EPTOn October 15 2007 11:47 Mindcrime wrote:
The Stand (uncut version)
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The Stand (uncut version)
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ToT)BrAiN(
Austria899 Posts
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GunsofthePatriots
South Africa991 Posts
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
On October 16 2007 12:02 inept. wrote: holy shit with people listing stuff like To kill a mockingbird and lord of the flies. biggest yawn fests ever. only good book I ever read in HS was the great gatsby. and whats with all the hate on Dan Brown? everybody likes the books so you have to not like them to be non conformist or what? hes one of the better mystery novel writers of our time. remember its a fucking novel, its supposed to be fiction...stop taking his books literally hahahahhahahahahahahhah da vinci code > to kill a mockingbird? hahahdfladadfklakldsjf;ladskfhahahahahdfladskfj;lahahahha | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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Trumpet
United States1936 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/8e/0374528373.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky has always been my personal favorite. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n5/n27478.jpg) Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie is an amazing novel which won the Booker of Booker's prize. A contemporary masterpiece in case Dostoyevsky is too dated for you  Much better than his Satanic Verses which made him famous.+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/038533348X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, as anything by him it's bordering on insane but very entertaining and much more casual than the other two. Most the books already mentioned are definitely worthwhile, I'd just say not to set the expectations too high for Angels & Demons. Plenty people enjoy it but are disappointed compared to the Da Vinci Code. OP, if you liked the Stephen Colbert book you'd probably also love America (the Book). + Show Spoiler + Because without linking the cover it just wouldn't be cool. ![[image loading]](http://shop.book.uci.edu/webitemimages/446/W40001.jpg) | ||
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United States888 Posts
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genkisudo
Japan4 Posts
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Sadness
Brazil552 Posts
Nobody has ever read Musashi?? I guess it´s the best book I´ve ever read, and it´s a MUST READ for every person in the planet I was pretty sad when I was finishing it, I wanted to read it 4ever ![[image loading]](http://www.burburinho.com/img/nn020710.jpg) | ||
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zonbi
Hungary514 Posts
Actually I'm reading the original novel form of my favourit film Fight Club. I'm at the half of the story, but I can tell you it's much more amazing then the movie. ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n7/n38037.jpg) Two days ago I listened Barry Greenstein's voicebook, Ace on the River. I liked it very much, because it's not a dry and simply poker book about the percentages. You can hear (or read) many anecdotes about Barry's poker carreer. After Fight Club I'm gonna read again James Clavell's Shogun, it's an amazing book as well. | ||
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United States888 Posts
Here some cover pictures of what i read and enjoyed: ![[image loading]](http://www.willisms.com/archives/manifesto.gif) changed the way I think sometimes, but im not communist -_- ![[image loading]](http://www.cardsquad.com/media/2006/01/bringingdownthehousecover.jpg) Thanks to Strafe I read this and completely enjoyed it. and is now my favorite author lol. ![[image loading]](http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/uploads/images/UA_UK.jpg) bah theres way more but to lazy | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
I like Tolstoi also (only red one book each :D). I like Orson Scott Card's style only if i only red Ender's game, Speaker for the dead and Xeonophobia. And other very popular books that have been posted many times. Also John Fowles: The Magician (the only book by him i red), Stendhal (especially Red and Black). There are some that i can't remember right now and some romanian authors with nice books that i doubt you've heard of. Besides i'm not a cassual reader (as someone said in this thread) i don't think i red more than 100books in my entire life ( sad yes?) Edit: almost forgot about the book is just finished yesterday. It's named "The confesions of an economic hitman" (not sure if the translation is ok since in romanian it's a bit different) | ||
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TesisMech
Peru688 Posts
On October 17 2007 02:50 Trumpet wrote: To list a few that weren't mentioned, + Show Spoiler + The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky has always been my personal favorite. + Show Spoiler + Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie is an amazing novel which won the Booker of Booker's prize. A contemporary masterpiece in case Dostoyevsky is too dated for you Much better than his Satanic Verses which made him famous.+ Show Spoiler + Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, as anything by him it's bordering on insane but very entertaining and much more casual than the other two. Most the books already mentioned are definitely worthwhile, I'd just say not to set the expectations too high for Angels & Demons. Plenty people enjoy it but are disappointed compared to the Da Vinci Code. OP, if you liked the Stephen Colbert book you'd probably also love America (the Book). + Show Spoiler + Because without linking the cover it just wouldn't be cool. Yeah i read America and was funny too, also i liked naked pictures of famous people by Jon Stewart specially when Hitler had an Intervention by his loves ones. ![[image loading]](http://www.illiterarty.com/files/www.illiterarty.com/img/80/nakedpicsoffamouspeople.jpg) | ||
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
On October 17 2007 02:50 Trumpet wrote: To list a few that weren't mentioned, + Show Spoiler + The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky has always been my personal favorite. !!!!! =D =D =D you didn't make your screenname after it though ;D | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
here are the stuff i have a chance of finishing in a month + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2339/8680136dj2.jpg) + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/153/k778ga5.gif) + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4254/8689494bm6.jpg) i haven't read a math book in ages, maybe i should try one. tehre are a handful fo books lying around, can't be bothered to find pictures for them. | ||
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Gokey
United States2722 Posts
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
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gLyo
United States2410 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://lookinside2-images.amazon.com/Qffs+v35lepJzK7xABEaD/pG5Y3k2ptu6r8vV+eY9H8r8CxW8xCStDz13s7v+mlC) If you've read Palahniuk before, you'd probably like this novel. It follows his typical style and his often shockingly graphic descriptions and events. Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/5187MDABR4L.jpg) Oryx and Crake is a post-apocalyptic novel that takes place largely through the memories of the enigmatic "Snowman." Snowman lives with the bizarre semi-human Crakers on a deserted beach. The Crakers seem to be the only other intelligent life around, which is explained slowly through Snowman's flashbacks as they follow him from childhood up to the novel's preset. Snow Crash, by Neil Stephenson + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.secondlifecrew.be/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/snow_crash.jpg) If you've ever payed attention to my posts in book suggestion threads, you've probably heard me say far to much about Snow Crash. Just go read it, right now. | ||
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Ghardo
Germany1685 Posts
I present two book series that can also be categorized under dark, merciless, "authentic" fantasy (not of such epic proportions and complexity as the Song, but different in a way that does not contradict their awesomeness) with an outstanding writing style such as displayed in George Martin's masterpiece. I skimmed through countless amazon user hitlists in search for books that could give me an equally worthwhile reading experience as "A Song of Ice and Fire" and found two which also got that certain "sense of star", to say it with the words of Kim Dong-Soo. A Song of Ice and Fire, by G.R.R. Martin (this is our starting point) ![[image loading]](http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/9981/055357340301lzzzzzzzne1.jpg) >>>> The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1), by Patrick Rothfuss (watch out - highly addictive!) ![[image loading]](http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6095/coveruksf0.jpg) >>>> The Blade Itself (The First Law: Book One), by Joe Abercrombie ![[image loading]](http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/3334/thebladeitselfhv8.jpg) | ||
CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11602 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.gothicrevue.com/The%20Last%20Juror.jpg) The Rainmaker ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n4/n23641.jpg) The Road ![[image loading]](http://www.themorningnews.org/tob/images/cover-TheRoad-blaze.jpg) The Partner ![[image loading]](http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/0/44/024/377/0440243777.jpg) | ||
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