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O-D-C on 14 April 2009

1984
Knights Of The Black And White
Standard Of Honor
Sum Of All Fear
99 Francs
A Tale Of Two Cities



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GamingChartzFTW on 14 April 2009
jv103 said:
GamingChartzFTW said:

 

 

How pretentious.

 

What did you expect?

Dan Brown?

 



jv103 on 15 April 2009

No- Finnegan's Wake.



blaydcor on 15 April 2009
GamingChartzFTW said:
jv103 said:
GamingChartzFTW said:

 

 

How pretentious.

 

What did you expect?

Dan Brown?

 

 

It's still pretentious



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colonelstubbs on 15 April 2009

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Classic. The Lost World is even better!



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highwaystar101 on 15 April 2009

I haven't read in months because of the work I have at uni, but I used to read a lot of fantasy books. Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams... you know, the usual



Words Of Wisdom on 15 April 2009
donathos said:
flames_of said:

What books do you really enjoy and feel deserve a place amongst the best literature ever written(Or simply a place in your heart)?

I don't read much, but I have been working my way through Crime and Punishment recently. It is a complex book, but quite unique and thought provoking. I enjoyed it quite very so!

I thought Crime and Punishment was brilliant... but I'm not sure that I actually enjoyed the experience of reading it.

Some books I love, no particular order or anything:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Tess of the d'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
1984 by George Orwell
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Shea and Wilson

I liked Ender's Game until I compared it to Ender's Shadow which was better in literally every possible way.

The later books that follow Bean such as Shadow of the Hegemon were also much more interesting than those following Ender.



blaydcor on 16 April 2009

I'd agree except I'm kind of disgusted by Orson Scott Card



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Words Of Wisdom on 16 April 2009
blaydcor said:
I'd agree except I'm kind of disgusted by Orson Scott Card

 

His writing or him personally?



hsrob on 16 April 2009

I haven't read much for years, university kinda killed that but i'd have to say Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, i can read it again and again. But don't get me started on the movie.....