Favorite Books?

ElijahTW · April 6th, 2008, 05:20

Most of the text we read on a daily basis comes is in the form of a few hundred pixels, but sometimes we still like to read primitive books printed on paper. Lately, I have been getting into reading a bit more. I've been spending too much time on the computer, and I actually think its hurting my eyes, so I need something else to do with my spare time.

So far, in my life time, the best books I've ever read have been:
-The Giver, and
-Johnny Got His Gun (Which is also an excellent movie btw).

What are your favorite (Non-computer!) books?

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**cottonvibes** · April 6th, 2008, 05:32

The best thing i've ever read was a Visual Novel called "Narcissu"
but that was on teh computer :P
i havn't read much "real" books.. I'm sure theres some good ones out there, but with my ADD i can't read more than 1 page without my mind wandering... So it takes me like an hour to read about 10~15 pages; so it takes me forever to read something like a 200 page book.

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skoreanime · April 6th, 2008, 05:42

Eyes of God

MT · April 6th, 2008, 06:51

John Grisham's books are always pleasant to me. Right now I am reading an English book called The Summer Lovers by Hollis Alpert. It's my first English reading and it's good so far. =D

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · April 6th, 2008, 15:08

I love Tom Clancy's books and recently also discovered that Matthew Reilly is a pretty skilled authour aswell.

I have read Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Sum of all Fears, Debt of Honour and Without remorse (and any others I may have missed in between) and I found them all really good....although I suppose a 1000 page book with 6 pages about a nuclear bomb is not for everyone (Sum of all Fears).

I have only read Ice Station by Matthew Reilly but it was also really good. In fact I need to go and find another of his books to read.

Timothy Zahn's 3-book followup to Star Wars is also pretty good.

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller is an insane nonsense book...it's really hillarious...but only if you can find nonsense funny.
Yossarian Lives! XD

I really need to try a John Grisham book one of these days.

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Phil · April 6th, 2008, 15:24

Jurrassic Park, Lost World, Timeline, Airframe, Prey, Congo, State of Fear; all by Micheal Crighton

The Lord of thee Rings bt J.R.R Tolkien

Vertical Run by Joseph Garber ( awsome book, highly reccommended

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Any book by Brian Jaques

First 4 Harry Potters (the last ones sucked big time

)

Anything by Jules Verne

Every Book by Clive Cussler (dirk pitt ftw)

Digital Fortress (a must read for tech heads) and Deception Point by Dan Brown

Books I hate:

DaVici Code:.......I hated this book.......I mean the book dragged on for far too long, etc etc...meh.....this book was not worth the hype

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Cheesus · April 6th, 2008, 15:38

Just finished Diary of Adrian Mole: The Cappucino years (there are like another 4 or so before)... pleasant, comical, mild.

Favorite books.. hmm...
I really like the Anthony Horowitz ones... Raven's gate, night rise, and there was a third one... cant remember the name. Then there's the Sabriel trilogy which were also really good.

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Radix865 · April 6th, 2008, 15:39

Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance series...

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · April 6th, 2008, 15:41

I usually hate Autobiographies by the way, but Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to life, was really good.

Alexandre Dumas's , The Three Musketeers is a hard read, but a good one.

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Proto · April 6th, 2008, 16:08

... well I have too many books I like for me to select one. Duma's works are good as Schumi mentioned (personally I prefer the count of monte cristo), Jules Verne is good as well,as is Jose Saramago (Literature Nobel prize 1998). For much time my personal favorite was Isaac Asimov The Foundation series of seven books. I have also enjoyed the Fantastic Literature genre a lot.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · April 6th, 2008, 16:16

I only have The count of Monte Cristo in german...I would rather read in english so I still need to get in english.

I also need to try read The Man in the Iron Mask again sometime...last time I had to stop reading it (and then missplaced the book) due to my School Finals so I never finnished it and therefore did not mention it.

Both books by Alexandre Dumas aswell by the way if you had not guessed that.

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Paratech · April 6th, 2008, 17:05

I read a number of philosophy/religious books, I like some political books, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly, as well as Rush Limbaugh, some Tom Clancy, Harry Potter, and occasionally some sci-fi.

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emwearz · April 6th, 2008, 18:20

My all time favorite book is most likely The Hobbit (Which is funny because im not exactly a fan of The Lord Of The Rings books or movies).

