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WaldoSamoThe Stand, by Stephen KingDid you read the original, or the expanded, huge-as-fuck edition? Because it's worth it.

Expanded, it was 1300 pages of amazing.

[quote=Waldo][quote=Samo]The Stand, by Stephen King[/quote]
Did you read the original, or the expanded, huge-as-fuck edition? Because it's worth it.[/quote]
Expanded, it was 1300 pages of amazing.
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Shit, I can't pick just one.

Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
I, Robot
Ender's Game
Shadow of the Hegemon

Definitely my top 5.

Shit, I can't pick just one.

Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
I, Robot
Ender's Game
Shadow of the Hegemon

Definitely my top 5.
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2sy_morphiendInfinite Jest, The Stranger, The Pale King,Gravity's rainbow, and White Noise are all up there. I'd give it to IJ every day of the week though.

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison deserves a mention as well, and as cliched as it is I'd also put Heart of Darkness on any top 10.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, No Exit, and Waiting for Godot for top plays.

You read Gravity's rainbow? I was so confused I had a migraine after that book.

[quote=2sy_morphiend]Infinite Jest, The Stranger, The Pale King,Gravity's rainbow, and White Noise are all up there. I'd give it to IJ every day of the week though.

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison deserves a mention as well, and as cliched as it is I'd also put Heart of Darkness on any top 10.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, No Exit, and Waiting for Godot for top plays.[/quote]

You read Gravity's rainbow? I was so confused I had a migraine after that book.
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FA2sy_morphiendInfinite Jest, The Stranger, The Pale King,Gravity's rainbow, and White Noise are all up there. I'd give it to IJ every day of the week though.

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison deserves a mention as well, and as cliched as it is I'd also put Heart of Darkness on any top 10.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, No Exit, and Waiting for Godot for top plays.

You read Gravity's rainbow? I was so confused I had a migraine after that book.

I loved gravity's rainbow, pynchon is a miracle worker even if reading him can be akin to reading the diary of a heroin addict in withdrawal.

[quote=FA][quote=2sy_morphiend]Infinite Jest, The Stranger, The Pale King,Gravity's rainbow, and White Noise are all up there. I'd give it to IJ every day of the week though.

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison deserves a mention as well, and as cliched as it is I'd also put Heart of Darkness on any top 10.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, No Exit, and Waiting for Godot for top plays.[/quote]

You read Gravity's rainbow? I was so confused I had a migraine after that book.[/quote]

I loved gravity's rainbow, pynchon is a miracle worker even if reading him can be akin to reading the diary of a heroin addict in withdrawal.
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My favorite single book is Dune right now. My favorite series is the Malazan Book of the Fallen.

My favorite single book is Dune right now. My favorite series is the Malazan Book of the Fallen.
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Fault in our stars is a fucking terrible book. Had to read it for school this summer and its so cheesy. My favorite book. Hmmm...
As a kid my favorite was probably alex rider or something
But now I'd probably have to say my favorite book is animal farm, that or possibly elie wiesel's night or the book thief (maybe slaughterhouse 5)

Fault in our stars is a fucking terrible book. Had to read it for school this summer and its so cheesy. My favorite book. Hmmm...
As a kid my favorite was probably alex rider or something
But now I'd probably have to say my favorite book is animal farm, that or possibly elie wiesel's [i]night[/i] or the book thief (maybe slaughterhouse 5)
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puddddOhhh hard question either " To Kill a Mockingbird" or "Lord of the Rings"

You know what, To kill a mockingbird is really my favorite book, when I read it in 8th grade my whole life changed, really. Thought about everything in a new way, such an amazing story. Beautiful book.

Also calvin and hobbs, my god I am so reminiscent right now. Good times, good times. Oh and the giver and 1984. So many good books

[quote=pudddd]Ohhh hard question either " To Kill a Mockingbird" or "Lord of the Rings"[/quote]
You know what, To kill a mockingbird is really my favorite book, when I read it in 8th grade my whole life changed, really. Thought about everything in a new way, such an amazing story. Beautiful book.

Also calvin and hobbs, my god I am so reminiscent right now. Good times, good times. Oh and the giver and 1984. So many good books
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A Song of Ice and Fire! Of course. Feels so cliche to mention it now that the show is out and it's so popular. :) But still, it's super good.

The Dune series! Including the many of the prequels and such, but I still haven't gotten through them all.

Stranger in a Strange Land.

The Bell Jar.

Also, I kiiiinda really liked The Hunger Games trilogy for the revolutionary themes. Too bad it was so poorly written. :(

A Song of Ice and Fire! Of course. Feels so cliche to mention it now that the show is out and it's so popular. :) But still, it's super good.

The Dune series! Including the many of the prequels and such, but I still haven't gotten through them all.

Stranger in a Strange Land.

The Bell Jar.

