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03-30-2003, 06:23 PM
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Moderator
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Might be easier to do this by author...
I like all of Clive Cussler's books. Also, Tom Clancy, Arthur Conan Doyle, C.S. Forester, James Herriot, Isaac Asimov, some Steven King stuff (not the horror novels though)...
Some of my favorite books are: 1984, The Pearl, The Walking Drum, The Second Son, Aztec, The Eyes Of The Dragon, plus anything from any of the authors above...
Steve
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03-30-2003, 06:34 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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On A Pale Horse, by Piers Anthony
The rest of Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality I like quite a bit, though other standouts for me are With A Tangled Skein, Being a Green Mother, For Love of Evil (gets a bit gross in parts), and And Eternity is a good wrap-up to the series.
Split Infinity/Blue Adept, by Piers Anthony
Dragonsong/Dragonsinger, by Anne McCaffrey
Nerikla's Quest, by Anne McCaffrey
Crystal Singer, by Anne McCaffrey
Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Dune, by Frank Herbert
The Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon
The Fire Rose, by Mercedes Lackey
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
Most of the Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey are very good (well, from my point of view), but I can't think of one that particularly stands out as being a "favorite".
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03-30-2003, 06:42 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2005
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I have a trio of favorite books that I would bring with me to a desert island, etc-
Farenheit 451
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Bible
With a close fourth of A Fire Upon The Deep or Speaker for the Dead
Other books...
Flatland
The man in the high castle
Canticle for Leibowitz
Cry, the beloved country
City
Waystation
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Game players of Titan
The Demolished Man
Anything by Hugh Ross
Anything by Heinlein
Dune
Ender's Game/Shadow
1984
most dystopic books...
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03-30-2003, 07:04 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Harry Potter series :way to go:
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03-30-2003, 07:12 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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To add some more of my favourites:
The Lord of the Rings (all three have to be considered one book).
Moby Dick - Hermann Melville
All by Philip K Dick (probably the most underrated Sci-Fi author):
Do androids dream of electric sheep (BladeRunner).
The Penultimate Truth
Time out of Joint
Clans of the Alphane Moon
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky
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03-30-2003, 07:40 PM
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Magi
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kati42
The list of favorite books you have listed is almost identical to my wife's. I think you should check out The Outlander series by Dianna Gabaldon, it is her favorite, by far.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...rid=2UFTLHXTR4
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03-30-2003, 07:52 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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There are to many to choose from. I'll just put in a few of my favorites.
Sphere
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
Timeline
Holes
Kick Me
Shadows of the Empire
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03-30-2003, 09:44 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I'm definately a fan of Ender's Game, in fact I have read the whole series and another series one as well by Card. Probably my favourite author.
Just starting on the Homecoming series by Card.
AXE
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