onthebeam Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Lord of the Rings Trilogy/Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien,The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand,We The Living - Ayn Rand,1984-George Orwell, The Stand-Stephen King, Salem's Lot-Stephen King, Bloodstone-Karl Earl Wagner( Part of the Kane series) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson. A great book about some New Jersey and New York wreck divers trying to figure out what old German submarine they just found. (it's also cool because I've met the author, the two principle characters, and a few of the other people named in the book.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Catch 22 - Joseph HellerConfederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy ToolePortrait of the Artist As A Young Man - James JoyceNice collection! :cheers: Have you read Joyce's "Dubliners"? A great collection of short stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 The Stand - Stephen King. I've ready 25+ books of his since I read the Stand and none have come close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicHead Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 The Bible, Stephen King's The Stand, SK's Dark Tower series, Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The best books I've read: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Fantastic satire for anyone who's been a cog in a senseless machine. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Exceptionally meaningful to me personally. The Hominids trilogy by Robert Sawyer My favorite living SF writer. Could have picked almost anything, but this suited my Anthropology background. Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks Painfully obvious ripoff of Tolkien. But I didn't know that when I was 12, and it directly inspired my Fantasy world building and I wouldn't be the same without it. Thankfully he settled into his own voice with some great original works later on. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Could have chose others, but Bokononism has remained a favorite religion of mine ever since. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Brilliant writer, probably my favorite living writer. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson My first favorite book. Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Great revisiting of Dante When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger Cyber to make Gibson only wish. Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin Anarchy! Subterranean by James Rollins Nothing hard here. Just great escapism. The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold Time travel, introspection, and self obsession To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer Afterlife and history jumble all in one. American Gods by Neil Gaiman He could write a grocery list I'd end up putting on this list. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Satire, social criticism, and perhaps even feminism all enshrined in a quirky kid. Magician by Raymond Feist A longtime favorite fantasy author of mine. Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Others: Drowned World - J.G. BallardJourney to the Centre of the Earth - Jules VerneImaginary Friends - ALison LurieA Door Into Ocean - Joan SlonczewskiJhereg - Steven BrustLOTR - TolkienGlory Lane - Alan Dean FosterShockwave Rider - John BrunnerTripod Trilogy - John ChristopherAll My Sins Remembered - Joe HaldemanKiln People - David BrinHitchhiker books - Douglas Adams And more.... This perhaps should have been edited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The best books I've read: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Fantastic satire for anyone who's been a cog in a senseless machine. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Exceptionally meaningful to me personally. The Hominids trilogy by Robert Sawyer My favorite living SF writer. Could have picked almost anything, but this suited my Anthropology background. Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks Painfully obvious ripoff of Tolkien. But I didn't know that when I was 12, and it directly inspired my Fantasy world building and I wouldn't be the same without it. Thankfully he settled into his own voice with some great original works later on. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Could have chose others, but Bokononism has remained a favorite religion of mine ever since. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Brilliant writer, probably my favorite living writer. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson My first favorite book. Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Great revisiting of Dante When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger Cyber to make Gibson only wish. Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin Anarchy! Subterranean by James Rollins Nothing hard here. Just great escapism. The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold Time travel, introspection, and self obsession To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer Afterlife and history jumble all in one. American Gods by Neil Gaiman He could write a grocery list I'd end up putting on this list. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Satire, social criticism, and perhaps even feminism all enshrined in a quirky kid. Magician by Raymond Feist A longtime favorite fantasy author of mine. Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Others: Drowned World - J.G. BallardJourney to the Centre of the Earth - Jules VerneImaginary Friends - ALison LurieA Door Into Ocean - Joan SlonczewskiJhereg - Steven BrustLOTR - TolkienGlory Lane - Alan Dean FosterShockwave Rider - John BrunnerTripod Trilogy - John ChristopherAll My Sins Remembered - Joe HaldemanKiln People - David BrinHitchhiker books - Douglas Adams And more.... This perhaps should have been edited. Mosher, I see Subterranean on your list .. I went thru a hollow Earth / lost civilization phase after I read Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Vril" So you'd recommend Subterranean ?? ... I've got it on my Amazon wish list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) The best books I've read: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Fantastic satire for anyone who's been a cog in a senseless machine. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Exceptionally meaningful to me personally. The Hominids trilogy by Robert Sawyer My favorite living SF writer. Could have picked almost anything, but this suited my Anthropology background. Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks Painfully obvious ripoff of Tolkien. But I didn't know that when I was 12, and it directly inspired my Fantasy world building and I wouldn't be the same without it. Thankfully he settled into his own voice with some great original works later on. