I almost forgot - The Hungry Caterpillar.
Great book.
Great book.
The post was to share knowledge and points of view. Not a platform impressing or pitifully displays of strutting. Yet we lost a poster or two. hmmm...Marconius wrote:
Just posting my favorite quote of yours, Horseman.
I stand by my quote,
I enjoy lighting firecrackers and sinking toy boats with BB Guns still. No offense They probably scare you. Making gliders and all the things I loved at that age.
It comes in handy with two kids ages 6 and 9.
You know what they say about people in glass houses..
"Memnoch the devil" by Ann Rice = Best vampire book everFenris_GreyClaw wrote:
I've been looking for some good werewolf/vampire novels. any good suggestions?Might hafta look at that onejimmanycricket wrote:
oh, The Historian, by Elizebeth Kostova
great book just finished it, a must read IMO
its a fictional book set in 2008 although a lot of the story is about the past, it is about vampires and more specifically about Vlad Tepes, who many vamire stories originated.
Most recently i've read "Into the Dark:30 years in the RUC" by retired senior CID officer Johnston Browne in the now defunct former police force in my country about his dealings with the nefarious "special Branch" section of the force. currently reading "the burning Girl" by Mark Billingham which is just a pulp crime fiction novel..
Noob topic..
Noob post.ToiletTrooper wrote:
Noob topic..
My all time favorite book is The Journeyer, by Gary Jennings (1984). It tells you the story of Marco Polo, the way the author imagined it, across all his journeys along the Silk Road, since Venezia to the Mongol Empire. I strongly recommend you to read if you didn't.
I have a lot of other favorite books, but this is the one I enjoyed the most.
I have a lot of other favorite books, but this is the one I enjoyed the most.
So does your 'voyeurism' not 'work' if we get to see your list, Horsey?
The Things They Carried-interesting views on war and the burdens it produces
1984
Fahrenheit 451
Pride and Prejudice-I hated reading it, but it made some good points
Tom Clancy books-may not be the "insightfull, life changing types" but they are entertaining
The Zombie Survival Guide-one of the funniest books I've read recently (must watch several zombie movies first)
1984
Fahrenheit 451
Pride and Prejudice-I hated reading it, but it made some good points
Tom Clancy books-may not be the "insightfull, life changing types" but they are entertaining
The Zombie Survival Guide-one of the funniest books I've read recently (must watch several zombie movies first)
First and foremost: 1984 by George Orwell.
Everything by Douglas Adams.
Stephen King (Dark Tower series in particular, also Hearts in Atlantis)
Everything by Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, and Larry Niven.
Everything by Douglas Adams.
Stephen King (Dark Tower series in particular, also Hearts in Atlantis)
Everything by Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, and Larry Niven.
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine SecuROM slapping your face with its dick -- forever." -George Orwell
I would have to say some of my favourites would be -
Flann O'Brien "3rd Policeman"
Terry Pratchett & Neil gaiman "Good Omens" - soon to be a Terry Gilliam movie YAY!!
George Orwell "Animal Farm"
Aldous Huxley "Brave new World"
Robert A. Heinlein "The moon is a harsh mistress"
Joseph Campbell "the hero with a thousand faces"
Flann O'Brien "3rd Policeman"
Terry Pratchett & Neil gaiman "Good Omens" - soon to be a Terry Gilliam movie YAY!!
George Orwell "Animal Farm"
Aldous Huxley "Brave new World"
Robert A. Heinlein "The moon is a harsh mistress"
Joseph Campbell "the hero with a thousand faces"
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H.G. Wells: 1984
David Cay Johnston: Perfectly Legal
Stephen King: The Dark Tower
My philosophy book from college...12-15 years ago (don't ask the name or publisher because I can't remember)
David Cay Johnston: Perfectly Legal
Stephen King: The Dark Tower
My philosophy book from college...12-15 years ago (don't ask the name or publisher because I can't remember)
Terry Gilliam movie of Good Omens! That'll be good. I love Terry Gilliam films.IG-Calibre wrote:
I would have to say some of my favourites would be -
Flann O'Brien "3rd Policeman"
Terry Pratchett & Neil gaiman "Good Omens" - soon to be a Terry Gilliam movie YAY!!
