Sphinx Posted September 14, 2003 Posted September 14, 2003 THE BIBLE IS THE ONLY BOOK NOT WORTH READING!!!! Quote
Beck Posted September 14, 2003 Posted September 14, 2003 actually, the bible provides many good stories and parables. there is also great wisdom in the bible and it is a basis for much of western cultural archetypes that trancend time to the present day. thus, do not miss taking a look at guideon's bible if you are stranded by a snowstorm at the motel six in moab for 3 days and all you've got in the room travellers' copy of the good book. and.... and... notes from the forward of Rene Daumal's "A Night of Serious Drinking" "I refuse to accept that a clear thought can ever be inexpressible. However, appearances are against me. For just as there is a level of pain at which the body ceases to feel because...so there is a level of thought where words have no part to play. Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named. What is clearest is unutterable... If we fail to make ourselves understood clearly, we should not blame the tool we use. " and it continues. one of the best book forwards I have ever read. Quote
Greg_W Posted September 15, 2003 Posted September 15, 2003 "We the Living", by Ayn Rand "Anthem", Ayn Rand "When Character was King," (forget author) Quote
catbirdseat Posted September 15, 2003 Posted September 15, 2003 I agree that Bryson can be hilarious, but not all of his books are quite as good as a Walk in the Woods. Another good one by Bryson is Made In America. Try this one, it will make you howl with laughter. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen Amazon Quote
cj001f Posted September 15, 2003 Posted September 15, 2003 Beck said: "A Night of Serious Drinking", Quote
catbirdseat Posted September 15, 2003 Posted September 15, 2003 Excerpts from "A Night of Serious Drinking". ...and then he poouuured a glass of bourrrbon. He tossssed it d-down. Then it was my tur turn...hick... Quote
glacierdog Posted September 15, 2003 Posted September 15, 2003 Paco said: The Power of One, Bryce Courtenay I'll second that one. Damn good book. Screw the movie. Also, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams, if you want one with some wit. It's British, but it's still fuckin hilarious. Quote
lummox Posted September 15, 2003 Posted September 15, 2003 minx. i can post again. whoa! you gots the suggestions i sent via pm. for the rogues on this site im fuckin surprised nobody mentioned the 'flashman' series. by george macdonald fraser. hilarious. patrick obrian is kina famous too for his series. ive read em a few times and now theres a movie coming out next month based on a few of the books. entertaining. based on the exploits of lord cochrane. his cruise on the speedy was one of the greatest naval accomplishments ever. Quote
minx Posted September 15, 2003 Author Posted September 15, 2003 wow. thanks for the good ideas everyone.some of them i've read some of them i hadn't heard of, and some of them i'd meant to get and forgotten. keep 'em coming! picked up a couple of these over the w/e. the power of one and started one about Josephine B yesterday afternoon. Quote
lummox Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 manx. i read a couple stories from the 'lucky girls' book. the author nell is scary good. whynt you take pm anymore? Quote
minx Posted September 18, 2003 Author Posted September 18, 2003 thanks lummox. i actually made a list from all the suggestions and that's pretty high on it. looking forward to reading it. just got tired of some PMs. my e-mail address is available if you want to use it. Quote
lummox Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 add 'empire falls' to your list if you havent read it already. i listened to the author read a chapter on the public radio station. had me laughing so the neighbors could hear. way fukin funny. its on my nightstand and will be the next thing i read. Quote
Peter_Puget Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 Buy it . Read it . Live it . PP Quote
adventuregal Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 "Karma and Happiness". I forget the author right now though... Just started it, and quite good so far! Quote
glacier Posted September 19, 2003 Posted September 19, 2003 Allright- long summer of boring fieldwork with plenty o' downtime, so, a partial list. Days of Salt and Rice, Kim Stanley Robinson Dracula, Bram Stoker The Butlerian Jihad, Herbert and Anderson 48 Laws of Power, can't remember #1 Lady's detective Agency (actually one of the most engaging characters I've read in a long time) Last of the Amazons, Pressfield Catcher in the Rye, Salinger The Invisible Man, Wells Otherworld, Tad Williams on deck... Count of Monte Cristo Fat White Vampire Blues The Dispossessed, Le guin More of the 'Lady's detective agency' books Quote
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