One of the best book of all time I think is "Uncle Toms Cabin". Has anyone else read that? Also I loved "Madame Bovary" (yeah I know I'm probably the only one). The best of the best however is "The Chronicle of Narnia". Those seven books are by far the best. Even though Im 22 years old, I still read those fairy tales over and over again. ------------------ Fun Police Says: 1. Posting in stupid threads is not FUN! 2. Spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure are not FUN! 3. Stupid BBS names are not FUN! 4. Conduct yourself in a FUN way! The Fun Police are Watching. Vote for the Rockets & Have FUN or be Assimilated.
I'm reading a killer biography right now called "The Catcher Was a Spy: The Secret Life of Moe Berg". Moe Berg was a third-string catcher for most of his Major League Baseball career, but he was also known as an intellectual and spoke many languages fluently. From about 1922-1940 he rode the pine and coached for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. When he retired from baseball, he joined the OSS and was a spy in Europe during World War II. He gathered a lot of valuable information on Germany's atomic bomb program during the war. It is a fascinating story. ------------------ Bring It!!
Dosteyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov Somerset Maugam - The Razor's Edge if you're into sci-fi: Weis and Hickman - The Death Gate Cycle (7 book series) Liar's Poker, a guts and blood book about the trading industry in the 80s. ------------------ barkley for president
insideout, Good choice with the Dostoevsky. I also include: Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky Nausea - Sartre Tales of Ordinary Madness - Bukowski Cat's Cradle - Vonnegut White Boy Shuffle - Paul Beatty The Fall - Camus Ask the Dust - John Fante The Thief's Journal - Jean Genet The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein and many more... ------------------ "Feminism is a Socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy cpitalism, and become lesbians" -Rev Pat Robertson
ROckets03- If you like that fantasy kinda thing, with the Narnia series, I hope you ahve read the Lord of the Ring series and the Hobbit. It is basically what started the whole genre and it doesnt get much better than that. And now, they are making 3 movies of the Lord of the Rings trilogy right now taht should be pretty good. As far as other books or authors, Well, Im more of a short story kinda guy myself. That said, I really like all VOnnegut stuff, especially--Welcome to the Monkey House-- Hemmingway is also one of my favorites. ------------------ Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women!
Yeah, I can't wait for the LOR movies. Those with the Hobbit are really good reading. My favorite fantasy novels are the DragonLance series by Weis and Hickman; David Eddings is also an excellent fantasy author. Probaably the best non-fiction work I've ever read is Norman Schwarzkopf's Autobiography (its been couple of years so I can't remember the exact title nor verify the spelling of his name, or whether it is an auto- or just a biography). That was an excellent book that kept me up MANY nights. One I need to read is Colin Powell's auto. Is that out yet? does anyone know? Another one I can't wait for is Ozzy Osbourne's auto. Of course, he has to write it first. ------------------ I need a new signature. 302
Another one I just started that is suprisingly good is Jerry Springer's Ring Master. I'm only a few chapters into it, but it really is good. ------------------ I need a new signature. 302
If I Don't Six, Elwood Reid. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, Richard Brautigan. Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes, David Horowitz. The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Stand, Stephen King. Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire, Joe Nick Patoski and Bill Crawford. The Hundred-Yard Lie, Rick Telander. Give War A Chance, P.J. O'Rourke. Least favorite book? There are a lot of em (I was an English/History double major at UT), but the most recent book I read that I disliked was Rush Limbaugh's The Way Things Oughta Be. What a stupid, stupid book. I thought I'd get a chuckle out of it, at least. ------------------ "To do nothing" is truly... a sentence fragment.
The Stand-Stephen King About a Boy-Nick Hornby The Chosen-Chaim Potok Alas Babylon-Pat Frank High Fidelity-Nick Hornby The Cider House Rules-John Irving ------------------ "I'll drop kick those f*ckin' dogs if they come anywhere near me." visit www.swirve.com
Anthills of the Savannah - Chinua Achebe Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe Devil on the Cross - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o The Thief and the Dogs - Naguib Mahfouz Wedding Song - Naguib Mahfouz Angela's Ashes - whatshisname Post Office - Charles Bukowski ------------------ I've posted so much that what I say must be true. The latest on Maurice Taylor
Two people wrote Dostoyevsky...that's awesome!! I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now. What a great book!!! I loved George Orwell's 1984 and I liked Animal Farm. I also liked The Stand.. a few people mentioned that. Biographies: "Washington: The Indispensable Man"...fantastic book..best biography I've ever read. Ashamed to admit it, but I couldn't put down "The Firm" when I first read it. A book with some local significance was "The Greatest Game Ever Played" about Game 6 of the Astros-Mets NLCS in 1986. As a kid I read that book over and over again. ------------------
Sophies World-Jostein Gaarder Einstein a Life-Denis Bryan Bob Dylan-Anthony Scaduto (Hard to find, but the best biography I have ever read) ------------------ In order to be a success in life, you need 2 things: 1. Don't tell everything you know.
Achebe, did you happen to see Chinua Achebe on CSPAN2 a few weeks back, by any chance...? I caught about 15 minutes of it.
My all-time favs: Lonesome Dove The Stand Watership Down Shogun Sorry....I didn't really have anyone to influence me on reading, so well known best sellers were usually my only fare. I did, however, enjoy Naked Lunch. ------------------ stop posting my damn signature
No BK, That would have been cool. Hopefully they replay it (like they do everything else ). ------------------ I've posted so much that what I say must be true. The latest on Maurice Taylor
My favorite works include: <U>Anything</U> by Oscar Wilde or Lord Byron Frankenstein - Mary Shelley North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell The Monk - Matthew Lewis The Wars - Timothy Findley The Colony of Unrequited Dreams - Wayne Johnston The Adven. of Tom Sawyer - Sam Clemens The Miller's Tale - Chaucer The Dark Tower series - Stephen King Robert Howard's Conan stories ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel-boy.
Is the movie Stand anything like the book "Stand". Ive seen the movie and it was bad ass. Anyone here into Greek Mythology? Ive read every single one of the stories and they all are really good. ------------------ Fun Police Says: 1. Posting in stupid threads is not FUN! 2. Spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure are not FUN! 3. Stupid BBS names are not FUN! 4. Conduct yourself in a FUN way! The Fun Police are Watching. Vote for the Rockets & Have FUN or be Assimilated.
every single one? ------------------ I've posted so much that what I say must be true. The latest on Maurice Taylor
My favorites are God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine by Kurt Vonnegut and Great Expecatations by Dickens. Does anyone here like Dune? My sister keeps trying to shove it down my throat and I'd rather know if it's worth the 400+ pages before I start... ------------------ WE WILL WATCH THEM FALL... Next year
I had a Dune picture book when I was a kid. I thought it was pretty good. ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel-boy.
