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Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on December 29, 2002, 07:42:21 AM
Let\'s see if PSX2C members spend the time in books too. Apart from games and coins, I think one of my prominent hobbies is reading. So, what are your 3 favourite books of all time?

Mine:

1) The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follet
2) The Lord of the Rings, by JRRT
3) The False Pilgrims, by Nicholas Wilcox
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: Unicron! on December 29, 2002, 08:28:00 AM
1)The eyes of the Dragon by Steven King
2)The lost world by Michael Chriton(I am a dinosaur fan:))
3)The other is in Greek.Dont know how to write it down:p
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: on December 29, 2002, 01:48:46 PM
I dont know how to read.

Bummer, yeah I know.
I\'m reading Jurassic Park right now- great book.
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: nO-One on December 29, 2002, 01:56:03 PM
Dreams of Terror and Death - HB Lovecraft.

I don\'t read much, but I grab this one up from time to time.
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Post by: Darth Joyda on December 29, 2002, 02:00:23 PM
Great thread for us book-junkies, Adan :)

My favourite masterpieces at the moment:

~J.R.R. Tolkien\'s Lord of the (Round Objects)
~Frederick Pohl\'s The Gateway
~Philip K. Dick\'s The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch



Honorary mentions

-Brian Jacque\'s The Redwall Saga
-Philip K. Dick\'s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
-Stephen King\'s IT, The Stand and Shining
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Post by: Darth Joyda on December 29, 2002, 02:02:09 PM
nO-One, I loved H.B. Lovecraft\'s Dreams in the Witch-house ( a direct translation of the Finnish title ). Frightening stuff :)
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Post by: Rya on December 29, 2002, 02:17:02 PM
My three favorite (so far):

1. The Princess Bride- abridged by William Goldman
2. Enchanted- by Orson Scott Card
3. Timeline- by Michael Crichton

Ones I\'m reading now:
- Lord of the Rings- JRRT
- Dracula- Bram Stoker
- The Hobbit- JRRT
- Grimm\'s Faerie Tales
- Peter Pan- JM Barrie
- Arabian Nights
- Anne of the Island- LM Montgomery
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Post by: square_marker on December 29, 2002, 02:29:55 PM
1. Lord of the Rings
2. The Shining
3. The Watcher
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: Unicron! on December 29, 2002, 02:51:19 PM
I am trying to find the english Lord of the rings but I can only find the book translated in greek.And usually translations lose some of the original\'s magic.
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: Samwise on December 29, 2002, 03:00:04 PM
Damn, I\'ve read so much that I can hardly give you a top 3. :)

Oh well, here are three books that I liked a lot:

1. The Lord of the Rings (though it\'s technically a trilogy, Tolkien saw it as one book ;))
2. 1984
3. The Foundation series
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Post by: Coredweller on December 29, 2002, 06:54:32 PM
Hey folks, it\'s H.P. Lovecraft, not H.B.  I\'ve read a huge amount of Lovecraft, and I love it.  I tend to have very good memories of "The Whisperer in Darkness" and "The Shadow out of Time" and "The Shadow over Innsmouth."  I once ran a Lovecraft-style role playing game based on "The Whisperer..."  Sort of a modern version of that story, with many of the same elements.  It was pretty cool if I do say so.

Oh yeah, "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" are two other favorites.  There\'s so much cool stuff there, and you can read it over and over and over...
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: SirMystiq on December 29, 2002, 07:02:54 PM
The following books are masterpieces to me!!! they are the greatest

1. Calvin and hobbes collection
2.  Garfield collection
3.   Foxtrot collection

:D :D :D
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Post by: The Stapler on December 29, 2002, 07:15:04 PM
1. Maxim
2. FHM

Oh, you meant books...

1. Jurassic Park
2. The Catcher and the Rye
3. Les Miserables
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Post by: SwifDi on December 29, 2002, 07:51:46 PM
Of Mice and Men

My Side of the Mountain

Porn
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Post by: Viper_Fujax on December 29, 2002, 08:17:35 PM
whats a book? :)

Catcher in the Rye
Holes(i know its a 7th grade book but its good)
Black Hawk Down
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Post by: fastson on December 29, 2002, 08:18:08 PM
Only big thick history books.. :)
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Post by: nO-One on December 29, 2002, 08:56:40 PM
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Originally posted by Coredweller
Hey folks, it\'s H.P. Lovecraft, not H.B.

