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  • #46
    Hitchhiker's Guide (all of them) -Douglas Adams
    The Stand - Stephen King
    Emma/Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin
    To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
    1984 -George Orwell
    Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
    Most of Shakespeare (not the damn histories though, those are boring as Hell)

    All in no particular order & I could continue to name more...
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    • #47
      Originally posted by Kimmypie View Post
      Hitchhiker's Guide (all of them) -Douglas Adams
      The Stand - Stephen King
      Emma/Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin
      To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
      1984 -George Orwell
      Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
      Most of Shakespeare (not the damn histories though, those are boring as Hell)

      All in no particular order & I could continue to name more...

      What did you think of The Dice Man? Oh wait.

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      • #48
        Originally posted by talisman View Post
        What did you think of The Dice Man? Oh wait.
        Yeah, yeah. I'll get it read. Jeez
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        • #49
          Count of Monte Cristo
          Collected short stories of Mark Twain
          The Stand
          Enders Game

          And number 5 is trying to decide which Corey Doctrow book I like best right now.. This is the revolving one but at least they are free.

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          • #50
            Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
            A guide to the good life, the ancient art of stoic joy. - william Irvine
            Count of Monte Cristo
            Day by day armageddon series -J L Bourne
            The book of five rings - Musashi Myamoto

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            • #51
              Shibumi by Trevanian

              Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett
              I swear, a book by Jimmy Buffett should suck, but it doesn't.

              Dies The Fire by SM Sterling. Cool post apocalyptic stuff. There's some goofy stuff to fight through (like one character is a wiccan, and there's just more detail there than anybody could give a crap about), but it's worth it.

              Rogue Warrior: Red Cell by Demo Dick Marcinko

              Not sure about number 5. Maybe Spellfire by Ed Greenwood. It's a dopey D&D type of book that's a little ponderous, but there are a few parts that are amazing.

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              • #52
                Okay, I've put Ender's Game in my Amazon cart(along with the other 30-40 other books that regularly float around in there). If it sucks there will be hell to pay!

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by talisman View Post
                  Okay, I've put Ender's Game in my Amazon cart(along with the other 30-40 other books that regularly float around in there). If it sucks there will be hell to pay!
                  Try a couple of Corey Doctrows books. You can download them for free on his website. Try Little Brother or The Makers

                  Enders Game is good. I would have grabbed it at half price books myself. The author is under a lot of fire right now because he his very anti gay marriage.

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Chili View Post
                    I have not read one Stephen King book. Not sure why, especially since I like several of the movies based on them. Just never had the desire to read one.. I do like Mark Twain, Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy, and have read several of each of their books, but didn't read those type of books until the last decade.
                    A lot of the movies are kinda silly,I think the books are much better.
                    satisfaction is the death of desire...

                    its still "We the people"...right?

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Chili View Post
                      I have not read one Stephen King book. Not sure why, especially since I like several of the movies based on them. Just never had the desire to read one...
                      Start with I think Different Seasons... Has 3 movies from it.

                      Apt Pupil, Stand by me and the Shawshank Redemtion.. The other story in the book sucks but 2 of them are great.

                      Stand by me is called "The Body" in the book.

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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by Couver View Post
                        Try a couple of Corey Doctrows books. You can download them for free on his website. Try Little Brother or The Makers

                        Enders Game is good. I would have grabbed it at half price books myself. The author is under a lot of fire right now because he his very anti gay marriage.
                        HP Lovecraft was a huge racist and mysoginist. I don't discount the literary works because the guy who wrote them is a complete douche.

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                        • #57
                          Originally posted by racrguy View Post
                          HP Lovecraft was a huge racist and mysoginist. I don't discount the literary works because the guy who wrote them is a complete douche.
                          If I was discounting Orson Scott Card's views why would I reccomend one of his books? I am not.

                          Enders Game is great. Xenophobia and Speaker for the Dead not so much. I got back into the series when he started telling the story of Bean.

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by Couver View Post
                            If I was discounting Orson Scott Card's views why would I reccomend one of his books? I am not.

                            Enders Game is great. Xenophobia and Speaker for the Dead not so much. I got back into the series when he started telling the story of Bean.
                            I was merely offering a rebuttal to those who would boycott the book/movie.

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by racrguy View Post
                              I was merely offering a rebuttal to those who would boycott the book/movie.
                              Fair enough.

                              To many people have quit enjoying a book for the simple pleasure it brings no matter the politics of the author.

                              **edit. From the quote I am not discounting his books. His views are his own.

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by mightyp View Post
                                A lot of the movies are kinda silly,I think the books are much better.
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