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my fav - The Long Walk - Stephen King

LOTR is a definate classic.
Ringworld
Foundation Series
Death Gate Cycle - Margarette Weis and Tracy Hickman
Reality Dysfunction Series- Peter F. Hamilton
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - need i say more
1984
H.P. Lovecraft, Poe, philosophy tomes

Dark Tower 5 is due out this fall i believe.

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
The Clan of the Cave Beer by Jean M. Auel
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
King Rat by James Clavell
Time by Steven Baxter
Contest by Matthew Reilly
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel
Shogun by James Clavell
Space by Steven Baxter
Origin by Steven Baxter
Temple by Matthew Reilly

Oh, and everything ever written by Gary Larson

When I can see further, it means that I am standing on the shoulders of giants. - Newton

"The Stand" Stephen King

I love Ice Station, Ramses


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Lord of the rings, naturally even though it took me 11 years to get through it
I gave up on the Silmarillion
Dune
Time enough for love (Heinlein rules)
Everthing Azimov
Magician (frederic feast)
A matter of honour (Jeffrey Archer) - trust me, it's excellent as are most of his books
The pirates - these were from infant school but I still remember them 30 years on


~We're not here for long, we're here for fun~

If Morph is think about the ' Magician' book that is about a little boy named Pug the author is Raymod E. Feist. Just thought it would be strange if two authors had almost the same name and published a book with the same name so I figured I would mention it. But anyway all of the Raymond E. Feist series are great and the books he wrote with Janny Wurst are also good, but not as good as the Riftwar Saga imo.

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i read a series of books years ago as a kid and i loved em they were a fantasy series about a leper who had a white gold ring and was a hero in this land he kept slipping in and out of,if anyone else has read the series and can remember the name let me know i would love to get them again.

these were published about *cough* erm 18 years ago

Tomeaglescz, the series was called The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and the author is Stephen R. Donaldson. It was a good series, but I did get a little tired near the end of the series with the character continuing to disbelieve that this place he would get transported to was real. And I think the author was running out of inventive ways to conk out his protagonist at the start of each book so he could be transported to the other realm. Still in all, a good series.

Question: If it wasn't for the movie, would we all be praising Tolkien and the entire LOTR series right now?

I don't mean to question anyone reading the books before the movies were shot but it seems now its just the cool thing to read Tolkien. I spend a lot of time over at Borders and Barnes and Noble and it just seems like the biggest displays are the LOTR & StarWars (another thing that gets me mad). It just seems like reading Tolkein is the cool thing to do.

I just think its funny when things like Lord of the Rings, StarWars, and Ozzy Osborne turn into mainstream, teen idol, pop-star public figures. Can't Hollywood leave us nerds alone?

-Jestah
Cell 277

Veneficuz: whoops, you're right, dont know where 'frederic' came from

Jestah: I finished reading LOTR 11 years ago and still rank it as proberbly the no.1 book I've ever read, but since the film has come out I know of one or two people who bought the books and started reading them but gave up. you gotta want to read it.


~We're not here for long, we're here for fun~

witherin...

Thanks a million! yup i remember that it got a bit monotonous or repetative in places but dang that was a long time ago, didnt think anyone would remember it. (runs off to the books store to get me some of the white gold wielder..oh shit i am in czech republic...waits for holliday back home in uk)

as far as tolkien goes i have been reading his stuff sine i was 16 some 22 years ago, and have got just about every title of his in different versions, i think it has cool factor at the moment for some people but when you consider that LOTR was started in 1937 and published just after WWII its amazing that people still read it and go to the cinema to watch it. I loved silmarillion and his other books, the detail and history he made to supplement his own writing is amazing. the films will come and go the books will survive this "cool to read tolkien" phase. I found the film a bit dissapointing to be honest although fairly accurate and only one or two cases wherethings happened which never appeared in the book (quite big ones if you know the books, for example frodo and aragorns talk just before the orcs attack towards the end, and sam nearly drowning). LOTR is a book you can immerse your imagination in and transporting something like that to the film media i dont think will ever really work. i enjoyed the film but like i said it was a bit of a dissapointment.

Also if the film brings new readers to tolkiens work thats cool, but as has been said its not something that is picked up and read very quickly, it can be heavy going



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Well Jestah, LOTR was the first 'real' series that I read...way back then...I was 7 or 8 at the time...and since then I've re-read the series 9-10 times...so no, my reading and loving the books doesn't come from the film...or the hype.

I'm just one of those bizarre Tolkien nuts...and my feet are furry...how about yours?

WS hehehe welcome to my little home its the one with the bright yellow round door, nod my feet are hairy too and i am a "Proudfoot"....uh oh....there's a bloke at the door with a long white beard and a group of little blokes with him...guess i better go find out what they want, if ya dont hear from me for a while its because i've been "There and back again"



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how come no one said anything about raymond e feist book's ?

Morph menitioned the Raymod E. Feist books a couple of post back...

I think that the LOTR movie is as good as it can get with todays technology etc. A movie can never aquire the same depth as is in the book. They did a good job picking out the important parts from the book and they translated it into moving pictures as good as one can except imo. The only real thing I miss in the movie is Tom Bombadil

The great thing about the LOTR books is that you find some new detail every time you read it, there is always something more in them.

