The five books you must read before you die - Page 3

lmjhitman · 07-19-2005, 03:02 PM

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Originally posted by Se7en
1. harry potter

2. harry potter

3. harry potter

4. harry potter

5. harry potter

6. harry potter

7. harry potter

duh.

whorey petter?

lmjhitman · 07-19-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally posted by miss becky
Yesss! Excellent choice. Did you know they are making the first book into a movie?

i read a while back that new line cinema bought the rights to the books, but that they have been stuck on the screenplay, as well as casting the 2 leads.

if they ever get the movie made, great. but the movie almost never does justice to the book.

yertle-the-turtle · 07-19-2005, 03:11 PM

1. 'If On A Winter's Night A Traveler', by Italo Calvino
2. 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles', by AC Doyle
3. 'Tales Of Old Japan', compiled by Lord Redesdale
4. 'Time's Arrrow', by Martin Amis
5. 'High Fidelity', by Nick Hornby

Dalton · 07-19-2005, 03:35 PM

1. The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
2. The Brothers K - Duncan (read them right after one another)
3. Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Rushdie
4. If on a winters night a traveler - Calvino
5. Collected Fictions, Vol. 3 - Borges (makes my back tingle just to write his name.)

Dalton · 07-19-2005, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by yertle-the-turtle
1. 'If On A Winter's Night A Traveler', by Italo Calvino

Very nice Yertle.

Dalton · 07-19-2005, 03:38 PM

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Originally posted by U2@NYC
Can anyone recommend a good author / book for short stories?

Borges

bono_gal · 07-19-2005, 05:22 PM

5 books, I've read and loved!

1, Tolkien- Lord Of The rings
2, Thomas Hardy- Far From The Madding Crowd
3, William Golding- Lord Of The Flies
4, George Orwell- 1984
5, ALL HARRY POTTER BOOKS

to be awkward throw in a few more...

George Orwell- Animal Farm
Frank McCourt- Angelas Ashes

Ok...I'm going off on 1 now! 1 more pleeeeaasse!

John Steinbeck- Of Mice And Men

All of these books!

dandy · 07-19-2005, 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by U2@NYC
Can anyone recommend a good author / book for short stories?

anton chekhov's short stories are every bit as good as his plays.

Landslide · 07-19-2005, 05:49 PM

1) The Bible (Gospel of John/ Book of Romans)

2) The Prophet - Khalil Gibran

3) The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck

4) He Chose the Nails - Max Lucado

5) Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Album

Slapnutz · 07-19-2005, 05:54 PM

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Originally posted by U2@NYC

Agreed.

I was recommended the Alchemist by a couple of friends and the book just sucks. Please, avoid this piece of baloney.

I disliked the last 30 pages or so of the Alchemist greatly. But Veronika Decides to Die was a very pleasant surprise. I love his descriptions regarding the healing power of music. Very moving.

Snowlock · 07-19-2005, 06:00 PM

1) Memory, Sorrow & Thorn - Trilogy by Tad Williams
2) The Sum Of All Fears - Tom Clancy
3) Labyrinth Of Evil-Revenge Of The Sith
4) The Left Behind Series - Lehaye & Jenkins
5) Harry Potter Series - Rowling

What can I say? I like pop literature!

foundu2 · 07-19-2005, 07:10 PM

ok here are mine

#1 The Bible

the rest are simply books I enjoy, in no particualr order...

Animal Farm - George Orwell
Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe- C. S. Lewis
Surprised By Joy- C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity- C.S. Lewis
Charlotte's Web -E.B. White
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - Ronald Dahl

Jack In The Box · 07-19-2005, 07:11 PM

no, isn't my opinion, Coelho just sucks... oh, well, yes it's my opinion but he still sucks

anyway, here are my choices:
- No Logo by Naomi Klein
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
- Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

and many more...

Saracene · 07-19-2005, 07:39 PM

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Originally posted by U2@NYC
Can anyone recommend a good author / book for short stories?

Guy de Maupassant. He is considered by many to be the greatest French writer of short stories and I find it hard to disagree.

I also always loved O. Henry's short stories. He's a master of twist endings and his stories are alternately laugh-out-loud funny and poignant.

I'd also add Terry Pratchett's Discworld series to my list of books-to-read. I love them to death.

jkid · 07-19-2005, 10:04 PM

Here are mine (no order):

"The Iliad" by Homer

"The Odyssey" by Homer

"Aeneid" by Virgil

"The Divine Comedy" by Dante

"Paradise Lost " by John Milton

"The Ramayana" by Valmiki

"Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs

"Junky" by William S. Burroughs

"Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk

"Mexico City Blues" by Jack Kerouac

"On The Road" by Jack Kerouac

"Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh

"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey

"Double Indemnity" by James M. Cain

"The Collected Poems Of Langston Hughes" by Langston Hughes

"Howl And Other Poems" by Allen Ginsberg

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

"U2: At The End Of The World" by Bill Flanagan

"Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan" by Howard Sounes

"Ulysses" by James Joyce

"The Tanakh"

"The Noble Qur'an"

"The New Testament"

That's it. They are all good books. Sorry I couldn't pick 5.

elevation2u · 07-19-2005, 10:08 PM

^^ whoever is above me had some good choices

xtal · 07-19-2005, 10:24 PM

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

The Gifts of the Jews, Thomas Cahill

How the Irish Saved Civilisation, Thomas Cahill

The Testament, John Grisham

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

BrownEyedBoy · 07-20-2005, 12:04 AM

Anything by Gabriel García Márquez. Genius.

xtal · 07-20-2005, 12:08 AM

Oh *Bleep*!

