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Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Doestoevsky
The Metamorphosis, The Castle and The Trial by Franz Kafka Steppenwolf and Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse The Romantic Poets...Byron, Shelley, Keats, Coleridge, Wordsworth in English...and Goethe in German The Portable Dorothy Parker The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (my favorite classic children's book) |
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The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant is awesome ... sorta like "Mists of Avalon" meets the Old Testament!
My Antonia by Willa Cather impressed me in High School. Good Americana. ooo "The Scarlet Letter" Hawthorne is great! "Treasure Island" by Robt Louis Stevenson might be good while waiting for Pirates III to come out. Michael Crichton is sooperdooper. I really like "Prey" and "Jurassic Park" (movie pales in comparison), and my friend raves about the new one: "State of Fear." Always figured I should read Frankenstein, just because the story how it came about is so trippy ... This message has been edited. Last edited by: whatacharacter, Let it be written. Let it be fun. |
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Oog. I can give you Jurassic Park, but that's about it.
Graphic Novels: The Spirit by Will Eisner The Sandman by Neil Gaiman The Watchment by Alan Moore Young Adult Novels: Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas Kneedeep in Thunder by Sheila Moon Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Witches by Roald Dahl Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Genre Fiction: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov The Quintara Marathon trilogy by Jack L. Chalker The Shining by Stephen King __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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As far as Crichton goes, I was a fan of Terminal Man, Sphere and JP. Nothing else, though.
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Really? - I thought Crichtons' Prey was great due to the chilling look at nano-tech, plus he explains the science behind it so well. It seemed too close to reality, as there are some who advocate similar schemes to bioengineer us with nanotech! Scary stuff!
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northanger abbey.. jane austen
siddharta..herman hesse the electric kool aid acid test... tom wolfe god there's loads !!! |
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William Gibson, Neuromancer
Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash China Mieville, Perdido Street Station Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum |
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See, for me the tech explanations were all well and good, but then he wad the nanos attack like pretty much any standard B-rate sci-fi monster. Nice pics, Count! __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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why thank you!
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Hi St.CountZero - I noticed you recently read some Chomsky. Wonder what it was, did you like it, and would you recommend it?
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Good to see Asimov mentioned. I'll add the entire Foundation saga to the list. Plus, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by P. K. Dick (and a number of other books by him). |
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Crichtons' newest book "Next" is also great! |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Foundation series - Isaac Asimov Nightfall - Silverberg and Asimov The Chrysalids - John Wyndham Catch 22 Where no birds sang - Farley Mowat All Quiet on the Western Front High Ranking Official of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination, Dean of the UUP, First Class member of the order of the Pineapple. scruffy ambulating reanimated hypothetical vegetarian leigonairre of the undead. ~ Cav Look, I've got a cape and a tendency towards violence. It does not make me a superhero! ~ Domitella |
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SP, I loved Nightfall!
Homer: Odyssey, Illiad Tolstoy: War and Peace Flaubert: Madame Bovary Nabokov: Lolita Dickens: Great Expectations (and many others) Thoreau: Walden Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm Huxley: Brave New World Conrad: Heart of Darkness Eco: Name of the Rose ...umm...are we talking about those that ARE classics or those that should be? Or our favourites? Or something? Because there's so many? __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Childrens
Where the Sidewalk Ends - Silverstein Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls True Classics 1984 - Orwell Brave New World - Huxley Lord of the Flies - Golding Graphic Novels Miracleman - Moore I'm Matt Cable and I approve this message. ________________________________________________ I'm alright. Don't nobody worry bout me. |
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Wow there were some good books mentioned... I would highly recommend most of them, but I'll try not to repeat...
Ape and Essence - Aldous Huxley Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand The Drifters - James A. Michener Narcissus and Goldmund - Hermann Hesse The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov Perfume - Patrick Suesskind Now, I must take this moment to do what I tried not to and say how much everyone really needs to read The Little Prince, its a life book to be read by everyone at least 100 times... Cards and stars tumble as they will... |
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I liked the novella version better, but the idea's an intriguing one and works well as a book as well. __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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Sorry, I had to give it back to the library before I had a chance to read much of it. It was "Language and Politics", which is a collection of interviews. It was interesting to read his views on a variety of subjects, but maybe not the best introduction to Chomsky. I would recommend borrowing it if you've read Chomsky and want to see a slightly different facet of the man, but I wouldn't buy it. |
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SCZ - cool, thanks for the reply on Chomsky!
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whatacharacter - way back in this thread you mentioned reading Frankenstein because how it was written is so trippy.
Well, that's actually the best part. I was forced to read it in high school and yes, it's a decent story, obviously written by someone un-used to writing stories. And reading it today after growing up reading other books... it almost fails to keep up your interest. Which is not to say it's not worthwhile, but it's not fabulous. I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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