Redd Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Has anyone metioned Where the Red Fern Grows? Hopefully it's not to kiddy but that book changed the way I"ve looked at dogs ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Yes. The ones I make into Space Colonization threads. :laugh: :notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsTerps26 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Yes. The ones I make into Space Colonization threads. Then you would love Ender's Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Then you would love Ender's Game I've read the entire series. But I don't have them on my Top 10. Maybe not Top 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUforREDSKINS Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Has anyone metioned Where the Red Fern Grows? Hopefully it's not to kiddy but that book changed the way I"ve looked at dogs ever since. :applause: :applause: Good call!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnativenerd Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 New classic: Wicked by Gregory McGuire. Fantastic book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoolu Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I am America (and so can you) by Stephen Colbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Lord of the Flies. Old Yeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Anything Faulkner. Absolutely my top recommendation. Especially The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom. Pretty much anything Hemingway. Especially For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Sun Also Rises. Walker Percy, Lancelot, the Moviegoer, etc. Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Grey. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Joyce. Too many more to list, but those are what immediately popped into my head. I guess Walker Percy isn't really in the 'classic' category, but I think his stuff is really enjoyable and underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life, the Universe, and Everything So Long and Thanks for the Fish Mostly Harmless Anything by Vonnegut. Oh, and Catcher in the Rye sucked. Most boring damn thing I've ever read and I worked for a financial publisher for 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Another one I forgot to add The Jungle- Upton Sinclair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 The Prince by Niccolo MachiavelliConsidered by most to be the authoritative text on statesmanship and power (how to obtain it as well as an illustration of its trappings), although certainly a shrewd one. From this arises an argument: whether it is better to be loved than feared. I reply that one should like to be both one and the other; but since it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking. Essentially, Machiavelli advocates letting your people have their property and women, but making sure that they know what you are capable of doing if they step out of line. I know people that take this story to heart......never realizing it was a satire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUforREDSKINS Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 New classic: Wicked by Gregory McGuire. Fantastic book! Reading it now. At the part where she is leaving Kiamo Ko going back to Muchkinland to see her sister. Got about a 100 pages left. Canterbury Tales by Chauncer. Although I think I must have read only parts of it for English class. I don't know how big the whole thing is. I think im gonna have to go to the library soon and get Catch-22 and Animal Farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUforREDSKINS Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 The Most Dangerous game. (although I think its a short story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbws Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 The Happy Hooker - Xaviera Hollander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I think im gonna have to go to the library soon and get Catch-22 and Animal Farm. I HIGHLY recommend Catch-22. I read it while I was doing some business travelling and there were quite a few times when I had to put the book down to save myself the embarrassment of laughing way too loud on a plane. Not only is it funny but it has quite a poignant and relevant message to it. Great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Guy. Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I HIGHLY recommend Catch-22. I read it while I was doing some business travelling and there were quite a few times when I had to put the book down to save myself the embarrassment of laughing way too loud on a plane. Not only is it funny but it has quite a poignant and relevant message to it. Great read. Yossarian is my homie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I am America (and so can you) by Stephen Colbert I love that book! Might I also recommend: America by Jon Stewart. Okay back to the "Classics": A tale of 2 cities (my favorite story of all-time.) I agree with Ford....The Sound & The Fury is an excellent choice The Sun Also Rises A farewell to Arms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitity Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Catch-22 is great. Has anyone read the sequel "Closing Time"? Is it worth getting? I don't know if anyone's included it yet, but Crime and Punishment is excellent. Its dry at times but overall is a rewarding read. I also recommend Grendel by John Gardner, I could never get through Beowulf probably due to the language. But Grendel is written beautifully. Native Son is in a word, amazing. One classic you should NEVER read but most of us are forced to in school: Pride and Prejudice :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Speaking of Russian Lit has anyone actually managed to finish War and Peace...that book is damn long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamB Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Stranger in a Strange Land Starship Troopers Alas, Babylon The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress Time Enough for Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I don't count choose your own adventure books. I hated number 12, Inside UFO 54-40 by Edward Packard. You have to escape a UFO, and in the beginning of the book, it teases you by saying that getting to Utopia is possible, but there's a way and you have to find it. NO WAY GETS YOU TO UTOPIA! I finally read every page in order, and it's on like page 63, but there's no instruction to get there. Stupid philisophical statement... :mad: :laugh: It's like the Kobayashi Maru! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Dune Forrest Gump (Seriously, it's hilarious.. it's not the same as the movie.) The Killer Angels- Michael Shaara The Dark Knight Returns -Frank Miller (Best comic ever) The Shining -Stephen King (SO much better than the movie) Citizen Soldiers- Stephen A Ambrose The DaVinci Code The 13th Valley ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 The Shining -Stephen King (SO much better than the movie) ~Bang Both versions? Because I've never read the book but the Jack version is one of the better movies I've ever seen... can't say as much for the Steven Weber version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Things Fall Apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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