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What is your favorite book?

'The Talisman' by Peter Straub and Stephen King.

Love that book.


And the whole 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe' series by Douglas Adam.
 
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Faith of the Fallen, book 6 of Sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind, Id kill for a copy of book 7 right now but I guess Ill be waiting till november :bawling:
 
Leaves of Grass.

Just flip open to any page. I am a huuuge bookworm/geek. I spent high school prom night alone at a Barnes & Noble. :nerd:

I'm as well-read as they come, but Leaves of Grass is in its own category. It's not a book, it's an experience .

And the play A Raisin in the Sun. I taught it to high school juniors one year. One day in class I just started to cry! That play just had me. It owned me. The Importance of Being Earnest, too. And Waiting for Godot.

A short novel I would recommend to all Elite Fitness folks is THE LONG WALK by Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. It really speaks to the athlete/competitor in us.

Has anyone read it? Let's have book talk!

Col Kurtz: You didn't say Heart of Darkness? Freaky book. Freaky handle ya got there. ;)
 
Hmmm, I've read so many books that I don't really have a favourite.

I suppose my favourite fictional book would be "Animal Farm" by George Orwell which I loved as a kid.

hardgainer (bookworm)
 
Rouge Warrior by Richard Marcinko is the best book I've read in a year if not ever! Its about a Seal in Vietnam and after the war. What makes this book different is the "sharkman of the delta" attitude. Demo Dick started Sealteam 6 and Red cell. This is a great read. He also wrote 6 other fiction books almost as good:)
 
"Surely you're joking, Mr, Feynmann" -- autobiography of Richard Feynmann, Nobel Prize in Physics, sat on the Challenger Shuttle investigation team and identified the frozen O-ring as the culprit. Fascinating guy!
 
kingjohn said:


I'm reading the dragon and the bear by clancy now. So far it sucks.

Try Vince Flynn...he's good
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I tried reading it and I just gave up.
His earlier ones were a lot better.
 
Phoniex, an autobiography about the Irish secret service and the IRA battles. Ian Phoniex did with several other heads in a helicopter crash.
 
"God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll" by Ted Nugent. I have never been more inspired my one book. He tells it like it is and doesn't beat around the bush. I would recommend it to everyone. It is a great read.
 
"The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King is up there for me, too. Good stuff. Book 4 made me cry! :bawling:

And "The Long Walk" was a PHENOMENAL short story. When I finished I just sat there staring into space making blubbering sounds.

Hey, Austin... I read the first two Sword of Truth books in about a week and a half. BUT I CANT FIND VOLUME THREE ANYWHERE!:mad:
 
1. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand (Read it twice a year). Completely agree with above post - kingjohn, fellow Objectivist. Everything one needs to understand about life. Monumental, timeless philosophical novel.
2. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (Once a year).
3. Caesar - Christain Maier
4. Lincoln - David Herbert Donald
5. Webster's full Unadbridged Dictionary (Hardcover, not CD).
6. Encyclopedia Britannica (Hard Cover, not CD)
7. Foundation Series (all) - Isaac Asimov
8. Any book by Gore Vidal, Jeffrey Archer, Len Deighton, Doug Coupland, or John Le'Carre
9 1984 - George Orwell
10. Mastering Windows Server <hehe> - Mark Minasi

Those are my "Desert Island" books. And a zillion others.

Alas Babylon! By Pat Frank. Remember reading that as a kid in the mid-60s. Scared the hell out of me.

Recent Honorable Mention: Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism - Chrystia Freeland.

Dex
 
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StoneColdGold said:
"The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King is up there for me, too. Good stuff. Book 4 made me cry! :bawling:
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yeah I agree great book but very sad :bawling: can't wait for the others to come out
 
The Phantom Tollbooth

A Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing

The Persian Boy
 
StoneColdGold said:
"The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King is up there for me, too. Good stuff. Book 4 made me cry! :bawling:

And "The Long Walk" was a PHENOMENAL short story. When I finished I just sat there staring into space making blubbering sounds.

Hey, Austin... I read the first two Sword of Truth books in about a week and a half. BUT I CANT FIND VOLUME THREE ANYWHERE!:mad:
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I take it you liked em? Third book is Blood of the fold, if I were you Id order the rest of the series from some online bookwearhouse that save 40% avg
 
To kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Fantastic read.

Oliver, Charles Dickens.

Team Yankee, the author's name escapes me.

Red Storm Rising, Tom Clancy.

Most porno.

Bouncer
 
You guys who said To Kill a Mockingbird, GREAT CALL!! I want to add that to my list!

Stephen King's the long walk got 2 votes now--mine and StoneCold's. Read it!!

And I have no idea how a guy who calls himself "Anal Assplorer" grooves on the little feminist book Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing ... but hey I'm all for being multi-faceted!:)
 
Shogun by James Clavell

Guy Gavriel Kay's stuff, especially Lions of Al-Rassan and Tigiana.

The Great Santini, Lords Of Discipline, Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

Ian McEwan's stuff

Some of Tom Clancy's and Chricton's stuff.

Magician by Raymond Feist

These are some memorable ones.
 
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I don't have a favourite book but I love Books by: R.A.Salvatore
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Indeed. I loved the Icewind Dale and Dark Elf trilogies. I am now in the midst of the Legacy of the Drow quartet. I want to read the Cleric Quintet, but its out of production and i can't find it.
 
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, I agree with Kak on the Giving Tree (*snif*), any of the Harry Potter books, Aimee and Jaguar, anything by Tom Robbins, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Ishmael
 
Terry goodking lost his direction after book 3.

I love the wheel of time series by robert jordan.
Poisonwood bible is great.

I will always have a place in my heart for animal farm.

Heart of darkness is wonderful.
 
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Terry goodking lost his direction after book 3.

I love the wheel of time series by robert jordan.
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Well I haven't gotten far enough in Goodkind's series to know... but HOW CAN YOU NOT SAY THAT ABOUT JORDAN?!

Man, the first few WoT books were extraordinary. The last few have been a CHORE. Jordan is just milking us all for a paycheck. That series shouldn't have been longer than 6 or 7 books. Now its already nine, with no end in sight!:mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Jordan has indeed gotten sidetracked, but at least it has been interesting. I can't say that about goodkind
 
kingjohn said:


I'm reading the dragon and the bear by clancy now. So far it sucks.
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I'm reading it now as well. It starts very slow, but around page 600 or so, it has started to pick up really well.

My favorite Clancy book is the one about John Kelly (clark) back in his 'nam days and the drug dealers that killed his girl.... (can't remember the title)

Least favorite: Red Storm Rising
 
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