fishwood

Carrying on from a recent thread

What is your favourite book and why :)

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Upgrading and Repairing PCs. It's one of the best PC references ever!

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If I was VirtualBox, I could load my virtualization module into Hannah and boot up another kernel in the same address space.

DoDoubleGeo

Originally Posted by fishwood

Carrying on from a recent thread What is your favourite book and why :)

Well what's yours?

You can tell by my choice that I am not a big reader, but this guy was a terrific actor...Sesame Street Book of Opposites With Zero Mostel.

Also anything by Roddy Doyle, but especially The Snapper.

radimus

Steven R Donaldson: Thomas Covenant series (1 & 2)
Robert Jordan: Wheel of Time
Elizabeth Moon: The Deed of Paksenarrion
Piers Anthony: Incarnations of Immortality

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J-roc

There are so many that I enjoy so I'll do a top 3.

Number 1 would have to be "The Catcher in the Rye", as it is a perfect showcase of Teen Angst and the pressure to grow up. It was badass back when it was released as well.

Number 2 would have to be The Metamorphosis by Kafka. I'm not going to delve into semantics, but it's a good read.

Number 3 would have to be Life of Pi. It's a good book about a boy lost at sea with a tiger in a lifeboat. Great book with lots of detail and unexpected plot twists.

If you haven't read those books, I suggest you do, anyone can like them.

Morphy

A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawkin
Plus anything by Stephen King before he started to suck.

StanleyR1

Originally Posted by Morphy

A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawkin Plus anything by Stephen King before he started to suck.

And when, exactly, did Stephen King "Jump the Shark"?

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I've decided not to engage in pig wrestling any more. Although I might poke a stick in the pen every once in a while just for fun. :stickpoke

My new favorite quote (attrributed to Mark Twain, although i haven't been able to confirm the attribution or the wording):

"Those who don't read the newspaper are uninformed.
Those who do read the newspaper are missinformed."

psionandy

I'm going to cheat by not picking a favourite..., But Catch22 is one I can read again and again.

I still have no idea how you can buy eggs for more than you sell them for and still make a profit

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uzziah0

Asimov - all his scifi, especially Foundation

uzziah0

Doris Betts - Souls Raised from the Dead
http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/...s800-des-.html

uzziah0

Paul Mariani - Salvage Operations: New & Selected Poems
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/177

uzziah0

Richard Wilbur - New and Collected Poems
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/202
I also had a collection of non-fiction including a graduation address that was good.

psionandy

I was (and still am) a huge Asimov Fan. Must have a couple of hundred of his books... and but theres hundreds still to go

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Originally Posted by psionandy

I was (and still am) a huge Asimov Fan. Must have a couple of hundred of his books... and but theres hundreds still to go

I also like the Killer-Bs trilogy that followed the Foundation series:
1. Foundation's Fear (1997) by Gregory Benford
2. Foundation and Chaos (1998) by Greg Bear
3. Foundation's Triumph (1999) by David Brin
And, Roger McBride Allen:
Caliban
1. Isaac Asimov's Caliban (1993)
2. Isaac Asimov's Inferno (1993)
3. Isaac Asimov's Utopia (1993)

uzziah0

Here's another, this one non-fiction, getting knowledge as my son grows:
Bringing Up Boys: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men
by James C. Dobson