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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
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 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject: a really good novel? |
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Any suggestions?
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Stephen King always used to do it for me, but now I've read just about everything by him that I care to. A very underrated guy, partly because his output is pretty uneven. Big books that can suck you in though; he has an ability to mine an idea like few others. I don't think there's a more natural storyteller being published today. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| The His Dark Materials trilogy is the last thing I read that completely sucked me in- lost a whole weekend to those books. It's hard to describe except that Paradise Lost meets Harry Potter with much better results than you'd expect |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe you have read it before, but James Clavelle's, "Shogun" did it for me. I thought it was great, and it whisked me off to "la la land." Just like what you want. You can get it at any of the big bookstores. It is all red and about 1100 pages. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Jostein Gaarder - Sophie's World.
Philosophy that's easy and interesting for the layman. Good story as well - excellent mix of fact and fiction. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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just finished this, it was excellent
"The Corrections"
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Life of Pi.
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:28 am Post subject: |
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No doubt about it, The Count of Monte Cristo. Get the unabridged version (1300+ pages), preferably with notes and historical info included.
Sparkles*_* |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| One Hundred Years of Solitude or Snow Crash. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| John Fowles died yesterday. His The Magus is an engaging novel. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:31 am Post subject: |
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John Irving novels will do the trick.
My suggestions: World according to Garp, Widow for a year or Cider House rules. |
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joe_doufu
Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:34 am Post subject: |
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Don Quixote.
By the way, check out the book exchange next Sunday. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe you have read it before, but James Clavelle's, "Shogun" did it for me. I thought it was great, and it whisked me off to "la la land." Just like what you want. You can get it at any of the big bookstores. It is all red and about 1100 pages. |
Took the words right outta my mouth.
Start with 'Shogun', then on to 'Tai-pan', 'Gai-jin', and 'Noble House'. These Asian saga novels kinda continue in time following the Noble House from it's beginnings. 'King Rat' is based on Clavell's time spent in a war camp in Singapore - an excellent suck-me-in kind of read. His other novel, 'Whirlwind' is harder to find and I heard it's his most disappointing (haven't read it though).
But Shogun truly rocks - I'd love to see the mini-series from decades ago with Richard Chamberlan as Blackburn... |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
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| The Corrections by David Franzen was very engaging, but for sheer thrills and addictiveness, I have to recommend the postmodern horror novel "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski. It will suck you right in. |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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