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Originally posted by conscience 1.) <b>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</b> All time favorite. 2.) <b>Brave New World</b> Pure genius. 3.) <b>The Great Gatsby</b> Work of art. Honorable Mention: <b>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</b> Great. The last three I read in high school. I like them much more now, odd ;) [Edited by conscience on 04-26-01 at 05:18 PM] |
The Sound and The Fury, by William Faulkner
Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |
The Westing Game
Clear and Present Danger Jurassic Park |
Originally posted by movielib ...have you read Sometimes a Great Notion? IMO it's much better than Cuckoo's Nest, which I do think is a great book. |
My top two would be High Fidelity by Nick Hornby and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. After that it becomes very confusing. I'll mention The Magic Kingdom by Stanley Elkin, just because I'm pretty sure no one else will.
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Originally posted by battboyy My top two would be High Fidelity by Nick Hornby and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. After that it becomes very confusing. I'll mention The Magic Kingdom by Stanley Elkin, just because I'm pretty sure no one else will. |
1) The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
2) Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut 3) Riding the Rap - Elmore Leonard (odd choice, I know...) |
1. Wired by Bob Woodward
2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon |
Originally posted by movielib Originally posted by conscience 1.) <b>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</b> All time favorite. 2.) <b>Brave New World</b> Pure genius. 3.) <b>The Great Gatsby</b> Work of art. Honorable Mention: <b>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</b> Great. The last three I read in high school. I like them much more now, odd ;) [Edited by conscience on 04-26-01 at 05:18 PM] I haven't even heard of the book before. Thanks for recommending it. I am going to read up on it and probably check it out or purchase it. Thanks again! |
Its very hard to limit it to 3, but here goes (with a little cheating)
1. Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams 2. The Lord of the rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. Clergyman's Daughter, by George Orwell with an honourable mention going to The Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis) Hemulen |
Okay - I couldn't pick just 3 so I've split it between contemporary and classics.
Contemporary Oscar & Lucinda - Peter Carey Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres White Jazz - James Ellroy Classics Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackery Middlemarch - George Elliot Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens |
1. "Little, Big" by John Crowley
2. "Mysterious Skin" by Scott Heim 3. "Shatterday" by Harlan Ellison |
1. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker 3. Animal Farm by George Orwell Or Books of the Bible: 1. John 2. Genesis 3. Exodus [Edited by Pudthai on 05-10-01 at 02:24 PM] |
Nice Thread
No order
1984 Lord of the flies Great Gatsby Honorable Mention: The Stand Anyone have any reccommendations for me that are like 1984 or Lord of the Flies? Thanks! Matt |
Re: Nice Thread
Originally posted by honking No order Anyone have any reccommendations for me that are like 1984 or Lord of the Flies? Thanks! Matt |
Re: Nice Thread
Originally posted by honking No order 1984 Lord of the flies Great Gatsby Honorable Mention: The Stand Anyone have any reccommendations for me that are like 1984 or Lord of the Flies? Thanks! Matt |
One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Titan/Wizard/Demon (SciFi trilogy) -- John Varley Prydain Chronicles (from childhood) -- Lloyd Alexander |
Top 3 books
Very difficult!!!!
Sophie's Choice by William Styron Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt This list will probably change next week! |
Hey thanks just finished Brave New World... WOW!! Great!! I am going to try A Portait of an Artist as a Young Man next. I will have to say The Stand is a great one too if you like end times stuff.
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1 ishmael 2 lord of the rings 3 the master mariner
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Hmmm... various titles to consider, here.
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams WASP - Eric Frank Russell (actually, just about ANYTHING by Eric Frank Russell is superb, but WASP is a great one to start with!) Okay, sorry, that's four. Many others, but these will get you started... -Skywa|ker [Edited by Skywa|ker on 05-31-01 at 11:42 AM] |
3 favorite books is impossible; how about 3 favorite general "groups":
A: World War 2 novels--Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five...and since SV5 is Kurt Vonnegut, I'll also add Breakfast of Champions, which I used to consider as my all-time favorite book, and God Bless You Mr. Rosewater (and just about anything else by KV). B: Umberto Eco--love his books, can read them over and over; sort of like page-turners for intellectuals. The amount of stuff he packs into a book is incredible. Name of the Rose is my favorite of the 3, but Foucault's Pendulum and Island of the Day Before are great too. C: Siddhartha and Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse. Other Favorites: The Stranger by Camus, Brave New World by Huxley, Notes from Underground, King Lear, and If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. |
1. The Magus - John Fowles (if you're young and want to be an artist, you must read this).
2. Dubliners - James Joyce ("The Dead" makes this my favorite Joyce book, although "Portrait of an Artist" is also excellent in a teen-angst kinda way). 3. Turn of the Screw - Henry James (the most frightening and well written psychological ghost story ever). [Edited by Oliver Clothesoff on 06-28-01 at 07:29 AM] |
1. Where The Red Fern Grows
2. Of Mice And Men 3. Raisin In The Sun |
The Great Gatsby
Memoirs of a Geisha Harry Potter! :) |
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