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Topic: Book Readers
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ruiner
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posted March 24, 2003 02:58
    
Okay, peeps - who amongst us are avid book readers? I am a big reader, some of my favourite stuff:Ken Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
Stephen King - The Shining
George Orwell - 1984
Colin Wilson - Everything he writes!
Frank Herbert - Dune
Clive Barker - Weaveworld
Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Umberto Eco - Foucault's Pendulum
James Ellroy - American Tabloid
Thomas Harris - Hannibal
Herman Hesse - Siddhartha
Carl Sagan - Contact
JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
William Gibson - Neuromancer
JD Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World There's lots more. I've just finished Melville's "Moby Dick" (that was a bit of an effort, but enjoyable) and I'm starting Burrough's "Naked Lunch" (weird!). Anyone else reading something interesting? Any books you can recommend?
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Emlyn K Helicopter
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posted March 24, 2003 08:56
Billy Goats Gruff - Read It YourselfReaders Wives Write-in - Penthouse The Iliad (original Ancient Greek transcript) - Homer The Bible - God The Koran - Allah The Dirt - 4 fuckheads who got lucky
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Nuclear Vampire
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posted March 24, 2003 09:01
Cool topic. I am an avid reader (when I have the time) and enjoy Sci-Fi and Fantasy the most. I also read alot of books on U.F.O.'s, Ghosts and paranormal stuff (even though I don't believe in most of it). I also find books on conspiracies quite interesting.R.A. Salvatore - Icedwind Dale Trilogy & The Dark Elf Trilogy Brian Lumley - The Necroscope Saga Clive Barker - Imajica/Weaveworld/The Great And Secret Show Stephen King - It/Tommyknockers/The Stand/and the short story collections J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord Of The Rings H.G. Wells - The War Of The Worlds (I've read this book once a year since I was 12) Margaret Wiess & Tracy Hickman - The Dragonlance Chronicles/Legends Chronicles/The Death Gate Cycle Richard Awlinson - The Avatar Trilogy Issac Asimov - The Foundation Trilogy Joan Slonczewski - A Door Into Ocean P.C. Hodgell - God Stalk/Dark Of The Moon Jack L. Chalker - The Well Of Souls Series/4 Lords Of The Diamond series Eric Van Lustbader - The Sunset Warrior series Piers Anthony - Incarnations Of Immortality series Mick Foley - Have A Nice Day Michel Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln - The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail/The Messianic Legacy/The Elixir And The Stone
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Mezcalhead
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posted March 24, 2003 09:16
I'm reading the same two books I was when this thread was started several months ago. But Ruiner, if you haven't already, I would strongly suggest two books.Edward Abbey- Desert Solitaire Anybody who loves the American Southwest should check this out. A nice mixture of fiction and nonfiction narrative by the crazy anarchist Abbey. Edward Crankshaw- The Shadow of the Winter Palace This is a history of the Russian Revolution going back as far as 1825. I've only read the first paragraph but its excellent.
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El Indio
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posted March 24, 2003 12:39
Hey Mezcalhead I have a book here which you may be interested in. My father lent it to me a few months ago yet I have only read the first five chapters. It is called "The tide at sunrise" and is about the war of 1904-05 between Japan and Russia. Though a history book it can be summed up as a tragi-comedy due to some of the farces which happened then thanks to vanity and ignorance mainly on the russian part.Hey Slaytanic, ever read Franz Kafka's "The Castle"? Quite an enjoyable read as well as thought provoking. I have a copy of the book around here somewhere; it'll turn up again sooner or later - I hope! The following is a couple of the other 100+ odd books and magazines which I usually have on the go at any given time... NERDS 2.0.1. - A Brief History of the Internet by Stephan Segaller. Lost Victories - The war memoirs of Hitler's most brilliant general by Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein. At Hitler's Side - The memoirs of Hitler's Luftwaffe Adjutant 1937-45 by Nicolaus Von Below. Hitler's Commanders - German bravery in the field 1939-45 by James Lucas *** JUST ORDERED ***
Hitler and his Generals - Military conferences 1942-45 - The first complete stenographic record of the military situation conferences from Stalingrad to Berlin by Helmut Heiber & David M. Glantz I also have to read the following magazines: the last two issues of National Geographic; the last three issues of Maximum P.C.; the last three issues of Reader's Digest; the last two issues of Islands; the last issue of Hawaii; not to forget a bunch of magazines which I regularly "borrow" from where I work in the local printing industry (B.C. Business; Aviator; Alive; Healthy Living; Gardenwise, etc.).  And finally for all of you die-hard KISS fans out there: KISS and Sell - The making of a supergroup - An unauthorized look at one of Rock's most successsful and outrageous supergroups by C.K. Lendt (He travelled around the world with KISS and handled their business and financial affairs and attended nearly 800 concerts in 25 countries!). "I'm really not insane you know. YES I AM!!!"
