imhomer Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Well, I started this book for an english class and it stands as the only truly well-written and enjoyable book I've read in my entire school career. Into Thin Air is a nonfiction account of a journalist climbing Everest in 1996. In one day high on the mountain, more than half a dozen people die, many of whom were close friends of the author. I can honestly say that I'm pretty detached from books and all that "How did it make you feel?" stuff but this book really moved me. Anyways, I guess I need a purpose to this post so post what you think was a great book and why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsdragon Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Mine's Watership Down. I love the sense of adventure from a non-mythical, non-human perspective. It's about a group of rabbits who leave their warden(I think that's what it's called =| ) to find a new place to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckenzieman Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 mine woul dhav eot be the eagles brood its a book of king aurthor in merlins perspective the third of the four books was only able to find two the first and third i don't know why i liked it. it is very graphic in a sense its a book lol but i was able to visualize everything i read red? dunno but anyway its a very good read i was sad when i finished the book because i always et sad when i finish good books be the ending happy or otherwise. My pet Boxing Tater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorblade13 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Mine's Watership Down. I love the sense of adventure from a non-mythical, non-human perspective. It's about a group of rabbits who leave their warden(I think that's what it's called =| ) to find a new place to live. I dont like that book... i have to read it for LA and it is boring.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 atlas shrugged by ayn rand would definently be the best book ive read. i think im going to have to read it again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Mine would have to be God's Smuggler. It's about Brother Andrew, a Norwegian priest who smuggled bibles into the Soviet Union for 30 years. Nowadays he is working on sneaking them into China. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icingdeath Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Anything from the Forgotten Realms by R.A. Salvatore. Icewind Dale is currently my favorite, followed by the Dark Elf trilogy. I really wouldn't call it an era. It was more of a definitive time period during which dinstinctive characteristics were expressed in similar ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knives669 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Alan Moore's "Watchmen" is probably the best book/graphic novel/whatever you wanna call it, I've read in a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk4ever Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde has to be my all-time favorite. Sadly, that is the only novel Wilde wrote in his lifetime, but he does have several plays and poems which are similar in structure of Dorian Gray. I recommend this to anyone, it's really a quick read and it is written beautifully. By The_Jeppoz :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazardmaster Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Anybody read a book called 3000 AD? It's good; it predicts what the world will be like in a millenium. The people who wrote it (yes, multiple people; in fact quite a bit of the book seems to be coming true) said that they'll be two types of genetically modified humans: Water and space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzztif Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 My favourite book would be "The Power Of One". Real good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizla Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 One of the best books i've read is The Cage. It's about an English soldier who fought in Vietnam, and was captured by the Vietcong during the Tet offensive. The book is written by the soldier, telling the story of how he was captured, tortured and eventually how he escaped. I'd recommend it to anyone who has an interest in military. Kirk and Lars I could handle. At the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromagus Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 From my childhood, it'd have to be a book called '400 degrees in the shadow' (it hasn't translated to English). It's about a young girl born into a breeding tank to work on a mining colony in Mercury, which is basically a huge walking city. The title refers to a scene early during the girl's childhood, when they went out to the surface of Mercury during a field trip. They had to find a safe place to put the cage for the class rabbit. They put it under a cliff where they were sure it would be in the shadow when the sun came around. Then they headed back to their classroom to watch the rabbit on the monitor. Of course even though they had put it in the shadow the temperature inside the cage quickly reached 400 degrees centigrade. The rabbit was slowly cooked, and all the kids were forced to watch to teach them why they should never let themselves get exposed to the sun. The book wasn't much, but it's probably the book that sparked my interest in sci-fi. My Tip.It Times Articles (10 and counting) || The Varrock Library Author Index projectDo you dare to dream? - Part 19 added. || The Hospital (WIP) - New story!Necromagus looks like a viking ... with glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runesmithie Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 One of the best books I've read would have to be Ender's Game or Battlefield Earth Truly great novels, everyone who is the least bit interested in scifi should read them at least once. (Right now I'm going through Interview With the Vampire and if all goes well, Gravity's Rainbow after) I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPurpleCrayon Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 One of the best books I've read would have to be Ender's Game Yeah. The best, IMO. Ghost: I am prejudice towards ignorance, so that would explain why I appear to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 One of the best books I've read would have to be Ender's Game or Battlefield Earth Truly great novels, everyone who is the least bit interested in scifi should read them at least once. (Right now I'm going through Interview With the Vampire and if all goes well, Gravity's Rainbow after) Ender's Game is amazing. Have you read Ender's Shadow? I haven't, but I heard it's really good as well. It's the same story told through the perspective of Bean. Orson Scott Card's Pas[bleep]ch is really good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalliel Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Mine would be the trilogy of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I don't read much. So The Real Frank Zappa Book by Zappa himself and Peter Occhiogrosso, about his life, music and all kind of other things. It's great. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragen Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 The best book I have read to date has to be Catch 22. The way this book made me feel and think about quite a few issues was amazing. It is a little bit complex but if you get whats going on and whats referring to what this book will touch you and move you a lot. And it's extremely funny on several levels. If you haven't already read this book. It will stay with you for life. Thanks Venomai for this super sig and Kwimbob for the awesome avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Ender's Game is amazing. Have you read Ender's Shadow? I haven't, but I heard it's really good as well. It's the same story told through the perspective of Bean. Orson Scott Card's Pas[bleep]ch is really good as well. i read enders shadow first, and then enders game. they are both really good. the rest of the series from enders perspective and from beans perspective are also all pretty good. The best book I have read to date has to be Catch 22. The way this book made me feel and think about quite a few issues was amazing. It is a little bit complex but if you get whats going on and whats referring to what this book will touch you and move you a lot. And it's extremely funny on several levels. If you haven't already read this book. It will stay with you for life. joseph heller is really good at black humor. catch 22 was great, and apperantly there is a sequel to it. the only other novel i think he has is "something happened." if you can make it through to the end its pretty good too. dont let the title mislead you, more or less nothing happens until page 562, and its a 567 page book. another good, quite possibly better black humorist is kurt vonnegut. start out with slaughterhouse five and cats cradle, those are his two most known ones. from the nine ive read seven of them are just as good as catch 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I love The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. It contains such cynical, caustic wit which is all so true that it brings a smile to my face every time I read it. Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loge_05 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 atlas shrugged by ayn rand would definently be the best book ive read. i think im going to have to read it again... I've heard Atlas Shrugged is a very good book. It's a bit long so I'll start reading it during the Summer. My favourite book would be "The Power Of One". Real good I have seen the film. Was very moving. However, I'm torn between two books to be my favourites. The Kiterunner by Khaled Hosseini or The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. Both of them are equally good in my opinion. Offline and unavailable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I like the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. :) Never heard of any of the books mentioned... T_T Then again, I dont read alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I like the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. :) Never heard of any of the books mentioned... T_T Then again, I dont read alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusqi Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I understand what you mean by being moved more by accounts of real events than by fiction. I find the same thing when watching movies. Though I still get caught up in fiction, just less so. My favourite book? Probably Nineteen Eighty-Four. Very powerful, read at a young age also, so didn't know what I was letting myself in for (so many people quote it that probably have never read it - and it just ruins it for new readers), and I ended up being blown away. For it is the greyness of dusk that reigns.The time when the living and the dead exist as one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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