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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2445970 - 03/18/04 01:45 AM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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All Ayn Rand books. Whoever wrote "Lonesome Dove" and all his books. The guy who wrote "Hotel New Hampshire" and all his books. The girl who wrote "Wheel of Fortune" and all her books. Of course, all Stephen King. Can't remember any authors names tonight.
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2446234 - 03/18/04 05:36 AM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm surprised I didnt see anybody mention the book "The Celestine Prophecy" here... well its a must read and especially for shroomers. And I love Paolo Coelho books, especially "Veronika decides to die" and "The Alchymist". I love all spirituality books and good books about psychedelics and such and so.....
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: Frog]
#2446238 - 03/18/04 05:43 AM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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There are just so many great books to mention, but I'm gonna offer up only one.
"Shella" by Andrew Vachss
This is a gritty and grim crime noir novel that just stays with you long after you've finished it. All of the Vachss books are excellent but this, to me, is his best. It is a disturbing read but it nails down a number of truths, very well written and entertaining, its hard to put down.
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2446255 - 03/18/04 05:57 AM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2446375 - 03/18/04 07:36 AM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well here are a few:
Interzone - William S Burroughs The Journey to the East - Herman Hesse Lonesome Traveller - Jack Kerouac Be Here Now - Ram Das (Richard Alpert) The Bhagavad Gita Junky - Burroughs Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - Hemmingway Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse
ummm I can think of millions more, but you get the general idea.
I used to LOVE fantasy books, but haven't read any lately... The Wheel of Time series was a personal favorite (and the Xanth books by Piers Anthony when I was really young - they were so funny!)
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2447298 - 03/18/04 01:26 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wheeee!! It's great to see several other sci-fi/fantasy fans in here! A few of my recommendations:
Pern series--Anne McCaffrey Shannara series--Terry Brooks Magic Kingdom of Landover series--Terry Brooks All Star Wars novels written by Timothy Zahn or Michael Stackpole Dragonlance series--various Earthsea trilogy--Usula K. LeGuin Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series--Douglas Adams Myth Adventures--Robert Aspirin Foundation & Second Foundation trilogies--Isaac Asimov Hobbit/Lord of the Rings--J.R.R. Tolkien Just about anything by Andre Norton " " " Michael Crichton Prydain series--Lloyd Alexander Where the Red Fern Grows--Wilson Rawls (the only story, fictional or non-, to ever make me cry) Catch-22--Joseph Heller
and some others that I can't think of right now.
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: BigNerd]
#2447380 - 03/18/04 01:49 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, Anne McCaffery was who got me 'into' fantasy and sci-fi stuff.
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2447387 - 03/18/04 01:52 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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I?m too lazy to list the books, but: Douglas Adams Frank Herbert J.R.R.Tolkien H.P. Lovecraft William Gibson
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2447706 - 03/18/04 03:13 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've read alot of sci-fi/fantasy stuff. Haven't finished the Amber series, but was a big fan of Wheel of Time.
some old favorites: Herman Hesse - most anything, particularly Demian, Siddartha, .. Glass Bead Game is a bit long Jack Kerouac - On The Road
I'm a big fan of Karl Popper's philosophy, particularly the Logic of Scientific Reasoning - a bit long and dry, but makes alot more sense than most philosophy
More recently, I've really been enjoying Tom Robbins.
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: phi1618]
#2447851 - 03/18/04 03:38 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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phi1618 said: I'm a big fan of Karl Popper's philosophy, particularly the Logic of Scientific Reasoning - a bit long and dry, but makes alot more sense than most philosophy
Have you heard this story about Popper and Wittgenstein? As the story goes, Wittgenstein was having some lecture about linguistics and denounced some idea of Popper's. And Wittgenstein, being the arrogant bastard he was, said, "And how do you refute that?!"... Popper picked up a fire-poker (what the hell is the proper word for that? I dunno...) and hit Wittgenstein on the head, saying, "I refute it THUSLY!"
the things you learn in philosophy class
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: Krishna]
#2447892 - 03/18/04 03:44 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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lol
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2448073 - 03/18/04 04:13 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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this is a easy one
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
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Mushroom Cultivator by Paul Stamets
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: ]
#2448200 - 03/18/04 04:41 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well Fear and Loathing is a pretty cool book and so is Timothy Learys The Polloticks of Exstacy. I have found A Brave new World by Aldous Huxley to be a bit hard to get into but os far its not to bad I will probaly read Island next. Then there is Tikhal and Pikhal, yeah and DMT the spirit molecules a good read.
I am gona get some more leary soon though it amazing what the uni libary has compared to normal public one.
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2448441 - 03/18/04 06:07 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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She's a great writer, very good at creating characters you can care about, and good ideas for plot-lines as well. I was gonna make some more recommendations when I got home, but then I remembered that most of my library got ruined when we re-roofed the garage a couple years ago. 
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: BigNerd]
#2448587 - 03/18/04 06:43 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dick and Jane 
On The Road
The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Green Rage
High Priest
Living With The Dead
The Mushroom Cultivator
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2448612 - 03/18/04 06:50 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Any Asimov or RAH I still love sci-fi and fantasy. Ayn Rand.
I know these are authors and not books but pick any from these authors.
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: mntlfngrs]
#2448637 - 03/18/04 06:54 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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there is some very good books mentioned here
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: shriek]
#2448946 - 03/18/04 07:54 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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when i was a small kid i used to love R.L Stines GooseBumps books. LOL there pretty lame now
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2448981 - 03/18/04 08:04 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dune River God by wilbur smith the sun also rises by ernest hemingway alot of dan browns books (da vinci code, digital fortress) the elegant universe currently reading book one of robert jordans wheel of time series
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Re: What are your favorite books?? [Re: MOTH]
#2450735 - 03/19/04 06:14 AM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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didnt there used to be a whole forum for this?
my all time favorite is heinliens "stranger in a strange land" (he has some other good ones too)
neil gaimans sandman series, american gods, neverwhere...
orwells animal farm
pretty much anything by david sedaris is very funny
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