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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: What's the best book you've ever read? | ||||
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| CaptinCrash | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 5:14 PM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01  | spitfire I almost forgot to add that to my list Imajica. very long and very good story. Also from Barker was Weave World, i enjoyed that one alot, This message was edited by CaptinCrash on 2-27-01 @ 5:17 PM | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 7:11 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | My favorites are Das Kapital The Communist Manifesto Guerilla Warfare  REVOLUTION NOW | ||||
| theinsectsgotme | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 7:26 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | skitchr4u, Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" is the best book I ever read and "Atlas Shrugged" was a great novel. Also read "Anthem". | ||||
| Hannibal the Cannibal | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 7:39 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | Top 20 Books I've read all time. 20. 1984 H.G.\ Wells. 19. Animal Farm\ H.G. Wells 18. Star Wars Episode\ 1 Terry Brooks. 17. The Gofather\ Mario Puzo 16. Harry Potter Number 3\ J.K. Rowling 15. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary\ Bill Waterson 14. Dracula\ Bram Stoker 13. The Inferno\ Dante (Currentl reading) 12. Hannbial\ Thomas Harris 11. Jurassic Park\ Michael Crichton 10. Sphere\ Michael Crichton 9. Lost World\ Michael Crichton 8. Catch 22\ Jospeh Heller 7. Black Boy\ Richard Wright 6. The Silence of the Lambs\ Thomas Harris 5. The Haunting of Hill House\ Shirley Jackson 4. American Phsyco\ Don't know his name 3. Lenin's Autobioghraphy.\ Vladimir Iliayvich Lenin 2. Lord of the Flies\ William Colding 1. A Clockwork Orange\ Anthony Burgess I'm just a cannibal looking for love. | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 7:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | Franz Kafka's The Trial George Orwell's 1984  | ||||
| Sephiroth | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 7:56 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | I have to go with "Dante's Inferno", how can you beat the 7 layers of Hell? " At the center of the planet, all souls will gather. There, I will ascend to Godhood" - Sephiroth "Hey are you "THE" white guy all the brother talk about?" - Vos E-Mail Me AIM: Hitokiri182 | ||||
| IAmMighty | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 8:06 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Spitfire Just finished Imajica, great book. Seems I'm like most here waiting, waiting for more Dark Tower. Anyone who enjoys Clancy should try some Larry Bond. Also, The Last Ship by William Brinkley  "Did you punch her in the bunt!?" This message was edited by IAmMighty on 2-27-01 @ 8:17 PM | ||||
| GonzoStyle | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 8:22 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | ooh fuckin Dante's Inferno great choice man. I'd also like to add fail-safe to my list.  Do you know how pale & wanton thrillful comes death on a strange hour unannounced, unplanned for like a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws --Jim Morrison (An American Prayer) | ||||
| Just Jon | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 8:24 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | Spit, I refuse to touch another Anne Rice book after Memnoch the Devil. Her writings have turned into rambling slabs of shite that meander through what barely passes ofr plot and excuses to turn into harlequinn romance novels. It's true for both the Vampire and Witch series. Then her best work really is The Mummy, and I hope she never ruins it with a sequel. -----  E-mail: JustJon@opieanthony.com | ||||
| Mr. Brownstone | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 8:34 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Anything I can fit into my mouth :) I saw so much on this list that I love, but Stephen King is my absolute favorite, I've been rereading all his books since the summer. This is from his official website at www.stephenking.com quote:  | ||||
| FoundryMusicMatt | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 9:34 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | How could I forget? I'm also partial to the Harry Beaver selection, particularly Harry Beaver goes to the beach, and Harry Beaver goes Muff Diving. Obscure reference of the day? Do I win?? ;)  | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 02-27-2001 @ 10:22 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Damn, you guys already said most of my favs, like Failsafe and Dante's Inferno. My favorite non-fiction was something I read just recently, called Angela's Ashes. It's about this guy growing up in the slums of Dublin, some pretty harsh stuff. But, it, like all the great books, was made into a crappy movie...  With newbie no mas AOL IM: Gamma1173 | ||||
| Mr. Brownstone | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 2:41 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | I started reading the Harry Potter books a couple of weeks ago, I've finished the first two and they were fairly entertaing, a little reminicent of James Dahl, whom I love. | ||||
| Mi1o Yambag | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 2:55 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Damn, I love this topic. Kudos to SOPM. Dante--Inferno Purgatorio Paradisio Milton--Paradise Lost Shakespere--Hamlet MacBeth Homer--The Odyssey The Illiad Chaucer--Canterbury Tales Kafka--The Metamorphosis Joyce--Ulysses Thucycides--Peloponnesian War Virgil--The Aeneid Moore--Utopia Achebe--Things Fall Apart Plato--The Republic The Symposium King--It 'Salem's Lot The Shining  Smoke Weed Everyday | ||||
