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What's your favorite book of all time? (currently 9653 views) |
tomson |
Posted: March 8th, 2007, 10:02pm |
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Quoted from silent0saint I've read all the books that i own, I'm just curious has anyone else read Shockwave by Clive Cussler?
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I have all his book I believe. A bit of a fan actually. Especially the vintage ones and before he started co-writing. I even have a signed first edition of Mediterranean Caper. I bought it on e-bay for $.98. Obviously an estate sale where the seller did not know the true value. I'm sure I've read Shockwave, but I would have to check to refresh my memory since his written soooo many books. Pia |
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Ayham |
Posted: March 9th, 2007, 1:28am |
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Ann Rice,
Interview with the Vampire, the Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the damned... Also the blood canticle!! |
I met with this lady. She's very cool, and talented. |
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sniper |
Posted: March 19th, 2007, 2:23pm |
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LocationNorthern Hemisphere Posts2249 Posts Per Day 0.48 |
Frank Herbert's Dune.
I haven't read anything that even comes close Herbert's way of telling a story. The way he weaves and stretches a story is unbelievable and his use of prose is second to none imo. |
| Down in the hole / Jesus tries to crack a smile / Beneath another shovel load |
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BrandNew |
Posted: March 23rd, 2007, 3:49pm |
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LocationL-Burg Posts57 Posts Per Day 0.01 |
James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (As well as anything else by him)
and also...F. Scott Fitzgerald - This Side of Paradise; Leo Tolstoy - The Kreutzer Sonata; Dante's Inferno; and Jack Kerouac - On the Road.
This list could go on for pages. One of the downfalls of working at the library is I read too much.
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matos |
Posted: April 12th, 2007, 2:04pm |
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William Golding - Lord of the Flies Stephen King - Long Walk Stephen King - Different Seasons Lorenzo Carcaterra - Sleepers J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye John Wyndham - The Chrysalids William Shakespeare - Titus Andronicus these are the ones I really love |
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SwapJack |
Posted: April 12th, 2007, 2:11pm |
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LocationUnited States Posts187 Posts Per Day 0.03 |
I love old literature...
Anything written by John Steinbeck Fyodor Dostoevsky - Brothers Karamazov Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island HG Wells - War of The Worlds William Golding - Lord of The Flies Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince Stephen King - The Stand Sun Tzu - The Art of War |
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Blakkwolfe |
Posted: January 2nd, 2008, 10:50am |
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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole |
| Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently - Dove Chocolate Wrapper |
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Murphy |
Posted: January 5th, 2008, 9:47pm |
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Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck.
They made us read it in school, It really left an impression on me but over the years I forgot all about it. A few years ago me and wife no.1 went on a road trip around California and ended up in Monterey for a couple of nights, I never realized that I was in Steinbeck country. I ended up coming out of a book shop with a copy of this book and sat in a bar on Cannery Row and read it again for the first time in 15 years, I got a few funny looks as I was sat there crying my eyes out! It still makes me cry every time I read it.
I know that Gary Sinise made it into a movie - which is not too bad really, But I would love to see someone remake it in a modern setting - that I think could work really well.
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mikep |
Posted: January 6th, 2008, 3:27pm |
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I Am Legend - Matheson |
| 13 feature scripts, 2 short subjects. One sale, 4 options. Nothing filmed. Damn.
Currently rewriting another writer's SciFi script for an indie producer in L.A.
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EBurke73 |
Posted: January 13th, 2008, 9:51pm |
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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
Even if we don't know who killed the driver. It's one of the few books I've read multiple times and not been disappointed on the next reading. Though Catch 22 by Joseph Heller is a close second. |
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Sham |
Posted: April 10th, 2008, 12:46am |
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Elie Wiesel's Night followed very closely by Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. I also might mention I read Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth just about every year in elementary school. |
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krisg |
Posted: February 11th, 2009, 7:29pm |
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Really heartening to see some of the classics in there especially Catcher, Mockingbird, Matheson, Steinbeck, Wells, Lord of the Flies, Wyndham.
Allow me to throw The Forever War by Joe Haldeman and The Prestige - Christopher Priest into the pot.
I agree with the poster who said that those of you who mention Dan Brown need to read more books. Dan Brown is a great author to read on holiday on the beach or by the pool. But seriously best book of all time. For me it's Summer fiction at the very worst - no depth, obvious plot, Hollywood ending. Yuk.
Saying that judging by the number of books he has sold I appear to be in a minority. Ha. |
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Higgonaitor |
Posted: February 11th, 2009, 9:12pm |
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Adverbs--Daniel Handler
By the author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" for a more mature audience. A work of art. "The Basic Eight" also by him is worth mentioning.
And I have to admit being in the chuck cult:
Rant-Chuck Palahniuk
It will change the way you think about everything. |
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Sandra Elstree. |
Posted: February 12th, 2009, 12:15am |
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Of The Ancients What if the Hokey Pokey, IS what it's all about?
LocationBowden, Alberta Posts3664 Posts Per Day 0.60 |
One of my all time favorites is
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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escapist |
Posted: February 12th, 2009, 1:39am |
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My four favorites are:
Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien Timequake - Kurt Vonnegut The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
Can't believe I'm the first to mention Hemingway! |
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