we have a book club!!!
where have you been, my blue-eyed daughter? I missed you
we have a book club!!!
where have you been, my blue-eyed daughter? I missed you
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they have one ape
and yeh, the giver is a great book. simple but not simple. it's fucking good
I have many leather bound books.
I'm kind of a big deal.
Changing the plans that I’ve been setting on, I’m scared by the way that my life is getting gone
Cool! I am going to check it out. I've been here just haven't logged in in a while since my Antivirus kept telling me to stay away.
I love it, they gave it to us in school. They probably don't do that anymore because of him dreaming about the girl naked.
Ok, my book list:
Tunnel in the Sky - Heinlein
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
Edda
Odyssee + Ilias - Homer
The Stand - King
Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles - Bradbury
1984 - George Orwell
The Cask of Amontillado - Poe
Foundation Trilogy - Asimov
Musashi - Yoshikawa
Taiko - Yoshikawa
St.Pauli Night - F.Göhre
Pastime - Parker
Watership Down - Richard Adams
Last edited by Stockerlone; 11-09-2010 at 05:46 AM.
My Stephen King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...on-Stockerlone
Non-King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...rlone-Non-King
I am seeing 1984 a lot and am loving it. Out of my whole list that is my fav, I can never underestimate the impact 1984 had on me.
I have many leather bound books.
I'm kind of a big deal.
Changing the plans that I’ve been setting on, I’m scared by the way that my life is getting gone
Oh and I dont know if you guys have heard (or those of you who put it on your list) HBO is in filming right now making a show based on "A Song of Ice and Fire".
It's called "Game of Thrones" IMDB
Off Topic, I know.
It's been on my list for a while, I have to read it now though b/c I don't want to get spoiled by the show.
everybody knows that, DA. it's been in the works for years
come on ape, keep up
I have many leather bound books.
I'm kind of a big deal.
Changing the plans that I’ve been setting on, I’m scared by the way that my life is getting gone
I've been trying but I just can't come up with only 15 books that affected my life. Maybe because I'm older, there are literally dozens of books, both fiction and non-fiction, that have affected me and my outlook on life. I give up!
John
I second that. I'm sure could give 15 major ones for each decade.
Fortunately, I've already listed many of those books that influenced me since the '70s here, and I have done a list of novels in Top Ten Non King.
So, if y'all remember about those, and that I might have to mention more later, I guess I can do this. The first 15 I think of, not counting books of the Bible and such, right?
- Oh, the Places You'll Go! -- Dr. Seuss
- All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten -- Robert Fulghum
- The World's Religions -- Huston Smith
- States of Grace -- Charlene Spretnak
- The Kingdom Within -- John A. Sanford
- Illusions -- Richard Bach
- Walden -- Henry David Thoreau
- The Wisdom of Insecurity -- Alan Watts
- The Celestine Propecy -- James Redfield
- Mutant Message Down Under -- Marlo Morgan
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior -- Dan Millman
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- Robert Pirsig
- Blue Highways -- William Least Heat-Moon
- Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness -- Edward Abbey
- Lake Wobegon Days -- Garrison Keillor
In no order :
The Dark Tower Series ( all in the series ... so that's 7 right there )
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
Lord Valentine's Castle - Robert Silverberg
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
Nine Stories - JD Salinger
Into The Wild - Jon Krakauer
Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
Body Farm - Patricia Cornwell
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Path? I love these two, they'd be on a longer list if I could go on ... Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman and
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig. Or maybe, if we did a Religious / Spirituality book list.
Sincerely, I love books so much ... I think I could do a few from each year.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
Seriously? I was just coming back here to figure out how I missed To Kill A Mockingbird and then wrestle with which of the books to knock of my list so I could include it!
Updated Then :
In no order :
The Dark Tower Series ( all in the series ... but they count as one!! )
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
Lord Valentine's Castle - Robert Silverberg
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
Nine Stories - JD Salinger
Into The Wild - Jon Krakauer
Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
The Kay Scarpetta Book Series - Patricia Cornwell
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Maus - Art Spiegelman ( two in the series, graphic novel )
Deaths of Jocasta - JM Redmann
The Stand - Sai King
A Walk Across America - Peter Jenkins
Off To The Races - a children's book by Frederick Phleger
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
Please see above ... I updated!
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
Yeah, I figured I could just name the first book or a favorite book of mine for each author... in most of those cases, their other work has also meant a lot to me.
These books led to my interest in Blue Highways, and to some other trips.
Oh, and I could also have mentioned
An Actor Prepares -- Constantin Stanislavski
naturally.
path - can you, just for the sake of satisfying bears' curiosity, make up a list of fiction only?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.