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C-7
10-30-2004, 04:37 PM
I know it's hard, but try to narrow it down to 1 or 2 books.

I have 2 that I simply love and have read at least twice each.

They are:


1. Lord of the Rings, Tolkien

2. Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
IowaSkinsFan
10-30-2004, 05:39 PM
1. The Bible

2. LOTR

3. The Grapes of Wrath
akhhorus
10-30-2004, 05:42 PM
Silmaillion by Tolkien

Art of War by Sun Tzu

Dao De Ching by Lao Tzu

A Bridge Over the Drina by Ivo Andric

Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
IowaSkinsFan
10-30-2004, 05:46 PM
Silmaillion by Tolkien

Are you tipping into the Beam already?

Silmarillion
akhhorus
10-30-2004, 05:49 PM
Are you tipping into the Beam already?

Silmarillion

when I get into the beam.......(sips).....I slur my letters because I dont check my spelling.....(sip)..... I missed a letter..big deal....(sips)...
IowaSkinsFan
10-30-2004, 05:51 PM
when I get into the beam.......(sips).....I slur my letters because I dont check my spelling.....(sip)..... I missed a letter..big deal....(sips)...

Coming from the guy who used to throw out 'spelling flags' like they were going out of style.
akhhorus
10-30-2004, 05:52 PM
Coming from the guy who used to throw out 'spelling flags' like they were going out of style.

grammar flag. i havent done that in awhile, unless there is an egregious violation...
IowaSkinsFan
10-30-2004, 05:54 PM
grammar flag...

Declined....artistic interpretation.
akhhorus
10-30-2004, 05:55 PM
Declined....artistic interpretation.

I was actually correcting you, I called them "Grammar flag"s. I wasnt throwing it on you.
IowaSkinsFan
10-30-2004, 05:57 PM
I was actually correcting you, I called them "Grammar flag"s. I wasnt throwing it on you.

What was this thread about again?
akhhorus
10-30-2004, 05:58 PM
What was this thread about again?

I dont remember...
IowaSkinsFan
10-30-2004, 06:01 PM
Well, I'd love to sit here and chit chat, but I have to go clean my Eave spouts.
tbfoster1
10-30-2004, 06:22 PM
The Reef by Nora Roberts
Santheb
10-30-2004, 06:43 PM
My all time favorite book is by far the Silmarillion, by Tolkien. I wish they would make a movie on this, but I just know it wouldn't be done right because it would be extremely hard to be done right. Its not even four hundred pages of material, but the series would have to span at least seven movies. It wouldn't make much profit, either, but still, one can wish, right?

Next up is The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, both by Tolkien. Great series.
ihatedallas
10-30-2004, 07:31 PM
Eragon
and LOTR series.
RedskinRyan
10-30-2004, 09:58 PM
Well, I'd love to sit here and chit chat, but I have to go clean my Eave spouts.

dude its ok, minus IB, we're all grown up here. its ok to say masturbation
JoeDaSchmoe
10-31-2004, 12:45 AM
For those of us who haven't read Samarillion, what's it about?

Hmmm... favorite of all time... honestly, it might just be the Da Vinci Code. If not that, maybe Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy.
akhhorus
10-31-2004, 01:24 AM
For those of us who haven't read Samarillion, what's it about?

Hmmm... favorite of all time... honestly, it might just be the Da Vinci Code. If not that, maybe Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy.

Silmarillion is the Tolkien's history bookk of everything that happens up until the book "The Hobbit". Simply, it's the back story of the LOTR.
Santheb
10-31-2004, 01:52 AM
The Silmarillion is a fairly short book, but its a tough read. At least in the beginning, it was putting me to sleep. I kept reading though and became engulfed in it, couldn't put it down. It was great. For my money, those 400 pages or so of material > the entire LOTR series.