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Could have chose others, but Bokononism has remained a favorite religion of mine ever since. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Brilliant writer, probably my favorite living writer. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson My first favorite book. Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Great revisiting of Dante When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger Cyber to make Gibson only wish. Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin Anarchy! Subterranean by James Rollins Nothing hard here. Just great escapism. The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold Time travel, introspection, and self obsession To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer Afterlife and history jumble all in one. American Gods by Neil Gaiman He could write a grocery list I'd end up putting on this list. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Satire, social criticism, and perhaps even feminism all enshrined in a quirky kid. Magician by Raymond Feist A longtime favorite fantasy author of mine. Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Others: Drowned World - J.G. BallardJourney to the Centre of the Earth - Jules VerneImaginary Friends - ALison LurieA Door Into Ocean - Joan SlonczewskiJhereg - Steven BrustLOTR - TolkienGlory Lane - Alan Dean FosterShockwave Rider - John BrunnerTripod Trilogy - John ChristopherAll My Sins Remembered - Joe HaldemanKiln People - David BrinHitchhiker books - Douglas Adams And more.... This perhaps should have been edited. Mosher, I see Subterranean on your list .. I went thru a hollow Earth / lost civilization phase after I read Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Vril" So you'd recommend Subterranean ?? ... I've got it on my Amazon wish list I have really enjoyed every book James Rollins wrote, and that's the first one. He typically takes some historical mystery or rumor and then places people at odds over the discovery/use/possession of some tech/artifact/information. I like his books an awful lot. Not remotely highbrow, but an awful lot of fun, thrills, and derring-do. :) Edited February 12, 2017 by Mosher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The best books I've read: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Fantastic satire for anyone who's been a cog in a senseless machine. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Exceptionally meaningful to me personally. The Hominids trilogy by Robert Sawyer My favorite living SF writer. Could have picked almost anything, but this suited my Anthropology background. Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks Painfully obvious ripoff of Tolkien. But I didn't know that when I was 12, and it directly inspired my Fantasy world building and I wouldn't be the same without it. Thankfully he settled into his own voice with some great original works later on. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Could have chose others, but Bokononism has remained a favorite religion of mine ever since. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Brilliant writer, probably my favorite living writer. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson My first favorite book. Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Great revisiting of Dante When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger Cyber to make Gibson only wish. Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin Anarchy! Subterranean by James Rollins Nothing hard here. Just great escapism. The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold Time travel, introspection, and self obsession To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer Afterlife and history jumble all in one. American Gods by Neil Gaiman He could write a grocery list I'd end up putting on this list. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Satire, social criticism, and perhaps even feminism all enshrined in a quirky kid. Magician by Raymond Feist A longtime favorite fantasy author of mine. Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Others: Drowned World - J.G. BallardJourney to the Centre of the Earth - Jules VerneImaginary Friends - ALison LurieA Door Into Ocean - Joan SlonczewskiJhereg - Steven BrustLOTR - TolkienGlory Lane - Alan Dean FosterShockwave Rider - John BrunnerTripod Trilogy - John ChristopherAll My Sins Remembered - Joe HaldemanKiln People - David BrinHitchhiker books - Douglas Adams And more.... This perhaps should have been edited. Mosher, I see Subterranean on your list .. I went thru a hollow Earth / lost civilization phase after I read Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Vril" So you'd recommend Subterranean ?? ... I've got it on my Amazon wish list I have really enjoyed every book James Rollins wrote, and that's the first one. He typically takes some historical mystery or rumor and then places people at odds over the discovery/use/possession of some tech/artifact/information. I like his books an awful lot. Not remotely highbrow, but an awful lot of fun, thrills, and daring-do. :) .. just ordered it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Go_Dog_Go.jpg 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The best books I've read: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Fantastic satire for anyone who's been a cog in a senseless machine. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Exceptionally meaningful to me personally. The Hominids trilogy by Robert Sawyer My favorite living SF writer. Could have picked almost anything, but this suited my Anthropology background. Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks Painfully obvious ripoff of Tolkien. But I didn't know that when I was 12, and it directly inspired my Fantasy world building and I wouldn't be the same without it. Thankfully he settled into his own voice with some great original works later on. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Could have chose others, but Bokononism has remained a favorite religion of mine ever since. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Brilliant writer, probably my favorite living writer. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson My first favorite book. Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Great revisiting of Dante When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger Cyber to make Gibson only wish. Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin Anarchy! Subterranean by James Rollins Nothing hard here. Just great escapism. The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold Time travel, introspection, and self obsession To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer Afterlife and history jumble all in one. American Gods by Neil Gaiman He could write a grocery list I'd end up putting on this list. