 Favorite Books, Those you read till the binding breaks |
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 Nov 14 2005, 10:21 PM
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 Browncoat  Group: Established Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Out in the black Member No.: 1,958 Gender: Female  |
There's been a favorite movies thread, so here's one for books. (I run low on reading material at the most annoying times, so I'll watch this thread for recommendations.)
What are your all-time favorites? Those books that you read until they're about to fall apart from all the reading, the ones you pick up whenever you feel depressed or bored. I tend to have trouble picking a few, as I've found so many good ones, but here's some for starters. ~ The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix. He had some fairly interesting and new ideas about how to run several proper magic systems. ~ A lot of Terry Pratchett books, especially the ones about Death or the Ankh-Morpork crew. ~ The Young Wizards set by Diane Duane. She writes a tight and consistent magic system, and they're getting better and more complex as they go. ~ Anything and everything by Dave Duncan. It makes me cranky whenever I stop to think that he hasn't written anything new in years. I know that some of these are in the young adult system because the mature content is light or absent, but the writing itself is quite good. More later when I think of them and have the inclination to type out a longer list. -------------------- Sometimes we can choose the path we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all. ~Morpheus, King of Dreams
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Nov 14 2005, 11:18 PM
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 living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,420 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
Alice in Wonderland
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Nov 15 2005, 01:44 AM
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Well, given my PhD, it's pretty obvious that I'd say Neuromancer by William Gibson.
I usually read Hogfather around this time of year too, to get me in the mood for Christmas. -------------------- Trouble Down Pit: Still updated every Monday and Friday
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Nov 15 2005, 01:54 AM
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 Professionally Unprofessional Group: Established Members Posts: 1,558 Joined: 4-September 03 From: Suburbs of D.C. Member No.: 580 Gender: Secret |
It depends what mood I'm in.
A great fallback for anytime, though, would definatley be The Perks of Being a Wallflower To get me thinking and occupy alot of time probably The Dice Man. If I need to feel sentimental and get myself to stop pittying myself I'd say The Five People you Meet in Heaven. It all depends, really.... -------------------- Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream by night
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Nov 15 2005, 10:40 AM
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 Perfection Personified Group: Established Members Posts: 1,128 Joined: 17-December 04 From: Land of the Wombles! Member No.: 1,548 Gender: Male |
Where's Wally. That cheeky chappy fools me every time.
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Nov 15 2005, 05:19 PM
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 Dirty Laundry Group: Established Members Posts: 3,191 Joined: 7-January 05 From: By London Member No.: 1,573 Gender: Female |
It changes depending on my mood but the ones that crop up most of the time are:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak - What a ledgend. A Little Lower Than The Angels by Geraldine McCaughren - Just a fun, gentle read, but quite a young book. Mr Vertigo - Adult book about a boy who learns to fly but developes vertigo. There's also a book which name and author has escaped me because the front cover didn't have any writing on it, I'll go find it now and edit this post when I do... -------------------- Emma <3 James <3
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Nov 15 2005, 07:11 PM
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 Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
Gah! Where to start! Well, there's;
Alice In Wonderland Through The Looking Glass Sophie's World To Kill a Mocking Bird The Lovely Bones Nibbs In Clover The Solitaire Mystery Hitch Hikers Guide (all 5 books) -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Nov 15 2005, 07:32 PM
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 Flash Gordon Wannabe Group: Established Members Posts: 504 Joined: 31-August 05 Member No.: 1,984 Gender: Male |
i will listr all the books that i have read mor ethan once as this seems a pretty good indicator.
Tolkein - Lord of the rings (i know i started a thread on the evils of tolkein but its still not a bad read) Tolkein - Hobbit James Herbert - Dune Neil Gaiman - american gods Douglas Adams - Hitchhiikers series Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently series Benjamin Hoff - The Tao of Pooh Gaiman And Pratchett - Good Omens Ian M Banks - Use of weapons Anne Rice - The Vampire Lestat Stephen King - The Stand Stephen King - Geralds Game Terry Brooks - The Shannara Series Terry Brooks - Magic kingdom series Theres more but i can't think of them at the moment -------------------- I like your house... can I come in!
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Nov 15 2005, 08:33 PM
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 ''Am'nt I the cutest ickle bunny?'' asmodeus Group: Established Members Posts: 1,076 Joined: 27-February 03 Member No.: 64 |
Bah I have such a large book collection. erm heres a few
The Tao of Pooh (a cute little book about Taoism explained with Winnie the Pooh) A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Probably the best book I've ever read for none physicist types to understand the theories of many things ranging from quantum physics to how the universe was created) Molecular Biology in Medicine by Timothy Cox (a Fabulous book about medical microbiology, Immunology and clinical diagnostic techniques. Am I a dork for loving one of my text books?) Other mentionables: 1984 The Reader Barchester Towers Sophies Choice -------------------- Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nov 15 2005, 11:28 PM
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 Remorseless posting machine Group: Moderators Posts: 5,749 Joined: 19-July 03 From: Bloody London Member No.: 466 Gender: Male |
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Very, very thought-provoking.
