Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ishmael, Daniel Quinn Visions of the Prophet, Kahlil Gibran Conversations With God, Neale Donald Walsch The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkein Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card Must reads, all of them. ------------------ "Have we not here the best cards in the game to win this easy match played for a crown?....." Bill Shakespeare [This message has been edited by Gascon (edited August 16, 2000).]
Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers The Great Gatsby / Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald Don't Just Do Something, Sit There - Sylvia Boorstein The Accidental Buddhist - Dinty W. Moore (not the canned beans guy) Written On My Soul - Bill Flannigan The Beatles Recording Sessions - Mark Lewisohn Real Magic / Your Sacred Self - Wayne Dyer Awakening the Buddah Within - Lama Surya Das Living Buddah, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hahn The Dharmapada - Teachings of the Buddha The Collected Works of Robert Frost As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner King Lear - William Shakespeare ------------------ Save Our Rockets and Comets SaveOurRockets.com [This message has been edited by Jeff (edited August 16, 2000).]
Gascon: Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card I forgot about that one! That's a lock for one of the top five Sci-Fi books of all time. Too bad the sequels never lived up to the original. ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel-boy.
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy(I actually like all of Clancy's work, but this one is the best) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian(actually the first book in a pretty long series, but its still my favorite) 1984 by George Orwell Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose Why Not Me? by Al Franken There are probably more, but their titles escape me at the moment. ------------------ Who would've thought Don Nelson would pass up Olumide Oyedeji not once, not twice, but thrice?
Ahhhh.. "To Kill A Mockingbird." Excellent book, and the movie wasn't bad either. Remember Boo Radley? ------------------ In order to be a success in life, you need 2 things: 1. Don't tell everything you know. [This message has been edited by BobFinn* (edited August 16, 2000).]
Rockets03, I also enjoyed the Narnia books and mythology. Some of my favorites: the Damnation Game - Clive Barker the Sound and the Fury - Faulkner Memnoch the Devil - Anne Rice Grendel - John Gardner 1984 - George Orwell The illustrated man - Ray Bradbury Catcher in the Rye ------------------ I am so exasperated that I could expectorate.
Achebe, I am shocked that you listed Chinua Achebe. My Bukowski is better than your Bukowski. Seriously, good choice. What can you tell me about Mahfouz and Thiong'o? MadMax, Dostoevsky (funny how everyone spells it differently because it does not translate exactly) is the best. Brothers Karamazov is better than C&P, IMO. Notes From Underground is short, but terribly dense and my favorite. I am on to Demons next. ------------------ "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
Rimbaud, I had to limit myself in listing Achebe's novels. I haven't read anything other than Devil on the Cross by Ngugi... but if you have the time read it. It is the most soul splitting take on capitalism/neo-colonialism that I have ever read. Mahfouz 'invented the novel as an Arab form' (NYTimes Book Review). The Thief and the Dogs is another great in the vein of neo-colonialism, merely from the northern Africa perspective. If you seek something less political, Midaq Alley or Wedding Song should amaze. Wedding Song is a truly great book... Midaq Alley is merely something to do. oh yeah... No Longer at Ease - Chinua Achebe A Man of the People - Chinua Achebe One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (one of the funniest books I have ever read) Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ------------------ I've posted so much that what I say must be true. The latest on Maurice Taylor
