The Official Book Thread

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  1. VanillaGorilla

    VanillaGorilla Well-Known Member

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    Talk about your favorite books of all time, this year or any books you are reading now or have read recently.

    If we have a 15 page movie thread, we need a decent book thread!
     
    VanillaGorilla, Dec 7, 2010
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  2. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I usually contribute this:

    Sometimes A Great Notion, Ken Kesey

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  3. VanillaGorilla

    VanillaGorilla Well-Known Member

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    Books I've read recently:

    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

    Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (The king of sci-fi)

    Anthem by Ayn Rand

    Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

    I am now reading the 7 book Saga of Seven Suns series, I'm on book 3. I'm a sucker for science fiction space operas.
     
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  4. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I read To Kill A Mockingbird not that long ago. Amazing book. It's a little juvenile at times, but it's still a great piece of literature.
     
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  5. VanillaGorilla

    VanillaGorilla Well-Known Member

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    Agreed. It has to be one of the flat out best books of all time.
     
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  6. Stevenson

    Stevenson Old School

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    Recent great books I have read -

    The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - fantastic historical novel about the building of a cathedral in 12th cent. England

    1984 - George Orwell. Still can't get it out of my brain.

    Anything by Carl Hiaasen - Funny, funny books.

    Making a Living Without a Job - changed my life.

    Tai Pan - Almost perfect.

    Catcher in the Rye as funny the second time as the first

    A Confederacy of Dunces Can be gut busting funny

    Anything by me - The Small Business Bible, The Big Idea
     
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  7. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Sports Illustrated and Entertainment Weekley
     
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    Sports Illustrated and People magazine (what? I'm not gay.)
     
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  9. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I do most of my reading on the web though..... My droid gets Kindle so I've been reading the original Sherlock Holmes. It's great stuff.
     
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  10. VanillaGorilla

    VanillaGorilla Well-Known Member

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    I have a kindle and I used it for a while, but I just love the feel of a real book.
     
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  11. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I do too, but it's handy having it on my phone when I have some free time.
     
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  12. Colonel Ronan

    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

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    Bad for your eyes.

    I'm a big fan of Feist's work.
     
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  13. andalusian

    andalusian Season - Restarted

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    I am a big fan of Mr. Terry Pratchett and Mr. Christopher Moore. Anything by these guys is usually fantastic.

    Terry Pratchett's Discworld books are great, some are better than others - but his other books are good as well (Johny and the Bomb, Nation).

    Christopher Moore is just a no-miss proposition. They are all good.

    Neil Gaiman has some real gems as well - American Gods, The Anansi Boys and the Graveyard book are fantastic.
     
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  14. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    I would have thought you'd prefer machiavelli:devilwink:
     
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  15. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Don't bother with anything bigger by Ayn Rand, she says basically the same thing, but slower.
     
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  16. Colonel Ronan

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    No, Shakespeare.
     
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  17. VanillaGorilla

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    I know, I read a little bit of Atlas Shrugged and hated it.
     
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  18. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    I read all but that 100 page monologue from Galt. Blah, blah blah, smart, hard-working people deserve money.
     
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    I just got done reading 'Where is My Friend (A Hide and Peek Book)'. It was a little wordy at times but it was a great mystery about friendship. Can't recommend it enough, especially for HCP.
     
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    "The Pet Goat" by Siegfried Engelmann and Elaine C. Bruner.
     
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