Favorite Book?

[JVN]

Atlas Shrugged by: Ayn Rand
I kinda buy into her philopsophy (or at least parts of it) and it was a fun read, especially during the build season last year.

The Prince by: Machiavelli
Just something interesting I enjoyed... Another book that was interesting during build season when advisors start bickering...

I also enjoy Star Wars Sci-Fi... yeah... I'm a SW junkie...

Quite the strange list...

~JVN

[Ryan Dognaux]

The Lord of the Rings series is one of my favorite book series.

I also like the Harry Potter series! Rowling is a genius, and you'd be crazy if you didn't read these books.

Animal Farm by Orwell, good book.

[mtaman02]

Lets see there's Dr.Seuss ( All Books ), The Giver, A few of Stephen Kings books, R.L. Stines books were pretty decent when I was in like the 7th. Grade, and Never Ending Story. There a few other good ones but its been a while I last picked up a book.

[George1902]

wow... i can't believe i forgot this one...

Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

what an amazing book... that book really changed the way i looked at the world. i seriously recommend you pick it up...

George
S.P.A.M.
Team 180

[Michael Murphy]

Let's see... my favorite authors...
There's Clancy, Crichton, Clive Cussler...then come the fantasy authors:
Tolkein, David Eddings' Belgariad, Piers Anthony's Xanth, Mode, and Adept series, Anne McCaffrey's Pern Series, Barbara Hambly, Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series, Brian Jacques' Redwall, Terry Brooks' Shannara series....and the list continues

Oh, yeah, and the Star Trek and Star Wars books

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by George180
Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

I read a blurb of information on that book a few months ago, and became very interested in it, but I haven't picked it up, yet...

I think I will do so.

[Adam Y.]

Hmm.. my favorite book. It all depends on what I'm into. I have four differnt robot books as of now. I just got a book that seems to be very good from what I have read about it. It's How to Build a Time Machine. I also like War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells but its not really a book.

[Jim Giacchi]

Best Book Ever has got to be Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. I mean the best part is the book just keeps going and the story never gets boring. Trust me though if you haven't seen the movie DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES watch it. (Remembers South Park with screening of The Special Edition of Raiders of the Lost Ark) It sucked so badly. It was like they didn't even read the book.

So dissapointing. /me goes and throws up

[AdamT]

Originally posted by Katie Reynolds


Definitely. I love that book. The other books in the series ( Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind) are all OK - But Ender's Game is by far the best

- Katie

What about Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hedgemon and the newest one, Shadow Puppets?????????????? I loved Bean's point of view in Ender's Shadow.

Orson Scott Card lives about 4 hours from me...his publications are wonderful.

This is a horrible question, I work in a bookstore for gods sake!!!

Maichael Marshall Smith is also an awesome author. He also goes by Michael Marshall for his newest book The Straw Men. These are darn good books!

And HERE HERE for Harry Potter!!!!!!


EDIT I have forgotten about two of the greatest authors of all times: William Gibson and Philip K. Dick. These two men are responsible for ever cyber-punk/thriller you will ever read or see in a movie theater. Anyone who ever saw Jonny Neumonic, Blade Runner, Minority Report, or The Matrix enjoyed a good movie because of these two men!!

Another Edit: I also forgot Chuck Palahniuk, the author of such fine novels as Fight Club, Choke, Survivor, and Invisible Monsters. These are also wonderful books

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally posted by AdamT


What about Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hedgemon and the newest one, Shadow Puppets?????????????? I loved Bean's point of view in Ender's Shadow.

Shhh!! I haven't read any of those yet! I'm just finishing Xenocide and will soon be starting Children of the Mind.

- Katie

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by AdamT


What about Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hedgemon and the newest one, Shadow Puppets?????????????? I loved Bean's point of view in Ender's Shadow.

Orson Scott Card lives about 4 hours from me...his publications are wonderful.

This is a horrible question, I work in a bookstore for gods sake!!!

Maichael Marshall Smith is also an awesome author. He also goes by Michael Marshall for his newest book The Straw Men. These are darn good books!

And HERE HERE for Harry Potter!!!!!!

I loved Ender's Shadow, too. It was so great to hear the story from Bean's perspective...

I haven't finished Shadow of the Hegemon, but probably will pick it up again, eventually (I stopped reading it, halfway through, about two years ago, if I recall correctly).

And yes, Harry Potter owns...

[ChrisH]

My absolute favorites change from time to time, but generally to even make it to my list of GOOD books I have to be able to read it at least three times. That means it has to have enough depth that I pick up new things each time I read it.

Ender's Game definitely passes that test, though I haven't re-read it in a while.

Lord of the Rings of course, in fact anything by Tolkien. Well maybe not the Silmarillion, but that was never intended for publication. He wrote a short story called Leaf by Niggle that is one of my favorites.

Clancy's Ryan books are good, and prescient in a general sort of way. They are generally about 5 years ahead of what's happening.

For mysteries there's Dorothy Sayers. I just finished re-reading one of her's. I'd like to find her translation of Dante too, though I suspect it's out of print.

Gulag Archapelago is a rather dreary read, but very important. Especially the first few chapters where Solzenitzn (sorry Alex I don't have a reference handy to get the spelling right) describes how the KGB operated to subdue the populace. The scary part is that I see some of those tactics being used today.

I don't think CS Lewis wrote a bad book in his life, though some of the later ones get too deep for me. I'll just have to wait to get older. Most of you are between the ages for the Narnia books, but ought to be able to handle The Space Trilogy and some of his more theological stuff. The Screwtape Letters is a must read. His Experiment in Criticism changed the way I think about books, it's kind of scholarly, but after all he was writing to scholars in that one. (actually Experiment was one of my English-major wife's textbooks)

I don't think CS Lewis wrote a bad book in his life, though some of the later ones get too deep for me. I'll just have to wait to get older. Most of you are between the ages for the Narnia books, but ought to be able to handle The Space Trilogy and some of his more theological stuff. The Screwtape Letters is a must read. His Experiment in Criticism changed the way I think about books, it's kind of scholarly, but after all he was writing to scholars in that one. (actually Experiment was one of my English-major wife's textbooks)

[DanLevin247]

Catcher In the Rye. I think that Mr. Salinger has perfectly encapsulated the tradgedy that is american youth in his masterpiece, which I've read 5 times.

[AdamT]

Originally posted by DanLevin53
Catcher In the Rye. I think that Mr. Salinger has perfectly encapsulated the tradgedy that is american youth in his masterpiece, which I've read 5 times.

Totally agreed there....

[DaBruteForceGuy]

"Time Travel In Einsteins Universe" By J. Richard Gott. OUtstanding book which includes theorums and theorys made by astrophysists including himself and his team at Princeton. I think Definitly shows up any Hawkings Novel published.

ALSO i m a HUGE fan of the techno thriller and have read and enjoyed many of them. Out of all my favorites is the series written by Patrick Robinson. His technothrillers rival all others. Events are deeply intwined with technical problems, war and battle strategies and realistic politics with nations as they r today.