Favorite Book? - Page 5

George1902 · #1 05-09-2002, 03:33

i'm offering this book up as one of my favorites with much confidance that 'm prolly the only one on these boards who has read it...

A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole

this novel is funny, disgusting, intelligent, and mad all at the same time... i guess technically it's a comedy, but that barely scratches the surface

the main character, Ignatius J. Reilly, is has been described as "slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one."

any of you who chat with me regularly know how twisted i can be. well, this book was the source of that in me, i believe.

George
S.P.A.M.
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Jeff Waegelin · #2 05-09-2002, 09:27

I've got quite a few that I like. Most have already been said, so I won't explain any reasoning.

Star Wars (especially the X-wing series and all of Timothy Zahn's books), Lord of the Rings, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, and the Hitchhiker's Trilogy.

AdamT · #3 05-09-2002, 09:52

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Originally posted by Jeff Waegelin
and the Hitchhiker's Trilogy.

oh man, you are missing out! there are six books to the series!!!

I even have the official Comic version of Hitchhikers Guide!

Michael Murphy · #4 05-09-2002, 13:18

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Originally posted by AdamT

oh man, you are missing out! there are six books to the series!!!

I even have the official Comic version of Hitchhikers Guide!

Yeah, but Adams still called it a trilogy

Jeff Waegelin · #5 05-09-2002, 16:05

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Originally posted by AdamT

oh man, you are missing out! there are six books to the series!!!

I even have the official Comic version of Hitchhikers Guide!

I don't know if Young Zaphod Plays it Safe counts as a book.... it's only about 10 pages. Anyways, I have read all the books, but they are still called a trilogy as a joke. It's the "Increasingly Inaccurately Named Hitchiker's Trilogy"

Suneet · #6 05-09-2002, 18:29

There's an amazing series of books by Isaac Asimov, starting with one called Foundation, with a total of 5 books in the series (+ some prequels).

The books are rarely mentioned, for some reason... But this series is a must-read, esp. for sci-fi fans.

rbayer · #7 05-09-2002, 19:47

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Originally posted by Suneet
There's an amazing series of books by Isaac Asimov, starting with one called Foundation, with a total of 5 books in the series (+ some prequels).

The books are rarely mentioned, for some reason... But this series is a must-read, esp. for sci-fi fans.

Definately agreed, and it's one of the few series where all seven books are good (5 regular +2 prequel). The ideas about predicting/manipulating the future mathematically are mind-boggling, yet not too far-fetched. Another one that hasn't been mentioned yet is Frank Herbert's Dune. The first book and the last two are absolutely amazing (the ones in the middle are mediocre at best). I also like LotR, Ender, Clancy, and Bradbury's short story collections.

FotoPlasma · #8 05-09-2002, 20:26

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Originally posted by AdamT

oh man, you are missing out! there are six books to the series!!!

I even have the official Comic version of Hitchhikers Guide!

We recently got the BBC dramatization on DVD... I haven't seen that since I was a wee child...

AdamT · #9 05-09-2002, 21:25

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Originally posted by FotoPlasma

We recently got the BBC dramatization on DVD... I haven't seen that since I was a wee child...

I am absolutely amazed at anyone who can watch the whole thing and stay awake...god it drones on....

And, I had forgotted the humor of the six book trilogy...

My comic is the actual comic adaptation of the Hitchhiker's Guide. You can see it here .

Jeff Waegelin · #10 06-09-2002, 22:22

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Originally posted by rbayer

Another one that hasn't been mentioned yet is Frank Herbert's Dune. The first book and the last two are absolutely amazing (the ones in the middle are mediocre at best).

I'd definitely agree. I loved the first one, the second and third were okay, but the fourth (God-Emperor of Dune) was just bizarre. I stopped there. I did like the three prequels written by his son, though. They were very good stories, and well written. They were also more like the original Dune.

macurtis · #11 12-02-2005, 14:19

eh, I don't have any particular favorite.

Shadowmancer by G.P Taylor is good.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

and the list continues...

Lady M · #12 12-02-2005, 14:36

Memoirs of a Geisha and Girl, Interrupted.

Cody Carey · #13 23-02-2005, 21:35

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, best read ever, 12 books! I also like the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix,'twas a little bit easy, but good none the less, and last but not least, His Dark Materials Series By Philip Pullman.

Fourevilmonkies · #14 23-02-2005, 21:44

Hawthorn produces many thick but good reads. Personal favorite at the moment would have to be "of Mice and Men" and "a Farewell to Arms" Two simple yet thought invoking books.

KTorak · #15 23-02-2005, 22:14

Umm, I don't really have a favorite, but;
On The Beach, The Art of Deception, and...The Langoliers are all books that I have enjoyed.

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