Favorite Books

rbmorris

Vampyroteuthis

Culture

31 Mar 08

rbmorris

Vampyroteuthis

Infernalis

Joined: 13 Apr 04
Moves: 100353

31 Mar 08

Not necessarily your absolute all-time favorite or anything. Sometimes that can be hard to pin down. But, if you had to name a book that really moved you...a book you consider a work of inspired creative genius...what would it be?

Here's one of my picks:

"Hunger", by Knut Hamsun

http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Novel-Knut-Hamsun/dp/0374525285

pawnhandler

tinyurl.com/ywohm

Joined: 01 May 07
Moves: 27860

31 Mar 08

Originally posted by rbmorris
Not necessarily your absolute all-time favorite or anything. Sometimes that can be hard to pin down. But, if you had to name a book that really moved you...a book you consider a work of inspired creative genius...what would it be?

Here's one of my picks:

"Hunger", by Knut Hamsun

http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Novel-Knut-Hamsun/dp/0374525285

Replay http://tinyurl.com/3cbhtn

Off to see if I can fall asleep without anything major happening 😕

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

Joined: 01 Jan 06
Moves: 33672

31 Mar 08

"Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotch_%28Julio_Cort%C3%A1zar_novel%29

epiphinehas

Illinois

Joined: 20 Mar 07
Moves: 6804

31 Mar 08

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"The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study Of Human Nature," by William James.

The entire book is online at Google books. A fascinating read no matter what your outlook on life is.

epiphinehas

Illinois

Joined: 20 Mar 07
Moves: 6804

31 Mar 08

"Man's Search For Meaning," by Viktor Frankl.

Written by a psychologist who survived Auschwitz. Engrossing read.

icantwrite

Hull, UK

Joined: 25 Feb 06
Moves: 4695

31 Mar 08

1984 - a classic, but never fails to move me.

PinkFloyd

weedhopper

Joined: 25 Jul 07
Moves: 8096

31 Mar 08

Animal Farm
Atlas Shrugged
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sirens of Titan

shavixmir

Lord

Sewers of Holland

Joined: 31 Jan 04
Moves: 89790

31 Mar 08

I'd rather have a red hot poker stuck up my arse than have to read Atlas shrugged...

Anywho...

Catch 22
Lord of the Rings
Foucault's pendulum
The ragged trousered philanthropists
Trinity (Leon Uris)
The search for Robbie Howett (obviously).

🙂

taipei5200

Lt.

Los Angeles

Joined: 30 Oct 06
Moves: 328428

31 Mar 08

Time & Again..Jack Finney
Replay..Ken Grimwood ( Wow! )
Anything written by James Clavel
The 39 Steps..John Buchan

Ragnorak

For RHP addons...

tinyurl.com/yssp6g

Joined: 16 Mar 04
Moves: 15013

31 Mar 08

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Shantaram!
http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-Novel-Gregory-David-Roberts/dp/0312330537/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206985667&sr=1-2

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mbakunin

Radio Gnome

Planet Gong

Joined: 08 Mar 08
Moves: 53641

31 Mar 08

if this is a man and the truce by primo levi
august by knut hamsun
the lord of the rings by jrr tolkien
the hitchhikers guide by douglas adams
the sharks by jens bjørneboe

shavixmir

Lord

Sewers of Holland

Joined: 31 Jan 04
Moves: 89790

31 Mar 08

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Shantaram!
http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-Novel-Gregory-David-Roberts/dp/0312330537/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206985667&sr=1-2

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Shantaram was excellent.
Johnny Depp is going to star in the movie.

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

31 Mar 08

Originally posted by rbmorris
Here's one of my picks:

"Hunger", by Knut Hamsun

I haven't read the book, but the film is excellent, too.

One of my current favourites:

"Beretninger om beskyttelse" (Tales of Protection) by Erik Fosnes Hansen

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

31 Mar 08

Originally posted by Seitse
"Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotch_%28Julio_Cort%C3%A1zar_novel%29

I like hopscotch, too!

Oh, you mean the book... That actually sounds very interesting. I'll put it on my "to read" list.

amannion

Andrew Mannion

Melbourne, Australia

Joined: 17 Feb 04
Moves: 54006

31 Mar 08

Hyperion by Dan Simmons