Favorite book?

[Miscue]

Originally posted by aaron_mag


Pretty good book but it goes on and on with her and her father (am I thinking of the right one).

Wrong book.

[aaron_mag]

Originally posted by Miscue


Wrong book.

Darn I know I read and liked that book but it was like 10 years ago. There was definetely another Henry James book....oh yeah it was Washington Square that had the father and daughter thing and he didn't want her to get married to this guy....

I remember now! The girl who kept getting proposed to but kept rejecting them until she got married. Can't remember which one she finally married but I remember being disappointed. God now I'm going to have to read that book again!!!! Darn you Miscue.....

EDIT: WARNING. Miscue is a romantic if that is his favorite book!

[ignatz]

breg - I am huge Gibson fan. I've read the Sprawl triology, IDORU, All Tomorrow's Parties, Virtual Light, and Burning Chrome. Have you ever read Neal Stephenson? If you like cyberpunk, then you will love Stephenson. He wrote the following; Zodiac, Snow Crash, Diamond Age, Cryptonomican.

My favorite book of all time is, Frank Herbert's Dune. I think it was written in 1968 and is amazing. Herbert explores the relationships between man and manchince along with the incarnation of religion and politics in the future.

[Kai]

Interview With The Vampire - Anne Rice.


...er, I mean. The Communist Manifesto - Marx and Engels.

[Miscue]

Originally posted by aaron_mag


Darn I know I read and liked that book but it was like 10 years ago. There was definetely another Henry James book....oh yeah it was Washington Square that had the father and daughter thing and he didn't want her to get married to this guy....

I remember now! The girl who kept getting proposed to but kept rejecting them until she got married. Can't remember which one she finally married but I remember being disappointed. God now I'm going to have to read that book again!!!! Darn you Miscue.....

EDIT: WARNING. Miscue is a romantic if that is his favorite book!

Well, it's not the romantic part... James is kinda lame when it comes to the romance part anyway.

It's where you have this wonderful girl, intelligent and beautiful, who puts the only good guy in the book on the friends ladder. If she would have picked him, he'd be really good to her and she would have had a good life... and so would he. But nooo! That's too easy... she'd rather be a trophy wife and overlooks him for some guy with money and acts like he's nice to her... but ends up being a control freak rat bastard (although not evil). She gets stuck in a situation where she's dependent upon him and can't get out... she makes herself take care of this guy and rationalizes it (Oh, he's ok cuz he takes care of me... that's just how he is... I've been with him so long and all...). Also has her flings with some jock dude with half a brain... this is before rat bastard... and then again later after she is neglected and looking for attention.

Of course, she never minded using the nice guy as a friend and talk to him about stuff... not caring that she was torturing the poor guy.

So, the guy that's smart and true of heart... and great to talk to gets sick and dies, supposedly from illness but I don't think that's what it really was.

Her jackass husband does not want her to leave to visit her dying friend, and only then does she momentarily choose him over her husband's wishes. Even when he's dying, he can't jump off the friends ladder to the love interest ladder. It's hopeless, and he dies with this. He dies never knowing her comfort after longing for it since the day he met her. And no, he's not the stalker variety or anything like that... just a great guy.

At the end of the novel, it's unknown what she will do. Will she stay with Mr. Rat Bastard? Or will she leave him for the stud peanut brain who does not love her on the same level that he is attracted to her?

Everytime a girl says she wants a nice guy... I don't want to hear it. It just pisses me off. Call me disenchanted if you may.

[Pnzrfst]

Don't anyone get mad but....Mein Kampf is the most interesting book I've read. But my favorite has to be Snow Wolf by Glenn Meade

[breg]

Originally posted by ignatz
breg - I am huge Gibson fan. I've read the Sprawl triology, IDORU, All Tomorrow's Parties, Virtual Light, and Burning Chrome. Have you ever read Neal Stephenson? If you like cyberpunk, then you will love Stephenson. He wrote the following; Zodiac, Snow Crash, Diamond Age, Cryptonomican.

My favorite book of all time is, Frank Herbert's Dune. I think it was written in 1968 and is amazing. Herbert explores the relationships between man and manchince along with the incarnation of religion and politics in the future.

Nope, never heard of Neal Stephenson. I'll have to look for some of his stuff. Any advice on which to read first?

