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kamccran
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Favourite Book?
« on: Apr 9th, 2004, 4:12pm » |
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Hello, hello.
I was just wondering what all your 'favourite' book/book genres are..
I'm currently reading 'Cry, The Beloved Country' for my AP English Lit class.. to be honest, I highly doubt that I would have read this book if our teacher hadn't told us to.. I started it the other day and didn't really like it, but knowing that I *have* to read it, I carried on. It's getting kinda better, but I just looked on Sparknotes to see what it says about it, and oh my goodness! Does anything happy happen in it??
I also have to read 'Brave New World' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' by like, next week I think. (Argh, the exam's in 5 weeks!)
We were studying 'Hamlet', 'Frankenstein', 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Things Fall Apart'. The only one of which that I've actually read is 'Hamlet'. Goodness knows how I'm passing this class... Oops. Though I am planning on reading them all as soon as I can! (I liked the BBC version of P&P though.  )
Yeah.. so... what's your fave book? What do you recommend? Have you read of any these books that I have to?? lol.
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #1 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 4:18pm » |
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My favorite is
"Skippy the Wonder Lizard Goes to Washington"
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #2 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 4:25pm » |
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The '97 Ford Ranger Chilton's Manual.
I laughed, I cried...couldn't put it down, gripping stuff.
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« Reply #3 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 4:28pm » |
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My favorite book is also my favorite movie, The Godfather.....doesn't take much to please me.  Give me a good mafia story any day and I'll be happy.
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #4 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 4:48pm » |
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My favorite book is 'how to run your new can opener'......Blondes have more fun Pam
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #5 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 4:54pm » |
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on Apr 9th, 2004, 4:12pm, kamccran wrote:| I also have to read 'Brave New World' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' by like, next week I think. (Argh, the exam's in 5 weeks!) |
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"Brave New World" has come back to haunt us with new directional genetic decisions which have been discussed. In almost every genetics book I read which was recently written, that book comes up for comparison as the topic in a chapter. Of which I've read, most notably "Enough", staying human in an engineered age by Bill McKibben and "Our Posthuman Future", consequences of the biotechnology revolution by Francis Fukuyama both dedicate chapters to "Brave New World". Insightful and yes, suggested reading. It is mentioned in other books I've read too, "Nature via Nurture", "The Blank Slate", "Human Cloning and
Human Dignity" and "The Delphic Boat". It has surprising modern relevancy.
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #6 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 4:59pm » |
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on Apr 9th, 2004, 4:54pm, Kevin_M wrote:
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My mom always used to say that the library police were going to come after us! My brother, Mike, and I used to rack up huge fines with books we checked out for school projects! I think his biggest one was around $150?? My dad bartered it down.. LOL
I don't really have a favorite book. One of my favorites is "Death Be Not Proud" by John Gunther. I also really liked "The Poisonwood Bible." I'm sure there are others, but I forget! I spend most of my time reading textbooks...none of which are my favorite! LOL
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« Reply #7 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 5:11pm » |
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Favorite Book? 
Just about anything from Dean Koontz, Stephen King or Tom Clancy.
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« Reply #9 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 5:34pm » |
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I like reading ...... my favourite are:
"The Evil" by Dante Alighieri;
"The picture of Dorian Gray" (in English language ) by Oscar Wilde
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on Apr 9th, 2004, 4:18pm, echo wrote:My favorite is
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I think I read the follow up to that one, Echo...."Whipping skippy"....Its a how to book
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #11 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 6:37pm » |
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Wow, I haven't read a book in years, but of the ones I've read, my favorite is the Riverworld series by Phillip Jose Farmer, especially the first book, "To Your Scattered Bodies Go".
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I've always loved the Romance Novels. My favorite is New Orleans Legacy by Alexandra Ripley. My second favorite, although not a novel but a great book none the less, is P.S. I Love You by Barbara Conklin (who I had corresponded with as a teen, and still have the letters she wrote me).
Another one I loved is The Tao of Inner Peace by Diane Dreher.
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #13 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 7:51pm » |
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on Apr 9th, 2004, 6:37pm, FZfan wrote:| "To Your Scattered Bodies Go". |
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FZ,
I like you pic of FZ's albums, but I am not seeing my favorite, "Apostrophe". He had some great ones on that. What's up???
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #14 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 9:30pm » |
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on Apr 9th, 2004, 7:51pm, Kevin_M wrote:
FZ,
I like you pic of FZ's albums, but I am not seeing my favorite, "Apostrophe". He had some great ones on that. What's up???
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Hmmmm, now that you mention it.............yeah that takes me back...St Alphonzos Pancake Breakfast, Don't Eat the Yellow Snow, Cosmic Debris, Stink Foot were classics.
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Re: Favourite Book?
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Hmmmm, now that you mention it.............yeah that takes me back...Jim |
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That's Jack Bruce on bass on the song "Apostrophe".
I bought that album in I think '74 or '75 when I was in Toronto seeing Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, with The Band as the kicker band.
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« Reply #16 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 9:40pm » |
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Yeah.....my copy of "Skippy the Wonder Lizard Goes To Washington" too is dogeared.
The book we were forced to read in about 9th grade...and for very good reason, it turns out: "A Tale of Two Cities." I've never found anything to beat it.
Lots of biography and history, and I reread the 60 Sherlock Holmes stories often. Tons of SF over the years.
