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banana500 · 2011-04-11 20:44:18

MoreGamesNow wrote:
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead

Oh, and don't forget Paolini too

Ender's Game: BEST. SCI-FI BOOK. EVER.

I haven't read Speaker for the Dead yet, though. D:

Other awesome books:

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (Total classic!)

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Oh, admit it, it's a good book.)

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soupoftomato · 2011-04-11 20:46:16

Kileymeister wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:

hahaha yeah
. . .

hint please
Em, it has a certain chapter in it, well, just stick with the first three books. The book itself is great, there's just a chapter that isn't appropriate for all ages..

i think i read that in some appropraiteness review

the triple . . . ?

Earthboundjeff · 2011-04-11 20:47:02

Jules. Verne.

TheSaint · 2011-04-11 21:19:54

Lets see:

Jules Verne
HG Wells
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Robert Jordan
HP Lovecraft (Mature ONLY (This means 16+) )
Dan Brown
Shakespeare
Frankenstien
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (So FUNNY)
Lord of the Rings
The Giver
Dune
Stephen King
Edgar Allen Poe
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Huckleberry Finn
Enders Game

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Kileymeister · 2011-04-11 21:31:07

@Saint: No, we forgot The Giver!

On another note, after some searching through my bookcase, I remembered Nation by Terry Pratchett, an excellent read that is about a tribe of islanders whose lives are turned upside down after a monstrous wave hits their archipelago.

I also found the Bobby Pendragon series, a fantasy which is pretty good.

I also found this collection of Ray Bradbury shorts, which are all pretty good. There's no title on it though. I'll have to search the web to see what the collection is called.

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soupoftomato · 2011-04-11 21:33:14

Kileymeister wrote:
@Saint: No, we forgot The Giver!

On another note, after some searching through my bookcase, I remembered Nation by Terry Pratchett, an excellent read that is about a tribe of islanders whose lives are turned upside down after a monstrous wave hits their archipelago.

I also found the Bobby Pendragon series, a fantasy which is pretty good.

I also found this collection of Ray Bradbury shorts, which are all pretty good. There's no title on it though. I'll have to search the web to see what the collection is called.

i tried pendragon before. it was too slow, it might just be the beginning but meh

The Giver is awesome though.

bananaman114 · 2011-04-11 21:34:19

TheSaint wrote:
Lets see:

Jules Verne Yes! THat's his name!
HG Wells
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle BEST EVER.
Robert Jordan
HP Lovecraft (Mature ONLY (This means 16+) )
Dan Brown Eeh iffy.
Shakespeare
Frankenstien
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (So FUNNY) So it is.
Lord of the Rings
The Giver Amazing! How could I forget this?
Dune
Stephen King
Edgar Allen Poe
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Huckleberry Finn Was pretty good.
Enders Game

@Kileymeister Recognise the name Pendragon from any mythology?

Kileymeister · 2011-04-11 21:35:49

bananaman114 wrote:
@Kileymeister Recognise the name Pendragon from any mythology?

King Arthur of course. But that's beside the point (or is it?).

soupoftomato · 2011-04-11 21:35:57

bananaman114 wrote:
TheSaint wrote:
Lets see:

Jules Verne Yes! THat's his name!
HG Wells
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle BEST EVER.
Robert Jordan
HP Lovecraft (Mature ONLY (This means 16+) )
Dan Brown Eeh iffy.
Shakespeare
Frankenstien
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (So FUNNY) So it is.
Lord of the Rings
The Giver Amazing! How could I forget this?
Dune
Stephen King
Edgar Allen Poe
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Huckleberry Finn Was pretty good.
Enders Game
@Kileymeister Recognise the name Pendragon from any mythology?

Uther Pendragon

King Arthur's father. Learned from that Merlin show I saw one episode of.

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bananaman114 · 2011-04-11 21:38:06

soupoftomato wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
TheSaint wrote:
Lets see:

Jules Verne Yes! THat's his name!
HG Wells
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle BEST EVER.
Robert Jordan
HP Lovecraft (Mature ONLY (This means 16+) )
Dan Brown Eeh iffy.
Shakespeare
Frankenstien
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (So FUNNY) So it is.
Lord of the Rings
The Giver Amazing! How could I forget this?
Dune
Stephen King
Edgar Allen Poe
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Huckleberry Finn Was pretty good.
Enders Game
@Kileymeister Recognise the name Pendragon from any mythology?
Uther Pendragon

King Arthur's father. Learned from that Merlin show I saw one episode of.

Wow. That just happens to be exactly where I learned it from too. Man, I love that show.

bananaman114 · 2011-04-11 21:39:25

Kileymeister wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
@Kileymeister Recognise the name Pendragon from any mythology?
King Arthur of course. But that's beside the point (or is it?).

Oh, I'm pretty sure it has small relevance in the stories. Never read them, though.

Never will. Not allowed. Not intrested.

soupoftomato · 2011-04-11 21:39:55

bananaman114 wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
@Kileymeister Recognise the name Pendragon from any mythology?
Uther Pendragon

King Arthur's father. Learned from that Merlin show I saw one episode of.
Wow. That just happens to be exactly where I learned it from too. Man, I love that show.

my mom watches it.