Some other of my favs include;
.Nineteen Eighty-Four
.The Mutt (Autobiography of 10X Freestyle Skater Rodney Mullen)
.Tomorrow, When The War Began
.The Godfather
.The Sicilian

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MentallyAfflict · April 6th, 2008, 18:27

Elric 1 - Elric Of Melnibone
uh the whole saga even though I am not "down" with all the cousin-cousin sister-sister marriage.

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PCXL-Fan · April 6th, 2008, 19:06

I haven't really read a novel in 3 years

The last book I read was The Gates of Fire, which was a semi accurate retelling of what transpired in the Battle of Thermopylae.

The Dune series was pretty good however the new novels by the son of the original author aren't up to the calibre of his father's work.

I used to be a big fan of the dragonlance series. My favorite in the series were the original Chronicles trilogy with the War of the Lance, then its follow up centered around the 2 twins the Legends Trilogy, the follow up to it Dragons of Summer Flame and the Legend of Huma.

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TheCloudOfSmoke · April 6th, 2008, 19:24

The Scary Stories trilogy. I originally read them as a child, but every once in a while I find myself going to the local library to get them again. That's how much I like them. I never get tired of reading them. It's supposed to be a children's book, but it has some mature scary stories in them that I think shouldn't be considered for children. Plus, the illustrations are what makes those books extremely disturbing, every story has one really scary/disturbing image that really helps set the mood of each story. I never understood why they were made for children. :/

Next on my list is the Alphabet of Manliness. Every heterosexual man/butch lesbian woman should have this book in his book collection.

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Hyuga · April 6th, 2008, 19:39

H.P.Lovercraft's 'Call of Cthulhu', J.R.R.Tolkien's 'Silmarilion', 'Hobbit', 'LOTR', J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter books (yeh, all of them), Piers Anthony's Xanth series, Michael Crichton's 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lost World', and a few more, mainly about World War II.

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · April 6th, 2008, 20:16

I also still read a bunch of kids books every once in a while, mainly the Hardy boys books by Franklin W Dixon, I love those things.
NOT THE CASEFILES ones though....those suck...I mean the originals and some of the new ones, but not any of those in the Casefiles series.

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Titus03 · April 6th, 2008, 22:56

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Ten Little ******s by Agatha Christie

...and many other books written by writers from my country.

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April 6th, 2008, 05:20	#1
ElijahTW Need more coffee. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,086	Favorite Books? Most of the text we read on a daily basis comes is in the form of a few hundred pixels, but sometimes we still like to read primitive books printed on paper. Lately, I have been getting into reading a bit more. I've been spending too much time on the computer, and I actually think its hurting my eyes, so I need something else to do with my spare time. So far, in my life time, the best books I've ever read have been: -The Giver, and -Johnny Got His Gun (Which is also an excellent movie btw). What are your favorite (Non-computer!) books? __________________ "I used to think gas was expensive, then I realized we're buying liquid exploding dinosaurs."

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Phil 339.9 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 14,777	Jurrassic Park, Lost World, Timeline, Airframe, Prey, Congo, State of Fear; all by Micheal Crighton The Lord of thee Rings bt J.R.R Tolkien Vertical Run by Joseph Garber ( awsome book, highly reccommended) Any book by Brian Jaques First 4 Harry Potters (the last ones sucked big time) Anything by Jules Verne Every Book by Clive Cussler (dirk pitt ftw) Digital Fortress (a must read for tech heads) and Deception Point by Dan Brown Books I hate: DaVici Code:.......I hated this book.......I mean the book dragged on for far too long, etc etc...meh.....this book was not worth the hype __________________ Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA Posts: 8,028	I read a number of philosophy/religious books, I like some political books, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly, as well as Rush Limbaugh, some Tom Clancy, Harry Potter, and occasionally some sci-fi. __________________ Spoiler: -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles:Wii, Slim PS2, also has 3DS / GBA SP and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD Quad Core A8-3800 Accelerated Processor, 16GB DDR3 Ram, Radeon HD45xx 1 GB video card, 1 TB hard drive, 500 GB hard drive, Supermulti DVD Burner, Wireless Lan 802.11 b/g/n, Beats audio Studio Quality sound, Win 7 Home Premium Yes, I like getting (primarily digital) games on sale @ bargain prices! don't like it? Just deal with it!