Also, I kiiiinda really liked The Hunger Games trilogy for the revolutionary themes. Too bad it was so poorly written. :(
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copied and pasted from ugc lol:

1984 by george orwell
invisible man by ralph ellison
the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald
all quiet on the western front by erich marie remarque
ender's game/speaker for the dead by orson scott card
childhood's end by arthur c. clarke
catch-22 by joseph heller
slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut
do androids dream of electric sheep? by philip k dick
neuromancer by william gibson
the brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz
hitchhiker's guide series (esp the first 3) by douglas adams
a good man is hard to find by flannery o'connor
the things they carried by tim o'brien

im sure there are more, this is just off the top of my head

shouts to june for getting invisible man, its amazing

copied and pasted from ugc lol:

1984 by george orwell
invisible man by ralph ellison
the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald
all quiet on the western front by erich marie remarque
ender's game/speaker for the dead by orson scott card
childhood's end by arthur c. clarke
catch-22 by joseph heller
slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut
do androids dream of electric sheep? by philip k dick
neuromancer by william gibson
the brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz
hitchhiker's guide series (esp the first 3) by douglas adams
a good man is hard to find by flannery o'connor
the things they carried by tim o'brien

im sure there are more, this is just off the top of my head

shouts to june for getting invisible man, its amazing
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mustardoverlordchildhood's end by arthur c. clarke
do androids dream of electric sheep? by philip k dick
a good man is hard to find by flannery o'connor

Good man.

[quote=mustardoverlord]childhood's end by arthur c. clarke
do androids dream of electric sheep? by philip k dick
a good man is hard to find by flannery o'connor[/quote]
Good man.
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Ride the Tiger by Julius Evola

Ride the Tiger by Julius Evola
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Team Fortress 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Prima

Team Fortress 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Prima
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Series I like:
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Stormlight Archive
Mistborn
Dune
The Kingkiller Chronicle
obligatory LOTR

Series I like:
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Stormlight Archive
Mistborn
Dune
The Kingkiller Chronicle
obligatory LOTR
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Dubliners/A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Ender's Game series
The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story by Eric Garcia
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Animal Farm/1984 by George Orwell

I remember trying to read Pynchon before, but it gave me a headache. @_@ And if we include comics, I loved the Watchmen and Calvin and Hobbes.

Dubliners/A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Ender's Game series
The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story by Eric Garcia
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Animal Farm/1984 by George Orwell

I remember trying to read Pynchon before, but it gave me a headache. @_@ And if we include comics, I loved the Watchmen and Calvin and Hobbes.
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1) Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
2) The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
3) The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
4) The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
5) Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
If you haven't read Norwegian Wood I can't even explain how beautiful it is, please read it kthanxbai

1) Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
2) The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
3) The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
4) The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
5) Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
If you haven't read Norwegian Wood I can't even explain how beautiful it is, please read it kthanxbai
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Night Angel Trilogy, Fablehaven Series, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, The Alchemist, The Dark is Rising, Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, The Tomorrow Code, and so much more x_x

Night Angel Trilogy, Fablehaven Series, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, The Alchemist, The Dark is Rising, Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, The Tomorrow Code, and so much more x_x
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I don't read a lot of books, but ENDER'S GAME.

I don't read a lot of books, but ENDER'S GAME.
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The Old Man and the Sea
I think I've read it like 8 times, and it hasn't dulled a bit. So simple that a child could read it yet it's so wonderful.

[i]The Old Man and the Sea[/i]
I think I've read it like 8 times, and it hasn't dulled a bit. So simple that a child could read it yet it's so wonderful.
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The Fault in Our Stars was pretty good. I was dissatisfied with the ending, but so it goes.

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins is probably my favorite book (and series, although I am a pretty huge Harry Potter nerd). It has a theme similar to her better-known Hunger Games trilogy, but in my opinion the Underland Chronicles are far better written.

Other than that, I remember liking:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The Lurking Fear by H.P. Lovecraft
Frost and Fire by Ray Bradbury
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Fault in Our Stars was pretty good. I was dissatisfied with the ending, but so it goes.

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins is probably my favorite book (and series, although I am a pretty huge Harry Potter nerd). It has a theme similar to her better-known Hunger Games trilogy, but in my opinion the Underland Chronicles are far better written.

Other than that, I remember liking:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The Lurking Fear by H.P. Lovecraft
Frost and Fire by Ray Bradbury
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Lord of the flies!

Lord of the flies!
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Great Expectations
Ready Player One
Currently reading Huck Finn and it looks like it's going to make the list too.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Great Expectations
Ready Player One
Currently reading Huck Finn and it looks like it's going to make the list too.
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Tom Sawyer
Great Expectations is also very well written, although Dicken's being paid by the word is very evident and made it a lot tougher to keep interest in

Tom Sawyer
Great Expectations is also very well written, although Dicken's being paid by the word is very evident and made it a lot tougher to keep interest in
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