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| Topic Started: Jun 1 2008, 02:17 AM (587 Views) | |
| Ànraich | Jun 1 2008, 02:17 AM Post #1 |
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L'évolution Spéculative est moi
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List books (and their authors) you have read and enjoyed. My Tank is Fight!-Zack Parsons The Zombie Survival Guide-Max Brooks Moments-Hal Buell Masters of the Battlefield-Maj. Gen. Julian Thompson 1984-George Orwell Expedition-Wayne Douglas Barlowe The First World War-John Keegan The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam-Omar Khayyam The Colony-John Tayman The Iliad-Homer The Republic-Plato Robot Dreams-Isaac Asimov Utopia-Sir Thomas Moore Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury A Tale of Two Cities-Chales Dickens The Art of War-Sun Tzu Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck Gulliver's Travel's-Johnathan Swift The Social Contract-Rousseau The Aeneid-Vergil Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire-Edward Gibbon Paradise Lost-John Milton The Odyssey-Homer 2001: A Space Odyssey-Stanley Kubrick 2010: The Second Odyssey-Arthur C. Clarke 2061: The Third Odyssey-Arthur C. Clarke 3001: The Final Odyssey-Arthur C. Clarke Culture and Personality-Victor Barnouw Personal Character and Cultural Milieu-Douglas G. Haring Religion and Modern Man-John B. Magee 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth-Jules Verne Night-Elie Wiesel At the Mountain of Madness-H.P. Lovecraft The Call of Cthulhu-H.P. Lovecraft The Pillars of the Earth-Ken Follett Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper-Pamela West Jaws-Peter Benchley As well as: All the books in the Remnants series by K.A. Applegate All the books in the Halo series All the books in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter All the books in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky All the books in the Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda All the books in the Star Risk series by Chris Bunch I'll add more as I think of them. Edited by Ànraich, Jun 1 2008, 02:17 AM.
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We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar. "The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming Tree That Owns Itself
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| Livyatan | Jun 1 2008, 02:21 AM Post #2 |
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I have also read My Tank is Fight!. Interesting about the things being developed during WW2. I also am a fan of Warriors, which I need to catch up on as far as the latest two books. I read most of the Ga'Hoole books but stopped at 10 or 11. I also read the first Deltora Quest series, but that was some time ago. Most recently read book was Congo by Michael Crichton (actually my dad's), my second time reading it, first time finishing it. When I get the chance, I will list more books that I like. |
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| Carlos | Jun 1 2008, 10:38 AM Post #3 |
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Adveho in me Lucifero
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His Dark Materials triology, by Phillip Pullman. I like fantasy books, because they have lots of strange creatures and its fun to speculate their evolutionary history.
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| OpDDay2001 | Jun 1 2008, 11:09 AM Post #4 |
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For me to list every book I ever read would be a test a test my memory would inevitably fail. The books that come to the forefront, however, are the following: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee The Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee Rama Revealed by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Dune by Frank Herbert Dune: Messiah by Frank Herbert Children of Dune by Frank Herbert God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert The World at the End of Time by Frederik Pohl The Voices of Heaven by Frederik Pohl One more book by Pohl but I forget the name -_- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Some Jules Verne novel, but I can't which. I've listed SciFi because it's relevant. I could go on about my love for Shakespearean works, or about a series of SciFi books for Juveniles that I read when I was younger, Animorphs by K. A. Applegate. |
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| Paralith | Jun 3 2008, 09:08 AM Post #5 |
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Some favorites: The Xenogenesis series by Octavia Butler (my most favorite books ever, and considering where I am, I think EVERY member should take a look) Baboon Metaphysics; The Evolution of Social Mind by Cheney and Seyfarth Battle Angel Alita manga by Yukito Kishiro (post-apocolyptic, my other favorite type of sci-fi - plus, James Cameron is making a movie based on the books and you know it will be awesome!) Recent reads I enjoyed: Blink by Malcom Gladwell King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz |
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| rodiel | Jul 15 2008, 10:29 AM Post #6 |
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Just Curious
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Uhh, I'm only gonna list the recent titles I remember... I can refer to anything I've read when triggered, but without a cue/reminder it's not much I can dig up :-) Into the Nebula by Gene deWeese (Star Trek TNG) Psychotrope by Lisa Smedman (Shadowrun) 2XS by Nigel Findley (Shadowrun) Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin the Boudica series by Manda Scott Greek Homosexualty by Kenneth James Dover Nobody Nowhere and Somebody Somewhere by Donna Williams Principia Discordia by Greg Hill & Kerry Thornley WebMage by Kelly McCullough Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason a pile of basic neurology textbooks (like Blackwell's Essential one) Of course, as a kid I went through Lord of the Rings, the entire Foundation universe, the Space Odyssey series, 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 and Tron, but who didn't? And I frequent some blogs: Screw Bronze! The World We Don't Live In Life With Aspergers Biodiverse Resistance ...and some Hungarian ones that would be a waste of linkage for a non-Hungarian-speaking audience :-P |
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