Your Favorite Books [Archive]

Giancarlo

July 5th, 2001, 20:52

My Favorite are:

Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America - By: Ronald Reagan (The Hero of America)
Standing Firm - By: Dan Quayle (Excellent Book, very insightful and making the media look stupid for making Quayle look bad, very good book. I think he should be the US's Next President.)
Rainbow Six - By: Tom Clancy (Great Military Book, ROTC Like Teams.. I might be joining the ROTC myself in two years)
Executive Orders - By: Tom Clancy (A Good Political Book)

Bruce

July 5th, 2001, 21:37

Hmm, good question. I don't think I have a favorite book though cause I never read. I think reading is against my religion or something.

Giancarlo

July 5th, 2001, 21:43

That is sad... you should read it will help your future job prospects.

whatevah

July 5th, 2001, 21:52

my favorites are..

Masters of Deception ... about the famous group... forget who wrote it. hehe

and the book about Kevin Mitnick, by Jon Littman

heheheh okay, okay.. just kidding.

actually, read the Bible... the book of "Proverbs". although it's 3000 years old, it still applies to today. get a new translation, though... the "KJV" is a bit hard to understand

Giancarlo

July 5th, 2001, 21:57

I am atheist. :D

Archbob

July 5th, 2001, 22:30

Some of my favorites:

1. Lord of the Rings

2. The earthsea cycle

3. 1984

4. Brave new world

5. Ender's game

6. The shannara books

7. The homecoming books

8. Journey to the west(Chinese)

9. San guo yen yi(chinese)

I more of a fantasy reader than anything else

LeX

July 5th, 2001, 22:58

Favorite books? Uhh..... I'll get back to you on that one. :p

Coolin

July 6th, 2001, 00:36

I like the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (sp?)
And the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman...

Gayowulf

July 6th, 2001, 00:40

I like the hardy boys. ;) no, just kidding

I have read and liked all books by Michael Crichton (writer of Jurassic Park), and John Grisham (writer of The Pelican Brief)
I also really enjoyed Prince of Tides, A Clockwork Orange and most books by mordecai richtler (died the other day) and the odd one by salman rushdie.

bigperm

July 6th, 2001, 01:14

Not to be funny or anything, but my favorite book is Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Oberservations by Al Franken.

Then there is Running Man by Stephen King/Richard Bachman
When Harlie was One v2.0 by David Gerrold
The Rendevous with Rama series by Aurther C. Clark and Gentry Lee
Rants by Dennis Miller is good.
Any John Grisham book, I like The Chamber, The Brethren, A Time to Kill... waiting for 'A Painted House' to come out in paperback.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien... the hobbitt too I guess. umm, that's all I can think of right now.

jason

July 6th, 2001, 01:22

i generally like biographies or true crime books but there are always exceptions. right now i'm reading a book about the story of Led Zeppelin. not very education but i don't care. some of my other favorite books were
No One gets Out Alive - Story of Jim Morrison and the doors
Helter Skelter - about the infamous manson murders
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter Thompsom
i want to read a clockwork orange i hear its better than the movie.
Stephen King is an awesome writer as well, i have read a lot of his stuff too.

LastActionHero

July 6th, 2001, 01:24

Rainbow Six is my favourite although I haven't read it yet! :p

Michael Crichton is my one of my favourite authors. His Airframe was cool. Although his books on time when he was in med school are not that good.

Gayowulf

July 6th, 2001, 01:32

Originally posted by jason

i want to read a clockwork orange i hear its better than the movie.

It is. it is a short book, and the special slang sort of dialect used keeps it from being so disturbing. ie: Alex does not rape women with his friends; he and his "droogs" give "devotchkas" the "old in-and-out."

anyways.. That kind of makes the book look real bad.

lastactionhero said:

Michael Crichton is my one of my favourite authors. His Airframe was cool. Although his books on time when he was in med school are not that good.

Airframe was cool, but i agree books like "five patients" and his other really early books really sucked except for "teminal man".

LastActionHero

July 6th, 2001, 01:42

The best Med school/hospital related book I found was Coma by Robin Cook. It is simply awesome.

Gayowulf

July 6th, 2001, 01:53

Originally posted by jason

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter Thompsom

Was the book better than the show?

bigperm

July 6th, 2001, 02:11

We can't stay here! This is bat country!

jason

July 6th, 2001, 02:17

actually the movie stayed true to the book, somethings are in differnt order and there might be a chapter or 2 thats not in the movie but the movie captures the book quite well i thought.

Haze

July 6th, 2001, 02:58

The Emporor wears no clothes. by Jack Herer I think it is.

lucifer

July 6th, 2001, 04:33

Originally posted by jason
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompsongood book By coincidence I just finished reading it 2 days ago. Haven't seen the film but it's recommended (best seen on something I'm told)

Haze

July 6th, 2001, 04:50

OH also anything by James Redfield.. amazing stuff... simply amazing.

Toefur

July 6th, 2001, 05:34

The best ever books are the books that make up the Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe. An utterly amazing and fantastically written series! My favourite from them being The Sword of the Lictor.

Then next...comes anything by Stephen Lawhead; i've got all his books; wonderful books.

WorldWarGeneral

July 6th, 2001, 08:17

Originally posted by Giancarlo
I am atheist. :D

An atheist conservative republican? There's something you don't see everyday. ;)

Anyway, I'm reading "The First World War: A complete history" It's pretty good, if a bit too detailed.

I guess my favorite book would have to be "The Hunt for Red October" by Tom Clancy. I love cold war novels. :)

Giancarlo

July 6th, 2001, 08:29

There are just as much as religious nuts on the left as there is on the right...

WorldWarGeneral

July 6th, 2001, 08:44

Originally posted by Giancarlo
There are just as much as religious nuts on the left as there is on the right...

Couldn't disagree. :) But when a bill designed to force christanity down everyone's throat is introduced (school prayer, etc.), it is usually a republican doing it. But you're right, there are democrats that try to make everyone "good little christans" too.

Giancarlo

July 6th, 2001, 08:46

Reverend Jesse Jackson is one of them... of course the Democrats are usually the ones having a lot of scandals.

Another book I like is Myst.. yeah it is made after the computer game.

red_zinc

July 6th, 2001, 14:00

Jonathan Swift, Tomas Mann and some others.

One of my favorite, thought in some measure decadent: H.G.Wells - The Door in the Wall