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the stand - stephen king

Simply the best book (and best movie as well) - The Godfather by Mario Puzo

I guess I'm surrounded by a bunch of guys... No one's mentioned 'The Mists of Avalon' byt Marion Zimmer Bradely. A unique and wonderful take on the Arthurian legend...

Feist is good. I liked the whole Magician series.

LotR, is of course, a classic, and while the movie was EXCELLENT! (And I wait with baited breath for the 2nd and 3rd releases) the book is almost ALWAYS better. Tolkien had an amazing imagination.

I also like Richard Adams (Watership Down, Maia, Shardik), and Sherri Tepper creates the most real worlds (Six Moon Dance & Singer of the Sea are her most recent)

Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics are the BOMB, and if you haven't, read the collaborative effort, 'Good Omens' he did with Terry Pratchett (also a sci fi mastermind...)

Hmm... good reading... Just love books! Almost as much as graphics...

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well my favorte books are Russian that r not translated I also enjoy short stories of Leo
Tolstoy......Like "How much land Does man need" But somehow I find American sci-fi
kind of sily and boring..ex: star wars has intresting elements but overall childish story plot... Dont get pissed on me I am just giving my reason. I woul like to find out if there anything really intresting out there that doesnt include spaceships.
...I have read all six graphical novels of japanies "Akira" and found it one of most well writen sci-fi sories where they didnt had all that mumbo jummbo.....
And I keep hearing bout Dark Tower can anybody describe it...

Heh. Yes, Jestah, Tolkein was unheard of before the movie.

If not for the movie, he would have faded away into obscurity and nobody would be reading his work or talking about him

People talk about his work so profusely because they are timeless classics on par with the illiad and the odyssey.

And it's been 'the cool thing to do' for decades.

I remember when I saw the Burger King ad for happy meal Lord of The Rings toys. It just made me want to cry.

Weren't happy meals from McDonalds? They don't have them over here, so I can't remember exactly.

And as for Tolkien suddenly becoming popular because of the movie, DL hit the nail on the head. Yes, a lot more people were introduced to his works through this movie (including a lot of my friends over here), but there was (and always will be) a very strong cult following.

Doctor Jest says: Favorite book(s)? Hmm...guess that would have to be: 1. Dragonriders of Pern Series by Anne McCaffrey. 2. The Moon is A Harsh Mistress/Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein. 3. Just about anything by JRR Tolkien. 4. Pavane (though I can't for the life of me, remember the author's name, very good book tho.) and 5. Anything by Douglas Adams. (That's the list for now, though I am sure I have many more favorites, I can't recall them at the moment.)

Doctor Jest

Surely you Jest? Well, even if you don't, you will eventually...

yeah... misthics , fantasy , words , sci-fi,...
how about values , how about LIFE , how about Friendship & how about Remarque?

And the point, dc_clau? (I'm sure there's one in there...somewhere...).

Go the Anne McCaffrey! I love all the pern series, except Renegades of Pern, never could get into that one.

Anne McCaffrey
Terry Pratchett
David and Leigh Eddings

The three great fantasy writers of our time for the average reader.

Koan 63, written on the wall of cell number 250:
Those who Believe
Can
Those who Try
Do
Those who Love
Live

hehe , the point...
sticky , right?
go for it...
good luck :0)

well , ``All Quiet On The Western Front``is one of my favorites ,
also ``Three Comrades`` or ``L`Arc De Triomphe``
and so on...
(sorry 4 my bad english , eastern-europe,you know)


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My favioute book is Sally Mally

Someone pumped life back into this thread....

Well no one has mentioned The Inferno by Donte which was an awsome book.

Dante Insider...Dante. Sheesh! Look at the cover for Gods Sake.

And if Inferno is your favorite book then the Asylum's Philosophy Forum may not be the only reason your Mom is trying to screen "that there Satanic stuff" from you. I mean damn, dude, you just told everybody to shut the beep up in another thread then you post (paraphrase)-

"My favorite book is Dante Alighieri's in-depth tour of Lucifer's crib..."

I've tried to stay off the Insider's an Idiot bandwagon , but...Shheesh!...you really need to get the filter between your brain and your mouth (or in this case your fingers) checked cause it aint workin'.

-tiki, cell 478

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With out a doubt,

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy,

By Douglas Adams.
May he rest in Peace.

Maskkkk




- Face the Present

Yes tiki,

"My favorite book is Dante Alighieri's in-depth tour of Lucifer's crib..."

Thats exactly what I said

Read the posts above you stupid fuck, glad you contributed to the "Get InSiDeR a Life" fund as well.

If you knew me as well as you thought you did, you know I am more then fascinated with hell, satan, and apocalyptic subject matter, and my mother knows that as well, but she also know's I am an athiest and that I don't believe in a fucking word of that, but then theres the thought of "wait, what if he is satanic," that made my mom worried.

And yea, you corrected me, it's Dante, and that book was written in the Rennaisannce time period, you can probably correct me on Rennaisannce too. I happen to be a part of a socialy involved school group called the acedemic team, its where some people get together to pass intelligent questions back and fourth. And about 1/3 of those questions just happen to be related to world known historical literature, and The Inferno just happens to fall into that category.