Best Book Ever:

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.

U2@NYC · 07-20-2005, 05:10 AM

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Originally posted by Dalton

Borges

I like him... but sometimes he is a tad hard to follow, don't you think?

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07-19-2005, 03:11 PM	#43
yertle-the-turtle ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: York, UK and Singapore Posts: 11,750 Local Time: 09:53 AM	1. 'If On A Winter's Night A Traveler', by Italo Calvino 2. 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles', by AC Doyle 3. 'Tales Of Old Japan', compiled by Lord Redesdale 4. 'Time's Arrrow', by Martin Amis 5. 'High Fidelity', by Nick Hornby

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Dalton Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Little hand says it's time to rock and roll. Posts: 15,153 Local Time: 08:53 PM	1. The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky 2. The Brothers K - Duncan (read them right after one another) 3. Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Rushdie 4. If on a winters night a traveler - Calvino 5. Collected Fictions, Vol. 3 - Borges (makes my back tingle just to write his name.)

07-19-2005, 05:22 PM	#47
bono_gal Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Putting the blue in Bono's eye Posts: 6,529 Local Time: 02:53 AM	5 books, I've read and loved! 1, Tolkien- Lord Of The rings 2, Thomas Hardy- Far From The Madding Crowd 3, William Golding- Lord Of The Flies 4, George Orwell- 1984 5, ALL HARRY POTTER BOOKS to be awkward throw in a few more... George Orwell- Animal Farm Frank McCourt- Angelas Ashes Ok...I'm going off on 1 now! 1 more pleeeeaasse! John Steinbeck- Of Mice And Men All of these books!

07-19-2005, 05:49 PM	#49
Landslide The Fly Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 31 Local Time: 01:53 AM	1) The Bible (Gospel of John/ Book of Romans) 2) The Prophet - Khalil Gibran 3) The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck 4) He Chose the Nails - Max Lucado 5) Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Album

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Snowlock Refugee Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 1,221 Local Time: 07:53 PM	1) Memory, Sorrow & Thorn - Trilogy by Tad Williams 2) The Sum Of All Fears - Tom Clancy 3) Labyrinth Of Evil-Revenge Of The Sith 4) The Left Behind Series - Lehaye & Jenkins 5) Harry Potter Series - Rowling What can I say? I like pop literature!

07-19-2005, 07:10 PM	#52
foundu2 Babyface Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The States Posts: 25 Local Time: 01:53 AM	ok here are mine #1 The Bible the rest are simply books I enjoy, in no particualr order... Animal Farm - George Orwell Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe- C. S. Lewis Surprised By Joy- C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity- C.S. Lewis Charlotte's Web -E.B. White Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - Ronald Dahl

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Jack In The Box Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: May 2003 Location: MX Posts: 7,700 Local Time: 07:53 PM	no, isn't my opinion, Coelho just sucks... oh, well, yes it's my opinion but he still sucks anyway, here are my choices: - No Logo by Naomi Klein - Animal Farm by George Orwell - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri - Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and many more...

07-19-2005, 10:04 PM	#55
jkid The Fly Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Miami, my mammy Posts: 172 Local Time: 01:53 AM	Here are mine (no order): "The Iliad" by Homer "The Odyssey" by Homer "Aeneid" by Virgil "The Divine Comedy" by Dante "Paradise Lost " by John Milton "The Ramayana" by Valmiki "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs "Junky" by William S. Burroughs "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk "Mexico City Blues" by Jack Kerouac "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey "Double Indemnity" by James M. Cain "The Collected Poems Of Langston Hughes" by Langston Hughes "Howl And Other Poems" by Allen Ginsberg "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath "U2: At The End Of The World" by Bill Flanagan "Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan" by Howard Sounes "Ulysses" by James Joyce "The Tanakh" "The Noble Qur'an" "The New Testament" That's it. They are all good books. Sorry I couldn't pick 5.

07-19-2005, 10:08 PM	#56
elevation2u Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: May 2002 Location: corner of Badlands & Magnolia Mountain Posts: 5,371 Local Time: 05:53 PM	^^ whoever is above me had some good choices

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xtal War Child Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: US Posts: 834 Local Time: 05:53 PM	The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown The Gifts of the Jews, Thomas Cahill How the Irish Saved Civilisation, Thomas Cahill The Testament, John Grisham The Five People You Meet In Heaven

07-20-2005, 12:04 AM	#58
BrownEyedBoy Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Pedro Sula, Honduras Posts: 3,510 Local Time: 07:53 PM	Anything by Gabriel García Márquez. Genius.

07-20-2005, 12:08 AM	#59
xtal War Child Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: US Posts: 834 Local Time: 05:53 PM	Oh Bleep! Best Book Ever: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.