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Favorite Books of all time

Discussion in 'Entertainment and Technology' started by dudedette, Dec 16, 2012.

  1. dudedette

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    Mines is the Divergent trilogy right now

    I want to know some more good books.

    Sorry, but I'm a big dork when it comes to Good books. I read Hunger games Trilogy in 3 days. hunger games=one of the best books i've read.:eusa_clap

    please give a brief summary too:icon_bigg
     
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    Phillip paulman's His Dark Materials. (The golden compass etc). One of my favorite book series ever.
    Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman. Basically a very original take on the apocalypse, with dark humor and a lot of awesome characters, and it was hugely entertaining as well as amazingly written.
     
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    Right now I'm absolutely in love with Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange. (Hence my current user title, lol) I managed to get my hands on the complete version, and am so happy with it so far. It is a bit of a difficult read, due to his use of 'Nadsat' but well worth the extra work deciphering it. Its a real horrorshow book so far and after I finish I'm going to watch the movie with the great person who introduced me to it. Thanks and love you, Aiden. I may forever be in his debt.:slight_smile:
     
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    Sounds interesting. I like reading about apocolypse, especially because one is coming up very soon.

    I'll go check it out near my barnes and noble.

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    My Film teacher was going to show that movie in class, but we are at the end of the semester already.
    It seems a little bizzare but it may have a good moral to it.

    I'll have to look up the summary and do some research on it.....My sociology/phycology teacher also recommend me to see the movie.

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    BTW Jim, I like the guy in your icon.....He was amazing in Cloud Atlas and 007 skyfall
     
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    "Temple of the Winds" by Terry Goodkind.
     
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    The Wizard of Earthsea trilogy by Ursula Le Guin & The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. I have recently re read these books & they are just so good.
    I have other books I love & return to but nothing that re reads as well as these.
     
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    Exactly three books have left me jaw-dropped stunned.

    Like Water for Chocolate

    The Five Quarters of the Orange

    Dresden Files: Changes
     
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    Well, considering I am totally a fantasy novel dork, all my favorite series are from that genre. As for writing a summary, I wouldn't want to spoil anything on accident, so I'll just let you look up the series yourself :slight_smile:

    A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

    The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss

    The Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemens

    A Chronicle of the Dread Empire by Glen Cook

    Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook

    (out of them all, I'm feeling more inclined to say Glen Cook is my favorite at the moment, but Patrick Rothfuss is a very very very close second)

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    I decided to be nice...here are the summaries :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

    A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
    The series, set in the fictional continents of Westeros at the end of a decade-long summer, interweaves several plot lines. The first follows the members of several noble houses in a civil war for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms; the second covers the rising threat of the impending winter and the mythical creatures of the North; the third chronicles the attempts of the exiled last scion of the realm's deposed dynasty to reclaim the throne. Through its morally ambiguous characters, the series explores issues of social hierarchy, religion, civil war, sexuality, crime and punishment.

    The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
    This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, this series transports readers into the body and mind of a wizard. The series is in essence Kvothe recounting his life.

    The Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemens
    For 4,000 years, the people of the Nine Lands have lived peacefully under the guidance of their hundred gods. When the goddess Meeryn is murdered, the peace is shattered, and Tylar de Noche, a defrocked knight who, as sole witness, is now sole suspect, must find the killer and prove himself innocent.

    A Chronicle of the Dread Empire by Glen Cook
    Across the Mountain's called Dragon's Teeth, beyond the chill reach of the werewind and the fires of the world's beginning, above the walls of the castle Fangdred, stands Wind Tower, from which the Star Rider calls forth the war that even wizards dread. A war fought for a love. The love of a woman called Nepanthe, princess to the Storm Kings...(I couldn't think of a good summary, so I just wrote the back cover of the first book :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:)

    Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook
    "Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead." - It is a series that chronicles the actions of a mercenary group called the Black Company who are involved in a civil war throughout a magical empire.
     
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    "Ashes" by Isla J. Bick.

    It's a post apocalyptic book, but they actually go through the apocalypse in the book. Its not years after it happened or anything. It's the first in a trilogy :slight_smile: the second one is out, but I've yet to read it. I'm excited, though!

    There ARE zombies in this one, so it that creeps you out... Well it may not be for you :slight_smile:
     
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    I struggle to whittle my favourite books down to a list, its always changing. Those that i would highly recommend people read are;

    War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

    More for those who like abit of sci-fi, this is by far my favourite book by Wells. I mean, come on, the man is credited as one of the fathers of modern science fiction (along with Verne and Lovecraft, depends who you ask). In a not so surprising twist, the book is much better than any film adaptation i have seen.

    American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

    This book follows the story of Shadow as he is drawn into a war between the old gods and the new gods. The idea of the book suggests that gods exist from mere belief and the gods of old are dying in favour of Americas new gods of commercialism and media. It is quite possibly my favourite book that ive read this year.

    The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

    I read this book years ago and i really do need to re-read it again. The book is set during WW2 and is narrated by death as he follows the story of an orphan in a foster family and how she befriends a sheltered Jew.

    1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.

    Its too complicated for me to explain. Just read all three books. You'll thank me.
     
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    I heard this book was good too.

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    Awwww shiz, I fawken love apocolyptic books. especially one about zombies.

    forsure going to read.

    I also love trilogies....they last longer

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    I like a medieval times type of book.
    Makes my want to play skyrim.
     
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    That's mine too, but I like all of the Sword of Truth books.