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Old 10-22-2005, 01:56 PM   #41
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well i have read three books in my entire life

halo: the fall of reach
halo: the flood
halo:first strike

read them....do it.....or ill choke the fuck out of you
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Old 10-22-2005, 03:57 PM   #42
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I'm reading some Agatha Christie books(The Hercule what's-his-last-name ones), which I highly recommend.
Also, I checked out Last of the Mohicans because I saw the movie a while back.

PS-The movie is great because Daniel Day Lewis absolutely nails the running-with-a-rifle-across-frontier-terrain-while-being-accompanied-by-superb-music scenes.
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Old 10-22-2005, 05:46 PM   #43
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I really liked The Last of the Mohicans
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Old 10-24-2005, 03:26 AM   #44
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Hercule Poirot... yes they're quite enjoyable..
hated LAst of the Mohicans

Just finished Time Enough for Love... damn Rober Heinlein is my hero if I haven't said that recently.

Maaaaybe I'll finally get around to reading Atlas Shrugged, I keep putting it off.
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Old 10-24-2005, 09:26 PM   #45
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Maaaaybe I'll finally get around to reading Atlas Shrugged, I keep putting it off.
You better read it. Just make sure you don't jump and hump Objectivism too hard.

Might as well read the Communist Manifesto and The Prince while you're at it. Those are classics that ever soon-to-be dictator should read.

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Old 11-4-2005, 03:38 PM   #46
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Ive read Romans,1 and 2 Rorinthians,Galations,Colossians,Philemon,Titu,Philipians,1and2 Thessalonians,half of Daniel (very hard to understand),currently rereading 1 Corinthians and Prophet of Doom.
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Old 11-12-2005, 08:01 AM   #47
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I don't remember if he has been mentioned, but Neil Gaiman is the awesome. Especially Good Omens.
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Old 11-12-2005, 12:17 PM   #48
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Go read The Lovely Bones.

It's a book full of hope. You'll like it.
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Old 11-13-2005, 03:01 PM   #49
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Like Mead said, if you've read Hitchhiker's Guide and liked it, you should read Good Omens. It's pretty much the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Apocalypse. And while we're at it, I think I'm going to have to throw in another fun bit of fiction that isn't necessarily good by "literary" standards (but those are for pretentious pricks anyway, right?) and suggest the new Artemis Fowl book. Lots of suspense and I sure know that my brother liked it.

The last of the Bean Quartet was published earlier this summer, so I figured I'd throw out Orson Scott Card again, mainly because he's awesome. And while you're at it, read his "Homecoming" series. It involves a planet where humans live on only certain technologies (the wheel has never been invented but supercomputers have) and it revolves around the city of Bacilica, a place where women have utter dominance over men. It's an interesting read.

While we're in Sci-Fi, read Dune. Frank Herbert is a genius, end of story.

Speaking of geniuses, I'm going to make a first and mention a game book to those of you who actually play tabletop RPGs. The new D&D campaign setting is out and it is awesome. Check out Eberron if you do play and if you don't, I recommend at least taking a look at it. The background and feel of the setting is incredibly rich and detailed yet allows the player to create many of his or her own liberties with the storyline. If you ask me, it even tops the Forgotten Realms setting.

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EDIT: After re-reading this post I thought of the train of thought that seems to plague Holden Calfield. Read Catcher in the Rye. It's one of the most interesting pieces of literature I've picked up in a long time. And as many of you may know, I'm not a huge fan of literature.
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Old 11-13-2005, 08:24 PM   #50
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While we're in Sci-Fi, read Dune. Frank Herbert is a genius, end of story.
END OF STORY SON!


seriously though, Dune is one of the few books that i consider "required reading".

one of my favorite books, aside from dune, is fear and loathing in las vegas. hunter s. thompson has an amazing writing style.
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Old 11-22-2005, 11:52 AM   #51
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My recommendations are any books from the Ender Quartet or the Shadow Cycle by Orson Scott Card greta books for critical thinkers
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Old 11-22-2005, 04:15 PM   #52
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The last of the Bean Quartet was published earlier this summer, so I figured I'd throw out Orson Scott Card again, mainly because he's awesome.

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My recommendations are any books from the Ender Quartet or the Shadow Cycle by Orson Scott Card greta books for critical thinkers
Echo, echo, echo.

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EDIT: Which makes me Narcisus, right?
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Old 12-26-2005, 12:13 AM   #53
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Okay, so after the new Harry Potter movie came out and my family telling me to start reading the series(since it's so good) I finally decided to read the first book.

I thought that the book was pretty good. It was interesting enough to make me want to start the 2nd one. I've heard the books get better as you go on, so hopefully this is the case.
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Old 12-26-2005, 06:10 AM   #54
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I'm starting my final year soon and I have a few books to read over the summer. Snow falling on Cedars is a heavy but fantastic book. An English adaption of L'Entranger and The Crucible are also on the list, so to speak. I'm midway through each and they would be books I'd recommend to anyone. From personal reading, Of Mice and Men was a great book. By the same Author, The Grapes of Wrath is also a beautiful book. None of the above are not at all contemporary, but I feel all new books today are the same. They all seem to deal with the same issues and in the same way, I haven't connected with many modern adult books in the same way I do with old ones.
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Old 12-26-2005, 02:36 PM   #55
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Survivor (Palahnuik)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Rowling)
Wicked (Maguire)
Mrs. Dalloway (Woolf)
Fortinbras: A Play (Blessing)
Finnegan's Wake (Joyce)

I think that is it....when I come across more, I will read them, but for the time being, I want to finish all of these.
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