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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: What's the best book you've ever read? | ||||
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| Just Jon | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 5:05 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00  | Spit, I worked at BN.com a few years ago, when Violins came out. Now, policy was that after a book was used for the site, it was put on a shelf where anyone could take it. That book was taken from the shelf everyday, and the next day you would find the book on the shelf again. No one could get past the first chapter. Arthur - Weren't the Sleeping Beauty books as A. N. Roquelerie (sp?), her other pseudonym. And another book I forgot. Frank Herbert's Dune. -----  E-mail: [email protected] | ||||
| BannerClicker | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 5:09 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | Spitfire, Just to reiterate, Tom Robbins is an unbelivable writer. Anyone who wants to read something that is really mind blowing pick up anything by him. It amazes me that someone could think like that and put it into a book. Just got his new book, cant wait to read it. "Who is your daddy and what does he do?" | ||||
| DoughBoy | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 5:56 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Actually, King has been writing ALL of the books since college. He planned and began writing them, but put them down. In the introductions of the darktower books he talks about this. After reading every book from Koontz, he seems to be way better than King lately.  Proud mentor of: Hellspawn warrior (Graduate) Lazy Boy Fire Zeus Snipe_Junk Bud Dwyer Hornygoatweed23 FedEx Racer DumperHumper and my biggest challenge Evil Barney | ||||
| Spaz's Tomato | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 6:26 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Books have too many words. | ||||
| Mr. Brownstone | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 8:02 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | quote:Damn, I must have smoked tooo jkuch pot when I was younger.  | ||||
| Matchbox20Money | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 9:30 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Feb. 01 | There are so many! If I am allowed to pick more than one, I would have to choose The Stand, The Book of Lists (it's a REALLY fun reference book--yes, there is such a thing as a fun reference book!), 1984 and Brave New World. I am glad to see that people actually still read in this day and age! I was beginning to think that went out of style a long time ago!  You knew that I was coming 'cause you heard my name But you don't know my game and never felt my pain... I did it without you..got a brand new team email: [email protected] | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 9:45 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | Taipain by James Clavell Patton: A Genius For War by Carlo D'Este The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins King Rat by James Clavell The Stand by Stephen King And anything by Stephen Ambrose  ~Matt/Froy from Jersey The Hell Hole Official Protector of Gay Marco & SwampJunk...if he ever decides to post. Also providing total immunity to Fayth | ||||
| theinsectsgotme | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 10:57 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Stephen Ambrose Another history or poli-sci major in the making. Good thing you've got web design under your belt. | ||||
and i am apologizing now for the spelling errors, its 34 am and im drunk, so no time for spell check! Gotcha, SLASH i'll mmmm momo all i want! and you cant stop me! | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 11:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Salinger: catcher in the rye and nine stories also anything by Poe and Alice Walker  | ||||
| theinsectsgotme | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 11:11 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Nice call. "The Catcher in the Rye" is a great book also. Too bad Salinger got so reclusive and stopped writing. Surprised no one mentioned "On The Road" or "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". This message was edited by theinsectsgotme on 2-28-01 @ 11:22 PM | ||||
| 100 Grand | posted on 02-28-2001 @ 11:18 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | I like anything from John Grisham, haven't read the new one "the brethren" yet, ccan't wait. read hannibal haven't seen the movie yet tho, and red dragon which was another hannibal book, takes place before silence of the lams and hannibal is already in jail/hospital...pretty good. Greg Iles' Black Cross was good too. Guilty by Association...Student of JAYMOHRBUDDY I watched my curser blink for ten minutes trying to have a clever line here.....bzzzzzt wrong, try again dumbass!! | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 12:45 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote: OK Rommel, that's two. And how many great books have been made into shitty ass movies? It is terribly difficult to make a good 400 page book into a marketable 110 minute movie, ask anyone who's tried to write a screenplay.  With newbie no mas AOL IM: Gamma1173 | ||||
