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Favourate book?
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03-05-2005 12:02pm#1
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The Hobbit. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
If you have not already read it that is!
Purely magical adventure, traps you in it's descriptiveness and makes you feel like you are watching from between branches of trees. This is the start of the Lord of the Rings and after the Hobbit you'll want to read the rest.
The Hobbit is an easier book though and much less ambitious, and even though it's been about 14 years since I read it last, since I started typing this message I'm already looking forward to picking it up again.
No doubt it'll be made into a move, it was once already, but that was a poorly animated drop in the ocean in the late 70's.
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Books I've read in the past few months that I'd recommend:
Nineteen Eighty-Four -> George Orwell
'Big Brother' is watching... A classic that should be read, especially with the new series of big brother starting
A Farewell to Arms -> Ernest Hemmingway
Classic again!; WW1 novel about a young man in the army working as a medic/ambulance driver in Italy. A good read.
The Da Vinci Code -> Dan Brown
Entertaining fast paced easy read. I found it enjoyable
Stasiland -> Anna Funder
Young Australian woman of Danish parentage living in Berlin and investigating certain cases that involve the 'Stasi' (old east german police). One of the best books i've read this year so far.
Red Dust -> Ma Jian
Travel Book. Kind of.
Young chinese bloke in the early 80's senses that he's going to be 'dissapeared' for reasons of 'Spiritual Pollution' as he is an artist with long hair and jeans and doesn't fit into the communist mould. Takes off around china for 3 years. A very interesting journey and read.0 -
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Glipmac wrote:Terry pratchett books are all good the ones i have read are in bold
The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Equal Rites
Mort
Sourcery
Wyrd Sisters
Pyramids
Guards! Guards!
Eric
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man
Witches Abroad
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies
Men at Arms
Soul Music
Interesting Times
Maskerade
Feet of Clay
Hogfather
Jingo
The Last Continent
Carpe Jugulum
The Fifth Elephant
The Truth
Thief of Time
The Last Hero
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Night Watch
The Wee Free Men
Monstrous Regiment
A Hat Full of Sky
Once More, With Footnotes
Going Postal
Wintersmith
Thud
When I Am Old I Shall Wear Midnight
The Discworld Companion
The Science of Discworld
The Science of Discworld II: the Globe
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork
The Discworld Mapp
A Tourist Guide to Lancre
Death's Domain
non discworld books by terry pratchett
Good Omens
"Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your home."
Strata
The Dark Side of the Sun
Truckers
Diggers
Wings
Only You Can Save Mankind
Johnny and the Dead
Johnny and the Bomb
The Carpet People
The Unadulterated Cat
There.....thats better.
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1984 is class..Zulu wrote:Cheers for the replys so far guys...
Third_Echelon - Red Dust sounds good (1984 is my favourate book )
I thought Red Dust was a good story alright. True story as well.
2 good books that I'd also recommend are High Fidelity and About A Boy by Nick Hornby. Both films now obviously, but the books are a lot better... 2 good fun books. I read them both in about a week or so each. High Fidelity has to be one of my favourite books of all time!0 -
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