What is your favorite book?

Citizen Kane · 07-16-2003, 11:23 PM

Catch-22

Balrog of Moria · 07-16-2003, 11:30 PM

The Masquerade of the Red Death Trilogy are the best books ever written IMO....Theyre amazing

thebtskink · 07-16-2003, 11:30 PM

Hmmm...

Somewhere between:

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut
and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Kyle Katarn · 07-16-2003, 11:31 PM

Favorite ONE book...no way! I'll post a list when I get back, tho I'll TRY to narrow it down!

Rogue · 07-16-2003, 11:31 PM

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb is a great novel about perserverance in a young woman's life. It follows her through her life, the traumatic experiences that happen to her and how it shapes her and how she survives.

Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut. If you haven't read it- read it! It's a must read for anyone.

1984 by George Orwell. It parallels so much of society today and what can become in the future if we aren't careful that it's almost scary. A great political novel with a humanistic approach to it.

Citizen Kane · 07-16-2003, 11:32 PM

Hmm...Also:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Corrections

Balrog of Moria · 07-16-2003, 11:32 PM

What is Slaughter-House Five about?

(WE HAVE A BOOK THREAD!!!)

Rogue · 07-16-2003, 11:34 PM

It goes back to the principle of not wanting to ruin the plot for those who actually want to read it.

Rogue · 07-16-2003, 11:35 PM

Aye yi yi! I forgot Farenheit 451 by Bradbury..talk about your book burners. (A joke for anyone that's read it). It's a great book about the power struggle, both outside and within.

Balrog of Moria · 07-16-2003, 11:39 PM

Farenheit 451 is the one with Guy Montag right?

Godzilla · 07-16-2003, 11:48 PM

Favorite book in general is Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese. Hilliarious read.

Favorite novel would be Michael Crichton's undersea chiller Sphere.

Mat · 07-17-2003, 12:23 AM

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Lot's of others... can't narrow it down to one!

Alexander JL · 07-17-2003, 12:29 AM

My favorite would be American Psycho.

Runner ups: Of Mice and Men, & One Hundred Years of Solitude

ambrosia · 07-17-2003, 02:24 AM

My favorite book... I have no one favorite book, the closest thing to my literary fav would be the Stephen King Dark Tower book series.

PsychoMike · 07-17-2003, 10:46 AM

I really don't have a favorite book but I really like Stephen Kings Dark Tower series (which I am currently rereading, waiting for the rest of the series to be released later this year). I also really like Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and Many of Michle Crichton's books.

LegolasIsntSexy · 07-17-2003, 11:14 AM

The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (plus The Hobbit)
The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
The Godfather by Mario Puzo

IdahoMR2man · 07-17-2003, 01:57 PM

I Will Fear No Evi - Heinlein

slinger · 07-17-2003, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Godzilla
Favorite novel would be Michael Crichton's undersea chiller Sphere.

There have been many read since, but Sphere is the most enjoyable.

smokiechimp · 07-17-2003, 04:53 PM

Fiction: The Stand

Biography: McQueen

EnderDeschain · 07-17-2003, 05:55 PM

This is a tough one. I've read SK's "Dark Tower" books so many times I damn near have them memorized, and I'd probably have to put them at the top of my list. But coming in at a close second would be Orson Scott Card's "Speaker For The Dead" series, the whole thing, with "Ender's Game" being my undisputed favorite of the bunch. But I'm also very fond of Jack Whyte's "Camulod Chronicles". Brett Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" is no doubt up there on my list, as well as various things like "The Church Of Dead Girls," "Murder In The Solid State," "Places In The Dark", et cetera et cetera. The list goes on.

SamuraiiSam · 07-18-2003, 12:14 AM

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer

Brock Landers · 07-18-2003, 03:27 AM

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. SALINGER

pretty obvious, judging by the bottom of my signature......