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My fave books are J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogy; "The Dark Half" from Stephen King and "Go Ask Alice" - Anonymous (It was a teenage girls journal of her bout with drugs which she eventually lost.)
My Favorite FZ disc has to be "Sheik Yerbouti"
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #18 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 10:05pm » |
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on Apr 9th, 2004, 9:45pm, Carl_D wrote:My Favorite FZ disc has to be "Sheik Yerbouti"
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It seemed unlike FZ to acknowledge disco. The play on words, SHAKE YOUR BOOTIE. But still crazy.
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Favorite books:
"Musashi," Eiji Yoshikawa
"All Quiet On The Western Front"
"Wind, Sand, & Stars," by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Moby Dick," Herman Melville
"Phantom Of the Opera," by Gaston Laroux
"The Essential Rumi," tr. by Coleman Barks
"Illusions," Richard Bach
"The Prophet," Kahlil Gibran
"Frankenstein," Mary Shelley
"Tales From The 1001 Arabian Nights"
"The Brothers Kazamarov"
"I Heard God Laughing; Renderings of Hafiz," tr. by Daniel Ladinsky
Anything by Poe, Haruki Murakami, or Anne Rice.
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #20 on: Apr 9th, 2004, 11:43pm » |
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Whoa! didn't know so many of you were familiar with Mr. Zappa's work. Cool!
Kevin, Apostrophe didn't make it simply because i didn't have a graphic for it when I made that gif. It's certainly worthy of being in that line-up. It was the very first Zappa album I heard back in a buddy's dorm room in 1973.
Really hard to pick a favorite for me, but if I had to be nailed down on just one, I think it would have to be You Can't Do That Live On Stage Anymore - Volume 2 "The Helsinki Concert 1974". Features pretty much the Apostrophe line-up which is my favorite Zappa band with Ruth Underwood and George Duke. Great live concert, especially for the time.
I'm a bit of a collector of concert/music DVD's. Last time I was at the DVD store I was thrilled to find two Zappa DVD's! Baby Snakes and Does Humor Belong In Music?
Baby Snakes features the 1978 line-up with Terry Bozio and Adrian Belew. Live footage from the 1978 New York shows, which resulted in the Zappa Live In New York CD. Great stuff on this one.
Does Humor Belong In Music is also excellent. Live concert from 1984 with Ike Willis and Ray White.
BTW, has anyone seen this week's Onion? Here, I'll copy the blurb down at the bottom of the page. Cracked me up!
This article is from the bottom of this week's Onion:
Frank Zappa Fan Thinks You Just Haven't Heard The Right Album
NEDERLAND, CO—In spite of your insistence that you are not into Frank Zappa, avid fan Roger Von Lee believes that you would change your mind if you heard the right album. "You're prejudiced, because the only Zappa you know is 'Valley Girl' and 'Don't Eat The Yellow Snow,'" Von Lee told you Tuesday. "Seriously, you need to check out Hot Rats or Absolutely Free. Zappa and the Mothers were at their peak, and Zappa's jazz-rock fusion experiments predate Bitches Brew. That'll totally convince you that Zappa's the shit." Von Lee added that if those two don't get under your skin, he can recommend another 15 to 20 albums that will for sure.
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Interesting news story i found...
Quote:Frank Zappa Fan Thinks You Just Haven't Heard The Right Album
NEDERLAND, CO—In spite of your insistence that you are not into Frank Zappa, avid fan Roger Von Lee believes that you would change your mind if you heard the right album. "You're prejudiced, because the only Zappa you know is 'Valley Girl' and 'Don't Eat The Yellow Snow,'" Von Lee told you Tuesday. "Seriously, you need to check out Hot Rats or Absolutely Free. Zappa and the Mothers were at their peak, and Zappa's jazz-rock fusion experiments predate Bitches Brew. That'll totally convince you that Zappa's the shit." Von Lee added that if those two don't get under your skin, he can recommend another 15 to 20 albums that will for sure. |
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #22 on: Apr 10th, 2004, 12:08am » |
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on Apr 9th, 2004, 11:43pm, FZfan wrote:| Kevin, Apostrophe didn't make it simply because i didn't have a graphic for it when I made that gif. It's certainly worthy of being in that line-up. It was the very first Zappa album I heard back in a buddy's dorm room in 1973. |
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Well alrighty then.
I found my ticket stub from the concert for CSNY when I bought the album, it was Sep. 2, but the year is not on the stub. Can't remember. Also found a stub from
Chicago the night before, Sep 1. The album was brand new and I hadn't heard it yet so it must have been '74, it was released in '74. A bit foggy back then too????
Hangin' out in Toronto back then on Younge Street was cool in the summertime.
FZ was good in concert, saw him mid 70's.
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #23 on: Apr 10th, 2004, 12:25am » |
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Do you man my most favorite books of all time that's easy.
The Hitchhikers trilogy, By Douglas Adams
The Hitchhikers 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
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Re: Favourite Book?
« Reply #24 on: Apr 10th, 2004, 1:22am » |
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All C.S. Lewis works … (for philosophy)
To Kill a Mockingbird … (for drama) 
King Rat … (for survival) 
776 Stupidest Things Ever Said … (for laughter) 
Dallas Cowboys Haters Handbook … (for personal reasons) 
The Fig Tree … (cause I’m writing it – only 25 chapters so far though.)
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