You know, when I was writing my post I looked at it and thought "...something just isn\'t right" but after about 2,3 seconds of thinking I just pressed the post button.

My memory\'s failing me in my old age. :p
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Post by: Darth Joyda on December 30, 2002, 03:01:55 AM
And I followed nO-One blindly. Stupid me ;)
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Post by: Unicron! on December 30, 2002, 04:00:58 AM
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Originally posted by Vapor Snake
Of Mice and Men

My Side of the Mountain

Porn


LOL:laughing:  porn
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Post by: mm on December 30, 2002, 05:15:30 AM
1. I, robot  -  isaac asimov
2. the sword of shanarra  -  terry brooks
3. the green mile  -  stephen king
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Post by: CHIZZY on December 30, 2002, 05:42:01 AM
LOTR.
Dune.
The Silmarillion (reading it now, about 1/3 into it....)
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on December 30, 2002, 09:43:49 AM
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Originally posted by Unicron!
I am trying to find the english Lord of the rings but I can only find the book translated in greek.And usually translations lose some of the original\'s magic.

You can order an english version from any online shop, like Amazon.
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Post by: Titan on December 30, 2002, 09:47:03 AM
1. Fallen Angels
2. Catcher in the Rye
3. Breakfast of Champions

3 Favorite magazines :D
Penthouse
Maxim
Playboy
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on December 30, 2002, 09:58:34 AM
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Originally posted by Titan
3 Favorite magazines :D
Penthouse
Maxim
Playboy

You really buy those magazines having THE HUN? (You and all those who posted "warrindongas" mags)
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Post by: alienmagic on December 30, 2002, 12:17:45 PM
The Dark Tower series - Stephen King

The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy series - Douglas Adams

The Bible

:alien:
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Post by: Titan on December 30, 2002, 05:21:11 PM
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Originally posted by Adan

You really buy those magazines having THE HUN? (You and all those who posted "warrindongas" mags)


I actually don\'t buy those magazines.....yet ;)
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Post by: nO-One on December 30, 2002, 07:01:32 PM
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Originally posted by Titan
1. Fallen Angels
2. Catcher in the Rye
3. Breakfast of Champions

3 Favorite magazines :D
Penthouse
Maxim
Playboy

And you did not count Hustler?!?!
Jebus Cripes boy, have you no taste.

Why settle(sp?) for good looking celebrity skin when you can have sluts.
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: Titan on December 30, 2002, 07:45:39 PM
I never read Hustler. Is it a book or magazine? I though All Quiet on the Western Front was good. I\'m gonna borrow it from the library and finish it. My teacher gave us so much to read and I didn\'t have the time so I used  spark notes. What I did read though was terrific and vowed that I will finish it.
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Post by: theomen on December 31, 2002, 01:06:38 AM
this is a thread that makes me think.....

Well my top 3 will be the ones that I got the most into, at that time in my life.

1. The Running Man- Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King) read this during Freshmen year and loved it, however I don\'t think I would enjoy it as much now, since my tastes have changed.

2. The Giver- Louis Lowry.  I had to read this for my speed reading class, and liked it enough to go back through the book and read for pleasure.  While this is somewhat a kiddie book, I still liked it.

3.  Farenhiet 451-Ray Bradbury.  Another i had to read for my speed reading class.  I was reading this one during the whole 9-11 thing, and the similarities were spooky, which is why this one is on the top 3.
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Post by: Unicron! on December 31, 2002, 09:15:29 AM
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Originally posted by Adan

You can order an english version from any online shop, like Amazon.


I am not used to ordering online.So I kinda hesitate
Title: What are your 3 favourite reading books?
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on December 31, 2002, 09:26:48 AM
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Originally posted by Unicron!
I am not used to ordering online.So I kinda hesitate

Secure, fast, easy... not very cheap of course, but it\'s a chance at least.
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Post by: SwifDi on December 31, 2002, 10:07:19 AM
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Originally posted by theomen

2. The Giver- Louis Lowry.  I had to read this for my speed reading class, and liked it enough to go back through the book and read for pleasure.  While this is somewhat a kiddie book, I still liked it.

 


Ah... Good read.