a kid reads this at age 11 and he turns into me
also, STILL won't stop pushing
The Boomer Bible
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a kid reads this at age 11 and he turns into me
also, STILL won't stop pushing
The Boomer Bible
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a kid reads this at age 11 and he turns into me
also, STILL won't stop pushing
The Boomer Bible
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Kelvyquayo the Irrelevant wrote:
Turns you in for what?
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Kojiami wrote:
I loved the alchemist, it`s some of my favourite literature. I like crime and punishment because it`s one of the few novels where i can actually relate to the main character, and it has some very interesting messages in it. The alchemist in fact, comes a close second, with on NO.3 "Steppewolf" by Herman Hesse.
Crime and punishment eh? I'll have to check that out.
Tare wrote:
Kelvyquayo the Irrelevant wrote:
Turns you in for what?
sh*t I do belive that is the worst typo I've ever done in my life Edited, Dec 31st 2006 3:32pm by Kelvyquayo
For me I think it would have to be..
Chika Chika Boom Boom. (Can you tell I don't like books?)
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Deadgye wrote:
For me I think it would have to be..
Chika Chika Boom Boom. (Can you tell I don't like books?)
Chika Chika Boom Boom. (Can you tell I don't like books?)
Ok, graphic novels then?
The Da Vinci Code. I became a Jew shortly after.
Okay, I'm not an Asylumite, but I thought I'd dare to post in this thread... a wonderful thread I have to say. My books:
The Book of Five Rings - already mentioned
The Art of War - already mentioned
1984 - already mentioned
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley maybe?
Lord of the Flies
Alright... I am braced for the rate-downs :)
The Book of Five Rings - already mentioned
The Art of War - already mentioned
1984 - already mentioned
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley maybe?
Lord of the Flies
Alright... I am braced for the rate-downs :)
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking and The Elegant Universe are a couple of excellent books about space and time. Other influential ones I would have said are already posted, but for recreation I'm pretty fond of Michael Chrichton books, as well as Dan Brown.
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Some pretty good stuff mentioned so far. I'd add:
A Short History of Myth.
Shakespeare's plays. Any of them. My favorites are the histories; but it doesn't matter - just get a good annotated version and dive in.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. FUck the people who would ban this book, seriously.
A Short History of Myth.
Shakespeare's plays. Any of them. My favorites are the histories; but it doesn't matter - just get a good annotated version and dive in.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. FUck the people who would ban this book, seriously.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
I've been looking around for the Book of Five Rings by Musashi for a coons age and can never seem to find it. Huckleberry Finn is too great for words. I got it hardcover when I was 11 years old. I have probably read it a dozen times since and still have the same copy, though its a little worn.
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"chariots of the gods"
The Count of Monte Cristo. I read words like revenge, sweet, lasting revenge
sonicmonkeys wrote:
Deadgye wrote:
For me I think it would have to be..
Chika Chika Boom Boom. (Can you tell I don't like books?)
Chika Chika Boom Boom. (Can you tell I don't like books?)
Ok, graphic novels then?
Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Oh. My. God.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
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or maybe "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth" by Dave McKean.
all tolstoy books
bodhisattva wrote:
I've been looking around for the Book of Five Rings by Musashi for a coons age and can never seem to find it.
Only place I have found it is sold with a set of 4
Book of Five Rings
Art of War
Art of Worldy Wisdom
and The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
The first few that sprung to my mind were....
Chaos - James Gleick
Fingerprints of the Gods - Graham Hancock
Shantaram - Greg Roberts
Lord of the Rings
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Lonely Planet - India
World Stormriders Guide - Bruce Sutherland
And a whole slew of the ones already mentioned.
The books I'm enjoying most atm are the Malazan Books of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson. Not influential perhaps, but I am always fizzing at the bung, waiting for the next one to come out.
Chaos - James Gleick
Fingerprints of the Gods - Graham Hancock
Shantaram - Greg Roberts
Lord of the Rings
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Lonely Planet - India
World Stormriders Guide - Bruce Sutherland
And a whole slew of the ones already mentioned.
The books I'm enjoying most atm are the Malazan Books of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson. Not influential perhaps, but I am always fizzing at the bung, waiting for the next one to come out.
"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders". Carlin.
Sartre's good, but "La Chute" by Camus (or "La Peste" or "L'etranger") are better French Existentialist novels (IMHO). Sartre was good, but Camus was a novelist, philosopher AND goalkeeper for his National soccer team.
"Skallagrig" by William Horwood is one of the few books to radically change my attitudes about anything.
But to be boring, The Bible, Al Q'uran, the Bhagavad Ghita and the Guru Garant-sahib have stood the test of time and share common life-messages.
The Bhagavad Ghita has more bewbies though.
Let's not forget Terry Pratchett while we're here though.
(And Goethe is good in the original Cherman, but translates bady into Inglish)
"Skallagrig" by William Horwood is one of the few books to radically change my attitudes about anything.
But to be boring, The Bible, Al Q'uran, the Bhagavad Ghita and the Guru Garant-sahib have stood the test of time and share common life-messages.
The Bhagavad Ghita has more bewbies though.
Let's not forget Terry Pratchett while we're here though.
(And Goethe is good in the original Cherman, but translates bady into Inglish)
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Anything by Terry Pratchett
All Creatures Great & Small - James Herriott
Maybe not so influential, but they were definite factors in my love for reading books: Pretty much anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Rex Stout, and Agatha Christie - I love me some old-timey mystery novels.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Anything by Terry Pratchett
All Creatures Great & Small - James Herriott
Maybe not so influential, but they were definite factors in my love for reading books: Pretty much anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Rex Stout, and Agatha Christie - I love me some old-timey mystery novels.
'Lo, there do I see, the line of my people, back to the beginning, 'lo do they call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave...may live...forever.
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'Lo, there do I see, the line of my people, back to the beginning, 'lo do they call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave...may live...forever.
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Just to balance your reading.
Dark night of the Soul by John de Deo.
Anything written by C. S. Lewis.
To a Dancing God by John Keene
Battle Cry of Freedom James McPherson
some Soren Kirkengarde,
Glory Road by Rober Heinlein. Simply my favorite of all his novels.
The Face of Battle by John Keegan, to balance out the Art of War
Anything by Charles ******** Mark Twain or Lois McMaster Bujold.
Some of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, ee cummings, and Ogden Nash.The last one to see how much fun one can have.
That's enough for now.
Dark night of the Soul by John de Deo.
Anything written by C. S. Lewis.
To a Dancing God by John Keene
Battle Cry of Freedom James McPherson
some Soren Kirkengarde,
Glory Road by Rober Heinlein. Simply my favorite of all his novels.
The Face of Battle by John Keegan, to balance out the Art of War
Anything by Charles ******** Mark Twain or Lois McMaster Bujold.
Some of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, ee cummings, and Ogden Nash.The last one to see how much fun one can have.
That's enough for now.
I went to the library today and had to use my sister's card to check out so many books. I'm gonna get started on these babies with the rest of Winter Break. Keep 'em coming! :3
Personally, out of the books I read in highschool, Catcher in the Rye was my favorite. Lord of the Flies, and Brave New World comming in a close second.
I'd recommend anything by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Turgenev. All are kind of a hard read, but if you can get through those, pick up A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce.
I'd recommend anything by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Turgenev. All are kind of a hard read, but if you can get through those, pick up A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce.
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