Book Club

MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">Any kind</div> Since the other book topic is just asking for sci fi books for him, this topic could be about the books you're reading and/or recommendations. I'll start



Check out everything by Douglas Adams.
The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
All Vonnegut books

I recommend Franz Kafka's stories, although they're pretty inane.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    John Stienbeck's good...

    -=Liku's Favorite Books=-
    Of Mice and Men
    Flowers for Algernon
    To kill a Mockingbird
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    I'd say Laidlaw by William McIllvanney. Good Scottish detective story.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--MrMojo+Jul 29 2003, 05:55 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrMojo @ Jul 29 2003, 05:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Check out everything by Douglas Adams.
    The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
    All Vonnegut books

    I recommend Franz Kafka's stories, although they're pretty inane. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's like, everything I've ever read and loved, right there. You forgot, though:

    Catch-22
    Foundation and the rest of those books
    Dune, and the rest
    A Tale of Two Cities
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Anything by king, although his older works are better, it's all good. Salem's Lot in particualr is just amazingly good.

    Bradbury is amazing as well. The Illustrated Man contains the only short story to ever have made me cry.

    A much less famous, but equally good to read, book is Snow In August by Pete Hammil.

    Also anything by Phillip K ****.

    That is all.
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  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    im not one for books generally (somthing that ties into my general preferance for numbers over words)
    but rouge states by a mr.Chomsky is incredably well researched, and seems to be an appropriate read right about now... shame its making me overly paranoid *shifty eyes* o_0---*
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I read Pet Sematary, that was pretty good. I was planning on renting the movie, but I never got around to it.
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Melatonin+Jul 29 2003, 07:43 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Melatonin @ Jul 29 2003, 07:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> im not one for books generally (somthing that ties into my general preferance for numbers over words)
    but rouge states by a mr.Chomsky is incredably well researched, and seems to be an appropriate read right about now... shame its making me overly paranoid *shifty eyes* o_0---* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Are his books as well put together as his articles and essays?
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  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    im guessing more so, the cool thing about his books is the (appendix?), ALL references to reports/ statements/ policies are listed, so you basically get a list of his research material, which is beyond impressive in the case of rouge states at least.
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    That would be the bibliography, I believe.
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  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    thats the one! ;D

    (i really should read more <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->)
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  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    I'm presently reading <i>The Divine Comedy</i>. After getting through most of <i>Inferno</i>, my thought is "if Dante were a game developer, what sort of game would he have made this...?"
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