Favorite Book

[margot]

XD What is your favorite book?

Mine is "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce. Woo hoo one of the most important books ever.

Edited December 28, 2005 by Lindsay

[darkon]

Slaughterhouse-Five. Woo hoo!!! One of the most important books ever!

Edited December 28, 2005 by Marcus Aurelius

[rockerluke]

Not quite sure. I haven't read much books yet.

Probably Lord of the Rings and Stephen King's The Stand.

[Battle_Pope]

favorite book thus far in my book reading career:

fear and loathing in las vegas: a savage journey to the heart of the american dream

great re-read value.

[stranger]

Irvine Welsh' ~ Trainspotting is pretty high on my list, it's a very fun read.

[Belial]

"Brave New World"

Though I'm enjoying "East of Eden" a lot right now, and I plan on reading "Slaughter House 5" sometime in the next couple months, so we'll see, it might change.

[Cleese]

currently my favorite has to be Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk, great stuff.

[darkon]

"Slaughter House 5" sometime in the next couple months, so we'll see, it might change.

If you ever want to discuss that book after you read it... well... let's say I've overanalyzed the entire book.

[Belial]

I probably will to, I love doing that.

[darkon]

I probably will to, I love doing that.

Well, yeah, there is a lot to analyze. And if you really like it you'll find yourself bursting out into complete laughter at least 10 times. A page.

[Kreutz]

Catcher in the Rye. Trent Reznor doesn't have shit on Holden Caulfield.

[Samurai Drifter]

Besides all the different incarnations of the Legend of King Arthur, it would have to be "What Dreams May Come" by Richard Matheson.

Slaughterhouse Five is also excellent.

Edited December 29, 2005 by Samurai Drifter

[Gundampilotspaz]

If you ever want to discuss that book after you read it... well... let's say I've overanalyzed the entire book.

I got it for Christmas and well be reading it soon as well.

But my favorite book is "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" By Robert A. Heinlein. It IS the most important book ever.

[margot]

^ lol

[Gundampilotspaz]

ummm, ok. At least I didn't pick a book I just got four days ago and most likely didn't read though yet.

You really need to grow up so you can be tolerable.

[margot]

Yea, except I've read it before.

You need to grow up and realize that acting like an arrogant prick isn't amusing or something that well covers up your lack of personality and intelligence.

Edited December 29, 2005 by Lindsay

[Gundampilotspaz]

You just laughed at my choice for favorite book, you have no right to call me an arrogant prick. At least I just didn't say "lol" and made myself out just to be a bitch.

[margot]

You just laughed at my choice for favorite book, you have no right to call me an arrogant prick. At least I just didn't say "lol" and made myself out just to be a bitch.

I am sorry I offended you, my comment was out of line.

[Gundampilotspaz]

I am sorry I offended you, my comment was out of line.

Damn it, no! You can't win!

*bows head in defeat*

[Mithrandir]

Hmm... it's hard to say.

Joyce's Portrait is definately a contender because he's such a brilliant and powerful author.

Tolkien's LOTR is also there because it's such an modern day epic (in the truest mythological sense of the word epic).

but Phillip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said also finds itself strangely high on the list because of how it emotionally affected me (mostly a result of the fascinating characters).

and The Brothers Karamazov is there too, because the ideas and characters in the book really stayed with me and gave me a new way of looking at existance.

Edited December 29, 2005 by Mithrandir

[darkon]

I got it for Christmas and well be reading it soon as well.

Tell me what you think. Vonnegut's brand of sci-fi is very different from your hero Heinlein. I hope you get as much out of the book as I did though.

[Ceraziefish]

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. I don't care if it's important or not, since it's a damn good book and it's important to me.

Others would be Neuromancer by William Gibson, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, and Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.

EDIT: Oh, and Futureland by Walter Mosley.

Edited December 29, 2005 by Ceraziefish

[Tanni Foemangler]

1984

[Belial]

1984

Good book, though I prefer Huxley's Western influenced dis-utopian society to Orwell's Eastern.

[darkon]

Good book, though I prefer Huxley's Western influenced dis-utopian society to Orwell's Eastern.

I prefer Huxley for different reasons.

That man was a total opium addict.