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Nathander 11-28-2006 07:19 PM

Favorite Books and Authors
 
So, what do you like to read? Some of my favorite books/authors are:

The Dark Tower Series (Stephen King)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Anything by Harlan Ellison
Anything by H.P. Lovecraft
Dreams (C.G. Jung)
Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Sickness unto Death (Soren Kierkegaard)

Thornwhistle 11-28-2006 07:55 PM

The Warriors series by Erin Hunter

BlooCheese 11-28-2006 08:21 PM

Prey by Michael Crichton
State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Lost Years of Merlin (all five books) by T.A. Barron

And a whole bunch of Agatha Christie's mysteries.

SkittleMonkey 11-29-2006 08:54 AM

My favorites are:

The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Warriors -both series- (Erin Hunter)
Inkheart (Cornelia Funke)
Mandy (Julie Andrews Edwards)
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (Louis Sachar)
Anna Casey's Place in the World (Adrian Fogelin)
Good Night, Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian)

There's a bunch more that I can't think of, I'm sure...

Howard 11-29-2006 09:24 AM

I mainly read non-fiction (history); but I do enjoy Stephen King, Louis L'Amour, Steven Coontz, Mitch Albom, and L. Frank Baum (call me crazy but I love the Oz series).:frankiesmile:

Carlaz 11-29-2006 12:00 PM

My favorite books and authors are:
  • The Chronicles of Narnia series - C.S. Lewis
  • The Lord of the Rings series - J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Agatha Christie mystery books
  • "Magyk" (Septimus Heap) & "Flyte" - Angie Sage
  • "The Sea of Trolls" - Nancy Farmer
  • Michael Crichton - several novels
  • Nicholas Sparks - several novels

leadballoon 12-01-2006 07:39 PM

How To Be Idle (my favorite book!), Alice In Wonderland (and Alice's Adventures Through The Looking Glass), Lolita, Confessions Of An English Opium Eater, Hamlet, Momo, The Neverending Story, Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Exploring The World Of Lucid Dreaming, Sacrament (by Clive Barker, also Abarat), Great Expectations, Principia Discordia, It, Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, anything by Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Neil Gaiman (like American Gods, or Smoke & Mirrors)...

montitech 12-04-2006 09:04 AM

Lewis Carol (through the looking Glass, Alice in wonderland)
L Frank Baum (Many Stories of OZ and other Lands)
Homer (Illiad, Oddesy)
Shakespear (I like the Tragic Comedies the most)
Dr Seuss
Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Series, HitchHikers Series)
NEroMancer (I forgot the Arthor)
I also sometimes enjoy POE and Greek mythology.

Monty :-/

Jabberwocky 12-04-2006 03:58 PM

Lewis Carroll. LOLCANUTELL?

I also like Dr. Suess and Edward Gorey. Douglas Adams is fun but I've got a really short attention span and have yet to actually finish anything by him. I did read Harry Potter though! Booga booga booga. ;)

Kzinistzerg 12-04-2006 04:02 PM

Mmmmmm... The Warriors... Ringworld, Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy... Well, and a loooot of other books. Like, everything.


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