summer_sky Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Mar 7 2011, 01:25 PM) ... The Other - Thomas Tryon oh, I remembering reading this and other Thomas Tryon a long time ago. I was still a teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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summer_sky Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Mar 7 2011, 02:08 PM)QUOTE (summer_sky @ Mar 7 2011, 11:58 AM)... Mic, give Battlefield Earth a try... it has no clear relation to Scientology I will. I'll look for it this week when my son and I go to the library. I'll let you know what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per2112 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 QUOTE (In A Tidewater Surge @ Mar 6 2011, 06:53 PM) The Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, 1984, A Farewell to Arms. I really can't pick one; they're all exceptional. Slaughterhouse Five Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWriter Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Re: The people who mentioned "Gatsby": I loved The Great Gatsby. Best book I read in English last year. Gatsby became my second "fictional beau", right after Edmond Dantes of The Count of Monte Cristo and Hamlet, of.. Hamlet, obviously. Some of the other characters in "Gatsby" didn't strike me as all that interesting, but Jay Gatsby stole my heart and broke it. Shame he fawned all over Daisy. And then died. |: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Okay, here it goes, though favorite is the appropriate word, not greatest: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Neuromancer by William Gibson Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Mar 8 2011, 03:28 AM) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Amongst many, many others, I forgot this steel-forged classic. Probably the funniest book I've ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbo Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Epic literature. http://4imgs.com/379/x/9780307119391_FULL.jpg But seriously. I'm throwing in a few non fiction as well. GIANTS IN THE EARTH by O.E. Rolvaag O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather PARADISE LOST by John Milton HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU by H.G. Wells 1984 by George Orwell FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley PEACE LIKE A RIVER by Leif Enger BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE by Dee Meyer GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift TILL WE HAVE FACES by C.S. Lewis A GRIEF OBSERVED by C.S. Lewis MIDDLEMARCH by Georg Eliot BEING AND TIME by Heidegger ON COSMOPOLITANISM AND FORGIVENESS by Derrida LE MORTE DE ARTHUR by Thomas Mallory THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO by Karl Marx THE CYBORG MANIFESTO (this is more of a pamphlet, but still) by Donna Haraway THE LORD OF THE RINGS by JRR Tolkien There are so many more, but I'll stop there. Basically, books rule my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer_sky Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) I just received a copy of a book that my grandmother lent to me when I was a young girl and remember enjoying very much. I bought it on Amazon... Hannah Fowler by Janice Holt Giles. An historical novel of an American pioneer woman making a life in the Kentucky wilderness. Edited March 8, 2011 by summer_sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Another great book for me is Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 QUOTE (garbo @ Mar 8 2011, 11:54 AM) Epic literature. http://4imgs.com/379/x/9780307119391_FULL.jpg I know it well. Actually, it IS great. The voice in the Little Critter books is a kind of "healthy cynicism," which I enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Rebel Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 QUOTE (Good,bad,andrush @ Mar 6 2011, 02:08 PM) QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Mar 6 2011, 02:06 PM) QUOTE (tel @ Mar 6 2011, 07:01 PM) The holy bible......laughed all the way through it Don't know whether I should laugh or face palm, so I'll do both. Shouldn't it be "facepsalm" ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I can narrow it down to two: Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 QUOTE (Running Rebel @ Mar 8 2011, 06:51 PM) QUOTE (Good @ bad,andrush,Mar 6 2011, 02:08 PM) QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Mar 6 2011, 02:06 PM) QUOTE (tel @ Mar 6 2011, 07:01 PM) The holy bible......laughed all the way through it Don't know whether I should laugh or face palm, so I'll do both. Shouldn't it be "facepsalm" ?? But only on Palm Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/olid/OL8748097M-M.jpgWisdom Hunter By: Randall Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbo Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Mar 8 2011, 04:58 PM) QUOTE (garbo @ Mar 8 2011, 11:54 AM) Epic literature. http://4imgs.com/379/x/9780307119391_FULL.jpg I know it well. Actually, it IS great. The voice in the Little Critter books is a kind of "healthy cynicism," which I enjoy. I completely agree. I have actually an anthology of the great Little Critter books. I still read them, but don't readily admit this to adults. They're just so wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In A Tidewater Surge Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 QUOTE (Show Don't Tell @ Mar 8 2011, 07:27 PM) I can narrow it down to two: Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psionic11 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 QUOTE (In A Tidewater Surge @ Mar 9 2011, 12:51 AM) QUOTE (Show Don't Tell @ Mar 8 2011, 07:27 PM) I can narrow it down to two: Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) +1 I've only read a few of the classic mentions elsewhere in this thread -- Great Gatsby, Brothers Kazamorov, Of Mice and Men, Catcher in the Rye -- none of those really stick out like the 2 above. I also actually really enjoyed Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, having read the whole series twice. The latest 2 novels by Brandon are both very good also... can't wait for the final book this November. Ender's Game series is pretty good, easy reading, great concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In A Tidewater Surge Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Ender's Game wasn't bad, though I found that Ender's Shadow was more well written, I also liked the different point of view it had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWriter Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I liked Ender's Game -- a LOT -- but it didn't resonate for me like the ones I mentioned. It's a very fine book and I love to re-read it, but it's not quite "BEST EVER OH MY GOSH" for me. I forgot to put 1984. Chilling book.. I almost took AP Lit' this year just so I would have an excuse to dive into that book.. though I ended up doing just that anyways. I haven't read Brave New World, but I know it was also on the AP list. (Right next to 1984.) I've heard it's very good. Thoughts, anyone who's read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 QUOTE (CMWriter @ Mar 11 2011, 10:32 PM)I haven't read Brave New World, but I know it was also on the AP list. (Right next to 1984.) I've heard it's very good. Thoughts, anyone who's read it? I'm about a third through it now. Pretty good so far. It looks like this is the counterpart to Nineteen Eighty-Four -- both stories are set in dystopian societies, but, essentially, where Nineteen Eighty-Four uses violence and pain, Brave New World uses pleasure and happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In A Tidewater Surge Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Read 1984 instead. Brave New World wasn't nearly as good. Jordan's pretty much summed it up, but I felt like BNW left me wanting, while 1984 kind of threw me on the ground and had its way with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWriter Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 QUOTE (In A Tidewater Surge @ Mar 12 2011, 12:25 AM) Read 1984 instead. Brave New World wasn't nearly as good. Jordan's pretty much summed it up, but I felt like BNW left me wanting, while 1984 kind of threw me on the ground and had its way with me I started 1984 but keep getting distracted. Need to finish the darned thing! It's really fascinating so far. Mmm, I don't know. I have friends in AP that told me they liked BNW better than 1984, so I'll just read it and see for myself. In any case, thanks for the info, guys. I'll get through both of 'em eventually -- if I can ever find a copy of BNW, that is. |: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In A Tidewater Surge Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I read the two of them back to back, so that may have skewed my opinion of BNW a tad.. but I wasn't too fond of it really; on to For Whom The Bell Tolls though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 My pick is "To Kill A Mockingbird" followed closely by Dos Passos' "USA" trilogy. In the world of fantasy I would choose Donaldson's "Chronicles Of Thomas Covenent" and in horror "The Excorcist". In Science Fiction I just lean towards "The Foundation" Trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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