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What's Your Favorite Book?
- Thread starter BigBill5953
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I don't know if I can label it as my favorite, as I only read it recently. but 2001: A Space Odyssey is brilliant.
I have always loved old school sci fi, and somehow I put off reading this for quite awhile.
Another favorite is Hitchhiker's Guide series. Probably the funniest books you will ever read.
I have always loved old school sci fi, and somehow I put off reading this for quite awhile.
Another favorite is Hitchhiker's Guide series. Probably the funniest books you will ever read.
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Too tough to do just one:
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand are consistent favorites for related but yet different reasons. I also found Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising absolutely enthralling and have reread them several times.
I followed Clancy's work religiously for several years, but he began suffering from the same kind of wordiness that makes most of Stephen King's books so unpalatable. There was one exception, though: The Stand will always be one of my very favorite reads. Finally, I found Lee Child's first book Killing Floor to be one of the most engrossing reads ever. I literally could not put it down.
All these have a somewhat similar theme, I just realized. They have an element of the lone protagonist struggling to do good against larger and sometimes unseen forces.
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand are consistent favorites for related but yet different reasons. I also found Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising absolutely enthralling and have reread them several times.
I followed Clancy's work religiously for several years, but he began suffering from the same kind of wordiness that makes most of Stephen King's books so unpalatable. There was one exception, though: The Stand will always be one of my very favorite reads. Finally, I found Lee Child's first book Killing Floor to be one of the most engrossing reads ever. I literally could not put it down.
All these have a somewhat similar theme, I just realized. They have an element of the lone protagonist struggling to do good against larger and sometimes unseen forces.
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No way I can name just one, so here is five:
1) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand - if you think you're a tough guy read this book and you'll find out otherwise
2) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - a great WWII Holocaust story
3) The Killer Angels by Micahael Shaara - one of the best historical fiction novels ever written
4) Endurance: Shakleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing - had tears in my eyes at the end of this one
5) The Road by Cormac McCarthy - incredibly good post apocalyptic story
There are many more, I love books so if anyone wants to discuss feel free to reach out to me. I don't have as much time as I would like nowadays but I still read every day.
Erik
1) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand - if you think you're a tough guy read this book and you'll find out otherwise
2) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - a great WWII Holocaust story
3) The Killer Angels by Micahael Shaara - one of the best historical fiction novels ever written
4) Endurance: Shakleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing - had tears in my eyes at the end of this one
5) The Road by Cormac McCarthy - incredibly good post apocalyptic story
There are many more, I love books so if anyone wants to discuss feel free to reach out to me. I don't have as much time as I would like nowadays but I still read every day.
Erik
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Don Juan and the Yaqui Way of Knowledge, actually all of Carlos Castenada's books.
Also all the Fox Fire books.
Also all the Fox Fire books.
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Despite my cynicism and the evidence that he likely made it all up while sitting in the library doing research, I really enjoyed Castenada's work from the 70s and 80s. Interesting, thought provoking and all that good stuff. Though, in my opinion, his later books were all about increasing his bank account.
