'Touching The Void' makes you feel proud to be human when you see what the human body is capable of enduring in that story.mtb0minime wrote:
I don't read many books, but One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, or Touching the Void are the best I've ever read. It's a tough decision for the best, but I'll have to go with Touching the Void. It's an amazing true story about a mountain climber's attempt to survive after so much shit happening to him that I can't even describe it. It's so dramatic and it sucks you right in. If you're too lazy to read, at least go see the movie.
Seriously! Who knew a man could endure that much. Not to mention it's a miraculous story on how powerful will and spirit can be.Braddock wrote:
'Touching The Void' makes you feel proud to be human when you see what the human body is capable of enduring in that story.mtb0minime wrote:
I don't read many books, but One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, or Touching the Void are the best I've ever read. It's a tough decision for the best, but I'll have to go with Touching the Void. It's an amazing true story about a mountain climber's attempt to survive after so much shit happening to him that I can't even describe it. It's so dramatic and it sucks you right in. If you're too lazy to read, at least go see the movie.
MetaL* wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
catcher in the rye
So hard to choose "the best book". There are so many good ones for so many reasons.
Books mentioned such as Manufacturing Consent and To Kill A Mockingbird are definitely top 5 for me, no doubt.
I would say a tie between
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (the relationships between the Devil and Faust and how they mimic so many philisophical and emotional qualities in life)
Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan (the ability of Sagan to describe the interaction of skepticism and pyschological thought in relation to physical and emotional realities).
I honestly don't really have a favorite, but those books always come up when I mention favorites.
Books mentioned such as Manufacturing Consent and To Kill A Mockingbird are definitely top 5 for me, no doubt.
I would say a tie between
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (the relationships between the Devil and Faust and how they mimic so many philisophical and emotional qualities in life)
Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan (the ability of Sagan to describe the interaction of skepticism and pyschological thought in relation to physical and emotional realities).
I honestly don't really have a favorite, but those books always come up when I mention favorites.
Damn you for making me pick just one, way too hard.
The Illustrated Man
"The Poor Man's James Bond"
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
Now that, is a fucking superb book.SenorToenails wrote:
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
There's quite an interesting modern day version by Stephen Fry that I enjoyed a lot too.
I couldn't choose a favourite book. There are so many that I really love. I quite like a lot of sci-fi (which is the only genre I'm really going to mention because otherwise I'll end up going on forever) and of them; Asimov's Foundation stuff is amazing, as is Dune and a lot of Iain M. Banks' stuff.
But there are countless books that have been my favourite at one time or another. I would hate to actually pick one.
wow im the only one who doesn't read! I cant do it. I'd rather sleep. Time well spent, it really is.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden, as it far surpasses the movie, which is excellent in its own right.
Honorable Mentions include:
1984
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Devil in the White City
The Jungle
Honorable Mentions include:
1984
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Devil in the White City
The Jungle
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I read and sleep.m3thod wrote:
wow im the only one who doesn't read! I cant do it. I'd rather sleep. Time well spent, it really is.
Why not read on the way to work/school.
On the toilet, relaxing in the bath.
Or go to bed 30 mins earlier, and read. Makes your brain relax and makes you sleep better.
Reading World Without End now, so the jury's still out.Varegg wrote:
Ken Follet - World without end (fictional)
It's an independent follow up after his previos novel Pillars of the earth - World without end is 1100 pages of pure enjoyment, set in England during the start of 1300 and some 60 years ahead ... the plots, the scenario and the characters are very intelligently sewed together - this is the kind of book you really don't want to end but just continue for another 1000 pages
Absent that, Pillars of the Earth.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Books I've liked so far are:
A Brief History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
The Harry Potter Books with the exception of the last one - JKR
A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
It's a shame I never find time to read anymore.
A Brief History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
The Harry Potter Books with the exception of the last one - JKR
A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
It's a shame I never find time to read anymore.
I would have to agreeZombieVampire! wrote:
Probably To Kill A Mockingbird.
Brilliant on so many levels.
Turner Diaries too
World War Z
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/worldwarz/
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/worldwarz/
The Sun Also Rises
This is unequivocally Hemingway's defining masterpiece.
There are a lot of really good books (TSAR not included), and its difficult to just pick one.
1984, Ender's Game and Lord of the Flies were all excellent, though. I would probably pick one of them.
This is unequivocally Hemingway's defining masterpiece.
There are a lot of really good books (TSAR not included), and its difficult to just pick one.
1984, Ender's Game and Lord of the Flies were all excellent, though. I would probably pick one of them.
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The Revolution: A Manifesto
By Dr Ron Paul
By Dr Ron Paul
I read that in English Class this year, found it real boring.nukchebi0 wrote:
The Sun Also Rises
My favorite book is probably The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien.
I played Battlefield Vietnam so I can relate to it real good like!
War And Peace... Well I started to read it, but didn't get that far.
Sphere - Michael Crichton
Sphere - Michael Crichton
It's a tie between The Invisible Man (by Ralph Ellison -- not the scifi one) and Siddhartha (by Hermann Hesse).
DoctaStrangelove wrote:
I read that in English Class this year, found it real boring.nukchebi0 wrote:
The Sun Also Rises
My favorite book is probably The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien.
I played Battlefield Vietnam so I can relate to it real good like!
It sucked.nukchebi0 wrote:
There are a lot of really good books (TSAR not included)
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I read the first book of that series and liked it, but wasn't sure if the following books would hold up. I'll have to check them out.Flaming_Maniac wrote:
Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card, part of the Ender's Game series.