Looking for a book to read
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Tolkien was from Lancashire and served in the trenches. Thats my Jeopardy helpful clue for today.
Yeah, Lord of the Rings is an excellent recommendation. What about some fiction books by that guy that wrote the book that Starship Troopers is based on? If you ever played Halo, you could try picking those up as well. Either way after you read the book you can watch the movie, or play the game in Halo's case.
Slothien you're too much man! Stop playing WoW!! LMAO
Slothien you're too much man! Stop playing WoW!!
LMAONot written by an SP, but I'd recommend anything written by John LeCarré for entertainment. I've read four of his books this year ("Mission House" "Single & Single" "The Constant Gardener" and "Absolute Friends")
Two other really, really excellent books I read this year were Pete Dexter's "Train" and Mo Hayder's "The Devil of Nanking."
If you're into erotica, you can do no better than Anne-Marie Villenfranche's collections of stories. She wrote them in the 20s for her own amusement. They were later found by her granddaughter who got them published. I've never read such excellent erotica. Her grasp of the differences between men and women -- and her love of irony -- is priceless! I have always written a lot of erotica myself, but after reading her, I stopped dead in my tracks in awe. She's amazing!
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Two other really, really excellent books I read this year were Pete Dexter's "Train" and Mo Hayder's "The Devil of Nanking."
If you're into erotica, you can do no better than Anne-Marie Villenfranche's collections of stories. She wrote them in the 20s for her own amusement. They were later found by her granddaughter who got them published. I've never read such excellent erotica. Her grasp of the differences between men and women -- and her love of irony -- is priceless! I have always written a lot of erotica myself, but after reading her, I stopped dead in my tracks in awe. She's amazing!
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Two novels I like which have both a Canadian and a First World War theme are: Hugh MacLennan's Barometer Rising and Robert MacNeil's Burden of Desire.
You might want to try:
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Foundation - Isaac Asimov
The Secret People - John Wyndham
Space - James Michener
Illusions - Richard Bach
Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Republic - Plato
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
1984 - George Orwell
The Stand - Steven King
Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Foundation - Isaac Asimov
The Secret People - John Wyndham
Space - James Michener
Illusions - Richard Bach
Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Republic - Plato
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
1984 - George Orwell
The Stand - Steven King
Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
I love this novel. A friend thinks I am very much like Dagny Taggart. This book isn't for everyone and it took me over a year to read it the first time (then again I was 15 at the time) as it takes a long while before the pace of the book begins.a 1 player said:
I am currently reading a very interesting book called Pimp by Iceberg Slim (http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/iceberg_slim.html) which is a very good light read. Although the discussion of his youth is very disturbing is turns into a page turner very quickly.
Another one of my favourites is The Happy Hooker by Xaviera Hollander. Simply great.
My top picks:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frankenstein - Mary Shelly
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
1984 - George Orwell
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry
anything by Edgar Allan Poe
(in no particular order)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frankenstein - Mary Shelly
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
1984 - George Orwell
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry
anything by Edgar Allan Poe
(in no particular order)
If you are looking for brainless escape that is easy to read, try Stephen King.
If you are looking for something that is easy to read, but has some interesting social commentary to make you think, try Hunter S Thompson.
If you want something entertaining and challenges your view of society, try Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
If you want to read American Literature and be challenged in your reading ability, try Edgar Allen Poe.
Want something light and fluffy, try Ian Flemming's James Bond. Or the "Inspector West" series by John Creasey.
"Starship Troopers" was by Robert A Heinlein. http://www.iblist.com/author113.htm I highly recomment his "future history" works. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is one of his better known books. Again, look for social commentary in his works. He tends towards being an anarchist.
If you are looking for something that is easy to read, but has some interesting social commentary to make you think, try Hunter S Thompson.
If you want something entertaining and challenges your view of society, try Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
If you want to read American Literature and be challenged in your reading ability, try Edgar Allen Poe.
Want something light and fluffy, try Ian Flemming's James Bond. Or the "Inspector West" series by John Creasey.
"Starship Troopers" was by Robert A Heinlein. http://www.iblist.com/author113.htm I highly recomment his "future history" works. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is one of his better known books. Again, look for social commentary in his works. He tends towards being an anarchist.
Why do you keep bumping your old threads? hahahaha You shilly bastard, get a GF or a GFE instead of reading books!