| DreamWeaver | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 8:29 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Nice Topic! My fav STephen King Books: Insomnia Desperation/The Regulators(Richard Bachman) Gerald's Game The Girl Who loved Tom Gordan (short but good) I just finished A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice(Anne Rice's son)...Its his first book and its awesome!  | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 9:30 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | Thanks for the info on Hearts in Atlantis. it just became the next book I'm going to read. Also, for you Clive Barker fans, ILM is in the process of making a 3-D computer animated version of "The Thief of Always" which was an AWESOME story.  "I thought I had a great idea today, but it never really took off. In fact, it didn't even get on the runway. I guess you could say it exploded in the hangar." - Calvin and Hobbes Where in the | ||||
| skitchr4u G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Xtreme Skiing Assualt Force | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 9:32 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | If anyone likes a good scary book (ala steven king), check out Phil Rickman. He wrote a few books...one is Candlestick, can't recall the other title. Both are really good, dark, set in england. Anything by Clive Barker is GREAT!!! adopted by Joey BigArms  | ||||
| Just Jon | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 9:32 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | quote:Who's James Dahl? I'm familiar with Roald Dahl (who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory among others), but not James. ----- E-mail: JustJon@opieanthony.com | ||||
| Rommel | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 10:30 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Doc, It's unlike your quick witted and knowledgeable self, to post such a comment. Granted, how am I to know if you were just generalizing. But I'd like to mention two (two) ! books which became great movies: The Shining A Clockwork Orange It's all good ! Whatever Ben...  Jeder oder Keiner, Alles oder Nichts | ||||
| Grumpy SAGILLID The Midget Message Board Mauler rides his trusty mount Wilbur once again!! Internet Idiots beware!! | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 10:37 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Dec. 00 | I used to read alot of Stephen King. After the Dark Tower, he went too commercial. It seemed he was writing books for the sake of getting something out. Very little of his essence in it. That's when I discovered Dean Koontz. If you like Stephen King, you'll love Koontz. Take your pick, any one of his books. It's pseudo sci-fi with some mystery and horror added to it. Very much like King's earlier books (Firestarter, The Stand, Cujo) but better.  Proud staller of Gary Coleman Have you seen the dash button? | ||||
| DreamWeaver | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 11:08 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | ahh yes, I forgot about Dean Koontz. I agree, if you like Stepehn King you love Koontz. Mr. Murder-excellent(but i think they made a terrible made for tv movie out of it), Sole Survivor,Intensity just to name a few. | ||||
| spitfire421 | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 11:24 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Intensity was definitely a good book...just finished False Memory...and I really like his series on Chris Snow (Seize the Night, Fear Nothing), the guy who cannot go out into the light Jon, definitely true about Anne Rice, I just love the characters and I ignore the Harlequin BS; I thought she was getting better w/ Pandora, Armand and Merrick (and isn't it ironic that after all of her homosexual overtones in her novels, that her son would turn out to be gay?) Dreamweaver- was his book really that good? What was it about?  Is it just I should take And never endings are glad To carry out the dead Your idols burn in the fire The mob comes crawling out (take us down and out) I'm reclaiming their minds Destroying everyone There's no one here And people everywhere, you're all alone | ||||
| DreamWeaver | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 12:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Spitfire...here ya go A Density of Souls is the story of four young friends in New Orleans whose lives are pulled in drastically different directions when they enter high school. Meredith, Brandon, Stephen and Greg, once inseparable, are torn apart by envy, secret passion and rage. They quickly discover the fragile boundaries between friendship and betrayal as they form new allegiances. Brandon and Greg gain popularity as football jocks. Meredith joins the bulimic in-crowd, while fragile Stephen is treated as an outcast and is the target of homophobia in a school that viciously mocks him. Their struggles are fueled by generations of feuds and secrets hoarded within their opulent Garden District homes, and soon two violent deaths disrupt the core of what they once shared. Five years later the four friends are drawn back together as new facts about their mutual history are revealed and what was held to be a tragic accident is discovered to be murder. As the true story emerges, other secrets begin to unravel and the casual cruelties of high school develop into acts of violence which threaten an entire city. I thought it was a damn good book. I didnt know he was gay, now the book makes more sense This message was edited by DreamWeaver on 3-1-01 @ 9:20 AM | ||||
| Redstripe | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 4:33 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | JJ, Orson Scott Card is an awesome writer. You might want to check out Larry Niven or David Webber too. I've read every book by both of them. Also i'd give a nod to Dale Brown, Michael Chriton, and Tom Clancy. Feed me! Long live SU I can't type - I don't care!  http://166.90.143.134:8624 It's the Sound Proof Booth Game! Current High Score: 4963 This message was edited by Redstripe on 2-28-01 @ 4:36 PM | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 4:57 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | Hey Spit. Did you read Anne Rice as Anne Rambling's Sleeping Beuty Series?  "I thought I had a great idea today, but it never really took off. In fact, it didn't even get on the runway. I guess you could say it exploded in the hangar." - Calvin and Hobbes Where in the | ||||
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