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May 22, 2006, 12:06 pm
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 Away  Location: Scotland, Central Lowlands Posts: 3,309 | Top Ten Books Well, here's a nice inoffensive little thread for you. Your ten favourite books. Sunset Song - Lewis Grassic Gibbon His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien Tales of the Unexpected - Roald Dahl The Alphabet of Manliness - Maddox Collins Pocket German Dictionary Kingdom by the Sea - Robert Westall Fantastic Mr Fox - Roald Dahl Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down - Nicey & Wifey The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time - Mark Haddon |
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May 22, 2006, 12:21 pm
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| Retired  Posts: 7,312 | Hmmmm... Clan of the Cavebear The Stand The Notebook The Firm I've read a million books, I don't know why I can't think of more...I will later. "...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and you know how I feel about church services." Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
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May 22, 2006, 03:09 pm
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| 9/11: Inside Job  Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,446 | Of all time? or of importance to create a better world? or to entertain and make you wise? WTF? "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams |
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May 22, 2006, 03:58 pm
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| 9/11: Inside Job Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,446 | Oh. Okay! #1 The Bible by God #2 The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien #3 Treason: The New World Order by Gurudas #4 Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon #5 The War on Freedom by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed #6 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller #7 The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn #8 The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen #9 A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn #10 Send in the Waco Killers by Vin Suprynowicz "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams |
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May 22, 2006, 04:34 pm
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| Retired Posts: 7,312 | I bet #10 was interesting. You guys got me to look into that matter more and I was STUNNED and SAD and PISSED!!!! I could not believe my eyes and ears watching the documentary. "...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and you know how I feel about church services." Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
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May 22, 2006, 05:31 pm
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 Fyrdman  Location: Middlesbrough UK Posts: 4,174 | In no particular order... The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - ??? The Hobbit - Tolkien Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield Angelas Ashes - Frank McCourt The Poetic (or Elder) Edda - Translation by Catherine Somethingorother Brave New World - Auldus Huxley We - Yevgeny Zamiatan Anything by Orwell Harry Potter series (get off your high horses, it's good) The New American Imperialism: Americas War of Blood for Oil - Fouskas and Gokay Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill |
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May 22, 2006, 06:14 pm
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| Paladin  Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277 | The Bible Paradise Lost by John Milton (technically an epic poem, but it's some hundreds of pages long) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Signature of Jesus by Brennan Manning Authentic Faith by Gary L. Thomas The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien  Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6 |
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May 22, 2006, 06:15 pm
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| Paladin Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277 | Honorable Mention goes to 1984 by George Orwell. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6 |
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May 22, 2006, 06:46 pm
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| 9/11: Inside Job Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,446 | Actually, Return of the King isn't a separate book but the last part of a larger work broken for publication's sake. I love Lord of the Rings, too, phoenix. And The Hobbit? Juvenile writing style, but an essential story for understanding LOTR "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams |
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May 22, 2006, 07:26 pm
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| Fyrdman Location: Middlesbrough UK Posts: 4,174 | Quote:
I put the Hobbit over the LOTR trilogy because a) the ending sucked, frodo should have died from Shelobs poison and Sam should have finished the quest, or Frodo should have fell into Mt. Doom with the ring b) I hate the whingy, whiny baby that is Frodo. Bilbo rules. Bilbo is a quintessential Englishman, pottering around his house and garden, doesn't really care about all hell going on around him as long as tea and supper are provided. Oh, and both the Belgariad by David Eddings and The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb is superior to the LOTR trilogy. Add them to my list of faves. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill | |
