Great literature

[Thordic]

Any book my Robert Heinlein, but in particular Farnham's Freehold and Stranger in a Strange Land. Starship Troopers was great too, don't even try to compare it to the movie, the movie dropped all the good stuff and focused mainly on stuff that was never in the book.

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Every single book David Eddings has ever written (The BEST fantasy auther ever, IMO. Tolkein is amazing, but his books have boring points. Eddings is awesome.)

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. Really interesting book, funny at times, sad at others, about a family that is pretty much all mentally ill in some way or another.

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway. I challange you to find a book with more liquor in it

If you like short stories, look up a collection by Raymond Carver. Some of the best short stories out there...

[the JoKeR]

Some of my favorites have been mentioned, but ...

Farenheit 451 (also an interesting movie (old) to watch after you read the book)

1984 (same as above)

All Quiet on the Western Front (here, you get two movies to pick from, an old b&w and then a remake with the guy who played John Boy. The second was better)

The Art of War (try and find one without all the extra explinations. The book by itself has enough wisdom)

Johnny Got his Gun (hard to find, out of print as far as I know. Metallica used it as the basis for "One...". Very cool song.)

Invisible Man (not having anything to do with The Invisible Man movies)

Lies my Teacher Told Me (I've got teaching degrees, so I wanted to see where I lied )

What Einstein Told his Barber (Interesting to see the physics of things explained)

If you want more, contact any univirsity English Lit department and ask what books they have their classes read.

[gmag]

Hey thanks guys. Army, I picked up The Greatest Generation today at Barnes and Nobles. Miscue, funny you mention Sigmund Freud, because I was in the physcology section and I saw that book. I looked at it for a while and then bought it. Weird coincidence...

But thanks for all the suggestions, they are great. Any more would be surely appreciated.
Thank you,
Brett

[845]

Definately JRR TOLKIEN his books own. Catcher in the Rye is a good book. Rainbow Six is awesome. I love the Resident Evil S.D. Perry books. If you liked Tuesdays With Morrie try Whirligig and Pigman both are a pretty childish but decent books. I found morrie one boring though. We have a guy that works at the school store that works on tuesdays and lets us call him Morrie. He also gives us free stuff.



*edit* and definately HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy very funny.

[deded]

To Kill a Mocking Bird - the author only wrote one book...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Kesey

A Seperate Peace - Forgot... but this is a really good book

The Chosen

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Right now I am reading a poetry book by Pablo Neruda. (Chilean Revolutionary)

anyway, if you haven't read the first 4, you're missing out. These are like the best 4 books I've read, and I've read every single book ever published since 2397 BC.

[gmag]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention On The Road, by Jack Kerouac. Just started it, seems pretty good.

[Miscue]

If you like Kerouac, get something from Ginsberg... like Howl. Thems two the original beatniks...

[MajorDamage]

Originally posted by the JoKeR
Farenheit 451 (also an interesting movie (old) to watch after you read the book)

Yeah I rented that movie about a year and a half ago, pretty neat concept! I have been meaning to buy the book and read it. The movie didn't have this in it, but I heard that the book had Jesus Christ as the spokesperson for like a toothpaste or something? Is that true? Just curious.
The "Left Behind" book series is really good, Ive read all of the books in that except the newest one(probably getting it for Christmas). Of coarse can't forget the best book of all time, the Bible!

ENDO!

[squidboy69]

if you're trying for the beatnick phase, as well as one flew over, you should try 'the electric kool-aid acid test'. It's hillarious as all hell.

[wyn1370]

some of my favorite classics
any Tolkien
Bram Stocker's Dracula
Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

some of my more recent favorites
R.A. Salvatore any
Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (draganlance series)
David Eddings
Terry Brooks Magic Kingdom series
Timothy Zahn
Richard A. Knaak