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turockgirl
Sep 15, 2003, 6:30 PM
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I love just about everything by Rohld Dahl (sp?) and Charles Dickens.
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taino
Sep 15, 2003, 6:34 PM
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Watership Down.
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taino
Sep 15, 2003, 6:36 PM
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In reply to: Song For Arbonne: Guy Gavriel Kay. Canadian Author so I would be suprised if many of you heard of him.
Read a trilogy of his; one of the books was The Darkest Road, or something like that. Very good.
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the_pirate
Sep 15, 2003, 6:55 PM
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Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
The Great Railway Bazaar - Paul Theroux
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thomasribiere
Sep 15, 2003, 7:26 PM
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In reply to: A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
oh, right! Good choice pehperdude! I love this book! I should try to read it in English once.
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kimmyt
Sep 15, 2003, 7:59 PM
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In reply to: Read a trilogy of his; one of the books was The Darkest Road, or something like that. Very good. T
I read those. My guiltiest pleasure is reading a big fat fantasy book. Preferably a neverending series of fantasy books. I go through them too quickly. But one of my favorite authors ever is Charles DeLint. He's a Canuck as well, I believe. I writes urban fantasy-mythos stuff. Very Cool.
I do read other stuff as well (I used to be quite a prolific reader, until I got a real job). Favorite recent read is 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' by Dave Eggers. Fantastic book, quite unique stream-of-conscious narration. Also very cool.
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ropegungirl
Sep 15, 2003, 8:25 PM
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Well, I can't say I have a favorite, but here is a short list of a few I have read in the last little while, all of which were very different from each other, but I enjoyed each of them for different reasons.
Paddle to the Amazon by Don Starkell
Backpack or Baggage by Emily Barr
4000 days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison by Warren Fellows
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Van by Roddy Doyle
Enjoy!!!
Nathalie :roll:
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phillycheese
Sep 15, 2003, 9:57 PM
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i just finished "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky for the second time. it's one of the best novels i've ever read.
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mowz
Sep 15, 2003, 10:01 PM
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I've got two:
Bible
Any Sherlock Holmes novel/novella
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climber49er
Sep 16, 2003, 9:26 PM
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I want to be the last person to respond to every thread on this page. I think I can do it.... !!!
What a waste of life!
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organic
Sep 17, 2003, 2:32 AM
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Ayn Rand is pretty good i have read Anthem, Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged I would say Atlas Shrugged is the best but at the end when John Galt gives that 50 page speech that is harsh! I think Mark Twain is possible one of the best writers ever and I do enjoy other authors and other styles but I believe his is unrivaled and I read a lot so it is not a premature assumption, even though I have not read everyone. And climber49er what's more a waste of life, what life I wasted or what life you wasted on my wasting? Funny though!
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herm
Sep 17, 2003, 2:40 AM
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100 Years of Solitude, by Gabrielle Marquez Garcia
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vertical_risk
Sep 17, 2003, 2:41 AM
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Two of my favorites are:
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
To Have or to Be? by Erich Fromm
(I agree Ayn Rand is the best!)
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overlord
Sep 17, 2003, 7:28 AM
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author: Raymond E. Feist
book other than R.E. feist: LOTR
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papaswize
Sep 17, 2003, 12:36 PM
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Here's a couple of them:
Catch-22 - J. Heller
Basin and Range - J. McPhee (I'm a geologist, thus the choice) and
The Survival of the Birch Bark Canoe - J. McPhee
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davidji
Sep 17, 2003, 11:32 PM
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In reply to: What is your favorite book or author for all you readers out there. No cereal boxes or magazines!!! My favorite author is by far Mark Twain
My favorite novel is probably Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
David
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atg200
Sep 17, 2003, 11:50 PM
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confederacy of dunces is awesome. the best part of it is the language, so you definitely have to try it in english thomas. i like neil gaiman too - especially good omens and american gods.
desert solitaire by abbey, player piano by vonnegut, cryptonomicon by stephenson, les miserables by hugo, cannery row by steinbeck, on the road by kerouac, and too many others to list.
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fyreflii
Sep 17, 2003, 11:57 PM
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Favorite book . . .
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
and another favorite, though it's a play . . .
Hamlet by Shakespeare
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calamity_chk
Sep 18, 2003, 12:07 AM
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i've heard raves of ayn rand but havent had a chance to read her yet ..
blood music by greg bear was fun
also enjoyed beloved, the aeneid, woman warrior, heart of darkness, burmese days and a bunch of spiritual/hippy books. had fun writing a paper about gender roles and the use of sexuality in bram stoker's dracula. and absolutely LOVED hamlet .. have read it and re-read it .. midsummer nights dream is also fun.
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davidji
Sep 18, 2003, 1:16 AM
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In reply to: confederacy of dunces is awesome. the best part of it is the language, so you definitely have to try it in english thomas. i like neil gaiman too - especially good omens and american gods.
From reading the "Warning for Travellers" at the beginning of American Gods, or reading the beginning of Stardust, you get the impression that Gaiman likes rock (the kind we climb).
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davidji
Sep 18, 2003, 1:20 AM
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In reply to: desert solitaire by abbey, player piano by vonnegut, cryptonomicon by stephenson, les miserables by hugo, cannery row by steinbeck, on the road by kerouac, and too many others to list. |
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flyinghatchet
Sep 18, 2003, 2:31 AM
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It's Not About the Bike - Lance Armstrong/Sally Jenkins
Lance's got another book coming out this fall. It's called Every Second Counts. I've already read the first chapter, and it's awesome.
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phugganut
Sep 18, 2003, 7:07 AM
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Just one? Impossible.
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rvega
Nov 5, 2003, 10:25 PM
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1) Desert Solitaire...Abbey
2) Poisonwood Bible.. Kingsolver
3) Henderson the Rain King..Bellow
4) Labyrinths...Borges
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