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  • Nathander
    The Best Character on the Show
    • Aug 2006
    • 441

    #1

    Favorite Books and Authors

    So, what do you like to read? Some of my favorite books/authors are:

    The Dark Tower Series (Stephen King)
    The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
    Anything by Harlan Ellison
    Anything by H.P. Lovecraft
    Dreams (C.G. Jung)
    Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
    The Sickness unto Death (Soren Kierkegaard)
  • Thornwhistle
    Banned
    • Aug 2006
    • 264

    #2
    The Warriors series by Erin Hunter

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    • BlooCheese
      Foster's Legend
      • Jul 2006
      • 891

      #3
      Prey by Michael Crichton
      State of Fear by Michael Crichton
      Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
      Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

      The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

      The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

      The Lost Years of Merlin (all five books) by T.A. Barron

      And a whole bunch of Agatha Christie's mysteries.

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      • SkittleMonkey
        Foster's Legend
        • May 2006
        • 575

        #4
        My favorites are:

        The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
        Warriors -both series- (Erin Hunter)
        Inkheart (Cornelia Funke)
        Mandy (Julie Andrews Edwards)
        There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (Louis Sachar)
        Anna Casey's Place in the World (Adrian Fogelin)
        Good Night, Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian)

        There's a bunch more that I can't think of, I'm sure...
        Last edited by SkittleMonkey; 11-29-2006, 09:55 AM.
        And now, some of my favorite quotes!
        ---------------------------------------------------
        SpongeBob: Oh, come on, Squidward. It could be worse!
        Patrick: Yeah, you could be bald and have a big nose!
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Eduardo: No, Senor Bloo! They es magic, not drive around in no car!
        Bloo: Nope, he lost his magic; now he dresses like a lady, and the butterfly has legs and an afro.

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        • Howard
          Desert Rat

          • Nov 2006
          • 1359

          #5
          I mainly read non-fiction (history); but I do enjoy Stephen King, Louis L'Amour, Steven Coontz, Mitch Albom, and L. Frank Baum (call me crazy but I love the Oz series).

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          • Carlaz
            Foster's Legend
            • Nov 2006
            • 860

            #6
            My favorite books and authors are:
            • The Chronicles of Narnia series - C.S. Lewis
            • The Lord of the Rings series - J.R.R. Tolkien
            • Agatha Christie mystery books
            • "Magyk" (Septimus Heap) & "Flyte" - Angie Sage
            • "The Sea of Trolls" - Nancy Farmer
            • Michael Crichton - several novels
            • Nicholas Sparks - several novels

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            • leadballoon
              Foster's Legend
              • Nov 2005
              • 631

              #7
              How To Be Idle (my favorite book!), Alice In Wonderland (and Alice's Adventures Through The Looking Glass), Lolita, Confessions Of An English Opium Eater, Hamlet, Momo, The Neverending Story, Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Exploring The World Of Lucid Dreaming, Sacrament (by Clive Barker, also Abarat), Great Expectations, Principia Discordia, It, Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, anything by Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Neil Gaiman (like American Gods, or Smoke & Mirrors)...
              "On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standars of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express CREATIVELY his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole."

              Frank Zappa, on 'freaking out'


              :bloogrin I'm Patrick - PM me if you like!

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              • montitech
                Foster's Legend
                • Sep 2006
                • 752

                #8
                Lewis Carol (through the looking Glass, Alice in wonderland)
                L Frank Baum (Many Stories of OZ and other Lands)
                Homer (Illiad, Oddesy)
                Shakespear (I like the Tragic Comedies the most)
                Dr Seuss
                Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Series, HitchHikers Series)
                NEroMancer (I forgot the Arthor)
                I also sometimes enjoy POE and Greek mythology.

                Monty

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                • Jabberwocky
                  Permanent Resident
                  • Nov 2006
                  • 253

                  #9
                  Lewis Carroll. LOLCANUTELL?

                  I also like Dr. Suess and Edward Gorey. Douglas Adams is fun but I've got a really short attention span and have yet to actually finish anything by him. I did read Harry Potter though! Booga booga booga.

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                  • Kzinistzerg
                    Foster's Legend
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 803

                    #10
                    Mmmmmm... The Warriors... Ringworld, Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy... Well, and a loooot of other books. Like, everything.

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                    • Dark "DC" Chaos
                      Newly Abandoned
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 22

                      #11
                      Well, I've read the whole Hitchhiker's series, so Adams is certainly on my list of favorites. XP
                      Terry Pratchett, so I'm told, is like Douglas Adams, except he writes fantasy instead of science fiction. I have yet to check out any Terry Pratchett for myself, so I'm not sure if this is true...
                      Also on my list is the little-known Tim Dorsey, author of a yet-unnamed series of books all about the zany adventures of historian/serial killer/proud Floridan Serge A. Storms and his (usually drugged-up) companion Coleman. (Or Lenny, depends on which books you read.) I just finished reading "The Big Bamboo" in fact, and now I'm anticipating his next book, "Hurricane Punch."
                      Shakespeare is quite enjoyable for me, too. The old-English style is quite appealing, and it's always fun to read out loud.

                      Don't let the name fool you; I'm quite cheerful. ^_^

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                      • Partymember
                        super-scientist
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 1500

                        #12
                        Authors!!!
                        Kurt Vonnegut
                        R.E. Howard
                        Karl Marx
                        J.R.R. Tolkein
                        Shakespeare
                        Milton
                        Karl Edward Wagner

                        and my books are...
                        Conan and Kull series
                        Tragedy of Julius Caesar
                        Paradise Lost
                        The Communist Manifesto
                        The Hobbit
                        the Kane series
                        Slaughterhouse Five
                        Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?

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