George Orwell "Animal Farm"
Aldous Huxley "Brave new World"
Robert A. Heinlein "The moon is a harsh mistress"
Joseph Campbell "the hero with a thousand faces"
*edit*
Just checked it out - looks like it's fallen through. A bit like Man of La Mancha, his Don Quixote (hope I've spelt that right) film. Could be it's just issues financing it and we'll see it soon, but all the stuff about it seems to be dated 2002, which is a while ago now.
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I'm seeing alot of '1984' (Orwell) recommendations. How could anyone forget to mention 'Animal Farm', by the same author?
[edit]lmao: the previous post's quote did. So instead of complaining about that, I'm going to poke fun at the person who put H.G. Wells' name on '1984'.[/edit]
[edit]lmao: the previous post's quote did. So instead of complaining about that, I'm going to poke fun at the person who put H.G. Wells' name on '1984'.[/edit]
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After the better part of a bottle ot tequila, my bad for saying H.G. Wells, rather than George Orwell.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I'm seeing alot of '1984' (Orwell) recommendations. How could anyone forget to mention 'Animal Farm', by the same author?
[edit]lmao: the previous post's quote did. So instead of complaining about that, I'm going to poke fun at the person who put H.G. Wells' name on '1984'.[/edit]
Aye, I saw him being interviewed recently and he said he was still really keen to make it but that there were several issues to be worked out..Bertster7 wrote:
Terry Gilliam movie of Good Omens! That'll be good. I love Terry Gilliam films.IG-Calibre wrote:
I would have to say some of my favourites would be -
Flann O'Brien "3rd Policeman"
Terry Pratchett & Neil gaiman "Good Omens" - soon to be a Terry Gilliam movie YAY!!
George Orwell "Animal Farm"
Aldous Huxley "Brave new World"
Robert A. Heinlein "The moon is a harsh mistress"
Joseph Campbell "the hero with a thousand faces"
*edit*
Just checked it out - looks like it's fallen through. A bit like Man of La Mancha, his Don Quixote (hope I've spelt that right) film. Could be it's just issues financing it and we'll see it soon, but all the stuff about it seems to be dated 2002, which is a while ago now.
One book I really treasure is a signed copy of Edward V. Rickenbacker's Auto-Biography.
Get this if you can, The guy was truly amazing. I read my boys stories from it ( at their request ) at bed time " I try to never make up shit "
I never really followed one author. I stick almost entirely to history or biography's.
I mean I read all the Tom Clancy novels, Michael Crichton, Steven King Woof ( when I was a kid ), Mario Puzzo, Lawrence Sanders, I read all the Hobbit stuff but it never really grabbed me. Everything I have is packed and I don't have much after a divorce about 8 years ago. I hate to keep books that I love. It dosen't seem right. I always lend them out to friends, I love to share a good book.
These are some I know I read and gave to friends for this very reason
Sea biscuit
Endurance - Edward Shackelton
Catch me if you can.
Pilot X
A distant mirror
The Guns of august
At dawn we slept
Soldier - Tony Herbert
About face - David Hackworth
Hunter - by G.A. Hunter .....................Amazing ! My brother took it and Lent it out.
Its also rare I have the Strand* book store hunting me up a copy.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. Lawrence
Band of Brothers
Death March, Survivors of Bataan - Donald Knox
Nam - Mark Barker
Wahoo - Kane.
The Entire Samuel Elliot Morrison U.S Naval History After action reports
Arundel, Rabble in Arms, North West Passage - all by Kenneth Roberts
Shane
The Searchers
Slaughter house Five
Alive
Catch 22 - Heller
Twelve O:Clock High
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Able Seaman Brown on Resolution Isle
Breaker Morant
The Koo Koos Egg. sp ?
Spike
These were books I was sorry When they ended.
Any books on flying, Naval Warfare, WWII, Vietnam, Rome, Architecture, Sailing, Survival
But now I want to Read about the Napoleonic Era, which ( except for the Naval Battles ) I know very little about. suggestions ?
