What it says on the tin folks.
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What it says on the tin folks.
Mine and Huxley's books.
Because we're desperate.
Lexicon - by Max Bradbury
The White Dragon - by Anne McCaffery
Hood - By Stephen Lawhead (and the rest of the Kingraven series)
The Child Thief - by Brom
Rascal - by Sterling North
Some of these books had profound affects on my childhood, and some on my more recent adult life. But all have made me think or feel things I hadn't expected.
Could you please list the titles?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson
The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, Hunter S. Thompson
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, J.P. Donleavy
Colonel Angus has similar taste to mine. I'm not familiar with the Robert Charles Wilson or Donleavy works but I'd definitely have put Illuminatus! and Homage to Catalonia on my list and I can't fault the Thompson either. Others I'd add would be:
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
And probably something by China Miéville, Thomas Pynchon, or Kurt Vonnegut; I just can't decide which book.
Though I've completely neglected non-fiction here (apart from Homage) and could probably add another four non-fiction titles as well.
It is any book you want, you can list children's books or books about science, history, or even a biography if you want.
Yeah, I'm just completely at a loss for how I'd narrow down history and whatever else, which is why I didn't bother expanding beyond the titles I listed. Five is probably too few.
Jurassic Park
Catch-22
David Copperfield
Crime and Punishment
The Godfather
My favorite books, basically.
Star Girl
Fahrenheit 451
Needful Things
Salem's Lot
The Giver
Casino Royale - Ian Flemming
Vampire Hunter D - Hideyuki Kikuchi
George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I - Miranda Carter
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft - H.P. Lovecraft
Death Gate Cycle Book 1: Dragon Wing - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Would recommend the Harry Potter books but I think everyone on this site who wants to read them already knows about them.
Wild Seed - Octavia Butler
Kindred - Octavia Butler
The Golden Compass - Phillip Pullman
Who Fears Death? - Nnedi Okorafor
Y the Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn & Pia Guerra
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Originally Posted by Wolf KannoCould you please list the titles?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Cricket Song
The Road Leads Up
As for my list, it's just one: Dawnthief, by James Barclay. If you like it, then keep reading the rest of the Raven books. There is an initial trilogy, a second trilogy and a final book, along with a spinoff book that tells of a man in the past in this world. Then if you really like the universe, there are three Elves books that you might also enjoy that he has released since, but they only feature one character from the Raven books and are set in times far, far earlier than the Raven books are set.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Left Behind Series - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls
A Song of Ice and Fire series (A Game of Thrones series) - George R. R. Martin
That's all I got: 4.
I only have one because I feel like most of you have read the others I'd mention in high school or college.
The Gargoyle - Because I think it's great love story and I really want to adapt it in to a film, but it will be pretty expensive to make. If you read it, you'll see why. It's not the atypical love story that gets so cliched. It's not The Notebook, though granted I liked that film. It's a lot darker, a lot more complex, and so few people I know have read it even though it is a bestseller.