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(ppsssttt - skaarjj, that's obviously *not* the comment I was referring to).


Would also like to add that To Kill a Mockingbird and All Quiet on the Western Front are two more that should have been on my list above.



[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 07-25-2002).]

Well Tiki, apology accepted, and my apologies to you.

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And the post to which insider replied was simply letting him know.

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Well really the meaning of tiki's post was to let me know that it was stupid to say that The Inferno was my favorite book, when really I didn't say that. It was his awkward sense of interpretation that made him think that I said it was my fav. but I don't know why he would when I clearly stated it was an "Awsome," book not my favorite.

[This message has been edited by InSiDeR (edited 07-25-2002).]

Ok then...

tiki: I'm sorry aobut that. DL was right, I should be more specific. I wasn't counting you (or really that many members) as someone who fits the definition of

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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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But you must admit that the image of the asylum would drop if there are threads about full of f**k you, f**k you exchanges. Abuse like that really has no place here, and to an outsider who doesn't know of the p[ersonalities of people on thiw board would see it as petty bickering, and bickering like that is a major sign of immaturity. Ok...so I apoligise if I accidentally picked up people who didn't deserve it in my gross generalisations. I really must learn to be more speicifc when I rant.

No prob Skaarjj...I pretty much did the same.

I agree with you. It would be nice if people could debate their points without reducing the conversation down to the level of a f#@k you session. I dont care if they agree. But a little respect for one another would be nice.

And, hell, if you gotta throw barb - be creative. I've seen some inmates write great negative replies without having to cuss up a storm.



[This message has been edited by tikigod (edited 07-26-2002).]

No real favourites but there are a number of authors who I like such as Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, R. A. Salvatore (loved the Dark Elf trilogy), Thomas Hardy, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy. I also like a lot of non-fiction - Richard Dawkins & Stephen Jay Gould, essay collections, history, etc. The Physics of Star Trek was a classic

The best book I've read recently would have to be Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Personally, my thoughts on the f**k you sessions go: You have an opnion. That other person has an opinion. They are different. Get over it.

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

LOL - I agree.

I can't believe I've finally found a community filled with digital artists who are literate AND love to read. I think I feel tears coming on. . .

-Dune
-LotR
-To Kill a Mockingbird
-Lord of the Flies
(there are so many that I like. . . and a ton that I hate this list could go on for a long time. . . so ya)
-A Wrinkle in Time (great book. read it many times. y'all know it is the beginning of a series right?)
(while we're on younger fiction
-All of William Slater's books. . . I can't find a link but some examples are - The House of Stairs, Others See Us, Interstellar Pig, Singularity
-Wizard's Hall. . . this again is one I'm not so sure about. The title may be wrong. About a boy who goes to a school for wizards (long before mr. potter arived on the scene) but finds he has no talent. realizes later that his tallent is making other wizards' talent stronger

For some strange, very strange reason, I thought Lord of the Flies the movie was better than the book, and I read the book first and completely understood it, but the movie just seemed, a bit, better.


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Hey guys havent been around in a while but since I am starting school soon again decided to start dropping by more. .. . ..

Id have to say my fav book [since i was a kid] is Le Petite Prince [the little Prince] - Antoine De Saint Exupery
Its a really good kids book but has alot of Adult themes underlined in its text ...

".. Silence : the most deafening sound of them all."

I just thought this needed repeating:

"Personally, my thoughts on the f**k you sessions go: You have an opnion. That other person has an opinion. They are different. Get over it."

Oh, and Neuromancer still rocks...

Woohoo! I made a saying worth repeating!

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

hmm

no mention of Ender's Game?



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Ender's Game was good.

I have thoroughly enjoyed all of Anne McCaffery's DragonRider books.

Hmm... Let's See....

David Edding's:
Eleniad(3 books)
Tamuli(3 books)
Belgariad(5 books)
Mallorean(5 books)
Belgarath the Sorcerer
Polgara the Sorceress

Tolkien:
The Silmarillion
LoTR(Hobbit included)
Farmer Giles of Ham(That was Tolkien right?)

Assorted Favorite Author's:
Isaac Asimov
Poul Anderson
Terri Pratchett
Frederick Pohl
Frank Herbert
Ben Bova
Piers Anthony
Douglass Adams
Ray Bradbury
Arthur C. Clark
E.E. Doc Smith
Too many more to list... You get the idea...

I'm currently reading an awesome series by james Clemmens title "The Banned and the Banished"
It's his first series and a very cool spin on the usual fantasy epic.

If anyone has any other authors of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Type books I would appreciate the chance to expand my Library.

GrythusDraconis

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The ElvenBane my Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey (best book ever, although i don't think it is well known)
(Sequel to the above was great)

Also, in no particular order, all of John Grisham's books. (ie: the client, the firm, etc most were made into movies)

Danny the Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl

Children's books are the greatest.
Even greater is being a child when reading them.

the only book i've ever read to the end is an html book

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LOL massacre! Start at the top of the list and read the books mentioned in order. Expand your horizons and watch a new day dawn in your awareness.





GrythusDraconis
"Be careful not to anger the Great Dragon for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup" T-Shirt Somewhere

Dune by Frank Hebert
The Dark is Rising, The Green Witch, The Grey King, Silver on the Tree all by Susan Cooper
The Elric Series and The Corum Chronicles by Michael Moorcock
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson

Foucaults Pendulum
When We were young(It's a childrens book, but as I recall, one of the most poignant things I've ever read)
Until We Have Faces
Franny and Zooey
Catcher in the Rye
Rum Punch
Isis Unveiled
The Rum Diaries
....

Skaarj this

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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?

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got me a bit riled, actually.

Yes, it's true that we were all 14 once...however, if I had 'flapped' my gums like that in my neighborhood, I'd have been eating fist on a regular basis. So no, I don't 'blame' him for it...kinda hard to beat the living crap out of someone on the web...but in real life...if he's going around with the same type of attitude, and mouth, I'd be surprised if he wasn't getting a royal *** kicking everyday...and if he does have a different attitude in real life, as compared to here...well, what does that say?

But then, maybe he doesn't live in the type of neighborhood that I did...so hasn't 'learned' that sometimes it's better to just let it slide...and to keep one's mouth shut...but then, that's just me...

Live and let live, yes, but to a point. When it starts to get verbally abusive (what else does one have on the web?), that's where I start drawing the line. Walk it like you talk it.

We now return to our regularly scheduled program...

East of Eden - John Steinbeck



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The uncognitive Subliminal ReMiXx.

Just finished my (well, at least now it is) favorite book: The Day of the Jackal. Ok, so I read it all last night

Does anyone here like Poe? Damn his novellas were mighty fine...

Fall House of Usher
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Masque of Red Death
The Tell-Tale Heart

Well those aren't really books per say, but they are short stories/novellas. Mighty fine...


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My favourite short story would have to be The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. That's right, it was a short story. Very short, in fact. I didn't realise it was so short until I sat down in the loo to read it and finished it in 30 minutes. Sure I'm a fast reader, but that was just rediculous.

I also like Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, although it is longer than a short story, but shorter than a long story, so I guess it's just a pretty regular-length story. It's still very good.