By the way, did you read Gibson's newest book, Pattern Recgonition? I'm trying, but true to Gibsonion Form, it's hard to get into, and I'm about one-third of the way through, and I'm still Clueless as to what it is about. So far, I'm getting that the main character, Cayse Pollard, has a phobic reaction to name brands.

Also, have you picked up any of the Dune prequels that Frank Herbert's son is writing? I've read House Harkonnen. It' was pretty good. I think that there is also House Atriedes and House Corrino. He also penned The Bulterian Jihad. You know, that war with the "Thinking Machines."

Hey, if you guys want to check out some real interesting non-fiction, read some of the stuff that Henry Rollins wrote. Strange, far out, and a little psychotic, but a good read.

[ignatz]

Originally posted by breg


Nope, never heard of Neal Stephenson. I'll have to look for some of his stuff. Any advice on which to read first?

By the way, did you read Gibson's newest book, Pattern Recgonition? I'm trying, but true to Gibsonion Form, it's hard to get into, and I'm about one-third of the way through, and I'm still Clueless as to what it is about. So far, I'm getting that the main character, Cayse Pollard, has a phobic reaction to name brands.

Also, have you picked up any of the Dune prequels that Frank Herbert's son is writing? I've read House Harkonnen. It' was pretty good. I think that there is also House Atriedes and House Corrino. He also penned The Bulterian Jihad. You know, that war with the "Thinking Machines."

Snow Crash. Gibson called it "Full tilt, fast forward Cyberpunk for the 21st Century" (or something like it)... I couldn't describe it any better.

I haven't read Gibson's new book yet... honestly, I didn't know it was out. I'll have to pick it up.

I've read all 4 of the Dune prequels so far and have the 5th on Pre-Order. I am the biggest Dune freak... even my dog is named after a character from the book.

I've heard some Henry Rolins spoken work. Is his book anything like that?

Does anyone else read C.S. Lewis? I simply love "The Chronicles of Narnia"?

[Halliday]

Re: Favorite book?

Originally posted by breg
I know this won't appeal to all AO'ers, but what is you favorite book? Mine is Neuromancer, by William Gibson.

Holy Cats! Me too. I re-read it every few years. Read it about 5 times now....

[breg]

Originally posted by ignatz


Snow Crash. Gibson called it "Full tilt, fast forward Cyberpunk for the 21st Century" (or something like it)... I couldn't describe it any better.

I haven't read Gibson's new book yet... honestly, I didn't know it was out. I'll have to pick it up.

I've read all 4 of the Dune prequels so far and have the 5th on Pre-Order. I am the biggest Dune freak... even my dog is named after a character from the book.

I've heard some Henry Rolins spoken work. Is his book anything like that?

Rollins's spoken word and writings differ greatly. That quirky odd sense of humor that he has rarely crops up in his writings. Usually, his writings are from his journals or some article that he wrote from various mazines.

Snow Crash... I'm going to look for it.

[xatle]

Originally posted by MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata


yah love that book have u read teh rest of the series and the 3 parrellel novels very interesting

yeah i read the rest of the series and a handful of other books but like i said, they really werent that good, so i cant endorse the auther, just the one book.

[AutomagRT1483]

Favorite mystery book - The Coffin Dancer by Jeffrey Deaver (Its a follow up to The Bone Collector)

Favorite Sci-Fi book - Shadows of the Empire

[845]

Wheel of Time except book 10 was a 2000 page disappointment.

[l4t3ncy]

Originally posted by 845
Wheel of Time except book 10 was a 2000 page disappointment.

I totally agree with you on that one, The Wheel Of Time is by far the best series to read... I love Robert Jordan

I'm new here so I'll take this time to say hello

Anyways The Harry Potter books are great love the latest one and A Game Of Thrones by George R Martin is also a good read

[MarkM]

Well this gonna be a bit of a list, but to answer a few already mentioned
1984-George Orwell I have the book but also I had to read it for school, Animal Farm is better even if it is just a parody of actual events
Mein Kampf-Ok I guess if you like fiction and ramblings
Das Capital-Karl Marx would be a better read although from the other side of the fence.

Very surprised to not see any Stephen King listed but then to be honest there is only the one book of any note from him and that is The Stand.

The Third World War- Sir John Hackett and others is a good read in the realms of alternate history...a "what if?" type of thing, very scary as it was so damned close to happening.

Currently reading Harry Turtledove's series of The Great War,World War and American Empire. Don't know if I will continue onto the others in his libary but time will tell.