favorite books?

[Mike70]

in no particular order (except for the first one) brave new world-huxley. even more relevant today than in the 30s ape and essence-huxley island-huxley beowulf- raffel's version the short stories of lovecraft fathers and sons-turgenev agammenon, the libation bearers and the eumenides-aeschylus the war with hannibal-livy sir gawain and the green knight-tolkien's version dracula-stoker lord of the rings trilogy untold stories of numenor and middle earth-tolkien the kalevala-finnish national epic king harald's saga-snorri sturluson the heimskringla-snorri sturluson the picture of dorian grey-oscar wilde the darkling (a treatise on eastern european vampire folklore) jan perkowski vampires of the slavs-jan perkowski moby dick- herman melville the minister's black veil- short story by nathaniel hawthorne we-yevgeny zamyatin- a dystopia, a precursor to 1984 and brave new world i am legend- richard matheson new america-poul anderson tau zero-poul anderson mirkheim-poul anderson rendez-vous with rama- arthur clarke this fraking list could go on for six pages but i'll stop there.

[DeadJonas190]

Rendezvous With Rama is excellent, so is Brave New World. That is a very good list you have there. I would list my favorites, but I am going to play Halo 3 now.

[kortick]

Strega- Andrew Vachss (brutal) Blue Belle- Andrew Vachss (ending leaves you numb) any H.P. Lovecraft Illumination Night- Alice Hoffman Anasi Boys-Neil Gaiman Legend of Hell House-Richard Matheson (more powerful than the exorcist) Skywriting by Word of Mouth-John Lennon Perfume-Patrick Susskind Godbody-Theodore Sturgeon (beyond words) Tuesdays with Morrie-Mitch Albom Stardust, the David Bowie story-Tony Zanetta Ronald Reagan, the Acting President-Bob Schieffer The Killing Kind-John Connoly could go on as we all could good idea i'm always looking for something fresh to read i never would have tried

[capncnut]

Anything by Arthur C. Clarke floats my boat.

[Legion2213]

I'm a bit of a fantasy lover...Stephen Donaldson's "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" really stand out for me. Any of Michael Moorcock's old fantasy novels are also heavily favoured by me, Elric, Erekose, Corum, Oswald Bastable etc...gotta love "The Eternal Champion"! I also own pretty much every book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs (although it is heavily dated nowerdays), they really were written in a different time, but I enjoy the standard formula within all his works. Those who have listed "I am Legend" and the "Rama" books are spot on, great novels IMO

[Danny]

the lord of the rings and the hobbit the dark tower series christine the stand carrie the autumn series straight to you anything by lovecraft dean koontz' frankenstein mary shelleys frankenstein the strange case of dr jeckyll and mr hyde the harry potter series the dark materials colection the long walk everythings eventual collection theres loads more but thats all i can remember for now.

[capncnut]

the harry potter series Whaaaat?!?!

[Danny]

yeah?, i enjoyed them. i wasnt aware it was a literary no-no, sorry.

[CornishCorpse]

The books are meant to appeal to people of all ages. Okay a question for the hp fans..Dumbledore is gay theres been a big thing in the papers and news and other stuff with jk rowling saying that dumbledore is gay. Big uproar of it last year. So heres my question, what the hell? What does it matter if one of the key characters is gay? Does it make him any less important or powerful? I just dont see the big fuss, its like saying Professor McGongall once met a german called claude. It does not matter! Favourite book? Tis a hard one but off the top of my head I am Legend, Fear and Loathing..Hells Angels or porno. Update later with a more definite answer, sorry

[Danny]

nah it doesnt make a difference, but i wasnt surprised, the dude like to wear valoure, thats a sure sign.