Good books

Chomper · 01-12-2007, 09:54 PM

Continued from my American Pyscho movie post...

Good books!

Some of my favorites have included The Count of Monte Cristo, The Cask of Amotillado, but my all-time favorite was a book stemmed off of the two comic relief characters in Hamlet called, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

I know my choices of books are not the norm, but ah well.

Any thoughts on these or additions? Thread away!

Dauthi · 01-13-2007, 02:28 AM

Frankenstein,Battle Royale,Lord of The Flies,Count of Monte Cristo rocks me thinkz as well! The Iliad! The Lathe of Heaven, Feersum Endjinn, and currently I have realy enjoyed the Vampire Hunter D novels!

Dauthi · 01-13-2007, 02:29 AM

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" Ill have to check that out!

Requiem · 01-13-2007, 02:37 AM

A Song of Fire & Ice, by George RR Martin.

Obdazen · 01-13-2007, 02:57 AM

Firestarter, Needful Things, The Tipping Point, Blink

The tipping point and blink are both really good books that make you think. The tipping point is about social economics in a free market economy, really interesting. Moreso than I make it sound lol. Blink is about the preliminary thoughts in that split second of a first impression. Also a really good read. Firestarter and Needful things of course, Stephen King.

And I'm surprised noone mentioned LotR yet. I've read the series enough to be considered a nerd, also the Chronicles of Narnia. Used to read those when I was a kid.

Alot of the ones mentioned above are good as well, Count de Monte Cristo, Lord of the Flies was.....weird, speaking of books I had to read in school, To Kill a Mockingbird was a decent read, that and Hounder. The Iliad, you must be a masochist. Yes I've read it, if you can get through the homeric similies and word choice it's an O.K. read, but in real form it's hard. The Odyssey > The Iliad by far. The Invisible Man was a really good read. Malcolm X was good too. I've read a lot of books, a lot to remember, haha.

I'd also say I'm a bit of a Shakespeare buff. I used to read his plays in middle school for fun, lol. Hamlet was good, Romeo and Juliet of course, my favorite was Macbeth. King Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest was really good. Twelfth Night, Merchant of Venice was good too, name a Shakespeare play, I've probably read it.

Vendraus · 01-13-2007, 08:40 AM

Count of Monte Cristo is a great book. Haven't read any of the others I'm afraid. Don't have any favorite books, but I do have favorite authors. Feist, Jordan, Gemmel, and Goodkind. Goodkind at least for right now ( in the middle of the Sword of Truth novels). Great books I've read : Call of the Wild, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The time Machine, Jubal Sacket.....to many to name.

Orm Sunnhet · 01-13-2007, 09:15 AM

War of the Worlds
The Girl who loved Tom Gordon
Any Forgotten Realms book
Dragon Tears

I don't read books a whole lot, so don't really have any others I can remember that were good enough to list lol.

Craftblade · 01-13-2007, 09:16 AM

The Complete Calvin & Hobbes-Bill Watterson

The Things They Carried-Tim O'Brien

a_random_hero · 01-13-2007, 10:13 AM

Fight Club
American Psycho
Aztec
The Bourne Identity

My four favorites. Look em up on amazon

Master.Ink · 01-13-2007, 10:16 AM

Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan
Song of Fire and Ice
farseer trilogy, liveship traders
wayfarer redemption

01-12-2007, 09:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chomper Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 36	Good books Continued from my American Pyscho movie post... Good books! Some of my favorites have included The Count of Monte Cristo, The Cask of Amotillado, but my all-time favorite was a book stemmed off of the two comic relief characters in Hamlet called, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. I know my choices of books are not the norm, but ah well. Any thoughts on these or additions? Thread away! __________________

01-13-2007, 02:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dauthi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 43	Frankenstein,Battle Royale,Lord of The Flies,Count of Monte Cristo rocks me thinkz as well! The Iliad! The Lathe of Heaven, Feersum Endjinn, and currently I have realy enjoyed the Vampire Hunter D novels! __________________

01-13-2007, 02:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dauthi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 43	"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" Ill have to check that out! __________________

01-13-2007, 02:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
Requiem Killed to Death Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: USA Posts: 8,979 Blog Entries: 7	A Song of Fire & Ice, by George RR Martin. __________________ Requiem - Guild Leader & Founder Zapp: You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shutdown. Kif, show them the medal I won. [Kif sighs and points to a medal on Zapp's uniform.]

01-13-2007, 02:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
Obdazen Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Washington Posts: 924	Firestarter, Needful Things, The Tipping Point, Blink The tipping point and blink are both really good books that make you think. The tipping point is about social economics in a free market economy, really interesting. Moreso than I make it sound lol. Blink is about the preliminary thoughts in that split second of a first impression. Also a really good read. Firestarter and Needful things of course, Stephen King. And I'm surprised noone mentioned LotR yet. I've read the series enough to be considered a nerd, also the Chronicles of Narnia. Used to read those when I was a kid. Alot of the ones mentioned above are good as well, Count de Monte Cristo, Lord of the Flies was.....weird, speaking of books I had to read in school, To Kill a Mockingbird was a decent read, that and Hounder. The Iliad, you must be a masochist. Yes I've read it, if you can get through the homeric similies and word choice it's an O.K. read, but in real form it's hard. The Odyssey > The Iliad by far. The Invisible Man was a really good read. Malcolm X was good too. I've read a lot of books, a lot to remember, haha. I'd also say I'm a bit of a Shakespeare buff. I used to read his plays in middle school for fun, lol. Hamlet was good, Romeo and Juliet of course, my favorite was Macbeth. King Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest was really good. Twelfth Night, Merchant of Venice was good too, name a Shakespeare play, I've probably read it. Last edited by Obdazen; 01-13-2007 at 03:04 AM.

01-13-2007, 08:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Vendraus Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 36	Count of Monte Cristo is a great book. Haven't read any of the others I'm afraid. Don't have any favorite books, but I do have favorite authors. Feist, Jordan, Gemmel, and Goodkind. Goodkind at least for right now ( in the middle of the Sword of Truth novels). Great books I've read : Call of the Wild, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The time Machine, Jubal Sacket.....to many to name.

01-13-2007, 09:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
Orm Sunnhet Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canton, OH Posts: 1,978	War of the Worlds The Girl who loved Tom Gordon Any Forgotten Realms book Dragon Tears I don't read books a whole lot, so don't really have any others I can remember that were good enough to list lol.

01-13-2007, 09:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Craftblade Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,372	The Complete Calvin & Hobbes-Bill Watterson The Things They Carried-Tim O'Brien

01-13-2007, 10:13 AM	#9 (permalink)
a_random_hero Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,095	Fight Club American Psycho Aztec The Bourne Identity My four favorites. Look em up on amazon

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Master.Ink Ink The Ghost Pirate King Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Where ever you live. Im probably there. Posts: 1,104	Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan Song of Fire and Ice farseer trilogy, liveship traders wayfarer redemption __________________

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