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Old 09-06-2005, 03:38 AM
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I don't read enough and my friends don't read anything. So if you have any suggestions on any good books that I should check out, that would be helpful.
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:41 AM
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Quick, easy read, great story, won both top sf awards, get a jump on the upcoming movie.
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:41 AM
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Frog and Toad are Friends
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:42 AM
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My first recommendation is always Ender's Game. Doesn't take long to read, pretty well written, and it's the darling book of the circles I'm in (nerdy/honors/sci-fi).
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:42 AM
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Quick, easy read, great story, won both top sf awards, get a jump on the upcoming movie.

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Haha... bastard.

Also: allegory for Hitler's youth. That makes it pretty cool.
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:48 AM
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crime and punishment -dostoevsky
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:48 AM
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Quick, easy read, great story, won both top sf awards, get a jump on the upcoming movie.

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Haha... bastard.

Also: allegory for Hitler's youth. That makes it pretty cool.

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The movie is going to be a blend of the Ender and Bean storylines. Hope they don't [censored] it up.

Although, last time I said 'hope they don't [censored] it up' was for LOTR; and that worked out pretty well.
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:49 AM
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crime and punishment -dostoevsky

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Whoa there, buddy. Gotta walk before you run. That's a hell of a tough read. I would probably recommend staying away from anything you would have to read in college. Most of it is boring and only read so that smart people can have pissing contests over what big books they've read.

I've always like Peter Benchley's stuff. Great White and The Thing are good ones.
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:51 AM
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crime and punishment -dostoevsky

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Sounds a bit over my head. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'll try to check out as many of these as I can.
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Old 09-06-2005, 03:57 AM
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LOL.. check this out... a buddy of mine has a daughter reading this book in her Sr year...


OF HIGH SCHOOL!!! I was like WTF?
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