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nia
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posted March 24, 2003 13:17
I like to read a lot, books and magazines (Atlantic Monthly is my most recent fave mag). I just finished Jeffrey Eugenides "Middlesex," and I had a hard time putting it down. It took Eugenides ten years to write this one, and it shows - it's a historic novel with expertly crafted twists and turns that read like a personal memoir. Definitely the kind of book you can read many times over.Here's a brief synopsis: quote:
We find out in the first two pages that Cal Stephanides, our narrator, was born in January 1960 as Calliope Helen Stephanides: a beautiful baby girl. In 1974, it becomes apparent that our teenage girl is indeed a hermaphrodite, with very strong male characteristics, thereby becoming Cal: an adolescent boy. But that's not the whole story, now 41-years-old, Cal is delving into his family history to find out how he became who he is.As a result, this novel follows the story of a Greek family, starting on the side of Mount Olympus, immigrating to the United States, settling in Detroit in the 1920's and evolving into the 1970's. We glimpse into the Greco-Turkish War, the Burning of Smyrna, the industrial revolution in the United States, prohibition, and the depression years. In addition, we get a taste of life in Detroit, Michigan, during the 50's, 60's, and 70's -- the Nation of Islam, the race riots and discrimination in the real estate industry.
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Tangento
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posted March 24, 2003 17:54
A Stephen King Fan to the core;Fave King works:
============= 1. The Talisman
2. The Stand
3. The Shining
4. Dreamcatcher
5. Night Shift (short stories)
6. Black House
7. Desperation
8. 'Salem's Lot
9. The Dark Tower/ Gunslinger Series (just starting on that)
10. From a Buick 8 (also currently reading) Kurt Vonnegut
=========== 1. Slaughterhouse 5 (one of the greatest books ever written)
2. Sirens of Titan
3. Cat's Cradle
4. Welcome to the Monkey House
5. Breakfast of Champions
Other Authors:
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Dean Koontz - Strange Highways
(seeking advice on what to read next; I like his horror stuff) Robert Stone - Dog Soldiers Edgar Allen Poe - Tell Tale Heart (and anything else he's done) Many more -And one more thing:
Has anyone here read this book called
'Satan Burger' by Carlton Mellick III?
I recently read a review, and it sounds very interesting. Here have a look:
http://tinyurl.com/82x9
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Tangento
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posted January 02, 2004 12:16
I am still creeping my way through the Dark Tower series, and savoring every word. It's fucking awesome, but I just don't have the spare time (or the peace & quiet  ) required to really get going on them. However, I have read one other book since my last post here, and would like to recommend it to one and all. To save time & space, I'll just link to the brief review I wrote for it: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer -------------------- "You have the option to drill additional holes in the label,
causing the record to rotate off the side of the turntable" -Tom Ellard - Severed Heads
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El Indio
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posted January 03, 2004 01:05
The following in no particular order is a few strays which I have recently taken in and provided a nice home for (As usual I have over 100+ books on the go at any given time many of which will eventually end up unread in or on one of my overflowing book cabinets and only to be replaced by a bunch more books and magazines!):Stuka Pilot - Air War on the Russian Front with Germany's foremost pilot by Hans Ulrich Rudel Platoon Leader - A frontline Personal Report of Vietnam Battle Action by James R. McDonough It's True! It's True! by Kurt angle Tributes - Remembering some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers by Dave Meltzer The Knights of the Bushido - A short History of Japanese War Crimes by Lord Russell of Liverpool The Scourge of the Swastika - A short History of Nazi War Crimes by Lord Russell of Liverpool Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Their War - German Combat Photographs from the Archives of Signal by Will Fowler and Mike Rose Blackjack 33 - Fourteen Deadly Days with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam by James C. Donahue Tough Call - Hard-Hitting Phone Pranks by Mike Loew Mutual Funds for Canadians for Dummies - A Reference for the Rest of Us by Andrew Bell All Too Human - A Political Education by George Stephanopoulos Berlin Dance of Death by Helmut Altner Free Fire Zones - The True Story of U.S. Navy SEAL Combat in Vietnam by Kevin dockery The Illustrated Book of World War 2 by Charles Messenger Ringmaster - Jerry springer by Jerry Springer and Laura Morton
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Juan87
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posted January 04, 2004 07:01
I just got done reading "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane, first novel I've read in like ten years. Pretty good book, I guess, starts out really slow and sorta trudges on until the last hundred pages or so. Anyhow, it involved murder, lies, true love, all that good stuff. I heard the movie is pretty good, too. Clint Eastwood directed it, while Sean Penn and Tim Robbins starred. Did I actually enjoy it? Eh, 'twas merely eyelid muscle exercise, I guess, nothing too neurostimulatory.-------------------- 
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posted March 24, 2003 09:34
I've read everything that's officially available by him. "The Dark Tower" is my absolute favorite! I can't wait to get the fifth book at last (but I'll have to wait a little longer in order to get the cheaper paperback...)!
