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12-03-2012, 04:09 PM
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What is your *ONE* favourite book of all time?
Title:
Author:
Genre/Topic:
Why:
Just one please. 
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12-03-2012, 04:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | | That's a tough one.
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12-03-2012, 04:14 PM
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by: Kurt Vonnegut
Genre: boy that's tough...all i can say is that it's fiction
why?....boy, that's tough too, except it really made me think 
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12-03-2012, 04:23 PM
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Mine is Breakfast of Champions though.
Changed the way I look at everything. Literally
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12-03-2012, 04:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | Im a Vonnegut fan, as well.
Im still not certain, though, which book is my favorite of all time.
Likely, because I fail to see the importance of ranking one's favorite things.
In the spirit of the thread, I'll go with KV's "Cat's Cradle" or possibly Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums".
Sorry, I couldnt stick to just one.
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12-03-2012, 04:29 PM
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R.A. Heinlein
Science Fiction
This book changed the 60's and has influenced people ever since. One of the truly great science fiction novels.
And in close contention with Tolkein's Lord of the Rings trilogy for my top spot.
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12-03-2012, 04:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down in the middle somewhere. | | | Title: An island to oneself
Author: Tom Neale
Genre/Topic: True story about a man who decides to leave everything and go live alone on an island in the pacific. He ended up staying there 16 years and wrote a book about his story.
Why: Because i am quite a loner myself and always wondered if i could survive something like that without going mental! It is a pretty incredible story whichever way you look at it.
The book is also very well written and keeps you up all night. I read it in two sittings, staying up till stupid o'clock, which very few books made me do. |
12-03-2012, 04:36 PM
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A great thriller from the '80's. I haven't yet found anyone I've loaned this to who hasn't loved it.
Getting them to return it however...  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...Richard+jessup
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12-03-2012, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | Ah, and then there's the Tom Robbins books which have provided me with great perspective in recent years...
most notably, "Skinny Legs and All"
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12-03-2012, 04:39 PM
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But...
"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery.
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12-03-2012, 04:41 PM
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy masterpiece. Very evocative. This book ties all the loose ends up.
Macroscope by Piers Anthony is a close second.
As a kid I would've told you the John Carter of Mars books or Tom Swift were the best. |
12-03-2012, 04:54 PM
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Phillip Pullman
Fantasy
This trilogy(can be bought as one book) is intended for young teen/adolescents but in my opinion some of the subject matter dealing with Christian mythology is a little heavy for that age group. The Golden Compass movie was an abomination. |
12-03-2012, 05:16 PM
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I was also really tempted to say "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig.
But for my one book, I'd have to go for Lord of the Rings. That choice is perhaps more about where I was in my childhood when I first read it than about the book itself.
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12-03-2012, 05:19 PM
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12-03-2012, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by N.F.A. Macroscope by Piers Anthony is a close second. | That's one of my favorites. You're the only other person I've ever heard mention it. |
12-03-2012, 05:25 PM
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But, House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
Horror/Drama/Satire/Spiraling into insanity
Because this book is amazing. 
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12-03-2012, 05:39 PM
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Theodore Roosevelt
History/ Nature
TR wrote this book in 1888 about the time he spent in North Dakota as a cattle rancher and hunter.
I first read this book when I was in the navy and later found a second printing (1896) in great shape. I have traveled to the place of his ranch many times camping, hiking and hunting the territory that he did.
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12-03-2012, 05:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your location can be this long | | | Title: Speaker For the Dead
Author: Orson Scott Card
Genre/Topic: Science Fiction/Philosophy
Why: Despite the fact most people prefer Ender's Game, I feel SFTD has better written characters and goes much deeper into the story
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12-03-2012, 05:59 PM
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Haruki Murakami
Um...ah... Fiction?
For those of you guys who like Vonnegut you should really check out Murakami. I kind of see him very much in the vein of Vonnegut and Tom Robbins. Like those guys his books are sort of all over the place. There was one scene in this novel that was so intense I almost vomited, but it was just that one scene. No other author has emotionally affected me as much as Murakami. Whenever I read one of his books I spend so much time thinking about translation ie how much of the intent of the author came through in translation etc. In the end, they are always very satisfying books if you like out there fiction. |
12-03-2012, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by nutso42 Title: Speaker For the Dead
Author: Orson Scott Card
Genre/Topic: Science Fiction/Philosophy
Why: Despite the fact most people prefer Ender's Game, I feel SFTD has better written characters and goes much deeper into the story | When I was younger I could never get into SFTD. Maybe I need to give it a shot now. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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