[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Danny1 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I have also read The Lord Of The Flies. A group of boys are stranded on a island and revert to their primtive instincts. It is worth reading.[/QUOTE]Yep knew the plot, it sounds fascinating, at the basis, man is basically evil and all that...
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Memoirs of a Geisha, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984 are my favorite all time books. Also, anything by Agatha Christie.
anything by stephen king.especially IT.
to kill a mockingbird.
never read harry potter and have no intention of.
also like biographies,just finished mick foley's and im just about to start I,ROBOT by asimov.hope its better than the film.
to kill a mockingbird.
never read harry potter and have no intention of.
also like biographies,just finished mick foley's and im just about to start I,ROBOT by asimov.hope its better than the film.
1984! I'm not even sure if I finished that or not. :\
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Danny1 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Well, if memory serves the airliner the boys are on crashes due to a atomic blast. So i think one of the statements the author might have been trying to make was that the human race would be reduced almost to the level of animals if a nuclear war happened.[/QUOTE]
I think the plane was actually shot down. It's argued that they were being protected from WWII, or from your mentioning, evacuated from a nuclear war. But it isn't very clear.
I think the plane was actually shot down. It's argued that they were being protected from WWII, or from your mentioning, evacuated from a nuclear war. But it isn't very clear.
Almost everything Stephen King creates.
My all time favorite is The Green Mile.
Not only it's incredibly hard to put down, but I think there's many underlying universal truths in it. The book covers: risking everything to do what is right, how the death penalty has flaws and can take away an innocent's life, second chances, evil that goes unnoticed, prejudice, trust & innocence, and much more.
And, of course, it has a good chunk of action and a lot of suspense. It has a sad ending, but that's one of the things I like about Stephen King books-he keeps it real. A fiction book that tries to be as realistic as possible should rarely have a happy ending. I don't see why schools don't put the book into their curriculum of reading.
Also, The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
It's a non-fiction. I've read Stoker's Dracula, and I find this "journal" to be fascinating. Some man found a journal in his great grandfather's attic. Many people thought this man was a bit crazy, and that's clearly the case with the notes. But the notes appeared to be orginally "Van Helsing's" and the great grandfather took notes on them, leaving his own messages. It appeared that he was "friends" with Van Helsing. Of course the crazy great- grandfather probably made up a whole bunch of bull, but the whole reason why it's non-fiction is because it's actually the journal the guy found, published. There's footnotes at the bottom of some pages that expalin certain details. I lent the book out to my aunt over a year ago. I'm pretty pissed she hasn't returned it yet, but I don't want to be rude and ask her. I fear she might have lost it. :-P
My all time favorite is The Green Mile.
Not only it's incredibly hard to put down, but I think there's many underlying universal truths in it. The book covers: risking everything to do what is right, how the death penalty has flaws and can take away an innocent's life, second chances, evil that goes unnoticed, prejudice, trust & innocence, and much more.
And, of course, it has a good chunk of action and a lot of suspense. It has a sad ending, but that's one of the things I like about Stephen King books-he keeps it real. A fiction book that tries to be as realistic as possible should rarely have a happy ending. I don't see why schools don't put the book into their curriculum of reading.
Also, The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
It's a non-fiction. I've read Stoker's Dracula, and I find this "journal" to be fascinating. Some man found a journal in his great grandfather's attic. Many people thought this man was a bit crazy, and that's clearly the case with the notes. But the notes appeared to be orginally "Van Helsing's" and the great grandfather took notes on them, leaving his own messages. It appeared that he was "friends" with Van Helsing. Of course the crazy great- grandfather probably made up a whole bunch of bull, but the whole reason why it's non-fiction is because it's actually the journal the guy found, published. There's footnotes at the bottom of some pages that expalin certain details. I lent the book out to my aunt over a year ago. I'm pretty pissed she hasn't returned it yet, but I don't want to be rude and ask her. I fear she might have lost it. :-P
My favorite novel?
JAWS
Why?
I enjoy people getting eatin' by sharks.
JAWS
Why?
I enjoy people getting eatin' by sharks.
I like clever and humorous books such as Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding and Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. I would be very happy if anyone has a book to recommend.
And of course, Harry Potter. I stayed up all night reading those books.
And of course, Harry Potter. I stayed up all night reading those books.
to kill a mockingbird
catcher in the rye
a million little pieces
the series of unfortunate events
the hound of the baskervilles
catcher in the rye
a million little pieces
the series of unfortunate events
the hound of the baskervilles
perhaps we need to rename this place
tokillamockingbird.com
tokillamockingbird.com
It's dreadful but I haven't actually read To Kill A Mockingbird. I will though, no doubt about that!
Oh! And
A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Read ALL of them. :D
EXCELLENT.
A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Read ALL of them. :D
EXCELLENT.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color="FF0066">DeadOnTime<h6>w00t wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Oh! And
A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Read ALL of them. :D
EXCELLENT.[/QUOTE]Yeeeaaaah...(!)
hmm... oh what the hell I enjoyed the first five OK? Just I think the Series of Unfortunate events got ridiculously repetitive after a while :D
A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Read ALL of them. :D
EXCELLENT.[/QUOTE]Yeeeaaaah...(!)
hmm... oh what the hell I enjoyed the first five OK? Just I think the Series of Unfortunate events got ridiculously repetitive after a while :D
Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (all 5) - Douglas Adams
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
George Orwell - 1984
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
George Orwell - 1984
I like very much Hesse's and Dostoyevski's oeuvres... My two 'most' favourite books are 'The Idiot' by Dostoyevski and 'Steppenwolf' by Hesse. An interesting fact is that Hesse named Dostoyevski as one of his most important influences.
George Orwell is also an interesting writer... Generally I guess I like classic/modern classic writers like Stefan Zweig, Franz Kafka (with his surreal symbolism), Charles Dickens, Rainer Maria Rilke (who wrote not only poems;-)), Leo Tolstoi, philosophical novels like 'Utopia' by Thomas More, etc. Though I have to say that we read at school a pretty modern novel (from the 50s or so) by Daniel Keynes entitled 'Flowers For Algernon' and I liked it, but it reminded me a lot of Dostoyevski's Idiot...:)
George Orwell is also an interesting writer... Generally I guess I like classic/modern classic writers like Stefan Zweig, Franz Kafka (with his surreal symbolism), Charles Dickens, Rainer Maria Rilke (who wrote not only poems;-)), Leo Tolstoi, philosophical novels like 'Utopia' by Thomas More, etc. Though I have to say that we read at school a pretty modern novel (from the 50s or so) by Daniel Keynes entitled 'Flowers For Algernon' and I liked it, but it reminded me a lot of Dostoyevski's Idiot...:)