Help me find books I'll actually enjoy
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01-12-2015, 04:56 PM
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RE: Help me find books I'll actually enjoy
Oh, and a fantasy "honorable mention" to more than half of what was written by David Gemmell, in particular the Drenai Saga (my favorite are the two about Waylander the Slayer; Waylander being the first title) and his Troy trilogy, starting with Lord of the Silver Bow.
"Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?" - E. O. Wilson |
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01-12-2015, 05:06 PM
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![]() This is a must read, intricate politics woven with religion (and how you can use both to influence people) action, adventure, a love story, drama, and the more you read in the series the more the universe opens up. I recommend reading Frank Herbert's books first then going back and reading the son's prequels then his conclusion (based on notes from his father) |
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01-12-2015, 05:07 PM
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(01-12-2015 04:51 PM)RocketSurgeon76 Wrote: "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James Loewen Oooh. I gotta read that. ![]() Insufferable know-it-all. ![]() |
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01-12-2015, 05:34 PM
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A great classic one -- Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.
I've read, and re-read this one many times over a 40 year span. I enjoy it each time. That's rare............... .... I'm a double atheist. I don't believe in your god or your politician. |
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01-12-2015, 05:35 PM
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Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović is one of he best books I've ever read, I strongly recommend it to anyone.
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01-12-2015, 05:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-12-2015 01:59 AM by Chas.)
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Almost everything by John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens
Animal Farm, George Orwell Brave New World[u], Aldous Huxley [u]Lord of the Flies, William Golding Robinson Crusoe], Daniel Dafoe Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuin Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson Catch-22, Joseph Heller White Fang, Jack London The Call of the Wild, Jack London Ballroom of the Skies, John D. MacDonald Red Mars/Green Mars/Blue Mars trilogy, Kim Stanley Robinson 1632, Eric Flint All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emma Orczy (Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci ) On the Beach, Nevil Shute Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum Brave New World, Aldous Huxley Lysistrata, Aristophanes ![]() Not following your parameters, but if you want to laugh intelligently, everything by Bill Bryson. Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims. Science is not a subject, but a method. ![]() |
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01-12-2015, 05:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-12-2015 05:55 PM by GirlyMan.)
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#sigh |
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01-12-2015, 09:42 PM
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Oh yes, Neal Stephenson. Nice one, Chas, though if she wants a page-turner, I'd go for Snow Crash. Nice anti-religion message, too.
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01-12-2015, 11:05 PM
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(01-12-2015 05:44 PM)Chas Wrote: Almost everything by John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens I see fuckall happened to your terseness whilst I was gone. ![]() It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness ![]() ~Izel |
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01-12-2015, 11:09 PM
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(01-12-2015 01:56 PM)unfogged Wrote: ... Based on up's specification I was going to recommend the Shogun series too. They fit her criteria perfectly. I've read all except the last one cos I haven't found it in print anywhere around here. |
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