Longshanks · 07-18-2003, 06:18 AM

As of recently my favorite book has to be the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman (Northern Lights (US: 'The Magic Compass' - which makes NO sense ), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) - if you haven't read them yet - do so now.

southern · 07-19-2003, 03:58 PM

Lord of the Rings
Daddy's Little Girl-Mary Higgins Clark
And Then There Were None-Agatha Christie

que_SuertE777 · 07-20-2003, 04:44 PM

I have too many favorite books. Umm... off the top of my head I'd say:
The Dark Angel Trilogy - Meredith Ann Pierce
White Oleander - Janet Fitch
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
A Spell For Chameleon - Piers Anthony

07-16-2003, 11:23 PM	#1
Citizen Kane lol MasterChief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Jonathan Ross Posts: 13,393	What is your favorite book? Catch-22 __________________ "Have a SNEEZE on me, Batman!"-The Joker

07-16-2003, 11:30 PM	#2
Balrog of Moria Phishhead Deadhead Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hitchhiking Down a Long and Lonesome Road Posts: 11,171	The Masquerade of the Red Death Trilogy are the best books ever written IMO....Theyre amazing __________________ We ride with kings on mighty steeds, across the devils plain. We've walked with Jesus and his cross, he did not die in vain. NO! -Tenacious D-

07-16-2003, 11:30 PM	#3
thebtskink PUT THE LOTION IN THE BASKET Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 8,514	Hmmm... Somewhere between: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe __________________ It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.

07-16-2003, 11:31 PM	#4
Kyle Katarn Jedi Outcast Returned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The Raven's Claw Posts: 8,531	Favorite ONE book...no way! I'll post a list when I get back, tho I'll TRY to narrow it down! __________________ Self-defense: a HUMAN RIGHT! When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said "Son, when you grow up - would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?" And I said, "Screw that - what have the broken, the beaten, and the damned done for ME lately?!" I believe in Bill Adama

07-16-2003, 11:31 PM	#5
Rogue The Slayer Mod Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Batcave Posts: 31,077	She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb is a great novel about perserverance in a young woman's life. It follows her through her life, the traumatic experiences that happen to her and how it shapes her and how she survives. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut. If you haven't read it- read it! It's a must read for anyone. 1984 by George Orwell. It parallels so much of society today and what can become in the future if we aren't careful that it's almost scary. A great political novel with a humanistic approach to it. __________________ Buffy: I love you. Spike: No you don't.. but thanks for saying it. -- Chosen Angelus: No weapons... no friends... no hope. Take all that away and what's left? Buffy: Me. -- Becoming, Part II

07-16-2003, 11:32 PM	#6
Citizen Kane lol MasterChief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Jonathan Ross Posts: 13,393	Hmm...Also: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Corrections __________________ "Have a SNEEZE on me, Batman!"-The Joker

07-16-2003, 11:34 PM	#8
Rogue The Slayer Mod Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Batcave Posts: 31,077	It goes back to the principle of not wanting to ruin the plot for those who actually want to read it. __________________ Buffy: I love you. Spike: No you don't.. but thanks for saying it. -- Chosen Angelus: No weapons... no friends... no hope. Take all that away and what's left? Buffy: Me. -- Becoming, Part II

07-16-2003, 11:35 PM	#9
Rogue The Slayer Mod Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Batcave Posts: 31,077	Aye yi yi! I forgot Farenheit 451 by Bradbury..talk about your book burners. (A joke for anyone that's read it). It's a great book about the power struggle, both outside and within. __________________ Buffy: I love you. Spike: No you don't.. but thanks for saying it. -- Chosen Angelus: No weapons... no friends... no hope. Take all that away and what's left? Buffy: Me. -- Becoming, Part II

07-16-2003, 11:39 PM	#10
Balrog of Moria Phishhead Deadhead Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hitchhiking Down a Long and Lonesome Road Posts: 11,171	Farenheit 451 is the one with Guy Montag right? __________________ We ride with kings on mighty steeds, across the devils plain. We've walked with Jesus and his cross, he did not die in vain. NO! -Tenacious D-

07-16-2003, 11:48 PM	#11
Godzilla Final Wars Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Monster Island Posts: 6,175	Favorite book in general is Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese. Hilliarious read. Favorite novel would be Michael Crichton's undersea chiller Sphere. __________________ YEAH TOAST! Do the Curly Shuffle! Tight Pants! MEATBALLS FRIED IN LAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD! Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Does Whatever A Spider Can!

