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Originally posted by Mudge
The one movie I can think of that was absolutely awesome, was The Shawshank Redemption, I've never read the book though.
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wtf? that was based on a king book?

christ, this guy gets around... :grumble:
 
I read about 500 pages a week, I tend to go more towards the gothic myth stuff like the Ravenloft series, pretty creepy. :thumb:
 
Originally posted by Monolith
wtf? that was based on a king book?
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Shawshank is King's work, yep.
 
Shawshank was a short story but I can't remember which book it was a part of. I think it was Different Seasons. Good story and movie. :thumb:
 
Except for vacations at the beach and occasional long car trips with books on tape, I don't get much time to read for fun. Confederacy of Dunces was good. Anything by Douglas Adams. Some of the best written stuff I've run into has come from women authors, especially Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, Margaret Atwood and Terry McMillan.
 
I love to read but it's been mos since I read a book too much work. I have all of John Grisham books,greg Isles the quiet game and 24 hours perry o'shawnessy books are my fav
 
What do I like to read???

My favorite author is Jane Austin... I've read all her books & short stories.

I also like George Elliot, Anthony Trollope, and Charlotte & Emily Bronte.
 
B - What kind of reading is that? Fiction?? If so what style?

I just like know different writers in case I venture out of my norm. :D
 
Originally posted by kuso
What kind of books are they crunch?
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They're hard to describe. Smart and funny. Some quotes:

"...Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons."

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."

"This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy."


If you're really interested I'd start with "The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy", then "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe", and then "Life the Universe and Everything".

I'd stay away from "So long and Thanks for all the Fish" and the Dirk Gently books are a bit of an aquired taste (I enjoyed them).

Warning these books will turn you into a sacastic smart-ass.
 
What a great post, I read a lot of books!! I probably visit Barnes & Noble, Borders and the public library at least twice a week.

I'm currently finishing up Sue Grafton's "A is for Alibi"

I'm a Michael Crichton fan, I read his latest book "Prey", another page turner by Crichton.

I bought several new books that I'll be reading soon:

"Dragons of Autumn Twilight" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. This has been reprinted for the first time on hardback, it's part one of three books. I read the book when it first came out in 1987.

"Icewind Dale Trilogy" by R.A. Salvatore. I've always heard about this book and author, thought I'd give it a try.

Last week the library had a lot of hardbacks on sale for 50 cents each. I picked up two Sue Grafton books "M" and "N". Michael Crichton's "Disclosure" and "Rising Sun" I read those two already but had to buy them cause they were first printing hardbacks.
 
The most amazing thing I learned from this thread: KUSO CAN READ!

Best Stephen King book (though I only read a few): Needful Things

Best Fantasy Series (save LOR): Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule

Carry on.

Oh, and excuse me but I meant to use a smilie after the Kuso crack. Please insert your favorite one when reading, thanks.
 
Wahoo! Dark Tower in September! Yah! :thumb:

Patricia Cornwall - mentioned

Michael Crichton - mentioned

Stephen Hunter

Greg Isles - I think was mentioned

Harlan Coben

OH God! I could go on and on and on...

I also like any true story about criminal profiling
 
Originally posted by Twin Peak
Best Stephen King book (though I only read a few): Needful Things
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I didn't like that one too much, the ending felt rushed, 7 pages and its over...

It was ok, but I never thought to re-read it at all actually.
 
Originally posted by crunch
They're hard to describe. Smart and funny. Some quotes:

"...Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons."
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LMAO!!! A friend of mine tried passing this off as his own observation :rofl: I knew it was way too good for his dead head to come up with.....I think I may check them out :D

Oh....TP....piss off

And you can insert this smiley where ever you like:attitude:

:laugh:
 
Originally posted by Jodi
B - What kind of reading is that? Fiction?? If so what style?

I just like know different writers in case I venture out of my norm. :D
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Examples of Jane Austin's work...
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Emma

Bronte works...
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre

George Elliot works...
Middlemarch
Daniel Deronda
The Mill on the Floss
Adam Bede

Anthony Trollope works...
Can You Forgive Her
Phineas Finn
The Duke's Children
 
The best book ever written was Steven King's The Stand

The scariest book ever written was Steven King's IT

For light humor I like Robert Lynn Asprin. It's mostly fantasy type stuff. He has a "Myth" series that's pretty funny. The first in the series is "Another Fine Myth". All the successive titles are plays on words with the word "Myth" somewhere in the title. He also has another series about a Captain in the Space Legionaires named Willard Phule. Yeah, it's pronounced like you think. Pretty funny stuff.

More humor but of an outdoors nature is anything by Patrick McMannus. His books are collections of short stories from his life. You do NOT want to read his stuff in public because everyone around you will wonder why you're breaking down crying in tears of laughter. One note, his stuff will be lost on you if you're not into hunting, fishing, camping, etc.

For serious reading I've already mentioned King. I also like Joseph Wambaugh.
 
Originally posted by Twin Peak

Best Fantasy Series (save LOR): Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule
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That is indeed a good series.

If you haven't checked it out yet, Like Fade99 mentioned the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan is excellent as well. If you haven't read any of it, do so. First Book is The Eye Of the World.

Nyarlathotep
 
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:doh: Forgot about Tolkien - I read the LOTR series when I was in school. I loved it and I still do.
 
Originally posted by Jodi
:doh: Forgot about Tolkien - I read the LOTR series when I was in school. I loved it and I still do.
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Jodi, I am rereading it now. Its as good as when I was a kid, in some ways, better.
 
Tolkien is the best so far IMO. I"m an addict! Return of the King is amazing!

Another story that I absolutely love is "The Stranger" by Albert Camus...

Other than that I've been reading "Research Methods in Political Science".."International Environmental Law and Policy" "Classics of International Relations"....school shit...

I really want to start reading Buffet's "A Pirate Looks at Fifty". Just never have the time to read shit I want to read anymore! :mad:
 
Originally posted by butterfly
Examples of Jane Austin's work...
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Emma

Bronte works...
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre

George Elliot works...
Middlemarch
Daniel Deronda
The Mill on the Floss
Adam Bede

Anthony Trollope works...
Can You Forgive Her
Phineas Finn
The Duke's Children
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Damn B! That's all the shite they made us read in high school! I fukking HATED bronted...Wuthering Heights made me want to jump out of a window! Jane Eyre wasn't that bad, but not a whole lot better either!! :D
 
Originally posted by Twin Peak
Jodi, I am rereading it now. Its as good as when I was a kid, in some ways, better.
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TP & Freeman...........I was thinking about re-reading it again thinking I may pick up more or pay more attention to detail than when I read it so many years ago. :thumb:
 
Originally posted by crunch
Agreed. One of my favs. I even like 'The Salmon of Doubt'.
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I think my favorite Douglas Adams book is Mostly Harmless.
What a loss of talent when he died last year.
 
Originally posted by Jodi
TP & Freeman...........I was thinking about re-reading it again thinking I may pick up more or pay more attention to detail than when I read it so many years ago. :thumb:
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Good idea. There is SO much going on in those books that you should honestly probably re-read them like 10 times before you can even begin to grasp everything! A guy I know has read them countless times, he's like a friggin' LOTR expert!
 
I think 1 re-read is in order but I'm all set on the countless times. I do at some point wish to have a life again soon! :lol:
 
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