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07-04-2007, 05:22 PM
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I love the man in the brown suit so much! ^_^ Agatha Christie wrote some blinding books!! ^_^ (some naff too...)
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07-04-2007, 05:24 PM
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I liked The Mysterious Affair at Styles better than The Man in the Brown Suit, though.
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07-04-2007, 05:25 PM
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1. Cyrano De Begerac-Brian Hooker translation- Nobility, idealism, reality, and irony clash in a truly comedic tragedy.
2. The Illiad-Homer(duh)- Politics and arguments meet
on both the mortal and divine planes.
3.Stranger In A Strange Land-Robert Heinlein- They ought to substitute this for the Bible.
4.Watchmen-Alan Moore-A graphic novel? What's that doing here? Read it and find out.
5.Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy-No explanation here.
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07-04-2007, 05:33 PM
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I liked The Mysterious Affair at Styles better than The Man in the Brown Suit, though.
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The Secret Adversary is brilliant also!!!
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07-04-2007, 05:37 PM
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5. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
4. Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck)
3. Dune (Frank Herbert)
2. I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
1. The Stand (Stephen King)
I was surprised to see another fan of The Stand here. I know it's a pop book, but most folks stay away from it because of the page length.
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07-04-2007, 10:13 PM
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This is me being a complete dork:
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
4. A Mango-Shaped Space
5. -Possibly- To Kill a Mockingbird
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07-04-2007, 10:31 PM
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The Stand is whack.
Boy's Life is better.
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07-05-2007, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ~Kouryuu~
The Secret Adversary is brilliant also!!!
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The Mirror Crack'd is much better... plus, there's Tennyson and Americans in it! 
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07-05-2007, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Truth-Teller
The Stand is whack.
Boy's Life is better.
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Boy's Life is my favorite book. If you want to compare The Stand (most decidedly unwhack  ) to anything by McCammon, it has to be Swan Song, which was also awesome. |
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07-06-2007, 01:32 AM
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5.The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
4.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
3.East of Eden by John Steinbeck
2.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
1. A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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07-06-2007, 06:19 AM
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This is...difficult.
1.) Coraline - Neil Gaiman
2.) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein
3.) The Valley of Horses - Jean Auel
4.) The Witches of Karres - James H. Schmitz
5.) Nightwatch - Terry Prachett
Vimes! The ginger ale trick! Unmentionables!
Milo
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07-06-2007, 09:17 AM
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Suprisingly enough, most of my favourite books are online novels. I havnt read enough to have a reallyt definitive list of my favourites.
So in no particular order..
1. Rune of Roon(online or was) by Jeremy Slater - mainly because it was the book that broke my reading drought. The first drought anyway 
2. Keepers of Forever (online) by James C. Dunavant. Awesome.
3. Hansells Dragon(online) by Deborah K. Lauro.
Ive read quite a few more online novels. They were mostly good, but not good enough to make my list. Most of the physical novels ive read havnt been too flash. Although Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks was pretty good. |
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07-06-2007, 09:28 AM
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5. The Picture of Dorian Grey
4. Song of Songs
3. Dracula
2. Fragile Things
1. Goosebumps: Monster Blood
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07-06-2007, 11:17 AM
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5. War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
4. Dune (Dune, Children of Dune, God Emp. of Dune) (Hubert)
3. Lord of the Rings (J.R.R T)
2. The Green Mile (King)
1. The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis)
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07-06-2007, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MiloDaePesdan
5.) Nightwatch - Terry Prachett
Vimes! The ginger ale trick! Unmentionables!
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Say no more!!!! Lmao!! xD
Good one, Milo!! Also my fav Pratchett!!
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