* Strand in NYC 13st, Union Sq. abouts.. A good place to find rare books.
Get this if you can, The guy was truly amazing. I read my boys stories from it ( at their request ) at bed time " I try to never make up shit "
I never really followed one author. I stick almost entirely to history or biography's.
I mean I read all the Tom Clancy novels, Michael Crichton, Steven King Woof ( when I was a kid ), Mario Puzzo, Lawrence Sanders, I read all the Hobbit stuff but it never really grabbed me. Everything I have is packed and I don't have much after a divorce about 8 years ago. I hate to keep books that I love. It dosen't seem right. I always lend them out to friends, I love to share a good book.
These are some I know I read and gave to friends for this very reason
Sea biscuit
Endurance - Edward Shackelton
Catch me if you can.
Pilot X
A distant mirror
The Guns of august
At dawn we slept
Soldier - Tony Herbert
About face - David Hackworth
Hunter - by G.A. Hunter .....................Amazing ! My brother took it and Lent it out.
Its also rare I have the Strand* book store hunting me up a copy.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. Lawrence
Band of Brothers
Death March, Survivors of Bataan - Donald Knox
Nam - Mark Barker
Wahoo - Kane.
The Entire Samuel Elliot Morrison U.S Naval History After action reports
Arundel, Rabble in Arms, North West Passage - all by Kenneth Roberts
Shane
The Searchers
Slaughter house Five
Alive
Catch 22 - Heller
Twelve O:Clock High
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Able Seaman Brown on Resolution Isle
Breaker Morant
The Koo Koos Egg. sp ?
Spike
These were books I was sorry When they ended.
Any books on flying, Naval Warfare, WWII, Vietnam, Rome, Architecture, Sailing, Survival
But now I want to Read about the Napoleonic Era, which ( except for the Naval Battles ) I know very little about. suggestions ?
* Strand in NYC 13st, Union Sq. abouts.. A good place to find rare books.
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Emperor The Gates of Rome & The Death of Kings
by Conn Iggulden.
I have a keen interest in Acient History, and this book gave me a deep insite into Gaius Julius aka Julius Ceaser
Thats why i read it.
by Conn Iggulden.
I have a keen interest in Acient History, and this book gave me a deep insite into Gaius Julius aka Julius Ceaser
Thats why i read it.
~ Do you not know that in the service … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?
Fiction:
Everything by Iain M Banks. (note the M - I haven't read his non-sci-fi yet)
Everything by William Gibson.
Non-fiction:
'Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid' by Douglas R. Hofstadter.
Everything by Iain M Banks. (note the M - I haven't read his non-sci-fi yet)
Everything by William Gibson.
Non-fiction:
'Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid' by Douglas R. Hofstadter.
Well, I read the Lord of the Ring books because they are my favorite. Looking into my backpack that I carry to work, I have Teach yourself PHP, Latin Quips, Kentucky Almanac (I like in Kentucky) FOH magazine (sound system magazine), a magazine called Flood.
If you were to go to my house I have a lot of Teach Yourself books that are related to programing (C++, JavaScript, CSS, HTML) or computers (Final Cut, Flash MX, and Soundtrack Pro), Reader Digiest Best Sellers, and some biographies.
If you were to go to my house I have a lot of Teach Yourself books that are related to programing (C++, JavaScript, CSS, HTML) or computers (Final Cut, Flash MX, and Soundtrack Pro), Reader Digiest Best Sellers, and some biographies.
You forgot, Dr. Seuss- Green eggs and HamMarconius wrote:
HOoo boy...how about authors?
