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I need a good book, what's your favorite?
« on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:25pm » |
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In a purposeful effort to distract myself from the recent awful adventures of my head and heart........I need something good to read.
Help me feed my brain!
poetry, short stories, novels, anything.........
Any suggestions? Any favorites?
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Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
« Reply #1 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:30pm » |
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The Outsiders by SE Hinton. I read it as a teenager and still like reading it to this day. The Bible is my favorite book. You have murder, lust, adultury, theft, deceictfullness, honesty, good people, miricles, etc. just like a modern day soap opera.
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« Reply #2 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:40pm » |
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The Hobbit series by J.R.R. Tolkien, anything by Steven King, Harry Potter series is good too. Yea I know its a kids book but hey Im a kid at heart! LOL John Grishem (sp) is another great writer.
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« Reply #4 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:44pm » |
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The Stand by Stephen King.
It wil last you a LOOOOOOONG time.
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Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
« Reply #5 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:44pm » |
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on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:41pm, Melissa wrote:
That one's way beyond me.
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« Reply #6 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:46pm » |
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It may be hard to find, but to this day it is still one of the most fascinating/different sci-fi stories I've ever read...
The Riverworld Series by Philip Jose Farmer
1st book - To Your Scattered Bodies Go
You MUST start with this one before reading any of the others.
2nd book - The Fabulous Riverboat.
There are three or four other books in the series, but these first two pretty much set up the rest of them.
Sci-fi channel actually did a movie based on the first two books last year. It was pretty good, but I got the feeling that someone watching it without having read the books would be lost and probably not like it. Plus they didn't cover very much of the first book, focusing mostly on the second one.
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« Reply #7 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:49pm » |
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You wanna read something serious get "Dionysus" by Bentley Little or "The Walking" or "The Store" by Bentley Little. He's horror and on par with Stephen King, Koontz, etc. His books are way off the hook. Stuey
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Bentley Little RULES!! Scary shit!!
Sci-Fi: "Virtual Light" by William Gibson, along with his book of short stories, "Burning Chrome."
Suspense: "The DaVinci Code," by Dan Brown
Surreal/Sci-Fi/no particular genre: "Norwegian Wood," "Hard-Boiled Wonderland At The End Of The World," "Sputnik Sweetheart," "Pinball 1974," and "A Wild Sheep Chase," by Haruki Murakami
Mystery: Anything by Patricia Cromwell
Poetry: "I Heard God Laughing; Renderings of Hafiz," tr. from Persian by Daniel Ladinsky
"The Essential Rumi," tr. from Persian by Coleman Barks
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I like the "wheel of time" series by Robert Jordan. It's fantasy adventure typre novels about six kids that become part of the classical struggle of good vs. evil. It's very well written and there are ten novels in the series. Once you get past the first chapter, it really takes off. It kept me occupied for a month
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« Reply #10 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:16pm » |
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A good book, hmm
I liked James Clavell's "Noble House", "Tai Pan" and "Gai Jin"
a lot.
I also liked the series of "The earth children" from Jean M Auel. But i dont know the english names, just search for the author.
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"The Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny has allways been a favorite of mine.
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« Reply #12 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:55pm » |
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A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson.
LOL funny.
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on Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:05pm, IndianaJohn wrote:I like the "wheel of time" series by Robert Jordan. It's fantasy adventure typre novels about six kids that become part of the classical struggle of good vs. evil. It's very well written and there are ten novels in the series. Once you get past the first chapter, it really takes off. It kept me occupied for a month
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If you like this you will love Terry Goodkind's "Wizard's First Rule" series. Also check out George R. R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones".
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Suspense: "The DaVinci Code," by Dan Brown
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DaVinci Code is really good, but I feel "Angels and Demons" is better.
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That's the other one I was trying to remember. "Angels & Demons" is fantastic. I've got another one of his, but I have to finish, "Blowfly" by Patricia Cromwell first. I'm also reading Brother Lawrence's, "Practicing The Presence Of God," and finding it very interesting.
"Illusions," by Richard Bach
"The Prophet," by Kahlil Gibran
"Conversations With God," (first book) by Neale Donald Walsch
"A Course In Miracles"
"How To Know God," by Deepak Chopra
"The Heart Of The Mind," by Jane Katra and Russell Targ
"The Soul's Code; In Search Of Character & Calling," by .... (forgot the author's name...)
"Musashi," by Eiji Yoshikawa
(Give me a minute... I'll think of a bunch more)
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« Reply #16 on: Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:25pm » |
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I have history stuff here so that's probably not your cup of tea.
Lots of SF read around here. I do like SF by Larry Niven. Some of it has a little humor but it's usually based on hard science. His "Known Space" stories can be fun. His big one is "Ringworld."
For something light, Keith Laumer wrote a lot of pretty funny SF. Not very technical but I enjoyed his lunacy.
I haven't read much new fiction in a long long time. Some modern histories can be interesting. Stuff by David Halberstam can be enjoyable. I'm reading his "The Fifties" at the moment.
Hope you get a break soon.
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Some good dysfunctional family fiction: Beach Music by Pat Conroy. He wrote the Great Santini. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt is also good. My other faves are mostly chick lit. Alice Walker, Amy Tan, etc
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A thousand hugs and kisses for all of you!
This is so much better than being depressed!
I've got one window open for here and another one on Amazon.
I think I'll venture out to the book store later.
Thank you,
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"I, Robot" is supposed to be really good, nothing at all like the movie. Haven't started it yet, so I am only going by what I was told.
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Glad to hear it but screw Amazon. Go to the library. You get exercise that way. Good for depression 
In any case happy shopping or crawling through the stacks.
Charlie (Shit; I can you you the SF I mentioned. I have multiples of it in PB. Let me know)
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1) B.F. Skinner's Analysis of Verbal Behavior 
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1. Old Yeller
2. The Odessey and the Ectasy
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