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Satire, social criticism, and perhaps even feminism all enshrined in a quirky kid. Magician by Raymond Feist A longtime favorite fantasy author of mine. Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Others: Drowned World - J.G. BallardJourney to the Centre of the Earth - Jules VerneImaginary Friends - ALison LurieA Door Into Ocean - Joan SlonczewskiJhereg - Steven BrustLOTR - TolkienGlory Lane - Alan Dean FosterShockwave Rider - John BrunnerTripod Trilogy - John ChristopherAll My Sins Remembered - Joe HaldemanKiln People - David BrinHitchhiker books - Douglas Adams And more.... This perhaps should have been edited. Mosher, I see Subterranean on your list .. I went thru a hollow Earth / lost civilization phase after I read Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Vril" So you'd recommend Subterranean ?? ... I've got it on my Amazon wish list I have really enjoyed every book James Rollins wrote, and that's the first one. He typically takes some historical mystery or rumor and then places people at odds over the discovery/use/possession of some tech/artifact/information. I like his books an awful lot. Not remotely highbrow, but an awful lot of fun, thrills, and daring-do. :) .. just ordered it If you like it he's been quite prolific since. He has a couple others that fit the lost-world idea, but not all of them do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) Edited February 12, 2017 by Chicken hawk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicHead Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The Hulu miniseries was pretty good. Not sure of how faithfully it remained to the text, but I plan on starting 11/22/63 before the year's end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 This . . . http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1419970218l/382321.jpghttp://www.scrubbles.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/arty-6_sm.jpg .. led me to this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The Viz annual 2003 - the "Rusty Sheriff's Badge". all of the great icons in it - Johnny Fartpants, Sid the Sexist, Roger Melly the man on the Telly, Nobbie's piles, A coming together of icons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Sorry I forgot to include - Buster Gonad and his unfeasibly large testicles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Sorry that was flippant of me. My silly attempt of humour Victor Hugo's "Hunchback" novel is deeply powerful and affected me a lot when I read it as a mid teen. So many analogies with the human mind and sprit and emotion. I also have the complete George Orwell anthology in a very nice leather bound book that my parents bought me as a present for my 18th birthday. It is kept in perfect condition and maybe quite rare now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The Viz annual 2003 - the "Rusty Sheriff's Badge". all of the great icons in it - Johnny Fartpants, Sid the Sexist, Roger Melly the man on the Telly, Nobbie's piles, A coming together of icons Talk about synchronicity I was just looking over some viz comics, happy memories. Hardly the best book I have ever read, but hilarious non the less. Remember wavey davey gravey ?( if memory serves)And the ads? http://i68.tinypic.com/atjr6.png 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The Viz annual 2003 - the "Rusty Sheriff's Badge". all of the great icons in it - Johnny Fartpants, Sid the Sexist, Roger Melly the man on the Telly, Nobbie's piles, A coming together of icons Talk about synchronicity I was just looking over some viz comics, happy memories. Hardly the best book I have ever read, but hilarious non the less. Remember wavey davey gravey ?( if memory serves)And the ads? http://i68.tinypic.com/atjr6.png Yes it was just a "middle finger" to the establishment. A kind of "Punk Rock" publication. Very Juvenile and "fart joke" humour but something that was beautifully subversive yet had a level of "cynical intelligence2 in the early days. The publication was debated in the House of Lords where one of their members stood up and said that "this filth should not be allowed to be sold to children or call itself a comic". In the next issue the Editors Chris and Simon Donald (from my city) changed the name to "Viz Bomic" and entered a disclaimer at the bottom of the cover page. "Not suitable for children, old farts or self appointed guardians of public morals" How wonderful and beautifully subversive!!! ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 A Tale Of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) Memory, Sorrow And Thorn (Tad Williams) The Farseer Trilogy (Robin Hobb) The War Of The Worlds (H.G. Wells) The Lord Of The Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) The Stand (Stephen King)- I have forgotten this book at this point so I hope to read it again soon! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Sorry I forgot to include - Buster Gonad and his unfeasibly large testicles I've only seen the film adaptation, haven't read the book yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Go_Dog_Go.jpg My sister and I loved this so much! Still do. We loved the page where all the dogs are asleep together, heads on pillows in a huge human bed. It looked like the best slumber party ever! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Go_Dog_Go.jpg My sister and I loved this so much! Still do. We loved the page where all the dogs are asleep together, heads on pillows in a huge human bed. It looked like the best slumber party ever!http://www.joeslab.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/go-dogs-go.jpg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Sorry I forgot to include - Buster Gonad and his unfeasibly large testicles I've only seen the film adaptation, haven't read the book yet Cool Lucas Well the boy Buster gets struck in a freak storm which makes his plums grow to enormous proportions. After that the plot is all about jolly japes that his oversized Gonads get him into trouble. It is a sensitive piece about life, emotion, the human spirit and the dark side. It has so many levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Go_Dog_Go.jpg My sister and I loved this so much! Still do. We loved the page where all the dogs are asleep together, heads on pillows in a huge human bed. It looked like the best slumber party ever!http://www.joeslab.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/go-dogs-go.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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