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ShadowNotes
Posts : 53 Join date : 2012-03-11 Age : 87 Location : Southern California
| Subject: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:55 am | |
| We've discussed movies, music, etc...how about books? Fiction or non fiction, your fav. |
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mc1958
Posts : 2718 Join date : 2012-01-10 Age : 66 Location : Pitsea, Essex
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:53 pm | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in 5 parts by Douglas Adams:
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe Life, The Universe And Everything So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish Mostly Harmless
I don't read a great deal but I like this series of books - they were even the first ones I got when I bought myself a kindle last year.
I haven't read any of his for a couple of years now but I also used to like the John Grisham books. |
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CanadianBacon
Posts : 375 Join date : 2012-01-17 Age : 37 Location : Ontario
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:26 pm | |
| i enjoy reading, however i've been in a bit of non-reading rut since graduating university almost 2 years ago. i'm currently in the midst of reading the unabridged de cervantes' don quixote, but here is a list of books i could read endless times.
hell's angels - hunter s thompson the great shark hunt - hunter s thompson fear and loathing in las vegas - hunter s thompson the iliad - homer to kill a mockingbird - harper lee hamlet - shakespeare on the road - kerouac heart of darkness - joseph conrad |
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:02 pm | |
| I tend to read books about specific subjects rather than novels. Like I will read lots of darts books, books on U.F.O.'s and books of General Interest such as the Q.I. books. Also like reading biographies too.
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zappaluv
Posts : 136 Join date : 2012-04-15 Location : Sydney Australia
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:36 pm | |
| Too many to mention. Favourite writers are, Neal Stephenson - Anathem, Snow Crash Neil Gaiman - American Gods, The Graveyard Book George R R Martin - Songs of Ice and Fire series Frank Herbet - Dune Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land - The Moons a Harsh Mistress Issac Asimov - Foundatin series Tolkien- LOTR Hobbit Raymond E Fiest- Magician Douglas Adams Noticing a pattern... mmm too many sci-fi/fantasy to mention i have also read and enjoyed James Joyce Charles Dickens Thomas Hardy (Ha! just kidding he sux) John Steinbeck Will Shakespeare Samuel Beckett George Bernard Shaw John Pilger Bill Bryson
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:39 pm | |
| - zappaluv wrote:
- Too many to mention.
Favourite writers are, Neal Stephenson - Anathem, Snow Crash Neil Gaiman - American Gods, The Graveyard Book George R R Martin - Songs of Ice and Fire series Frank Herbet - Dune Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land - The Moons a Harsh Mistress Issac Asimov - Foundatin series Tolkien- LOTR Hobbit Raymond E Fiest- Magician Douglas Adams Noticing a pattern... mmm too many sci-fi/fantasy to mention i have also read and enjoyed James Joyce Charles Dickens Thomas Hardy (Ha! just kidding he sux) John Steinbeck Will Shakespeare Samuel Beckett George Bernard Shaw John Pilger Bill Bryson
Wow thats some list, my eyes tire quickly when reading, would take me for ever to get through Tolkiens books! |
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Saber
Posts : 5689 Join date : 2012-01-09 Location : Palm Coast,Florida 32137
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:58 pm | |
| Tom sawyer by Mark Twain Jack London and many others. |
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Bigshow
Posts : 1216 Join date : 2012-01-25 Age : 41 Location : Éire
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:21 pm | |
| I don`t read fiction books, they have never floated my boat. Some of my favourite reads so far would be A brief history in time by Stephen Hawkings and Connections 1+2 by James Burke. |
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ShadowNotes
Posts : 53 Join date : 2012-03-11 Age : 87 Location : Southern California
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:09 am | |
| Seasons of the Pearl. I wrote it. |
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Lefty544
Posts : 1788 Join date : 2012-01-27 Age : 40 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:55 am | |
| I can't point to a single book but I can say that I am a big fan of fantasy and fiction novels. Authors that I have enjoyed reading include Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Terry Brooks. For those of you who know Terry Brooks I am aware that he is nothing like the first two authors I listed. He fits my enjoyment for fantasy where the others fiction. |
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Lefty544
Posts : 1788 Join date : 2012-01-27 Age : 40 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:56 am | |
| - SilverSaber wrote:
- Tom sawyer by Mark Twain
Jack London and many others. Cheers Larry. We have similar taste in literature |
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:13 am | |
| - ShadowNotes wrote:
- Seasons of the Pearl. I wrote it.
I checked it out on Amazon, thats cool that you have book published! |
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USMC80
Posts : 4871 Join date : 2012-01-17 Age : 44 Location : nj
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:14 am | |
| - getagrip wrote:
- ShadowNotes wrote:
- Seasons of the Pearl. I wrote it.
I checked it out on Amazon, thats cool that you have book published! I saw it myself, impressive. And another book in progress? |
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ShadowNotes
Posts : 53 Join date : 2012-03-11 Age : 87 Location : Southern California
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:54 am | |
| No Colin, lost the energy. Actually SEASONS was published in 2000 and I already had finished the first, yet unpublished. Takes a great deal of patience and work. Harder than the actual writing. I've also developed SEASONS into a screenplay, but that never went anywhere either.