07-17-2003, 12:23 AM	#12
Mat The Ugly Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 6,163	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Lost World by Michael Crichton Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Lot's of others... can't narrow it down to one! __________________ "You're a brave man. Go and break through the lines. And remember, while you're out there risking you're life and limb through shot and shell, we'll be in here thinking what a sucker you are." - Duck Soup

07-17-2003, 12:29 AM	#13
Alexander JL Cameo Appearance Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,960	My favorite would be American Psycho. Runner ups: Of Mice and Men, & One Hundred Years of Solitude Last edited by Alexander JL; 07-18-2003 at 06:29 AM.

07-17-2003, 02:24 AM	#14
ambrosia Aiming To Misbehave Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: I - don't - know.... Posts: 2,306	My favorite book... I have no one favorite book, the closest thing to my literary fav would be the Stephen King Dark Tower book series. __________________ To each his own. "I have a plan so smart my head would explode if I even begin to understand what I'm talking about." - Peter, Family Guy

07-17-2003, 10:46 AM	#15
PsychoMike Not quite forgotten Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 7,482	I really don't have a favorite book but I really like Stephen Kings Dark Tower series (which I am currently rereading, waiting for the rest of the series to be released later this year). I also really like Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and Many of Michle Crichton's books.

07-17-2003, 11:14 AM	#16
LegolasIsntSexy Tower Junkie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 1,342	The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (plus The Hobbit) The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King The Godfather by Mario Puzo __________________ Which ones Pink?

07-17-2003, 01:57 PM	#17
IdahoMR2man Justin Gigalo Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: I ain't got nobody. Posts: 12,666	I Will Fear No Evi - Heinlein __________________ Love For Sale

07-17-2003, 04:53 PM	#19
smokiechimp AND I WONDER Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a room with a guitar and some books........... Posts: 12,329	Fiction: The Stand Biography: McQueen __________________ "Well, I set my monkey on the log And ordered him to do the Dog He wagged his tail and shook his head And he went and did the Cat instead He's a weird monkey, very funky" - Bob Dylan

07-17-2003, 05:55 PM	#20
EnderDeschain Banned Status Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Trailer Park, USA Posts: 3,227	This is a tough one. I've read SK's "Dark Tower" books so many times I damn near have them memorized, and I'd probably have to put them at the top of my list. But coming in at a close second would be Orson Scott Card's "Speaker For The Dead" series, the whole thing, with "Ender's Game" being my undisputed favorite of the bunch. But I'm also very fond of Jack Whyte's "Camulod Chronicles". Brett Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" is no doubt up there on my list, as well as various things like "The Church Of Dead Girls," "Murder In The Solid State," "Places In The Dark", et cetera et cetera. The list goes on.

07-18-2003, 12:14 AM	#21
SamuraiiSam Executive Producer Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: steerage Posts: 1,999	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer __________________ "...found my way upstairs and had a smoke, somebody spoke and I went into a dream..."

07-18-2003, 03:27 AM	#22
Brock Landers The King Of America Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The West Coast Posts: 25,843	"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. SALINGER pretty obvious, judging by the bottom of my signature...... __________________ Le Writing -5/1/2009

07-18-2003, 06:18 AM	#23
Longshanks Not Dead Yet Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: At home as it happens... Posts: 4,056	As of recently my favorite book has to be the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman (Northern Lights (US: 'The Magic Compass' - which makes NO sense ), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) - if you haven't read them yet - do so now. __________________ No. It's Too Perilous.

07-19-2003, 03:58 PM	#24
southern Persona Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: peanut gallery, giving my 2 cents Posts: 19,648	Lord of the Rings Daddy's Little Girl-Mary Higgins Clark And Then There Were None-Agatha Christie __________________ A girl asked a guy if she were to leave would he cry, he said no. As she walked away, tears streaming down her face the boy grabbed her arm and said... I wouldn't cry if you walked away...I'd die...

07-20-2003, 04:44 PM	#25
que_SuertE777 Studio Executive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: In front of the computer Posts: 517	I have too many favorite books. Umm... off the top of my head I'd say: The Dark Angel Trilogy - Meredith Ann Pierce White Oleander - Janet Fitch The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley A Spell For Chameleon - Piers Anthony __________________ "Let's create anthems of our own tonight" ..t.h.e..a.t.a.r.i.s.. Last edited by que_SuertE777; 07-20-2003 at 04:55 PM.