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winter
May 21, 2003, 7:26 PM
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So what are everyone's favorite books? Classics or otherwise, kids books, they all count.
I love:
Crime and Punishment (awsome)
Lady Chaterly's Lover (super hot sex)
Gone with the Wind (not the cheezy romance that people who haven't read it think)
Anything by Orson Scott Card (damn good)
Wuthering Heights (just really good)
Brave New World (better than 1984)
The Eyes of the Dragon (Stephen King's best book for sure)
So many others I can' t think of right now.... what does everyone else like?
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cerikpete
May 21, 2003, 7:30 PM
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Catch-22
Waiting for Godot
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madriver
May 21, 2003, 7:53 PM
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Pillars of the Earth....
I love rapeing and pillaging!...I mean rapelling
MR 8)
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thomasribiere
May 21, 2003, 7:54 PM
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english-french french-english dictionary. In 6 months I used it more than in 12 years! :lol:
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wishiwaswest
May 21, 2003, 8:30 PM
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In reply to: english-french french-english dictionary. In 6 months I used it more than in 12 years! :lol:
I bet you get some pretty weird translations occasionally!
I *love* Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon was the best of his books. Literally had me laughing out loud, which doesn't happen too often to comic geniuses like me :lol: Oh never mind -
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meataxe
May 21, 2003, 8:36 PM
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The Turner Diaries :wink: :roll:
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tenn_dawg
May 21, 2003, 8:38 PM
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The Cat in the Hat
One Fish Two Fish
Green Eggs and Ham
and Horten Hatches an Egg
Dr. Seuss was a genius, the thing is, you don't realize it until you are older, and are reading these books to young'uns.
Travis
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rubyslippers
May 21, 2003, 8:42 PM
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There are sooo many good books...
All time favorite is: The Great Gatsby
I love Anne Rice - The Witching Hour - all the vampire books but especially Tale of the Body Theif
I also really like John Krakauer's books - Into Thin Air started me on mountaineering books... just finished Dr. on Everest by Kenneth Kamler was pretty good - Not my favorite - but still really good....
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jaylaka
May 21, 2003, 8:48 PM
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on the road
caucasia
lovely bones
goodnight moon
dharma bums
cold mountain
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hangerlessbolt
May 21, 2003, 8:49 PM
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Madonna's "Sex"
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citybehindthesevenmountns
May 21, 2003, 11:13 PM
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the house of spirit
the lord of the rings
the whole "dune" collection
sophies world
nelson mandelas biography (really good stuff)
eva luna
"big friendly giant" by roald dahl
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peas
May 22, 2003, 12:08 AM
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Junky
Dharma Bums
A Climber's Guide to Squamish
The Feynman Lectures
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mojorisin
May 22, 2003, 12:14 AM
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In reply to: The Turner Diaries :wink: :roll:
Wow,,that guy is scary.
The first book I ever read was "Lost in the Barrens" by Farley Mowat.
The "White Spider" was a good one.
Anything by Joe Simpson.
I think I have read like 1000 books, I could never pick a favorite.
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john1987
May 22, 2003, 12:34 AM
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In reply to: Anything by Orson Scott Card (damn good)
Heck ya. I read the homecomming series and Enders game. I think there were 5 books in the homecomming series and they were all awsome and of course enders game just kicks ass. Some other of my favorite books are...
A Wrinkle in Time
The Street Lawyer
The Firm
(you can't dis Grisham until you've read a couple of his books)
Salems Lot -Stephen King
I'll think of some more later.
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mickymac1
May 22, 2003, 1:04 AM
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In no particular order:
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Minus 148 degrees by Art Davidson
Ice World by Jeff Lowe
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
Seven years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
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wishiwaswest
May 22, 2003, 1:14 AM
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In reply to: Anything by Orson Scott Card (damn good)
I was in the bookstore today and he has a new book out. I was just whipping out the door, so I didn't catch the name. Great Books! Can't wait to read the new one.
If you like Card, try Tad Williams - The Otherland series and China Mieville - Perdido Street Station - very different, but great!
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oldandintheway
May 22, 2003, 2:33 AM
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"Where is Joe Merchant?" Jimmy Buffet
"Blue Latitudes" Tony Horwitz
"Innocents Abroad" Sammuel L. Clemens
"Don Quiote de la Mancha" Cervantes
"Cruel Shoes" Steve Martin
"A Walk in the Woods" Bill Bryson
and of course...."The Book of Norman"
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koto
May 22, 2003, 4:40 AM
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Anything by fucking Tolkien man!!!
That dude was a genius, I'm not just talking LOTR, his other stuff like the Silmarillion are even better. Even his sketches and notes are awesome.
I like another fantasy author - R.E. Feist.
AND WHAT ABOUT HARRY POTTER?????!!!!! C"MON PEOPLE!
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climber1
May 22, 2003, 5:25 AM
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I read a lot of climbing books, but I have also read everything by Tony Hillerman.
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papaswize
May 22, 2003, 1:00 PM
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Catch 22 - Heller
Roughing It and Conn. Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Twain
The White Spider
and I'm sure there will be many more in the years to come.
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knuckles
May 22, 2003, 1:05 PM
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Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language
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winter
May 22, 2003, 3:12 PM
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Orson has a new one? Cool, I'll have to get that. I haven't even read the more recent ones like Shadow of the hedgemon. The crazy thing is that I usually hate Sci-Fi, but his are just so well written and so poignant.
I have to say I also love the trash, english author Jilly Cooper writes good trash. Unfortunately I don't care for Hemingway that much (no one can deny his importance as far as american lit goes, I just find him a little dull from a strictly good read perspective) I prefer Steinbeck.
The Bible? ARe you serious or was that a joke? And if you were serious, is it as a piece of literature that you appreciate it or because reading it inspires you because you are really religious? (I am totaly not being facetious, I honestly am curious! Don't be all cranky about that, I would really like to know why it's your favorite.)
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bumblie
May 22, 2003, 3:16 PM
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The Bible is the number one selling book of all time.
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