the written word

jonos · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:07 pm

i thought that this thread would be deserving of such an amazing title, so i made it so.

this is for your favourite books (those things with a cover and little words that exist in the material world, much like those things that exist on a computer screen).

my favourite books/books i respect:
1984 - george orwell
animal farm - "
brave new world - aldous huxley
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
dracula - bram stoker
lotr - tolkien
harry potter (yeahhhhhhh) - rowling
the gentle spirit - some eastern european/russian guy
the pearl - i forget (steinbeck maybe)
of mice and men - steinbeck
the catcher in the rye - salinger
franny and zooey - salinger
nine stories - salinger
some sociology books from my dad - ?
hannibal - ? (the book about that carthaginian who almost conquered rome)
the russian revolution - ?
mein kampf - hitler, duh (kindof interesting, im not anti-semitic)
the communist manifesto - marx/engels (also kindof interesting, but hard to understand for me)

i will add some more when i remember them or come across them. i read a lot and i recommend all these books to you. post your favourite books do the poll too

poly · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:49 pm

I don't really like to read. The only books i usually read are for school work, someone must force me to read a book and force me to enjoy it, than maybe ill start reading more

shorthair · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:10 pm

Really cool books i really like

The universe in a nutshell - Stephen Hawking

The Universe string theory - Collection of Writers

Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Titus and Dronicus - Shakespeare

Paul · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:43 pm

Woot! the Star Wars series, over 150 books, I've read at least half of them.
Woot! The Ender's Game series!
Woot! Hearts Blood series, by Jane Yolen
Woot! LOTR series
Woot! Dragon Lance series, by Margaret Weis <--- The best
and some other stuff that I don't have time to name.

poly · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:44 pm

does my motherboard manual count?

Maverick · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:45 pm

Harry Potter - All
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown

jonos · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:35 pm

the quest for immortality - forget, good book though

Catalyst · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:07 pm

Brief History of Time, Universe in a Nutshell - Hawking
Elegant Universe - Greene
Relativity - Einstein
The Natural History of Zero - ?
Three roads to quantum gravity - Smolin, ?,?

2001 Series - Clarke
Robot Series - Asimov
Of Mice and Men, The Pearl - Steinbeck
The Time Machine, The Invisible Man - Wells
20k Leagues under the sea - Verne
Jurrasic Park, The Lost World,Sphere, Andromeda Strain - Chritchton

Mazer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:23 pm

-Every Ender's Game related book (and quite possibly every book by OSC)
-The Hobbit
-The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
-Naruto (yes, the manga definitely counts)

jonos · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:29 pm

yes, naruto counts, then x-men must also count, and all those other marvel comics i used to read. they rocked.

also some other ones:
Parental Advisory: Music censorship in america - eric nuzum
the lives of john lennon - ?
casualities of rock - ?

some more later

shorthair · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:30 pm

The golden Ratio ( math book ) - Stamnear

Elegant Universe ( one of hte greates books about the string theory ) - Greene ( i believe )

3d Physics - Orielley publishers

Paul · **Posted:** Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:09 pm

I don't think comic counts, but naruto is a graphic novel which counts Wink

Dan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 01, 2004 5:46 pm

C Primer Plus Secnonde Edtion
1984
Tales Of Symphonia game manule (in jappanes [not fun trying to translate])

probly more but i got to think about it

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