-------------------- Every sort of expert knowledge and every inquiry, and similarly every action and undertaking, seems to seek some good. Because of that, people are right to affirm that the good is 'that which all things seek'...
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Nov 16 2005, 05:18 PM
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 Take apart your head Group: Established Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Old Hampshire Member No.: 1,599 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Daria) Sophie's World these.Hitch Hikers Guide (all 5 books) QUOTE (bryden42) Neil Gaiman - american gods and theseGaiman And Pratchett - Good Omens QUOTE (bryden42) Anne Rice - The Vampire Lestat Terry Brooks - Magic kingdom series but not these. While I'd be tempted to put Interview with the Vampire on this list, I thought the series went downhill with every book from there, while the Magic Kingdom series was a terrible letdown compared with his Shannara or The Word and the Void stuff. Tad William's Otherland quadrilogy is fantastic. He merges classic literature and mythology with artificial intelligence and virtual reality. 'tis great. Or, if thats too long for you, you could try his stand-alone novel The War of the Flowers. -------------------- |
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Nov 16 2005, 06:46 PM
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 I plug directly into my computer Group: Established Members Posts: 3,640 Joined: 18-November 04 From: Manchester Member No.: 1,488 Gender: Male |
Terry Pratchett - The Discworld Series (all 30 or so books)
Pratchett and Gaiman - Good Omens Patrick O'Brian - The Aubrey/Maturin Series Douglas Adams - H2G2 That's probably about it for books I read a lot. I have read the first four Harry Potter book many times, but I don't really read them any more, I only read the sixth book twice, and I read every book I read twice, same with films. -------------------- QUOTE (Peter Griffin) Math, my dear boy, is nothing more than the lesbian sister of biology. |
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Nov 17 2005, 10:44 PM
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 Advice for the young at heart Group: Moderators Posts: 2,705 Joined: 26-February 03 From: Essex, UK Member No.: 33 Gender: Male |
The Hobbit - Tolkien
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien About A Boy - Nick Hornby High Fidelity - Nick Hornby Microserfs - Douglas Coupland Doom: Knee Deep In The Dead - Daffyd Ab Hugh & Brad Linaweaver Doom: Hell On Earth - Daffyd Ab Hugh & Brad Linaweaver ^ There are four books in the Doom series, but the first two are the ones I've read and reread. They are also rather awfuly written, yet I love them anyway. The Naughtiest Girl In School - Enid Blyton ^ I hate almost all of Enid Blyton's books, no matter who she was aiming them at. But for some reason I love this book, even though it is also quite obviously aimed at girls. Oh well. There are probably, nay certainly, more - but most of my books are still packed away in boxes in the spare room. I forget what I've got. -------------------- |
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Nov 18 2005, 07:37 PM
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 Faeries don't bite we just nibble a bit! Group: Moderators Posts: 1,695 Joined: 16-August 03 From: A town called Malice, England, The world Member No.: 535 Gender: Female |
OK FAvourite books. Hmm this could be along one
The Harper HAll series- Anne McCAffrey His Dark MAterials- Phillip Pullman All the Brain Froud faerie books Tithe- Holly Black The Handmaids Tale- Margeret Atwood We- Yvgeny Zamyatin Brave New World- Aldous Huxley CHildren of Men- PD James Xanth series- Piers Anthony Fray- Joss Whedon Jane Eyre- Bronte (can't remember which off the top of my head!) The Great Gatsby- F.Scott Fitzgerald (I think!) Selcetions from The CAnterbury Tales A Midsummer nights dream MAcbeth etc etc I read so very fast that I have to repeatedly read books. I can read a standard sized paperback in just over an hour. Must have more..... -------------------- If life hands you a lemon make lemonade, lace it with cyanide and then pass it around. What can I say I'm a revenge type of gal!!! Ryn
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Nov 19 2005, 09:58 PM
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 Obliterates Everything He Kisses Group: Established Members Posts: 634 Joined: 8-October 03 From: Dundee owns me! Member No.: 633 Gender: Male |
The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix have taken a good bit of reading damage.
