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Iurisdictio

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« Reply #45 on: February 12, 2005, 12:13:39 am »
Two of my favorite are The science of Discworld I&II ( Haven\'t read III yet ) by Terry Pratchet, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen.
Am ashamed to say that I haven\'t read any of the discworld books yet (Just the science ones), but the emphasis is on Yet...

one of my favorite quotes :
 \" ...the most effective method we have yet devised for passing extelligence on to our children is a sytematic series of lies... It is called \'education\'.\" --- The Science of Discworld II The Globe
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« Reply #46 on: February 12, 2005, 03:18:37 am »
Wow, this thread is going farther than I thought it would. Yay! Those are some good authors you guys have noted.

Note: I am alive! With two dead hard drives though. :( \"New pc!\" goes the chant of the mindless crowd...
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« Reply #47 on: February 12, 2005, 04:18:57 pm »
Philip Pullman\'s fantastic :)
Neil Gaiman wrote a good book with Terry Pratchett called Good Omens.

Ben Okri!....... I cant believe I forgot him :D

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« Reply #48 on: February 12, 2005, 07:05:55 pm »
My favourites are:
E. Curie - Marie Curie
J. Verne - 20000 Miles Under the Sea

I also like almost everything by: J. Verne, C.S. Lewis, P. Coelho, A Strindberg, F. Kafka, B. Prus.

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« Reply #49 on: February 13, 2005, 01:25:14 am »
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  I used to read Hardy Boys mysteries when I was a kid, now I can\'t *believe* how formulaic they are.

Heh, so did I. Those were so predictable, even when I was 8 years old.  :rolleyes: For some reason I loved them though.
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« Reply #50 on: February 14, 2005, 05:20:26 am »
I found the hardy boy\'s books too predictable to like, so I stuck with Tolkien.
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« Reply #51 on: February 18, 2005, 08:45:30 pm »
Well, that\'s not in any order, because I like all these books to a similar extent:
\"Crime and punishment\" Theodor Dostoevsky
\"Brave New World\" Aldous Huxley
\"The Lord Of The Rings\", \"Silmarillion\" Tolkien
Novels by Terry Pratchett.
\"Catch-22\",\"Something Happened\" Joseph Heller
Novels by Strugatsky Brothers (Russian science fiction), don\'t know how exactly they are translated to English
\"Master and Margarita\", \"Heart of a dog\" by M. Bulgakov
\"12 Chairs\", \"The golden calf\" by I. Ilf & E. Petrov
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« Reply #52 on: February 20, 2005, 01:56:15 pm »
So hard to chose a favorite book out of all the ones I read. I think I would have to chose The Amber Spyglass the 3rd and last in the His Dark Materials Trilogy. Very good book I would recomend it to everyone but Christians that burn books.
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« Reply #53 on: February 21, 2005, 09:25:13 pm »
Mody Dick for spiritual underdones.

Don Quixote for humor and philosophy.

Siddhartha for the heart and soul.
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« Reply #54 on: February 21, 2005, 09:48:51 pm »
I must admit i enjoyed The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy I\'ve always enjoyed storys which involve the anniliation of your puny planet... such great references.
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« Reply #55 on: February 21, 2005, 09:58:15 pm »
Hmm... my favourite book must be \"Phantom of the opera\" really has a fascinating storyline, and yes I like the movies and the musical too :D

hmm also the Dragonlance serie is very great, really worth the time... just so many of books in the serie :baby:
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« Reply #56 on: February 21, 2005, 10:09:01 pm »
1984 - george orwell
Tin Drum - gunter grass
Fight Club -  Chuck Palahnuik
Portrait of an artist as young man - james joyce....i read this twice...and i want to read once more...
Thus Spoke zarathustra - Nietzsche
oh yeah and of course Process - Franz Kafka

Discworld books are cool... last one i read was the truth...gotta love that vampire photographer

i read LOTR of course....might read again....
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« Reply #57 on: February 21, 2005, 10:11:40 pm »
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hmm also the Dragonlance serie is very great, really worth the time... just so many of books in the serie
 

The dark queen was an old friend of mine ... her plans for conquest were far beneth my plans ... but she ment well

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« Reply #58 on: July 06, 2005, 07:14:46 pm »
My favorite book is
The Golden Compass, His Dark Materials Volume 1

great series :D

My 2nd favorite is the Amber Spyglass, 3rd volume in the His Dark Materials trilogy :]
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« Reply #59 on: July 06, 2005, 07:19:52 pm »
I guess I should have researched a little to find this thread in the first place.  I guess I got a little too excited :).  But I would stronly encourage all to check out A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.  Especially if you like first person and character development.
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