Best book you ever read

[Cleanest Natural]

You are such a raving homosexual.

indeed


my pick is Initiation by Elisabeth Haich

[bigmc]

indeed


my pick is living at home with mom in your thirties a guide

fixed

[The Ugly]

Some others:

"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
"Tortilla Flat" by John Steinbeck (or any Steinbeck book, for that matter)
"2001: A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke
"Breakfast of Champions" or "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Survivor" or "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy

Too many to choose from, really.

[PJim]

The Stand

[The Ugly]

The Stand

Couldn't get through it, but I loved "The Green Mile." I dug how King released it in sections.

[PJim]

Couldn't get through it, but I loved "The Green Mile." I dug how King released it in sections.

 I just love how epic the premise of the story is and the mad mission they have to go on.

[The Ugly]

I just love how epic the premise of the story is and the mad mission they have to go on.

King's fans all say it's his best, so I gave it a try as I used to really like the guy. Not so much anymore.

[El Diablo Blanco]

The book of Mirdad

best book in he world

Is it a heavily religious book?

[PJim]

King's fans all say it's his best, so I gave it a try as I used to really like the guy. Not so much anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I like the vast majority of his work but not all.

[mik1111]

iliad

[Glass Gorilla]

lmao you either don't read much or are young

fancy the totalitarian militaristic destruction of families presented in that book eh? 

I actually had a class this semester focused entirely on this book. If I read it on my own I wouldn't have a quarter of the understanding of this book that I do now.

Obviously Plato proposes some rather radical ideas about how a city should be organized. However, I feel Plato's argument for the just life help's one discover a lot about oneself. Either way, flame on 

[Nirvana]

Goosebumps, RL Stine

[Power]

I love movies too.

Actually, one of my pet peeves is when someone says the book is always going to be better than the movie.

It's a shortcut to thinking and I don't think it's always true.

Well give an example then.  What movie has been better than the book?

[Thespritz0]

RFK must Die!

[dantelis]

So many books, so little time. 

[The Ugly]

Well give an example then.  What movie has been better than the book?

"The Shining" and "Shawshank Redemption"?

[PJim]

"The Shining" and "Shawshank Redemption"?

They have their merits in different ways. The Shining as a book is amazing because you really FEEL that the house itself is evil, that it is ALIVE. I will always love the film for Kubrick's steady-cam shots, NO director comes close to him for setting up such amazing shots. As for Shawshank, you can't have one without the other, but the film adaptation pips the post due to Freeman's narration.

[The True Adonis]

Awesome book and one of my favorites. I've read i two times. I love the part when he's dressed as a pirate, selling hot dogs. 

"Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience", by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and "The Science of Happiness", by Stefain Klein, are also two of my favorites.

Whilst living in Mom`s basement.  True Getbigger.

[Nirvana]

[dantelis]

I'm reading Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore right now.  He wrote a great book called Lamb:  The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's childhood pal.  It is a great book and a favorite.  Very funny, while still treating the story of Jesus life as a child and young man with respect.  More:  http://www.amazon.com/Lamb-Gospel-According-Christs-Childhood/dp/0380813815 

[Raymondo]

Well give an example then.  What movie has been better than the book?

Fight club made an excellent film.
The book is a steaming pile of shit (with interesting ideas) by a guy who, at that time, couldn't write to save his life.

[The Ugly]

The book is a steaming pile of shit (with interesting ideas) by a guy who, at that time, couldn't write to save his life.

I so disagree.

[Mr Nobody]

Walden Pond.

[OTHstrong]

For a storyline,... THE ASSYRIAN by Nicholas Guild

Takes place in 600BC, if you like history, very good read, although a fictional plot many accurate historical events and gives you a good perspective of those days.


For Psychology,....  THE 48 LAWS OF POWER by Robert Greene

Brilliant, stoic like philosophy. Shows you how to conduct yourself with class, dignity and how to keep the edge on your side.


For manuscript and ancient text,... The book of Jasher and the book of Enoch

Some crazy battles in Jasher, very detailed accounts of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Story of The Watchers in Enoch - Fallen angels that procreated with human woman.

[clownbaby]