[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
Ray Bradbury’s short stories (Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked this way Comes) etc.
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I have the complete works short stories. Fantastic reading.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
Brave New World (probably one of my favorites)
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It depends on how we define the category.
I found it significant, insightful, perceptive, illuminating, est. BUT, I did not enjoy reading it.
Kind of the way I feel about Rand.
- Think and grow rich… principles that can be applied to anything in life, not just making money.
- How to win friends and influence people… amazing book. absolutely essential if you plan on being any kind of leader
- The way of the superior man … so many eye opening ideas in this book.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
Brave New World (probably one of my favorites)
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It depends on how we define the category.
I found it significant, insightful, perceptive, illuminating, est. BUT, I did not enjoy reading it.
Kind of the way I feel about Rand.
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I considered it as well, but feel the same way. I’m glad I read it and would recommend it to others. But I can’t exactly say I liked it.
Edit: which is also exactly how I feel about Rand. Were on the same wave length here.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]sjoconn wrote:
Sharpe’s Rifles Series - Bernard Cornwell (historical fiction taking place during the Napoleonic Campaign)
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I’m on the third one. The BBC tv series of those books is really good to (though they rearrange some of it)
Also his Saxon stories is a better series, but they aren’t complete yet. [/quote]
I’ve read em’ all(Sharpe) and watched the series twice. Can’t get enough of Sharpi! Hakeswill is one hell of a villian imo.
Just finished the Saxon series last month, I thought that was the last one, can’t remember the title. If this series had come out before my son was born I would have named him Utred lol.
I’ve read a ton of books and I keep coming back to The Stand for my #1 choice. I read it in the eighties and have never re-read it. I’m afraid it will suck the second time around.
Don’t read enough but Moby Dick is my all-time favorite
A few other notables.
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
Phantoms - Dean Koontz
Physics of the Impossible - Michio Kaku
Second Treatise on Governmet- Locke
Essays of Francis Bacon
Approaching Zion- Hugh Nibley
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes