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Topic: Best book you ever had? - page 7. (Read 17878 times)

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May 02, 2014, 06:12:33 PM
I`d say lord of the rings. or harry potter  Cheesy
legendary
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May 02, 2014, 05:55:01 PM
As several others have said, probably "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (the first 5 books of the trilogy at least  Smiley).

Now, I'm probably going to read "The Call of Cthulhu", which seems to me to have the perfect start for a terror (short) story:

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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.

EDIT: Read it, and recommend it.  Grin
hero member
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May 01, 2014, 08:22:42 AM
Anybody read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown , is it worth to read ?
Yes I'm currently reading. Its good and worth reading but not as good as The Da Vinci's Code)as other say).

Da Vinci Code was one of Dan's fine work and i always get tempted to read his other titles .
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May 01, 2014, 08:13:11 AM

It's a toss-up. Either 'Rainbow Six' by Tom Clancy. Or, 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' by Dr. Suess.
Hard to pick.
newbie
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May 01, 2014, 08:07:45 AM
1. Phonebook
2. Dragonlance Chronicles

If you never heard about those and you like fantasy books like Lord of The Rings - Dragonlance is "must read" Smiley



Love Dragonlance!

Lately, I read The Hunger Games trilogy. It's good, too, if you like dystopia. Or maybe you can just watch them in the movies.  Grin Death Sworn is not bad, but it's the first of a trilogy (?), so you may want to wait till all the books are out before you start reading.
legendary
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May 01, 2014, 07:44:15 AM
Anybody read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown , is it worth to read ?
Yes I'm currently reading. Its good and worth reading but not as good as The Da Vinci's Code)as other say).
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May 01, 2014, 07:34:09 AM
Anybody read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown , is it worth to read ?
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May 01, 2014, 06:00:00 AM
Dragonlance Chronicles, it's awesome.
sr. member
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May 01, 2014, 05:27:55 AM
Labyrinths by Borges. I guess it might not technically count since it's a collection of shorter fictions and essays, but damn, it's awesome.
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May 01, 2014, 03:28:02 AM
I read Lord of the Flies but couldn't find it as amazing as people say.It even won Noble Prize.I don't know why.
I totally agree with you. It's well over-rated IMHO. I mean, it's not bad, but it's not like "Wow, this is one of the best books ever!"
But I guess the reason to its popularity is the psychological thing with how fast people can change when condition changes. And an analysis of society, where the most powerful wins, and the weaker becomes slaves in exchange for food.
legendary
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May 01, 2014, 12:37:13 AM
I read Lord of the Flies but couldn't find it as amazing as people say.It even won Noble Prize.I don't know why.
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April 30, 2014, 11:00:23 PM
Either 'Cat's Cradle' by Kurt Vonnegut or 'the 3 stigmata of Palmer Eldritch' by Philip k. Dick. Still undecided.

EDIT: hmmm or 'the Monkey Wrench Gang' by Edward Abbey. OP what kind of question is this. Really.
legendary
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April 30, 2014, 04:21:50 PM
The Witcher series. Great humor and story, well fought characters and interesting intrigue.
Yes it was mentioned here already Smiley

The Witcher is truly amazing.
Andrzej Sapkowski know how to wrote a books.
legendary
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April 30, 2014, 04:09:18 PM
The Witcher series. Great humor and story, well fought characters and interesting intrigue.
legendary
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April 30, 2014, 02:47:59 PM
As a kid I really liked Swiss Family Robinson, The old Man and the Sea – Hemingway ,Siddhartha – Hesse,but these days I'd say the RAMA series by Arthur C. Clarke, I read them every year or so.
This looks like many of my favorit books which i know from my childhood wish i have more time to read them now too Smiley
BR,
Gondel
legendary
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April 30, 2014, 02:46:25 PM
I read the book "Porn" You will love it! Urvin Uelsh Not sure if i am writing the name of the autor right, but the book is my best choice ever!
BR,
Gondel
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April 30, 2014, 12:39:00 PM
As a kid I really liked Swiss Family Robinson, The old Man and the Sea – Hemingway ,Siddhartha – Hesse,but these days I'd say the RAMA series by Arthur C. Clarke, I read them every year or so.
legendary
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April 30, 2014, 12:30:21 PM
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is pretty good as well!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93007.The_Merry_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood

it is great indeed!
Adventures of Robin Hood is something worth reading.

One of those books where you can find something deeper than just an adventure.
legendary
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April 30, 2014, 12:05:22 PM
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is pretty good as well!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93007.The_Merry_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood
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April 30, 2014, 11:11:03 AM
I was reading this "The 4-Hour Workweek and Timothy Ferriss".
It's a good book, you should check it out.  Smiley
I've read it. It's quite good actually, and it has some very good stuff I'll definitely think of if I start my own business some time!
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