Thanks for asking. |
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ShadowNotes
Posts : 53 Join date : 2012-03-11 Age : 87 Location : Southern California
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:56 am | |
| Thanks for the look-see Darren. |
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ochejockey
Posts : 298 Join date : 2012-04-03 Age : 49 Location : Jacksonville, FL
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 2:09 am | |
| Like everyone else, a single book is difficult to pick. Here are some authors I really like and a series or book I particularly like. Shelby Foote - The Civil War (American) David McCullough - John Adams Roy Jenkins - Churchill Jonathan Riley-Smith - The Crusades Stephen King - The Dark Tower Series, The Stand William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing JRR Tolkein - LOTR Trilogy Frank Herbert - The Dune Chronicles Michael Crichton - Eaters of the Dead Tom Clancy - Red Storm Rising Agatha Christie - all of the Poirot stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes Jaroslav Hasek - The Good Soldier Svejk
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USMC80
Posts : 4871 Join date : 2012-01-17 Age : 44 Location : nj
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 2:15 am | |
| - ochejockey wrote:
- Like everyone else, a single book is difficult to pick. Here are some authors I really like and a series or book I particularly like.
Shelby Foote - The Civil War (American) David McCullough - John Adams Roy Jenkins - Churchill Jonathan Riley-Smith - The Crusades Stephen King - The Dark Tower Series, The Stand William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing JRR Tolkein - LOTR Trilogy Frank Herbert - The Dune Chronicles Tom Clancy - Red Storm Rising Agatha Christie - all of the Poirot stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes Jaroslav Hasek - The Good Soldier Svejk My favorites |
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Saber
Posts : 5689 Join date : 2012-01-09 Location : Palm Coast,Florida 32137
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 2:22 am | |
| Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a good book |
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ochejockey
Posts : 298 Join date : 2012-04-03 Age : 49 Location : Jacksonville, FL
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 2:22 am | |
| - mc1958 wrote:
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in 5 parts by Douglas Adams:
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe Life, The Universe And Everything So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish Mostly Harmless
I don't read a great deal but I like this series of books - they were even the first ones I got when I bought myself a kindle last year.
I haven't read any of his for a couple of years now but I also used to like the John Grisham books. Very cool. I read the Guide back in high school many moons ago. I should get them on Kindle too and reread them. I'm sure there was a lot that I didn't get the first time around. I enjoyed the tv series many years ago too. |
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ochejockey
Posts : 298 Join date : 2012-04-03 Age : 49 Location : Jacksonville, FL
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 2:32 am | |
| - getagrip wrote:
- I tend to read books about specific subjects rather than novels. Like I will read lots of darts books, books on U.F.O.'s and books of General Interest such as the Q.I. books. Also like reading biographies too.
I'm sure you read Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken. I don't know if you get some version of the History Channel that we get, but there is a series on there called Ancient Aliens. Its about examining ancient monuments, archaeology, writings, etc. and explaining it through alien visitation and intervention. I think it's all a bunch of rubbish, but very interesting to listen to and debate. |
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 3:42 am | |
| - ochejockey wrote:
- getagrip wrote:
- I tend to read books about specific subjects rather than novels. Like I will read lots of darts books, books on U.F.O.'s and books of General Interest such as the Q.I. books. Also like reading biographies too.
I'm sure you read Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken. I don't know if you get some version of the History Channel that we get, but there is a series on there called Ancient Aliens. Its about examining ancient monuments, archaeology, writings, etc. and explaining it through alien visitation and intervention. I think it's all a bunch of rubbish, but very interesting to listen to and debate. I may have seen an episode of that once, but I dont have all the Sky channels now but it sounds familiar, there is quite a few programmes along those lines and its all interesting theories, guess we will never know for sure |
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Goofy
Posts : 323 Join date : 2012-01-15 Age : 44 Location : Perth, Scotland
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 5:39 am | |
| I'm quite a fan of autobiographies (none of that Katie Price fake celeb crap though), specifically sportsmen and crime! This one is probably my favourite ever read..... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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Hatrick
Posts : 495 Join date : 2012-01-18 Age : 56 Location : U.S.
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 5:43 am | |
| I'm totally illiterate I only read books like Playboy ,Hustler, Juggs..... No actually I read alot of fiction James Patterson, Dean Koontz, John Grisham, Iris Joahanssen stuff like that. |
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USMC80
Posts : 4871 Join date : 2012-01-17 Age : 44 Location : nj
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 5:46 am | |
| John Grisham good author IMO |
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Goofy
Posts : 323 Join date : 2012-01-15 Age : 44 Location : Perth, Scotland
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 09, 2012 7:05 am | |
| - Hatrick wrote:
No actually I read alot of fiction I like fiction too, i buy The Sun newspaper every day |
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Sat May 12, 2012 4:56 am | |
| I am reading Wyatt Earp at present by Casey Terfertiller I think thats how its spelled. Anyway the book is quite thick and very interesting so far, more so than the movies that portray him. |
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TROUBLEAGAIN
Posts : 13 Join date : 2012-01-31
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Sun May 13, 2012 8:41 pm | |
| Scottish Crime beginning with Ian Rankin and now Stuart Mcbride for the easy reading.
Found myself reading a lot about Russia this year.
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Saber
Posts : 5689 Join date : 2012-01-09 Location : Palm Coast,Florida 32137
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Tue May 29, 2012 11:38 pm | |
| Enemy at the Gates By William Craig is excellent !!! |
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Wed May 30, 2012 1:01 am | |
| Still reading Wyatt Earp, its a big book and I'm a slow reader lol! |
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the_cutter
Posts : 448 Join date : 2012-03-13 Location : PH
| Subject: Re: What's your favorite book? Thu May 31, 2012 7:27 pm | |
| Batman: The Killing Joke Graphic Novel. |
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