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Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand (spelling probably wrong)

This wonderful book changed my entire perspective on life and showed me how by never lying and always being honest there is really no reason to hide or fear anyone. Even the most powerful and deceitful people alive, who would only threaten you out of fear of honesty.

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the Lord of the Rings

do i need to say more?

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Aye, while LotR was a mighty fine bookb series, I can't say it's my favorite.

'The Dark Tower' Series, by Stephen King. Roland is my hero... and you can't get any cooler than Oy.

njuice42
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There's no way I could gell this down to one pick.. There are way too many good books out there. But here are a few that I thoroughly enjoyed:

The Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
The Saga of the Pliocene Exile by Julian May
The Foundation series and Robot series by Isaac Asimov
The Ringworld books by Larry Niven
The Legion of Videssos series, Worldwar, Contact, and Great War series by Harry Turtledove
The True Game Trilogy (King's Blood Four, Necromancer Nine, Wizard's Eleven) by Sheri S. Tepper
To Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey
Neverwhere by Neil Gaimon

o.k.. that's just a few off the top of my head. Way too many books to ever pick a favorite.



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Oh yeah, The Dark Tower series is great. Speaking of that, isn't it about time for another installment? I have to say that the first book and the latest book Wizards and Glass were my favorites.

I need me Roland fix!

LOTR ayup

Gaiman is a god.


That is all.

does the book have to be a story book?

edit: I alwasy liked Dracula, and sphere was good too...

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Gotta go with Veneficuz and VP. Tolkien is my hero (and has been since long before the movies came out).

favorite? couldn't possibly....

While Tolkein has held a very special place in my heart since the age of 10 or so, and always will, I can't really say that LOTR is my favorite. It's like a bible to me, or greek myth....more ingrained than read.

Catch 22...
Catcher in the Rye...
Breakfast of champions...
Cat's Cradle...
A Wrinkle in Time...
Skinny Legs and All...
Through the Looking Glass...
Farenheit 451...
The Things They Carried...

Those are the types I would pull my favorite from were I to have one.

DL-44- Thats a great list. Ive read almost everything on it and loved all of them!

Withren- The Great War series by Turtledove is one my favorites.

To all the Tolkien fans, Id like to add The Silmarillion. Even though its a harder read I still love the book.

Some of my other favorites are:

Dune by Frank Herbert
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa
Ulysses by James Joyce
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy


-tiki, cell 478

Funny you should mention The Silmarillion tiki, I literally finished it less then an hour ago! I started it Thursday afternoon and read straight through till today. As you said though, it is a hard read. I swear it took me two times over for each sentence just to get the story straight! Anyway though, I would recomend that over the LOTR series, although I suppose LOTR's has historic value. I've actually had the book since Spring Break, I just haven't had a free moment to read it.

As for favorite books I would recomend anything by Tolkien, although I try to get away from the LOTRs. I read Unfinished Tales a few days ago, that was great. I read a lot of Political Science books, I doubt many of you would be too interested in them. I did buy First Son today while I was at Borders, that looks promising.

-Jestah
Cell 277

Since I was a kid, To Kill a Mockingbird.

It's funny I don't own a copy...

The Deathlands book series by James Axler
'The Wolf and The Raven' by Diana L. Paxson
'Wolfwalker' by Tara K. Harper
'All Creatures Great and Small' by James Herriot (love all of his books.)
'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' by Stephen King
'The Vampire Armand' by Anne Rice
'People of the Wolf' (don't have the writers name...)




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zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance -- robert m. pirsig
ham on rye -- charles bukowski
lolita -- vladimir nabokov
a clockwork orange -- anthony burgess
the stranger -- albert camus
get in the van: on the road with black flag -- henry rollins
the shock of the new -- robert hughes
a confederacy of dunces -- john kennedy toole
do androids dream of electronic sheep? -- philip k. dick
snow crash/diamond age/cryptonomicon -- neal stephenson
dune -- frank herbert

there are so many more...

With a place full of net geeks I'm supprised this wasn't mentioned sooner...

Neuromancer - Gibbson.

DL-44 when did you read A Wrinkle in Time?

Dune was a goody...

njuice i forgot to mention, the D-Tower series owned... And that gunslinger was a goody....

The Shining was GOOOOOOD... And IT...

Personally, I think LOTR is too over-rated now...

Wolfen: ...that would be The People of the Wolf by W. Micheal Gear & Kathleen O'Neal

...and in the same vein

Jean Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear, etc.) has a new one out at last : The Shelters of Stone

Oh I almost forgot. My fav science fiction series when I was in highschool:

The Four Quarter Series by Tanya Huff.

Oh and Pratchett.

When? uh......was like 10 or 12 the 1st time.......

I always thought that was like, a kids book... But since you mention 10-12, that explains it... I read it in school in 6'th grade for a project, it was pretty good for a kids book... IMO

Ok, now that I have had time to think....

Interview with a Vampire and The Vampire Lestat were some goodens as well, 2 of m fav's

edit: actually all of the books in Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles" were goodens...

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tikigod: The Silmarillion is truly a great book, I've got to agree with you there. I know it's not technically part of Lord of the Rings, but I've always considered it a part. Personally, I love the whole idea behind the Ainulindalë--music as creation. Wow. It's been a while since I've read the Silmarillion. I've got to get back to the basics.

