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08-04-2005, 01:42 AM
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Great books
I was going to post this under the recent "good books" thread, but I figure no one would take the time to read it. I hold the following books close to my heart (or brain at least).
1. The Emmigrants - WG Sebald (so unlike anything you've ever read) 2. The Human Stain - Phillip Roth (powerful, funny and very contemporary) 3. The Gunslinger - Stephen King (the whole series is absolutely fantastic) 4. In the Shadow of No Towers - Art Spiegelman (same author that did Maus ...this deals with the aftermath of 9/11) 5. In Our Time - Ernest Hemingway (collection of his earlier short stories...the first signs of genius) more to come? 
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#2
08-04-2005, 02:17 AM
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Re: Great books
I've tried getting into the gunslinger, I'm not much of a fantasy fan. Grisham is my favorite author and anything by him is definetly entertaining.
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08-04-2005, 03:34 AM
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Re: Great books
My reply to another thread copied and pasted:
"I read The Gunslinger and I thought it was like "cool" but pretty trashy. The Gunslinger is cool, but that's just cause I like gunslinging heroes, but I'm really unsure whether to get book 2 and keep reading. Does it get better? It seems silly the way King brings characters in and then throws them away. The boy was weird because when he gets "thrown away" I thought it'd be in a much more dramatic fashion, but it was pretty blah. I dunno... "
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08-04-2005, 04:35 AM
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Re: Great books
all quiet on the western front
the great gatsby animal farm fahrenheit 451 white noise
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#10
08-04-2005, 06:58 AM
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Re: Great books
im more of a classics kinda girl...
i dont read much...namely cause im a semi slow reader...but while out of the country i decided towards the end of the trip that i needed to find something to read...i choose King Solomons Mines by H. Rider Haggard I loved this book...some arent going to like it...but i like stories about places ive never been...and this book made me consider tryin to pick up on reading more books...i actually finished it in about 2 or 3 days which is record fast for me...i just wanted to know what was gonna happen hehe and had a 2934092390429034 hr wait in an airport! and i want to read some other books about the character Allan Quatermain ill list a few of the others ive read when its not 7am and i can think hehe i did love the book Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier but this interest was sparked by an old black and white movie about this book
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