Posted: 8/1/2006 1:10 PM
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feitclub
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After thoroughly trouncing the forces of evil in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow it occured to me that it's been a while since I read a really good book. With summer almost over, I was hoping to share and acquire some reading recommendations. Here are a few of my favorites:
  • FICTION:
    • Animal Farm
    • 1984
    • The Catcher in the Rye
    • Fight Club (of course)
  • NON-FICTION
    • Fast Food Nation
Not much of a list, I guess. Help me out?
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Posted: 8/1/2006 1:17 PM
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Brushy
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You could read some Tolkien.
Posted: 8/1/2006 9:17 PM
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NON-FICTION Carl Menger, Principles of Economics (Grundsätze der Volkswirtschaftslehre) Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason (Kritik der reinen Vernunft) Gustave de Molinari, Les Soirées de la Rue Saint-Lazare Euclid of Alexandria, Elements (Etoikheia) John Locke, Two Treatises of Government Just a few I can think of at the moment.
Posted: 8/1/2006 9:21 PM
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kwinse
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The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (as well as its sequels) The Dark Tower series by Stephen King Tolkein is good as Guybrush suggested... and that's all I can think of at the moment.
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Posted: 8/1/2006 11:35 PM
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I've read a few thousand books in my day, and most of them aren't much worth remembering. Here are three of my absolute favorites. Since everyone has different tastes, I've selected three books that are vastly different from each other stylistically, thematically, and spiritually. You may very well like at least one of them: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain (ed. Charles Neider) The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
Posted: 8/2/2006 4:09 AM
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Catcher in the Rye is so good! Anyway I'm surprised noone mentioned Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance yet. Or Way of the Peaceful Warrior. I really really don't like Tolkien, but I like Robert Jordan alright... I guess I'm weird like that. Mostly lately I've just been reading manga and light novels.
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Posted: 8/2/2006 6:16 AM
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I'm slowly progressing through The Silmarillion. I don't think it would be special if you didn't like LotR books, but if you do it adds a good deal of background information. It also has an index of all the names, so when you lose track you can easily figure out who's who. The whole Hitchhiker's Guide series is available for free here. I don't know if it's legal, but the link has been up for at least a year. The text shas some signs of OCR errors, though. Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain. There are also all sorts of other public domain books available from Project Gutenburg. Their top 100 lists are a good place to start.
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Posted: 8/2/2006 7:03 AM
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Posted: 8/2/2006 11:49 AM
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Stephen R. Covey: 7 Habits of highly effective people (Must read for anyone seeking some sort of leading position or, the more likely, ever having kids) Albert Camus: Exile and Kingdom Viktor Frankl: Psychology and existence Some I wouldn't have missed for the world, the first one especially.
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Posted: 8/2/2006 11:58 AM
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Silmarillion is one of my all-time favorites. The LOTR is pretty good too. For some sci-fi reading Iain M. Banks' culture series is a must. The first in the series, Consider Phlebas, is really awesome. From your list I've only read Catcher in the rye and frankly I was really disappointed. To me it was just boring.
Posted: 8/2/2006 4:25 PM
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I would suggest On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
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Posted: 8/11/2006 9:54 PM
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Lots and lots of books ... ^^
Posted: 8/12/2006 1:17 AM
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In case anyone was curious, I picked up a collection of H.P. Lovecraft. I like his work, although the olde-tyme spelling can be a little annoying at times.
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Posted: 8/14/2006 3:48 AM
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any books from "Peter F Hamilton" are worth reading, but i recomend starting with "Fallen Dragon". While most of his books are series, that one is singular.
Posted: 8/21/2006 2:05 AM
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Asimov's Foundation series is pretty interesting if you are a sci-fi kinda guy. I also second Hitchhikers Guide.
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Posted: 8/21/2006 2:36 AM
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Try "The Alchemist". It's a quick but VERY satisfying read. It leaves you with a great feeling. I also love the Silmarllion (by J.R.R Tolkien), but as some people say, "pick your poison." In fact, a Silmarllion movie would be 100 times more epic than LOTR. There is a freaking BALROG army!
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