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May 22, 2006, 07:41 pm
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| Paladin Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277 | I enjoyed The Redemption of Althalus by the Eddingses. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6 |
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May 22, 2006, 08:52 pm
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 Illogic Hunter  Location: Seattle Posts: 2,385 | Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson Diaspora by Greg Egan The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Foundation by Isaac Asimov Ringworld by Larry Niven Rifleman Dodd by C. S. Forester Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke "A republic, if you can keep it." -- Benjamin Franklin Free State Project freestateproject.org |
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May 23, 2006, 02:35 am
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| 9/11: Inside Job Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,446 | Gee, Morg...ever read any science fiction? "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams |
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May 23, 2006, 11:59 pm
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| blasphemer  Location: Michigan Posts: 8,353 | 1984 by George Orwell Ariel by Sylvia Plath Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger Night by Elie Wiesel Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino Interpreter of Maladies By Jhumpa Lahiri. Clive Barker's Books of Blood "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~Voltaire |
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May 26, 2006, 01:54 pm
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| It's my life  Location: Texas Posts: 532 | Books! I love books! What haven't I read? I truly do have the soul of a scholar. My favorite fantasy authors are David Eddings, Robart Jordan, Terry Brooks, George RR Martin, Orson Scott Card and Tad Williams. I have read just about everything by all of them. Favorite books, hmmm. 1. One hundred years of solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. The Stand- Stephen King (had a paperback copy back in highschool, read it until it fell apart) 3. Clan of the cavebear (read it till it fell apart too) and I read the other two after it 4. Good Omens 5. American Gods- both 4 and 5 by Neil Gaiman 6. The Stupidest Angel and Lamb- Christopher Moore (he's hilarious!) 7. Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides -this book was superb, for all you homophobes out there! 8. The Book of the Courtesans- A catalogue of thier virtues- Susan Griffin 9. Forever Amber- Kathlenn Winsor 10. The Best Democracy Money Can Buy- Greg Palast (I've just been introduced to him and I really like him) Well hell. There is many more. Can this be a top 20 or 30? If you want the country to go to hell in a handbasket, then vote for the one who can drive you there blindfolded. |
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May 31, 2006, 09:56 pm
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| It's my life Location: Texas Posts: 532 | "Wicked" by Gregory Maquire. And I want to read his newest one the sequel "Son of a Witch". Looks good. And Greg Palast has a new hardback "Armed Madhouse", that looks good too, and Christopher Moore has a new hardback out "A Dirty Job", I think it is called. Read the jacket, I'm sure I'll get a good laugh out of it. Oh dear, I'm off topic, this is supposed to be only the tep ten favorite books. Sorry. If you want the country to go to hell in a handbasket, then vote for the one who can drive you there blindfolded. Last edited by Lilith; May 31, 2006 at 09:59 pm. |
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Jun 3, 2006, 08:20 pm
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| Principled Observer  Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 13,873 | In no particular order... Rogue Warrior (the 1st in the series, and only entirely non-fiction) by Richard Marcinko Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond War in 2020 by Ralph Peters Crossing the Rubicon by Michael Rupert Ambush at Ruby Ridge by Alan W. Bock The Anarchists Cookbook (author unknown, by me at least) Delta Force by Col. Charlie A. Beckwith(Ret) U.S. Army Survival Manual FM 21-76 Mission M.I.A. J.C. Pollock Centrifuge by J.C. Pollock Off the top of my head, some fiction some not. Petition of Redress of Grievances: http://www.givemeliberty.org/default.htm Canadian Lawsuit Against Their National Banks: http://www.freewebs.com/classaction/ Osborn F. Enready |
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Jun 3, 2006, 09:15 pm
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  Moderator  Location: Wales Posts: 2,308 | Atlas Shrugged? I found it quite boring and repetative. Homage To Catalonia - George Orwell Royal Flash - George MacDonald Fraiser Brave New World - Auldus Huxley Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Anonymous 1984 - George Orwell Goodnight Mister Tom - Michelle Magorian The BFG - Roald Dahl Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Red Dragon - Thomas Harris Le Morte d'Arthur (The Death of King Arthur, not to be confused with Mort Artu) - Sir Thomas Malory Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, […] no obstacle whatsoever intervenes at this moment except ignorance to prevent such a state of society. Robert Owen |
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