The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment Give meaning to your life or distract you from it for a while

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-23-2004, 09:32 PM   #1
TheSnake
Resident President
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 83
What's your favorite book?

I think I'm going to evade my own question and list a few of my favorites in no particular order:

1) The Catcher in the Rye
2) A Clockwork Orange
3) One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
4) Breakfast of Champions

I seen Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy mentioned on here a couple times. I've never read it, but I have a feeling I would like it. I know my brother read it and liked it a lot.
TheSnake is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 07:26 AM   #2
Cyber Wolf
As stable as a ring of PU-239
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites
Posts: 1,264
Hear hear on A Clockwork Orange. It's not my favorite, but it's high on the short list. However, my absolute favorites are just about any of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books and, of those, the two Wee Free Men books and ReaperMan are my all-time favorites.
__________________
"I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

"I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens
Cyber Wolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 07:32 AM   #3
Radar
Constitutional Scholar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 4,006
1) Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
2) Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do - Peter McWilliams
3) The Great Libertarian Offer - Harry Browne
4) Vampire Chronicles (I know it's several books) - Anne Rice
5) The Emperor Wears No Clothes - Jack Herer
__________________
"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
- George Carlin
Radar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 08:21 AM   #4
Trilby
Slattern of the Swail
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 15,654
1) The Mists of Avalon
2) The Belljar
3) Canterbury Tales
4) Candide
5) Slaughterhouse Five
6) Hitch-hikers's Guide to the Galaxy as an addendum to slaughterhouse five!
Trilby is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 08:29 AM   #5
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
1) The Agony and the Ecstasy
2) The Once and Future King
3) The Star Fraction
4) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
5) Moby Dick
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 09:05 AM   #6
perth
Strong Silent Type
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Posts: 1,949
1. Slaughterhouse Five
2. The Hobbit
3. The Sirens of Titan
4. Alice in Wonderland (actually a book of Carroll's collected works)
5. Fight Club

"The Sirens of Titan" probably shouldn't make this list, but I finished it last night and really enjoyed it, so that's fresh in my mind.
perth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 09:29 AM   #7
jane_says
Colonist Extraordinaire
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SW VA
Posts: 200
I have been all excited since the weekend when we went to some thrift stores, and rummage sale and *squee* a book sale our local library was hosting because they're moving. I got my kids a bunch of books, and snagged new copies of The Catcher in the Rye and Atlas Shrugged, I got a really cool book about Mennonites which has recipes (no, not for cooking Mennonites), and tons of other stuff, for a grand total of TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS! Yay me.
jane_says is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 09:50 AM   #8
dar512
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
I love libraries. What a great idea. From a very informal survey (I asked everyone around me for a couple of days), I have come to the conclusion that the two major factors as to whether a person becomes an avid reader are:

1) You were read to as a child.
2) You got your own library card as a child.
dar512 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 10:14 AM   #9
redsonia
Wet Nurse's Aide
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Bailey, Colorado
Posts: 40
Ooh, I love this thread!

My favorite books are:

Hobbit/Lord of the Rings
Poisonwood Bible (really, anything by Barbara Kingsolver)
Mists of Avalon
The Loop
Grass (ditto Sherri Tepper)
redsonia is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 10:21 AM   #10
perth
Strong Silent Type
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Posts: 1,949
Welcome to the party, Sonia.
perth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 10:30 AM   #11
redsonia
Wet Nurse's Aide
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Bailey, Colorado
Posts: 40
Thanks! I've been lurking about the cellar for a while and couldn't resist posting to this topic. I love to read.
redsonia is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 10:52 AM   #12
dar512
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
The Amber Series - Zelazny
The Lord Darcy Stories - Garrett
The Sherlock Holmes Stories - Doyle
Anything Heinlein up through "Time Enough for Love"
The Pern Series - McCaffrey
Snow Crash - Stephenson
Zodiac - Stephenson
Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead - Card
dar512 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 11:13 AM   #13
glatt
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
Card was one of my favorite authors until I started going to his website.
glatt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 11:24 AM   #14
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DC
Posts: 13,575
Best to pretend that Card's books appear magically on the page. He is an excellent author, and his prejudices are actually barely noticable in his fiction, unless you seek them out.
__________________
_________________
|...............| We live in the nick of times.
| Len 17, Wid 3 |
|_______________| [pics]
Happy Monkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2004, 11:42 AM   #15
Radar
Constitutional Scholar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 4,006
Holy crap, I almost listed Ender's game. Good call.
__________________
"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
- George Carlin
Radar is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
books


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:40 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.