Its the tale of many heroes and many deeds, etc. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who's read the Lord of the Rings.
RedskinRyan
10-31-2004, 03:07 PM
the door to december.....i have no clue who wrote it
the harry potter series
i am third - gale sayers
AGibbsGirl
10-31-2004, 06:51 PM
The Reef by Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts lives in my area...but I've never read any of her stuff.

Favorite books:

Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
IllinoiSkinFan
11-01-2004, 10:09 AM
LOTR by Tolken
The Master and Commander series by Patrick O'Brian
Anything by Raymond Fiest



When I was younger
The first three books in Anne Rice's vampire chronicles (the rest sucked)
The Earthsea Series by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony (best ending for a series ever!)
WackyJacky
11-01-2004, 10:17 AM
1. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway. I was forced to read this book for a high school book report. Hated it at first, but slogged my way through. By the end I realized that I absolutely loved it, and loved Hemingway's style of writing. Have been crazy about Hemingway ever since. (It also crushed my fledgling hopes of being a writer because I knew I could never match that style. For me, it's the pinnacle of the art.)

2. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren. Fabulous story of power, corruption and greed. Beautiful book. I'm actually re-reading it right now because Sean Penn is getting ready to make another movie version of it, along with Meryl Streep and Jude Law.

3. The Stand - Stephen King. This is a great, epic story of good vs evil. I think King is very underrated as far as writing style goes. To me he is a master at capturing how people really think, speak and interact.
IllinoiSkinFan
11-01-2004, 10:31 AM
I read a ton of King's books but I find his over descriptive writting sometimes boring. I too often find myself skimming his works. I have even read his more obscure gunslinger series.
WackyJacky
11-01-2004, 10:47 AM
I think for most of the '90s he was doing a lot of drinking and/or drugs...his writing really suffered. Seemed like a lot of his books during that period would get off to a great start, then sputter and come to an uncomfortable, unlikely conclusion. Still, I think The Stand (can't remember when it was written...late '70s? early '80s?) is a contemporary classic. Haven't read the latest Gunslinger novel, but heard it wasn't great.
tbfoster1
11-01-2004, 11:02 AM
Nora Roberts lives in my area...but I've never read any of her stuff.

Favorite books:

Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
if your into romance and suspence the reef is a great book, I haven't read any other of her books yet, but when I find time I will. here is a link to what it is about. http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/051512608X.asp
C-7
11-02-2004, 05:44 PM
I think for most of the '90s he was doing a lot of drinking and/or drugs...his writing really suffered. Seemed like a lot of his books during that period would get off to a great start, then sputter and come to an uncomfortable, unlikely conclusion. Still, I think The Stand (can't remember when it was written...late '70s? early '80s?) is a contemporary classic. Haven't read the latest Gunslinger novel, but heard it wasn't great.


One of SK greatests books, in my opinion, is hearts in Atlantis. If you haven't read it, give it a try.
BRAVEONAWARPATH
11-02-2004, 06:02 PM
1.Do What Thou Wilt..A Life Of Aleister Crowley By Lawrence Sutin
2.The Chronicles of Narnia By C.S. Lewis
AGibbsGirl
11-02-2004, 09:14 PM
if your into romance and suspence the reef is a great book, I haven't read any other of her books yet, but when I find time I will. here is a link to what it is about. http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/051512608X.asp

I've picked up a few of her books before, but not a big fan of cuss words, so they turned me off, does this one have that in there?
Not that I have time to read anymore....

I highly recommend the Diana Gabaldan series; extrememly funny, witty, historic and sexy....but the books are looooooooong....
J-Rod
11-03-2004, 10:48 AM
"Gates of Fire" - Stephen Pressfield
"Till We Have Faces" - C.S. Lewis
ihatedallas
11-11-2004, 05:43 PM
currently reding the Da vinci code, which would be upin my favorites as well, GREAT BOOK
JoeJacksonTaylor28
11-13-2004, 04:59 PM
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
The Godfather - Mario Puzo