There are plenty of 'kids' books that are very good. Let's not forget that the Hobbit was a kids book. I still hold the chronicles of narnia in very high esteem as well.

The Book of the New Sun (actually a series of four books) by Gene Wolfe.

DigitalUbiquity

What I meant when I said LotR was actually all of three of the books (the Hobbit, LotR and Silmarillion), haven't found anything as good as them yet. The Dune series are good as well as are the Dark Tower series. But I think that the other Stephen King books are better than the Dark Tower series.

Two other great books/series is the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (funny no one has mentioned it before) and the Otherland series by Tad Williams.



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The Hitcher was a good book... Also a good movie,

DL-44: I agree to that, I just finished reading "The Terrorist" By Caroline B. Cooney like, a mounth ago, it was pretty interesting, it was a mystery about a bombing in london, pretty good mystery for a kids book I think.

I love The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and Fragments by (err...I forgot)

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Krets!

Alright, someone else interested in the DT series! Sweet...

Here's what I know. He's got two more in the series slated for release in 2003 (yeah, two in one year? The usual 5 year wait is gone? Let's overdose, eh?). The first, and fifth installment, will be called 'The Wolves Of Calla', the second and sixth, "Song Of Susanna". Looks like inspiration has really struck Mr. King this time 'round, and we're gonna be benefitting like none other. I hope.

Just a sidenote, he's already written the Prologue for book 5, 'Wolves', and posted it on the net. A bit of a read, but not hardly enough! Check it out here and have your thirsts just upped ten fold... I did.

I want a Billybumbler like you wouldn't believe.

njuice42
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Absolute favorite :

The initiate, The Outcast, The Master (the Timemaster series by Louise Cooper)

Followed by
The entire Dune series (Frank Herbert)
LotR (but of course...)
Larry Niven (everything...just everything...)
The Dark Tower (Stephan Kings masterpiece...if he ever finishes it...)
Tad Williams (love his Otherworld series)
William Gibson (and I mean everything)
David Brin (the Uplift war)
Robert Jordan (the Wheel of time)
Michael Moorcock (nobody writes such fallen heroes as he does...and Elric rules!!!)

And so many others...just too long to list here...

flashtounge: Thanks for findin the author names. I will check out Clan of the Bear too. I am just getting interested into 'The People of..' series.



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Ok, I have a confession to make.

I've never read LOTR or the Hobbit.

~sigh~

There! I said it. I don't know why I've never read them. I've tried to. Several times. I just get bored before I got stuck into it I suppose.

Are they really worth the read or am I just better off watching the movies?

I used to love reading Allan Poe's short stories when i was younger......

My avorite book ever ''Vivir amar y aprender'' (Living, Loving and Learning, by Leo Buscaglia) I can read it over and over again....

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Drac: what is wrong with you? What kind of question is that?! Read the books. The movie was only as good as it was (imo) because I knew the underlying story that isn't anywhere *near* fully covered by the film.

And the animated ones suck, aside from 'The Hobbit'.

There is a depth of story and character development to this series that you simply will not find anywhere else. These aren't mere 'novels'....

I'm glad to hear that Dark Garden loves Neil Gaimen. He is one of my favorites right now.

Neverwhere was awesome. I am reading American Gods right now and it is very good. His writing is awesome.

Anyone every read Irvine Welsh? He is the one who did Trainspotting. . . His books are really good. check out Filth

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My favorite book changes with time...though there are a few that always remain high on the list.
My current favorite (mostly 'cuz I'm in the middle of reading for about the 10th time) is Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson.

Always near the top of the list:
Art of War / Sun Tzu
Crucifix in a Death Hand / Charles Bukowski
Another book I couldn't possibly remember the name or author of, but is the best damn authority on gardening I've ever seen in my life.
Vegan Eating / ??? (keeps my belly full with things from my garden)
Crime and Punishment / Fyodor Dostoevsky ( in some ways, I'd have to say this is the best book I've ever read...not necessarily my favorite, but the best.)

I'm sure there are more...too many...

mobrul

Ahh, just remembered a book I read in a college English course, Brave New World... also a very good book.

Also, the Imajica series by Clive Barker. Very well written... and... trippy, I suppose one would say.

njuice42
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Shaman: I liked the Otherworld Series by Tad williams but I love his other series- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

Veneficuz: Thanks for reminding me about the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I think Ill re-read that tonight.

I agree with DL-44 A Wrinkle Time and the Chronicles of Narnia may be childrens books but they are still great.

-tiki, cell 478

I don't really have a favorite book. Matter of fact I dont have a favorite book, food, color, or movie.
Vagrant Viking by Peter Freuchen is a good book. That guy was a real hero in my opinion. Also Piers Anthony wrote a bunch of good sci-fi fantasy stuff. Theres lots of great books out there.




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Oh DigitalUbiquity said 'Gene Wolfe'...the chronicles of the new sun...What a series...but who is the 'green man'?

Kiddie books? Mother west winds...love them all...even now *sigh* and 'my side of the mountain' Man, I always dreamed of doing that...

And 'the last mohican' was also good...