I saw the one with Dudley from the HP movies in it. big_smile

That guys awesome (and now skinny o.O)

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bananaman114 · 2011-04-11 21:44:58

soupoftomato wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:

Uther Pendragon

King Arthur's father. Learned from that Merlin show I saw one episode of.
Wow. That just happens to be exactly where I learned it from too. Man, I love that show.
my mom watches it.

I saw the one with Dudley from the HP movies in it.

That guys awesome (and now skinny o.O)

I had to stop watching before season 1 ended.. sad

soupoftomato · 2011-04-11 22:01:04

bananaman114 wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:

Wow. That just happens to be exactly where I learned it from too. Man, I love that show.
my mom watches it.

I saw the one with Dudley from the HP movies in it.

That guys awesome (and now skinny o.O)
I had to stop watching before season 1 ended..

why?

The_Dancing_Donut · 2011-04-12 08:52:08

Oh, and I can't stand Darren Shan. I gave up on Cirque Du Freak even though it was a reading assignment.

Probably because that Steve kid was dying in hospital nd my mom was in hospital when I read that part... scared the living daylights outta me. D:

Northern Lights is good. And Hamlet tongue

Alternatives · 2011-04-12 09:31:05

Kileymeister wrote:
Alternatives wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
You want good writing? Try Dune, His Dark Materials, or Foundation. All are written excellently. Harry Potter has great plot and everything else but it's eloquence isn't quite as good as these.
His Dark Materials bored me to death.
Really? It was amazing to me. I was captivated all throughout the series. Did you not like some of the subtlety or discussions?

No its just that most of Phillip Pullman's books bore me, because nothing actually happens, except long term.

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Alternatives · 2011-04-12 09:44:26

Kileymeister wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:

hahaha yeah
. . .

hint please
Em, it has a certain chapter in it, well, just stick with the first three books. The book itself is great, there's just a chapter that isn't appropriate for all ages..

That might be because its a romance.

bananaman114 · 2011-04-12 16:21:46

soupoftomato wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:

my mom watches it.

I saw the one with Dudley from the HP movies in it.

That guys awesome (and now skinny o.O)
I had to stop watching before season 1 ended..
why?

Lost cable.

soupoftomato · 2011-04-12 17:07:04

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:
Oh, and I can't stand Darren Shan. I gave up on Cirque Du Freak even though it was a reading assignment.

Probably because that Steve kid was dying in hospital nd my mom was in hospital when I read that part... scared the living daylights outta me. D:

Northern Lights is good. And Hamlet

dont worry

read far enough and you despise that guy big_smile

MoreGamesNow · 2011-04-13 19:25:29

brettman98 wrote:
I just recently read the Eyes of the dragon by Stephen King. Pretty Good. I also really like Harry Potter and the Bartimaeus Trilogy. One of my all-time favorite series is Gregor the Overlander. A series of unfortunate events was really great up until the ending, which left me so frustrated that I still didn't know about all the stuff.

Bartimaeus is awesome.

To add to my shorter post on Card and Paolini:

The Ranger's Apprentice quartet was pretty good, but I feel like I've out grown them
I like Timothy Zahn's books, especially the Icarus Hunt and the Thrawn Trilogy.

In the world of "Young Adult" novels, I love Iain M. Banks and right now I'm reading a great book called Neuromancer by William Gibson.

The Lord of the Rings is pretty good.

I probably would have liked To Kill a Mockingbird more if it hadn't been an assigned reading.

MoreGamesNow · 2011-04-13 19:33:24

Oh, I forgot Rick Riordan, Brennan,and The Hunger Games. (It's so nice to have a bookshelf a step away from the computer).

Another book that I enjoyed was Sohpie's World. It is a fiction book about a girl named Sophie who meets a philosopher and the book goes through the evolution/development of philosophy, though the ending of the book takes it from history recorded in a fictitious characters life to out-and-out fiction.

Also, Orson Scott Card's collection of short stories, Maps in a Mirror

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veggieman001 · 2011-04-13 19:38:01

the hunger games!
amazing book

soupoftomato · 2011-04-13 19:42:55

veggieman001 wrote:
the hunger games!
amazing book

i dont get that book

"AH DEADLY COMPETITION"
. . .
"Oh hi, i love you"
. . .
"one sec gotta kill a person"
. . .
"now where were we"

brettman98 · 2011-04-13 19:59:56

veggieman001 wrote:
the hunger games!
amazing book

+1

AtomicBawm3 · 2011-04-13 20:18:25

George Orwell. Wrote the Bbok "1984." I've read one chapter and I'm stunned by it. It's excellent.

C.S. Lewis- Chronicles of Narnia- good even if you're not Christian.

And who could forget J.R.R. Tolkien. (Lord of the Rings)

Hm...I'll keep thinking.

Oh yeah- Jane Eyre. I didn't really like it, but a lot of girls in my class did and it's considered a classic.

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