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has a partial eclipse of the heart Member  |
So, everytime I go to the bookstore, I'm reminded of all the books I haven't read. I'm trying to compile a list of books that I really, really ought to. Of course, what better place to ask than here?
My question is: In your opinion, what books do everyone need to read before they die? Let's call it a World's End version of "The Classics." -Captain Silky, Queen of the Heartless Bitches YAHR! (by popular demand) |
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"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein
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I submit my claim.
Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko Anything by Vonnegut and more to come later. |
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
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Part-time avant garde shrubbery inspector who breaths fire and lets out a mighty YAHR! Member |
The complete ORIGINAL Dune series. Not those silly prequals.
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I think everyone shoud go through the Torture of reading "Moby Dick"...
Zelasny Several versions of the bible the Torah The Koran The Art of War by Sun Tzu A collegic unabridged dictionary will think of more when I get feeling better... -- Give a man a fish, he eats for the day; Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime; Teach that man to cook, and he can feed the world.... *********************** Head chef in the Realm of Procrastination and Unproductivity, Dp.u.: "You want fries with that?" Holder for the Golden Pineapple Pin. ------------------------------------------------ If it is on the plate, its food. If it crawls off the plate; Kill it and put it back on the plate. ------------------------------------ I love small furry creatures; especially in a good sauce. |
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The Classics Reclassified!
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none more black Member  |
As I Lay Dying, W Faulkner
The Painted Bird, Jerzy Kosinski |
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Now I'm really glad I asked. I don't even KNOW most of these...
(I just started getting my little sister into Edward Gorey...love love love him) -Captain Silky, Queen of the Heartless Bitches YAHR! (by popular demand) |
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The Classics Reclassified is hilarious and informative. Non Campus Mentis is also really funny. It's not really a book, but A Midsummer Night's Dream is so good.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Madeline L'engle's Time Quartet: A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters Catcher in the Rye, only to see what a whiner Holden Caulfield is! Alice in Wonderland __________________________ When the dentist is giving me novocaine, what if I have to sneeze? Member of the Spider Liberation Front (Free free, set them free) |
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*moving to Other Writers*
_____________________________________________________________ Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket. - Goonies |
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Of Mice and Men
1984 |
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I've been looking for that. Loved Ka'a Orto. William Gibson, Neuromancer Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Richard Adams, Watership Down Peter S Beagle, The Last Unicorn From Robert Heinlein, I would nominate Starship Troopers (ignore the horrendous movie) and Time Enough for Love. |
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China Mieville, Perdido Street Station.
I'm not sure if Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell or Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy qualifies as classic must-reads, they're not for everyone and they're looong. |
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old school classics...
definitely 'The Grapes of Wrath' by Steinbeck. 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. and Milton's paradise lost is a good read. Poetry wise, go for some John Donne. I'm not normally an appreciator of poetry, but that boy could write! **************** You are a Highwayman. You may not be the right sort of people, in fact, you're most certainly not the right sort of people, but you know them well and are generously committed to lightening their burdens, particularly when it comes to the burdens of their coin purses. |
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Ah, poetry. WB Yeat's The Second Coming has influenced a lot of sf/fantasy: Nick Bantock, Stephen King's The Stand, Babylon 5, etc. And William Blake is still a favorite for epigrams.
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Bram Stoker - Dracula
John Gardner - Grendel (if you're familiar with Beowulf... if not, read Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf first) Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game ****************************************** Me in Rock: This Shirt Is Pants | Mr. Fusion Me in blog: izenmania |
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the colours . . . the colours Member  |
Keats
Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood A Scanner Darkly P.K Dick Lud in the Mist Hope Mirless Maus Art Spiegleman (sp?) Shirley Charlotte Bronte Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens Waterland Graham Swift *** "objective evidence & certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit & dream-visited planet are they found?" William James |
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Yo SilkySam, you should definitely try Watership Down, if you haven't already. It's got rabbits in it.
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