Now, piss off.


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Oh god...why does this always have to happen?

Why is it when two people on this board get together and express different view-points, it degenerates into a 'fuck you' 'no, fuck you' thing.

Insider: Jesus...calm down. Stop being so defensive and taking everything said to heart. Let some stuff slide, you'll be surprised at the reaction you will get out of it, if you don't jump down the throat of anyone who says anything the least bit critical.

Everyone on the 'Insider's an idiot' bandwagon: Ok...so he's young, so he says some things, sometimes that can sound a bit stupid ir immature...and you blame him for that? He 14 for christ's sake! You were all 14 at one point, and I don't think that you were all mature and fulyl socially developed at that point either. I'll bet you said and did some pretty stupid things then to. You've all made the same kind of mistakes at one point or another...what makes insider any different?

Why doesn't everyone calm down and think rationally for a moment.

What is it that sets this board appart from other boards on the net? Simple...the fact that we co-operate and don't troll, we don't have in-fighting, back-stabbing or bitch sessions behind each others backs, or at least this is the spirit the board was founded in. If you're going to let it disintergrate into something that is no different from every other web board populated by immature little people that can't get over themselves and leave their petty differences and prejudices at the door, I can't see a reason why I should stay here.

I certainly wouldn't want to share my cell space with somebody like that, let alone a large group of them.

Yes skaarj, and you know what else sets us apart? When people like insider (I don't give a shit how old he is) go out of there way to act like a complete ass, we let them know. And the post to which insider replied was simply letting him know. And all in all, it was done rather politely.

So uh, watch the generalizations when addressing the people involved, k?

Ok, after the why does everyone hate me thread, I tried to let things slide, I let a lot of things slide, and that just made me feel worse, I wouldn't care if tiki just said "you know, telling us thats your favorite book wasn't the best idea what with your mom and all," and sure I probably should have just said the first 3 lines and left that post alone. But getting it all out feels great, maybe people will avoid getting too personal with me now.

Not to make it seem like everything I do is right and all, but thanks guys this just feels great.


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Ok DL...I'll watch that in future, although it wasn't to much of a generalisation in saying 'everyone on the "Insider's an idiot" bandwagon', becuase I think it targets specifically the group of people who tell him often that he is an idiot, but that's just me.

Crime and Punishment - The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky
Mere Christianity - The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
LOTR - Tolkien
Our Sufficiency in Christ - John MacArthur
My Big Book of Everything - Roger Priddy
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
Still Life with Woodpecker - Tom Robbins
The Mind of the Maker - Dorothy Sayers

we could be here a while, books good.

wes: I have a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and don't even like it *that* much

Jason

Skaarjj-

Point taken, The "Insiders an Idiot Bandwagon" comment could be taken as me generalizing about anybody who decides to call him an idiot. Thats not the spirit in which it is intended. I was trying make it understood that I am not one of the people who regularly tells Insider to shut-up. And that this particular course of events irritated me enough that I was going to call him on it.

If this angered or offended you then I'm sorry.

As for the rest of your post :

a) I never once swore in my comments, Insider brought this conversation into the gutter not me.

b) I didnt insult Insider - I only addressed the action that pissed me off. I certainly didnt call him a stupid @#$^ like he called me.

c) I didnt back-stab. I had a problem with him and I told him.

d) I am certainly not a troll. It should also be obvious from my tremendous post count that I am not seeking to be the center of attention. I put in my 2 cents every now and then but I am not asking to be the center of the universe.

e) If I give off the vibe that I am one of those:

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immature little people that can't get over themselves and leave their petty differences and prejudices at the door

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please tell me and I'll try to correct it. Last time I checked I wasn't, but, hey, I could be wrong.

f) As for Insiders age: Your right. The spirit of this community is courtesy and cooperation. Maybe he should go sit at the kids table until he learns better manners.

Listen man, I do not want to be the one responsible for making you leave the board. If my comments made you THAT angry then tell me whats eating you and we'll work it out.

Insider-
I am not going to continue this conversation with you on the board. If you want to work this out like a grown-up here is my email:

nwilets@morris.com

If you say things like "you stupid @#$%", you probably won't get a quick response.

-tiki, cell 478

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So my favorite books are Le Petit Prince by Antoine de St Exupery, Anarchitecture: Architecture is a Political Act by Lebbeus Woods, Perelandra by CS Lewis and this is embarassing, but: The Walking Drum, by Louis L'amour. Also Cerebus by Dave Sim is interesting, and The Sandman by Neil Gaiman is very good.

So anyway I like simple things, because I'm dumb and slow, and all these books(except perelandra and walking drum, and i read those when I was young and smart and fast) are full of pretty pictures which only take a second to figure out what they mean. Like in le petit prince when you see the picture of a rose on a planet you know its beautiful and sad and lonely and proud and loving and cruel and all the other things a rose are in a split second and you don't have to spend a whole page having some bozo smart ass trying to tell you what you already know.

"this is a sad story, as all stories of middle earth are."