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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject: What Is The Best Fiction Book You Have Read Recently? |
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| I'd like to make a list of recommendations so that we can find cool books to read during the hot summer. |
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Porter_Goss
Joined: 26 Mar 2006
Location: The Wrong Side of Right
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| The Bible. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, but all I have is young adult fiction (occupational hazard):
I'm currently reading Cornelia Funke's Inkspell, the sequal to Inkheart (which I also whole-heartedly recommend).
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| The Bible. |
Seriosly, dude... the horse is dead. You can stop beating it now. |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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My all time favorite fiction:
Life of Pi
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Sputnik Sweetheart
Survivor
The Pillars of the Earth
A Fine Balance
I read these a while back and haven't read all that much lately due to my work load. |
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identity
Joined: 22 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| i started reading moby dick because i'm pretentious and have a lot of free time. it's actually pretty interesting. i like queequeg. |
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crystal
Joined: 04 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| identity wrote: |
| i started reading moby *beep* because i'm pretentious and have a lot of free time. it's actually pretty interesting. i like queequeg. |
I tried reading that a couple of months back but gave up after a few chapters because found it too heavy going, gone back to my stephen kings  , gonna start ulysses soon though, bought it just need force myself to read it |
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Don Gately
Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Location: In a basement taking a severe beating
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| I've been pushing my way through Infinite Jest for months now, hence the username. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:14 am Post subject: |
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| J.G.Ballard, 'Super Cannes'. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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I've tried reading Moby the Big Mammal, too and never got past the first couple of chapters. It's awful. However, "In the Heart of the Sea" is terrific. It's a non-fiction account of the event that inspired Melville's novel. "Sea" is chilling in spots, suspenseful and very well written. It reads like a novel. Highly recommended. The people I've loaned it to agree.
Right now I'm reading Jack London's "The Iron Heel" and am enjoying it. |
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C.M.
Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Gangwondo
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| identity wrote: |
| i started reading moby *beep* because i'm pretentious and have a lot of free time. it's actually pretty interesting. i like queequeg. |
Reading Moby-Dick (I still can't believe they beep Moby-Dick) is not pretentious. It is one of the finest works of literature ever written and you need not feel self-concious about saying so. Saying you enjoyed reading Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'....now that's pretentious.  |
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capebretoncanadian
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, what a great book. I borrowed it from a friend yesterday and finished it already....fantastic. Also enjoyed Pillars of the Earth as well.
The Harry Potter books are a light and entertaining read too.  |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro
Sparkles*_* |
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tacon101
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 1:38 am Post subject: |
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white teeth by zadie smith
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series |
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riley
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: where creditors can find me
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Just finished Christopher Moore's A Dirty Job. I've always found him to be a funny, weird read.
Currently reading The System of the World, the last in The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. It's a great bit of historical fiction with some great writing. |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 2:49 am Post subject: |
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Kite Runner was great!
Tuesdays with Morrie
Michael Crichton books are almost always worth a read. |
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