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Favorite books
Reed:
I'm shocked that nobody has mentioned The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
It's Tom Wolfe's account of Ken Kesey and his band of merry pranksters.
Also, I, Robot is a brilliant book, even if it has been tarnished by that horrific war crime of a Will Smith movie
spoon_of_grimbo:
--- Quote from: BlakeJustBlake on 29 Jul 2008, 12:02 ---The C++ Programming Language
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nothing personal, but if you like that, i hate you. i'm doing a music tech course atm, and i'm resitting the C++ module i failed last year, despite the fact that both the programming lecturer and my head of course agree it's irrelevant to our course, but we have to do it due to shortness of staff. it's the single most boring, ridiculous, and soul-destroying academic activity i've ever been involved in, and i want to find the guy who invented it and meticulously tear apart his fucking life.
/rant
--- Quote from: ashashash on 29 Jul 2008, 18:30 ---House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - it's really hard to describe this novel. it's terrifying, but brilliant at the same time; I definitely understand why some people don't like it (it's formally all over the place) but I think it's pretty awesome.
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now THIS^ i can get behind. i've barely read any fiction novels since reading HoL, because every just seems to just pale in comparison.
Siibillam-Law:
Where to begin...
As mentioned by oh how many people in this thread Neil Gaiman is an amazing writer. I'm reading American Gods now and it's pretty sweet from what I've got. Anansi Boys is another amazing book
Good Omens, by him and Terry Pratchett is one of my favourite books, which leads me to the amazing, the unbeatable Terry Pratchett - anything I've ever read by him has gone into my favourite books list. What's there not to like?
The Portrait of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde is well worth a read, if only for the endless quotable lessons in life as well as his smaller books of short stories
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass And What Alice Found There
And I will leave you on one of my favourite all-time books, read over and over again - Koushun Takami's Battle Royale.
HouseMDfan:
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Bathroom readers by Bathroom Readers Institute
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Temperance Brennan novels by Kathy Reichs
Arkvoodle:
Just a couple of my favorites-
"All Creatures Great & Small" by James Herriott
"The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom
"Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo
"The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett
and this last one is pushing the definition of "book," but...The Killing Joke by Alan Moore.
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