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Kinanik
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posted 02-03-2005 03:50:22 PM
I just finished a book called The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. It's about an Indian boy exploring different religions, and then how he survives when his ship wrecks on his way to Canada. Very good read; I reccomend it.

I'm getting ready to read the Iliad and the Oddysey, because I have never read them and should have years ago. I was wondering what people think books are that everyone should read? I need to read more...

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Vernaltemptress
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posted 02-03-2005 03:58:49 PM
If you enjoyed Life of Pi, read The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo. I'm in a book club where we chose to read both, and those who loved The Alchemist were those who loved Life of Pi. I'm not one of them.
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Ferret
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posted 02-03-2005 04:44:00 PM
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

It's The Da Vinci Code for smart people. I had to look up about 90% of the references though.

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Timpofee
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posted 02-03-2005 04:45:13 PM
I just bought a book yesterday on a whim..
Its called The shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Its really good so far.
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Razor
posted 02-04-2005 01:02:40 AM
"The story of e" for math junkies
reading through some of Einstein's early woork on special relativity *translated of course* Also reading about some history of astronomers/cosmologists and the bullshit that they got from the catholic church.
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TheOriginalZane
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posted 02-04-2005 01:09:00 AM
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

It will change your life.

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Palador ChibiDragon
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posted 02-04-2005 01:30:59 AM
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Kinanik thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
I'm getting ready to read the Iliad and the Oddysey, because I have never read them and should have years ago. I was wondering what people think books are that everyone should read? I need to read more...

The Bible.

I'm not saying that you should believe it, but it's an important influence on our culture, and worth a read. I won't blame you if you skip over the boring parts though, especally in the Old Testament. You don't really need to know the laws about what to do if there's mold in your house.

In the New Testament, you should read the first four books, and the last one (Life of Christ and Revelations). The rest is good and important, but honestly it's a bit dry.

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Pvednes
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posted 02-04-2005 01:08:39 PM
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Kinanik enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
I'm getting ready to read the Iliad and the Oddysey, because I have never read them and should have years ago. I was wondering what people think books are that everyone should read? I need to read more...

Tee hee, Kin doesn't know his Homer...

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`Doc
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posted 02-04-2005 01:22:28 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Freschel Spindrift
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posted 02-04-2005 02:06:36 PM
Anthem, Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged.
Who's that crazy kook that's destroying the world. It's Zorc (That's me) It's Zorc and Pals.
Bakura: Did you forget our anniversary, again? (laughter)
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Bakura: That's my Zorc.
The blood of the innocents will flow without end. His name is Zorc, and he's destroying the world.
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Kinanik
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posted 02-04-2005 03:00:14 PM
I'll check out all these books, thanks
The Bible's on my reading list; being at a catholic college is kinda hard when pretty much every teacher in every class makes references to the Bible, and I haven't read it since I was in lower school.
I've of course read HHGG. Atlas Shrugged is one of my favorite books, with 'Ball Four' by Jim Bouton and 'The Stand' by Stephen King, I've also read Anthem... haven't quite made it through the Fountainhead yet. I'm actually currently reading 'We the Living,' which is one of her not as good, but still decent novels.

I read the Oddysey back in middle school but I neither remember it, nor did I appreciate it as much as I could have... I wasn't a big reader in middle school.

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Ares
posted 02-04-2005 05:11:09 PM
I didn't like Life of Pi.. My friend LOVED it. (Canadian author, BTW)... But I read some of it and didn't enjoy it..

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Kinanik
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posted 02-04-2005 06:08:04 PM
Hey, he's out in the middle of the ocean, what's he supposed to do?
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Mr. Crabs
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posted 02-04-2005 06:12:10 PM
You must read American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

Then Good Omens, The Dark Tower, and Thomas Covenant. The Iliad and the Oddysey are excellent as well. This semester I'm taking a Shakespeare class and I appreciate it much more than I did in high-school. I suggest you give a few of his plays a look.

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There's a Blind Man looking for a shadow of doubt.
There's a Rich Man sleeping on a golden bed.
There's a Skeleton choking on a crust of bread.
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posted 02-04-2005 06:32:35 PM
ODYSSEY! NOT *ODDYSEY* THIS IS NOT A FUCKING ODDWORLD GAME GRAAAAAAAH!
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Kinanik
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posted 02-04-2005 07:59:19 PM
Sorry... Don't hurt me!
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Sentow, Maybe
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posted 02-04-2005 08:53:03 PM
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I was wondering what people think books are that everyone should read?

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury.

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley.

The Once and Future King, T.H. White.

Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison (not H.G. Wells).

The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Sentow, Maybe fucked around with this message on 02-04-2005 at 08:53 PM.

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Mr. Parcelan
posted 02-04-2005 08:58:52 PM
To any fans of HP Lovecraft, I wholeheartedly recommend "The Crawling Abbatoir" by Marvin Mundt.

Delicious weird stories.

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Vorbis
Vend-A-Goat
posted 02-05-2005 03:18:06 AM
Ulysses by James Joyce
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Pvednes
Lynched
posted 02-05-2005 03:57:38 AM
Let's see...

  • Alexander at the World's End, by Tom Holt.
  • Nineteen Eighty-four, by George Orwell. Try some of his political essays, too.
  • Kings of Albion, by Julian Rathbone.
  • Just about anything written by David Eddings, especially the Belgariad and Malloreon.
  • Once you've read the Iliad and Odyssey, read the poet Virgil's Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid, especially the Aeneid.
  • Try Vintage Stuff and Blott on the Landscape by Tom Sharpe.
  • The Dune Chronicles of Frank Herbert. Also buy every copy of Brian Herbert's prequels, but burn them all without polluting your mind.
  • Anything by Terry Pratchett.
  • Dante's Divine Comedy
  • The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson.
  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
  • Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula.

    That should be a good start.

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    Vernaltemptress
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    posted 02-05-2005 05:04:10 AM
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    Let's see...

  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

    That should be a good start.

    • I second this nomination!

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    Mr. Crabs
    Pancake
    posted 02-05-2005 12:16:52 PM
    Oh yeah! I forgot about Paradise Lost by John Milton.
    There's a King on a throne with his eyes torn out.
    There's a Blind Man looking for a shadow of doubt.
    There's a Rich Man sleeping on a golden bed.
    There's a Skeleton choking on a crust of bread.
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    Peter
    Pancake
    posted 02-05-2005 12:27:31 PM
    Last books I read were The Live Ships Books by Robin Hobb and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep By Philip K. Dick, Sot bad reads.

    All Quiet On the Western Front is a good read to.

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    KestarTheBlue
    Pancake
    posted 02-05-2005 12:43:18 PM
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    Mr. Crabs wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
    Oh yeah! I forgot about Paradise Lost by John Milton.

    Satan is the man!

    Edit: though I agree with many of these, I would add Jitterbug Perfume, The Satanic Verses, and Infinite Jest (which I have been reading on and off for over 3 years and still haven't finished)

    Double edit: The Golden Bough by James Frasier and The Hero with 1,000 Faces by Joseph Campbell

    KestarTheBlue fucked around with this message on 02-05-2005 at 12:45 PM.

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