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09-23-2007, 08:33 AM
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In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Yeah, I'm so original.
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"If animal research produced a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it." — Ingrid Newkirk, PETA President
What a bitch.
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10-01-2007, 03:30 PM
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#92
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Ecstasy of Gold is a song by Ennio Morricone, isn't it?
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10-01-2007, 04:49 PM
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#93
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Location: Location?.... um, i'm not quite sure about that.. i just know i'm somewhere in North Carolina....
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OOOOHH, thats a hard one. who can only have 5 top favorites?
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
The Bridge to Tarabithia
Memoirs of a Geisha
Those are the first i could think of, but i have loads more. Who doesn't?
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"Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none."
-Jules Renard
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10-08-2007, 10:31 AM
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Location: northeast USA
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5. collected stories of Poe
4. 1984
3. Dune (this is what SF should be)
2. Einstein's Dreams (Lightman)
1. The Shining
honorable mention: Tenacity of the Cockroach ,published by The Onion. Its a collection of interviews with icons of modern culture.
Hilarious and informative.
(esp. John Waters and James Ellroy)
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10-09-2007, 05:07 AM
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1. Storm of Iron, Graham McNeill.
2. Demon Child Trilogy, Jennier Fallon.
3. Ilium, Dan Simmons
4. City Watch Discworld series, Terry Pratchett.
5. Age of the Five trilogy, Trudi Canavan.
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"It's always fun until someone gets hurt, and then it's just hilarious"
Ricochet - Faith No More
"Walk softly, and carry a big gun."
Force Commnander - Dawn of War
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10-09-2007, 05:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The girl left behind...
Memoirs of a Geisha
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Ew, why?
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10-10-2007, 08:24 AM
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To each his own, or her own.
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"It's always fun until someone gets hurt, and then it's just hilarious"
Ricochet - Faith No More
"Walk softly, and carry a big gun."
Force Commnander - Dawn of War
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10-10-2007, 11:03 AM
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Prolific Writer
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1. 1984
2. 1984
3. 1984
4. 1984
5. 1984
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10-10-2007, 02:36 PM
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my top 5
5- Pete Rose's book (forget the name)
4- Lord of the flies
3- Hush
2- Bury my heart at wounded knee
1- Fahrenheit 451 (best book ever!)
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10-11-2007, 01:36 AM
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1. blindness, jose saramago
2. the time traveler's wife, audrey niffenegger
3. flowers for algernon, daniel keyes
4. emma, jane austen
5. his dark materials, philip pullman
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I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see. - jose saramago
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10-11-2007, 11:04 AM
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In no particular order:
1. The Last Light of the Sun - Guy Gavriel Kay
2. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
3. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
4. The World According to Garp - John Irvin
5. Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
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10-13-2007, 08:08 AM
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My top 5 in reverse order:
5: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
4: 1984
3: Dune
2: The War of the Worlds
1: Life the Universe and Everything (I love it so much, I actually bought myself an extra copy. One at home and one on the road)
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10-24-2007, 04:19 AM
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So far . . .
5) The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
4) The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre
3) War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
2) A Game of Thrones - George R R Martins
1) The Dark Tower - Stephen King
Although could be entirely different in the coming months
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12-01-2007, 02:59 PM
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1. The Harry Potter series - If I blank out Deathly Hallows I can whole-heartedly say that the books are my favorite. They may not be the best written books in the world, but there's no denying their appeal!
2. The Pact - Usually, you say Jodi Picoult and you think My Sister's Keeper, and though that's on my overall favorite list, The Pact will always be above it. The ending of the book just had me shouting at the page, and if anyone can get that sort of reaction out of me then it's worth a second look. She has such a great way of writing and formatting her books, putting her in a league of her own.
3. The Twilight series - Yeah, they're corny, but enjoyable.
4. The Painted Veil - I much prefer the book storyline to that of the movie; I suppose they had to make it more 'Hollywood' with the somewhat happy ending. W. Somerset Maugham's characters are so flawed and they don't make a triumphant turn around at the end, which is certainly refreshing.
5. Before I Die - What I liked most about this was that the leading character didn't have some weird epiphany when she found out she was dying. It seemed a lot more realistic.
Loads more (some that I'm probably forgetting) and I'll probably end changing this when I get my Christmas reading.
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12-01-2007, 04:14 PM
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1. The Bible - Best book ever. Probably the most influencial book in western civilization.
2. Starship Troopers - I love this book. It was the first book I ever read all the way through and I loved the content.
3. Enders Game - Superbly written with one of my favorite characters of all time.
4. Without Remorse - The only Tom Clancy novel I could actually finish. An excellent story.
5. The Halo Books - They're not the most well written books around but Halo has some of the best expanded universe content of any media franchise and the amazing tales in the Halo novles greatly inriches the characters and the universe of the games.
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"Sometimes, Lies are more dependable than truth." ~ Ender, Enders Game
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