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09-07-2001, 08:00 PM
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Silver Dragon
  Join Date: March 14, 2001
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The title has it very plain, you put down you top5 favorite books like a poll, if only because it is one. Now to get to the point.
1. All quiet on the western front. Erich Mariah Remarque 2. Catcher in the rye. J.D Salinger. 3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Hunter. S. Thompson. 4. 1984. George Orwell. 5. Brave New World. Aldous Huxley. You could rearange those in any order and I would be happy. Now a Fantasy top5 since something fantasy is required in this section. 1. Assasins Quest. Robin Hobb 2. Tales of the dyeing earth. Jack Vance. 3. Eye of the world. Robert Jordan. 4. Fellowship of The ring. J.R.R. Tolkien. 5. First book of lankhmar. Fritz Leiber. Now go post, go on shoo. ------------------ 
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09-07-2001, 08:12 PM
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Ironworks Moderator
 Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Midlands, South Carolina
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<font color="silver">Not in any order, just a list...</font>
<font color="white"> Evermeet by Elaine Cunningham Crucible by Troy Denning Prince of Lies by James Lowder Twighlight Giants Trilogy by Troy Denning Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore </font> ------------------  Father of the wickedly cute child known as MaryBeth 
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09-07-2001, 08:31 PM
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Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom
 Join Date: March 12, 2001
Location: Birmingham, West Mid\'s, England
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Only 5 of each? Oh, that's hard!!!
Sigh. Here you go then: Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens The Silver Pigs - Lindsey Davis The Physician - Noah Gordon The Persian Boy - Mary Renault The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham Charmed Life - Diana Wynn Jones Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb The White Dragon - Anne McCaffrey The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart But I had to miss out LOTS of other favourites!  ------------------  
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09-09-2001, 03:01 AM
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Elite Waterdeep Guard
 Join Date: May 31, 2001
Location: Berlin
Age: 43
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Difficult choice
Brave new world Huxley the art of war sun tzu galileo galilei Brecht siddartha Hesse 1984 Orwell Lord of the rings Tolkien the Hobbit Tolkien god emperor of dune Herbert small gods pratchett stormbringer Moorcock These are those of my favorites that came into my mind. I have to agreee with Fljotsdale, 5's just to short. ------------------ reality is for those not smart enough to see the truth!!!!! |
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09-09-2001, 04:18 AM
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Fzoul Chembryl
 Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Top 5 Books?!?!
1984..George Orwell Of Mice and Men..John Steinbeck The Odyssey..Homer Jane Eyre..Charlotte Bronte Anything by Shakespeare (Hamlet, King Lear, or Midsummer Nights Dream) ------------------  Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig I've got to admit it's getting better, it's getting better all the time Bossman of Better Funny Stuff.....of the Laughing Hyenas! |
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09-09-2001, 06:26 AM
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Proper books
1.The Good Soldier Schweik 2.A Day in the life of Ivan Denisvich 3.Memed, My Hawk by Yashar Kemel 4.The Histories by Herodotus 5.Empire of the Sun by J.G ballard Fantasy and Sci fi would be 1.Eastward Ho! (short Sci fi story by william Tenn) 2.The Country of the Kind (short Sci fi story by Damon Knight) 3.Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe 4.The Status Civilisation by Robert Sheckly 5.A Wizard Of Earthsea By ursula k.le guin ------------------ Disbelive |
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09-09-2001, 07:20 AM
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The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Tad Williams Discworld books Terry Pratchet A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula Leguin Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb ------------------ The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew, and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain. All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings 
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09-09-2001, 10:18 AM
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Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom
Join Date: March 12, 2001
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Legolas, you're cheating!
 And how could I have forgotten Wizard of Earthsea?! Good Soldier Schweik, and Memory Sorrow and Thorn trilogy were among my regretted leave-outs. I only posted books I have read at least 10 times. ------------------
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09-10-2001, 01:16 PM
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You can't ask me to decide which the books in the series are best. Okay, maybe you can, but I couldn't give you an answer. And what good is a best book if it's the second part of a series? Even though I may like it best, it wouldn't make sense to others. ------------------ The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew, and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain. All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings This picture has nothing to do with the other part of my sig. It's just cool. |
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09-10-2001, 04:15 PM
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Ra
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1001 Arabian Nights by Scherezade Canterbury Tales by Chaucer The Odyssey by Homer Siddartha by Herman Hesse Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut |
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