Breakfast at Tiffanys - Truman Capote. I love it all. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath. I'm reading this at the moment. For the 18th time. Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf. I love reading this on a train for some reason. These would be a few of my favourite books. I'm stopping the list at that because if I add any more I'll start to think I'm being unfair to all the books I'm missing out. My books are my babies. Fal xXx -------------------- The bookworm - bellydancing tart of Snuggles Harem
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Dec 2 2005, 08:33 PM
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Member Group: Established Members Posts: 24 Joined: 28-November 05 From: somewhere near (think at least I was last time I checked) Member No.: 2,138 Gender: Male |
Elsewhere
mortal engines the big smile robbery* * call me childish if you wish, it just cracks me up |
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Dec 3 2005, 03:26 AM
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 Has WAY too much time on their hands Group: Established Members Posts: 431 Joined: 15-May 04 Member No.: 1,118 Gender: Female |
RAPTOR RED! I <3 that book
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Dec 4 2005, 10:23 PM
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 I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,959 Joined: 12-May 04 From: Victoria B.C. Member No.: 1,112 Gender: Female |
Terry Pratchet - any
Douglas Addams - also Sean Stewart - again any but favorites probably Night Watch and Resurection Man. Neil Gaiman Spider Robinson - but oddly I don't much like Mindkiller or the race riot one set in New York. Any of his Callahan's books are usually well worth a rereading. I'm with Hobbes in that most/all my book collection is in boxes.  Can add more to the list another time I suppose.
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Dec 5 2005, 06:56 PM
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 Ninja boy! Group: Established Members Posts: 95 Joined: 24-July 05 Member No.: 1,904 Gender: Male |
LOST SOULS - Poppy Z Brite.
The best vampire novel ever... Bar none. I've read and re-read this one over and over, and recomend it to anyone with any interest in the spooky side of life... It just makes me wish I had friends like Ghost and Steve. VON BEK - Michael Moorcock. Faustian pacts, duels to the death, paralllel universes... What's not to like? THE PRINCESS BRIDE - William Goldman. More duels, the cliffs of insanity, the dread pirate Roberts... Yay! Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman. How much do I wanna live in london below? Hehe! ALTERED CARBON - Richard Morgan. Not really a fan of sci-fi, but this is cool. Brilliant characters, fantastic ideas and dark, cynical humour. I'll stop waffling, and go be Ninja librarian boy someplace else! X |
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Dec 6 2005, 01:31 PM
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Flash Gordon Wannabe Group: Established Members Posts: 504 Joined: 31-August 05 Member No.: 1,984 Gender: Male |
there seems to be a lot of love for Neil Gaiman here
London below would be the kind of existence i have yearned for for a long time. Standing on your own with only your own skill to depend on. and no BLOODY TAXES. *shuffles off mumbling about Bloody Taxes* -------------------- I like your house... can I come in!
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Dec 6 2005, 04:40 PM
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Ninja boy! Group: Established Members Posts: 95 Joined: 24-July 05 Member No.: 1,904 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (bryden42 @ Dec 6 2005, 01:31 PM) there seems to be a lot of love for Neil Gaiman here London below would be the kind of existence i have yearned for for a long time. Standing on your own with only your own skill to depend on. and no BLOODY TAXES. *shuffles off mumbling about Bloody Taxes*  SHUT IT RAT-SPEAKER! I, the Marquis Von Matt hath spoken! Nyuk nyuk! SPAM! |
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Dec 6 2005, 08:24 PM
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Flash Gordon Wannabe Group: Established Members Posts: 504 Joined: 31-August 05 Member No.: 1,984 Gender: Male |
QUOTE SHUT IT RAT-SPEAKER! I, the Marquis Von Matt hath spoken! Nyuk nyuk! SPAM! *laughs* I'd love to be a velvet though! SPAM -------------------- I like your house... can I come in!
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Dec 13 2005, 05:20 AM
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 Super Cool Group: Established Members Posts: 609 Joined: 6-April 05 From: That one country over there--> Member No.: 1,734 Gender: Female |
Wow! mostly everyone has already said what I would say...
Alice in Wonderland Flatland Hitchhiker's guide series Many others that have already been said... those are the main ones though -------------------- Subliminal LIMINAL!! |
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Jan 4 2006, 04:23 PM
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 Speed of Life Group: Established Members Posts: 694 Joined: 18-February 04 From: Leicester Member No.: 952 Gender: Male |
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend.
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Jan 4 2006, 04:59 PM
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 =^^= ~~ Group: Established Members Posts: 287 Joined: 17-March 05 From: West Virginia, USA Member No.: 1,690 Gender: Male |
Some of my favorites are:
Dreams Underfoot, by Charles DeLint (A book of short stories) The Onion Girl, by Charles DeLint Spirits in the Wires, by Charles DeLint The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown (C. DeLint's one of my favorite authors...  )On my "To-Read" List (on recommendation from friends): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (No, I haven't read it...) Lord of the Rings Trilogy (v_v) A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey -Cerin =^^= ~~ -------------------- -Cerin
=^^= ~~ What have you done today to make you feel proud? "Be the change that you want to see in the world." -Mohandas Gandhi "We do not inherit the land from our fathers, we borrow it from our children." -Native American Proverb "Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my friend." - Albert Camus "You can't change the music of your soul." -Katherine Hepburn "Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. (...) There is no spoon. Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself." -The Matrix |
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