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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 04:23 AM
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Favorite Book?

I am looking for something to read, my favorites are fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury, and also the screwtape letters by cs lewis.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 04:51 AM
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Go get the Dark Tower Series from Stephen King. Start at the beginning though... If you don't the last 3 books will be a complete mystery.
Book 1: The Gunslinger
Book 2: The Drawing of the Three
Book 3: The Waste Lands
Book 4: Wizard and Glass
Book 5: Wolves of Culla
 
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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 06:34 AM
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The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (first and second) by Stephen R. Donaldson. Don't really like anything else by him but these are great.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 07:21 AM
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The Left Behind Series. Even if you are not a religious nut they are a very good read.

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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 07:32 AM
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I like Larry McMurtry.
Lonesome Dove is a great read.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 04:19 AM
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The Bible, is my personal favorite even though it's no longer on the Best-Seller's List.








yeah, cuz it was pointless (they thought) to put it on there EVERY single year! hehehe.......but obtain a version thou canst acknowlege and shouldst be able to understand! (They DO make them in English these days, ya know)
If Women are from Venus, and Men from Mars.....Where was God from?
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 04:42 AM
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, by R A Heinlein
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 04:44 AM
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Sounds like you enjoy science fiction. Try Worlds Enough And Time by Joe Haldeman.

And anything by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:02 AM
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....The Lord fo the Rings...been reading Tolkien since 1972 (before it was cool)
...followed by The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) by Musashi Miyamoto
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:38 AM
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2001- A Space Odyssey

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Unintended Consiquences
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:45 AM
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I find that it's the author and not the story that makes a good read, but that's me.

Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
By the Light of the Moon - Dean Koontz
Carry the Wind - Terry C Johnston

ditto for Lonesome Dove
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:50 AM
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Cryptonomicon -- by Neil Stephenson

Amazing historical fiction that has two separate themes that come together -- World War II history of the Pacific and the making and breaking of encryption and the people who figured it out.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 09:06 AM
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"The Fountainhead" was a good read. My favorite all time was Moby Dick. Currently reading "The Spray".
Dune was good science fiction read.
A recently published book thats entertaining is "The Da Vinci Code" .
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 09:22 AM
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Re: Favorite Book?

Originally posted by 19felix69
I am looking for something to read, my favorites are fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury, and also the screwtape letters by cs lewis.
My recommendation would be "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. Funniest thing and one of the best stories I ever read. You won't be disappointed.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 09:27 AM
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1984. Read it in high school and nothing has topped it since.
 
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