| AndyKoom | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 1:11 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | the best book i've read is the guns of august. blow shit up. no doubt. Fuck y'all.  | ||||
| Mr. Brownstone | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 6:42 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | quote:My bad, I must have moked to much pot when I was younger. | ||||
| Rommel | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 8:26 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Doc, I had a feeling you were generalizing. Yes, too many . Plenty had great storylines to work with yet were rooned by tools and whatnot. Vincent Price did well with the Poe classics, but he was a 1 in a million actor. Rosemary's Baby deserves an honarable mention in my opinion.  Jeder oder Keiner, Alles oder Nichts | ||||
| AndyKoom | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 8:30 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | didn't that james dahl bastard write james and the giant peach? mmm. peach. -wwops that was ROALD too. Fuck y'all. This message was edited by AndyKoom on 3-1-01 @ 8:42 AM | ||||
| o&aswallow | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 9:02 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Red Storm Rising/ Tom Clancy The Sum of All Fears/ Tom Clancy Message Board Etiquite for Dummies Hustler/ All Editions Penthouse/ All Editions  It at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed. - Curly Howard. This message was edited by o&aswallow on 3-1-01 @ 9:03 AM | ||||
| skitchr4u G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Xtreme Skiing Assualt Force | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 9:13 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | With all of these steven king fans, i must give my fave...i like the tommyknockers. it is way long, but like the stand, hooked me in and i couldn't put it down. then the bastard up and did it again with insomnia!! he sucks sometimes...wants to kill us with 1100 pages and a great story so we never sleep eat or do anything accept absorb his books!! there isn't enough anyone can say about clive barker either. all of his stories are fantastic and fast reads. and if anyone can get there hands on it, there is a book called "house of darkness". can't recall the author, but the book is freaky, written freaky, and acctually printed out in a freaky manner. adopted by Joey BigArms  | ||||
| spitfire421 | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 9:53 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Hey look!!! Opie & Anthony fans are literate!!! Thanks Dreamweaver for the synopsis... Jon- Violins is the only one I had no interest in reading, actually...I don't even know what that one's about... Dent- no, I haven't read that one...I thought it was completely different than her other novels? 100G- The Brethren was the last book I read, good suspenseful story, quick read...(great scam!) Banner- Robbins is really amazing...he is sooo fluid with language, the way he describes ordinary life makes you look at it in a totally new perspective...Tell me how his new book is  Is it just I should take And never endings are glad To carry out the dead Your idols burn in the fire The mob comes crawling out (take us down and out) I'm reclaiming their minds Destroying everyone There's no one here And people everywhere, you're all alone This message was edited by spitfire421 on 3-1-01 @ 10:21 AM | ||||
| o&aswallow | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 10:14 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Well almost, synapsis?? It at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed. - Curly Howard. | ||||
| Guv'nor | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 10:19 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | American Psycho | ||||
| Rommel | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 10:26 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Speaking of mastery of language with regard to Robbins, check out when you have a ton of time, David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest...I'm only 1/16th into this novel, and it is f'in hilarious. He has footnotes on every page even though this is a novel. It's over 1000 pages. Jeder oder Keiner, Alles oder Nichts | ||||
| Just Jon | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 10:41 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | quote:Grrl, are you planning on assassinating or stalking or anything else we should know about??? ----- E-mail: [email protected] | ||||
| Sarcastro | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 12:19 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | My top whatever (In no particular order) 1. The Foundation Trilogy-Isaac Asimov 2. Midnight-Dean Koontz 3. Othello- Shakespeare 4. Swan Song -Robert McCammeron(sp?) 5. The Maltese Falcon- Dashell Hammett 6. The Stand-Stephen King 7. The Sound and the Fury-Faulkner 8. A Tale of Two Cities-Charles Dickens 9. King Lear-Shakespeare 10. The Glass Menagerie-Tennesee Williams This message was edited by Sarcastro on 3-1-01 @ 12:36 PM | ||||
| Sarcastro | posted on 03-01-2001 @ 12:36 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | Alot of Koontz fans here. His latest, From the Corner of His Eye, is one of his best IMO. Definitely worth a read if you've ever liked a Koontz book. | ||||
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