Blue J Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Another great one, and I can't remember if I've mentioned it yet or not- Intruder in the Dust, by William Faulkner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdryan Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I Claudius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead are among my favorites. I haven't read much over the last year so that's what I got for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Repeating much of a post in another thread (I'm new to this area), these are my favorites, but Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz is at the top (edging out The Silmarillion). The Silmarillion by Tolkien (though I admit I like studying his writing -- or created mythological history -- more than reading it sometimes ).R is for Rocket by Bradbury. Grew up a HUGE Ray Bradbury fan. RIPThe Left Hand of Darkness by Le Guinn. She's got an insight and understanding into the human condition that I think most sci-fi writers lack (why I got away from the genre for many years).Sirens of Titan by Vonnegut. Not really sci-fi of course, but I cannot not mention it. My favorite ending ever.A Canticle for Leibowitz by Miller. If I could only have one fiction book, it would probably be this (edging out the Silmarillion).Dune (of course). I've always avoided reading the follow-ups as I figured they'd erode how I imagined the continuing narrative should play out (that is, everyone lives happily ever after with political autonomy and plenty of water, instead of all that galactic jihad stuff).The Skaith books by Leigh Bracket. Ursula K. LeGuin meets Edgar Rice Burroughs. Great stuff. The best, IMO, "planetary romance" author, along with Bradbury, but they each had a different flavor. "Brave New World" was perhaps the most life-changing book I've ever read, though because of its philosophical weight, not really because of its story-telling or style. Cured me of the "technological utopianism" (that is, the belief that increasingly better technology will inevitably result in increasingly better neighbors) I grew up with as a result of reading futuristic sci-fi, a la H.G. Wells. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady April Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Ehmmm, iz a tossup between Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence, The Tibetan Book of the Dead the first complete translation by Gyurme Dorje and SARUM by Edward Rutherfurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112Starman Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. A lengthy read, yes, but it is so fulfilling and powerful. It changed my life many times. If you've ever wanted to read a long philosophical novel, please read this one instead of Atlas Shrugged (is that biased? Yes, it is, but that also serves to express my love for this book). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 "One day in the Life of "Ivan Denisovich" - Solzhenitsyn"Wuthering Heights" - Bronte"The Maltese Falcon" - Hammett"The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Doyle"The Woman in White" - Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 A Tale Of Two Cities- Dickens Revolutionary Road- Richard Yates Harry Potter- Rowling The War Of The Worlds and The Island Of Doctor Mureau- H.G. Wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 One that I don't think I've mentioned in this thread and thought about re-reading recently (but haven't done so) is The Mountain Lion, by Jean Stafford. I've only read it once, but it has stuck with me for years. Absolutely unforgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakly Criminal Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The Bible - God 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The Bible - GodWith the help of a few ghost writers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh597/greyfriar2112/451_zpsa27a9b97.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 read my first cormac mccarthy book recently, no country for old men. not the greatest book I've ever read but easily the best book I've read in a long f***ing timeI read The Crossing recently and it was very good. Like most novels, it has its tedious moments, but the characters that appear throughout the young man's travels - and the stories they tell - are excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) A Canticle for Leibowitz by Howard M. Miller Jr. HM: The Silmarillian Edited January 21, 2015 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Lonesome Dove. And I hate westerns. But goddman, what a great read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) I'm not reading a book but reading all about Neil Peart and his drum kits. I never knew what he did with his kits after each tour or that he used the same kits on many of the tours then retiring them. Also, that over the years fans could win a few of them, I would lose my mind if I ever won one of those kits. http://andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/drums/drumkits/drums_history.htm Edited January 22, 2015 by g under p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The Bible - God I suppose if mass murder, racisim, child abuse etc , all wrapped up in a fairy tale that is so badly constructed that it constantly contradicts it'selfis your thing, then some may enjoy it. That of course is a whole different discussion. My favourite book I think is "The feathermen" by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The book tells the story of four British Army soldiers, including two members of the Special Air Service, who are assassinated by a hit squad known as "The Clinic". The murders are carried out over a 17-year period, on the orders of a Dubai sheikh whose three sons were killed by British forces in Oman during a battle with Communist guerrillas.Fiennes claimed that he himself was targeted by the group, but was saved by a group of vigilantes calling themselves the "Feather Men". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 One of the most entertaining books I've ever read is a book full of reviews of other books- a collection called The War Against Cliche, by Martin Amis. This is the book that single-handedly turned me on to Iris Murdoch, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth (among a couple of others- but those three are the authors of dozens of books that I've now read, as a result of reading the collection of Amis's reviews). For those of you outside of England, who may not know- Martin Amis is an accomplished novelist in his own right (I believe so, anyway)...my favorite book of his is probably London Fields. But almost all of them are very good. He is also the son of another very well known British author, Kingsley Amis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Silmarillion by Tolkien One of these days I will catch up with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Catch 22 - Joseph HellerConfederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy ToolePortrait of the Artist As A Young Man - James Joyce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) . Edited March 21, 2015 by Segue Myles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 . Ehhmmmm...thanks for sharing? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Great book, but my favorite novel of Ken Kesey's is Sometimes a Great Notion. Wonderful stuff; it just blew my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 . Ehhmmmm...thanks for sharing? :P Haha I posted and then realised I had already said the same thing just a few posts back! What a silly billy haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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