I'm looking for some new reading material. What is the greatest book you've ever read? If you say the bible, i'll hire mormons to stalk you. lol i stole the picture from someone here.
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Iliad by Homer
Harry Potter books
Percy Jackson series
Dragonlance series
Absolutely Small by Michael D. Fayer, PhD
The Iliad is very good, but I didn't care for the Odyssey. I like War and Peace, more for the writing style then the plot, but the bits on Tolstoy's theory of history was also quite interesting, at least I thought so. Foul Matter is good if you like literary irony (knowing what the people in the book don't).
Not the best, but one of my favorite was Wish you well by David Baldacci. Great book I enjoyed. I bought a copy for my granddaughter. She loved it too.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by Buckminster Fuller
Lord of the Flies. We're as savage as any other species at heart (bad to say, but it's true...)
Hey Jebus, are we talking fiction, non-fiction or both here?
Anyway... I guess I'll go for both.
Fiction:
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres is great, as is his South American trilogy: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord, and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman.
Ole Louis can really take you to another place.
Non Fiction:
Letter To A Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Phantoms in the Brain by V.S.Ramachandran
God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction.
hmmmm,
I loved Lord of the Rings
HandMaids Tale is excellant story of religious fundamentalism in a somewhat futuristic US.
Daniel Boorstin's The Discoverers, is F-in awesome as well.
+1 on The Handmaid's Tale. I was surprised by how good that book was.
The Sun Also Rises, The Stand, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Guns Germs and Steel ....
**runs immediately to library to check out every book mentioned here.. :-$
Dune by Frank Herbert.
To Kill a Mockingbird has to be at the top of my list. Uncle Tom's Cabin is also way up there. I am currently reading what may work out to be in the top ten or so, The Goldfinch. I am only about a quarter of the way through it, but it's shaping up to be a classic
Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. Anything by Philip K. Dick, from "Ubik" (which people are still guessing about) to Bladerunner to We Can Build You.
Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine, including my all time favorite short story, "the Sound of Summer Running"
I'm currently working on one titled The Secret Speech, crime fiction about a former Soviet MBG agent turned homicide investigator who wrestles with his past of ordering the murders of hundreds of innocent victims of Stalin's regime. Krushchev gives a speech only circulated in the public school system, but kept from the press denouncing Stalin and it threatens to expose all those involved with participating in Stalin's murderous reign including himself. His adopted daughters parents he ordered killed. Pretty darn good book so far by Tom Rob Smith.
I've recently read a book called 2082: The Chronicles Of Hope and though i wouldnt say its the best book i've read (it's not that polished) it's incredibly thought provoking. It's about an atheist revolutionary politician who is a bit of a working class genius. For the book think 1984 meets one flew over the cuckoo's nest, for the main character think george carlin meets charles darwin. It's been pushed by dawkins in the UK, worth checking out the first chapter for free here, it's got a speech on atheism that is genius - http://thechroniclesofhope.com/preview/
Maybe The Stand by Stephen King, or It.
Quote from: DavidQuinn on March 22, 2014, 01:40:34 PM
I've recently read a book called 2082: The Chronicles Of Hope and though i wouldnt say its the best book i've read (it's not that polished) it's incredibly thought provoking. It's about an atheist revolutionary politician who is a bit of a working class genius. For the book think 1984 meets one flew over the cuckoo's nest, for the main character think george carlin meets charles darwin. It's been pushed by dawkins in the UK, worth checking out the first chapter for free here, it's got a speech on atheism that is genius - http://thechroniclesofhope.com/preview/
Seems like it could be a good read. I'll look into it. I've been submerged in the dreck that is CF (today I got to hear about how atheist presidents are bad because they don't believe rights come from God), and now I'd like to submerge myself back in this forum for a bit.
The complete works of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It contains practically all the information you will ever need to know about Life the Universe and Everything.
Durant's History of the World. I still haven't finished all of it in 20 years. Solitary
The Sirens of Titan by Mr. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I'm probably going to be made fun of for this, but The Phantom Tollbooth is still one of my favorite books even though I read it in the 3rd grade
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ANIMORPHS! or if you are not a preteen, Emma by charlotte Bronte, War and Peace, Moby Dick, the Ender's gamer series. I read it before it was a movie, and have almost every year since high school. He is a wonderful author. um, there's this war book called The Things They Carried by somename O'Brian. It was really good as far as I remember. If you are in a thespian mood, reading Shakespeare's plays would be fun!
AHHHH, I love books!
Actually I take back my phantom Tollbooth and replace it with Asimov's Nightfall
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ANIMORPHS! or if you are not a preteen, Emma by charlotte Bronte, War and Peace, Moby Dick, the Ender's gamer series. I read it before it was a movie, and have almost every year since high school. He is a wonderful author. um, there's this war book called The Things They Carried by somename O'Brian. It was really good as far as I remember. If you are in a thespian mood, reading Shakespeare's plays would be fun!
AHHHH, I love books!
I remember Animorphs!
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Pick any compilation of H.P. Lovecraft's work. (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/) My personal favorites are Azathoth, The Silver Key, The Shadow Out Of TIme, and From Beyond. Best read alone after midnight in dim light.
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ANIMORPHS!
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Don't lie to yourself. Animorphs were, and always will be awesome.
Harry Turtledove's "Worldwar" series.
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