Stephen King - Dark Tower series
Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5, Breakfast of Champions
Suskïnd - Perfum
Hunter S. Thomspon - Fear and Loathing series, Hey Rube
Clancy - Politika, Patriot Games, Executive Orders
Orwell - 1984
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet letter
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
Washington Irving - All of his short stories, specifically The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Shakespeare - All of his plays and sonnets
Crichton - Pretty much all of his books, not to mention ER
Dante Alighieri - Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
Edgar Allen Poe - Fall of the House of Usher, Masque of the Red Death
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) - Huckleberry Finn stories
Upton Sinclair - The Jungle
Palahniuk - Fight Club, Choke
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens, The Books of Magic
Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5-book trilogy
Piers Anthony - Land of Xanth series
Neitzsche - Thus Spake Zarathustra
Albert Camus - The Stranger
Kafka - The Metamorphosis
Melville - Moby Dick
Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: a space odyssey
Isaac Asimov - The Gods Themselves, I, Robot
Ray Bradbury - There will Come Soft Rains
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
T.S. Eliot - The Wasteland, Love song of Alfred J. Prufrock
Hawking - Brief History of Time
Gibbins - The Scientists
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game and the 'Shadow' Series
Frank Herbet - Dune
Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf
so many more...those are all I can say off the top of my head
If you like those, also do not miss Flag of Our Fathers- James BradleyHorseman 77 wrote:
One book I really treasure is a signed copy of Edward V. Rickenbacker's Auto-Biography.
Get this if you can, The guy was truly amazing. I read my boys stories from it ( at their request ) at bed time " I try to never make up shit "
I never really followed one author. I stick almost entirely to history or biography's.
I mean I read all the Tom Clancy novels, Michael Crichton, Steven King Woof ( when I was a kid ), Mario Puzzo, Lawrence Sanders, I read all the Hobbit stuff but it never really grabbed me. Everything I have is packed and I don't have much after a divorce about 8 years ago. I hate to keep books that I love. It dosen't seem right. I always lend them out to friends, I love to share a good book.
These are some I know I read and gave to friends for this very reason
Sea biscuit
Endurance - Edward Shackelton
Catch me if you can.
Pilot X
A distant mirror
The Guns of august
At dawn we slept
Soldier - Tony Herbert
About face - David Hackworth
Hunter - by G.A. Hunter .....................Amazing ! My brother took it and Lent it out.
Its also rare I have the Strand* book store hunting me up a copy.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. Lawrence
Band of Brothers
Death March, Survivors of Bataan - Donald Knox
Nam - Mark Barker
Wahoo - Kane.
The Entire Samuel Elliot Morrison U.S Naval History After action reports
Arundel, Rabble in Arms, North West Passage - all by Kenneth Roberts
Shane
The Searchers
Slaughter house Five
Alive
Catch 22 - Heller
Twelve O:Clock High
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Able Seaman Brown on Resolution Isle
Breaker Morant
The Koo Koos Egg. sp ?
Spike
These were books I was sorry When they ended.
Any books on flying, Naval Warfare, WWII, Vietnam, Rome, Architecture, Sailing, Survival
But now I want to Read about the Napoleonic Era, which ( except for the Naval Battles ) I know very little about. suggestions ?
* Strand in NYC 13st, Union Sq. abouts.. A good place to find rare books.
and Goodbye Darkness-William Manchester
Yeager is also a pretty good read.
I also love historical autobiographies I am not much for Sci-Fi reading or any other fiction. For stuff like that, I wait for the movie.
Just to explain Mein Kampf being in my list...I just really wanted to read it. Wanted to see how Hitler thought from his perspective, and for the most part, it's pretty intriguing.
And Clancy's books are popcorn books...just pick one up and read it in a day for fun.
And Clancy's books are popcorn books...just pick one up and read it in a day for fun.
I'm surprised, no Communist Manifesto? jk Commies.
I liked Black Hawk Down, For Whom The Bell Tolls, A Tale of Two Cities, Animal Farm and things of that nature. I don't really have a comprehensive list since there are many I would like to read, several of the aforementioned that are on some of these lists.
I liked Black Hawk Down, For Whom The Bell Tolls, A Tale of Two Cities, Animal Farm and things of that nature. I don't really have a comprehensive list since there are many I would like to read, several of the aforementioned that are on some of these lists.
I first read "Magician" by Raymond E. Feist when I was desparate for something to read on a train journey back in 1988 and I've read everything he's written since. It's not deep and meaningful but I like his style of writing.
Also Frank Herbert - Dune series, and The Hitchhiker's Guide is well funny.
Also Frank Herbert - Dune series, and The Hitchhiker's Guide is well funny.