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cottonvibes You're already dead... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Planet Vegeta Posts: 5,387	The best thing i've ever read was a Visual Novel called "Narcissu" but that was on teh computer :P i havn't read much "real" books.. I'm sure theres some good ones out there, but with my ADD i can't read more than 1 page without my mind wandering... So it takes me like an hour to read about 10~15 pages; so it takes me forever to read something like a 200 page book. __________________ "It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." - Albert Einstein check out my blog

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MT Totally crazy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,200	John Grisham's books are always pleasant to me. Right now I am reading an English book called The Summer Lovers by Hollis Alpert. It's my first English reading and it's good so far. =D __________________ I do flash and photoshop... stuff.

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SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	I love Tom Clancy's books and recently also discovered that Matthew Reilly is a pretty skilled authour aswell. I have read Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Sum of all Fears, Debt of Honour and Without remorse (and any others I may have missed in between) and I found them all really good....although I suppose a 1000 page book with 6 pages about a nuclear bomb is not for everyone (Sum of all Fears). I have only read Ice Station by Matthew Reilly but it was also really good. In fact I need to go and find another of his books to read. Timothy Zahn's 3-book followup to Star Wars is also pretty good. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller is an insane nonsense book...it's really hillarious...but only if you can find nonsense funny. Yossarian Lives! XD I really need to try a John Grisham book one of these days. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!! Last edited by SCHUMI_4EVER; April 6th, 2008 at 15:15..

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Cheesus Curiously Cheddar Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Malta, EU Posts: 2,078	Just finished Diary of Adrian Mole: The Cappucino years (there are like another 4 or so before)... pleasant, comical, mild. Favorite books.. hmm... I really like the Anthony Horowitz ones... Raven's gate, night rise, and there was a third one... cant remember the name. Then there's the Sabriel trilogy which were also really good. __________________ Desktop: Core i5 2500K @ 4.2Ghz; Radeon HD 6870 1GB; 8Gb 1333Mhz; 1.75Gb Seagate HD; 128Gb OCZ Vertex 4; 23" LS23A350HS; 24" LS24A350HS; Windows 8 Pro 64bit Lenovo x121e: Core i3 2367M; Intel HD3000; 4Gb 1333Mhz; 128Gb OCZ Vertex 4; 11" Matte Display; Windows 8 Pro 64bit

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SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	I usually hate Autobiographies by the way, but Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to life, was really good. Alexandre Dumas's , The Three Musketeers is a hard read, but a good one. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

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Proto Knowledge is the solution Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pittsburgh, US. Previously in Mexico City Posts: 7,160	... well I have too many books I like for me to select one. Duma's works are good as Schumi mentioned (personally I prefer the count of monte cristo), Jules Verne is good as well,as is Jose Saramago (Literature Nobel prize 1998). For much time my personal favorite was Isaac Asimov The Foundation series of seven books. I have also enjoyed the Fantastic Literature genre a lot. __________________

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SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	I only have The count of Monte Cristo in german...I would rather read in english so I still need to get in english. I also need to try read The Man in the Iron Mask again sometime...last time I had to stop reading it (and then missplaced the book) due to my School Finals so I never finnished it and therefore did not mention it. Both books by Alexandre Dumas aswell by the way if you had not guessed that. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

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emwearz Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,604	My all time favorite book is most likely The Hobbit (Which is funny because im not exactly a fan of The Lord Of The Rings books or movies). Some other of my favs include; .Nineteen Eighty-Four .The Mutt (Autobiography of 10X Freestyle Skater Rodney Mullen) .Tomorrow, When The War Began .The Godfather .The Sicilian __________________ - No Jobs On A Dead Planet - Welcome to EMerica .:\|:. You're mine now

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Hyuga Calming silence... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Éire Posts: 3,104	H.P.Lovercraft's 'Call of Cthulhu', J.R.R.Tolkien's 'Silmarilion', 'Hobbit', 'LOTR', J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter books (yeh, all of them), Piers Anthony's Xanth series, Michael Crichton's 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lost World', and a few more, mainly about World War II.

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SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	I also still read a bunch of kids books every once in a while, mainly the Hardy boys books by Franklin W Dixon, I love those things. NOT THE CASEFILES ones though....those suck...I mean the originals and some of the new ones, but not any of those in the Casefiles series. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

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Titus03 Registered MSX user Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ? (In PAL-area) Posts: 1,620	The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Ten Little ******s by Agatha Christie ...and many other books written by writers from my country. __________________ DESKTOP: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @3.0GHz · ASUS Commando · 4 GB DDR2 800MHz RAM · EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1024 MB · Corsair 620W 620HX 4x Seagate 320 GB HDD · Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion · Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit / Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit LAPTOP: Toshiba Satellite Pro A300-293 with Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit