Favorite Book

SATCHMO · 06-30-2009, 12:17 AM

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the brothers k is also another great book by duncan

So I hear.....

The River Why was sandwiched between Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig and The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Casteneda. Twas a very impressionable portion of my life. Those 3 books gave me the neurosis that I am today.

savannah · 06-30-2009, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

So I hear.....

The River Why was sandwiched between Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig and The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Casteneda. Twas a very impressionable portion of my life. Those 3 books gave me the neurosis that I am today.

river and zen did the same to me

SATCHMO · 06-30-2009, 12:34 AM

I still believe I'll know my soulmate cuz' she'll be smokin' Camel non-filters.

jackhammer · 07-02-2009, 01:37 PM

Quintessentially English:

Best debut novel I have read for a long time. Dark, violent, blackly comic:

Absolutely essential:

A lot of it is based on myths and was propoganda but an amazing book thats just under 900 years old:

SATCHMO · 07-02-2009, 01:46 PM

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Yeah, that was my favorite book as a kid. It's really cool.

right-track · 07-02-2009, 03:30 PM

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Absolutely essential:

A lot of it is based on myths and was propoganda but an amazing book thats just under 900 years old:

If you haven't already, you should read Michael Wood's 'In Search of the Dark Ages'. Like Shama's 'History of Britain' it was a BBC TV documentary series.
The documentary was good (hard to get hold of these days) but the book is superlative.
And as for Geoffrey Monmouth's ancient account...I really need to get round to buying a copy.

Inuzuka Skysword · 07-02-2009, 03:37 PM

Moby Dick is my favorite book followed by The Stranger by Albert Camus.

Melville's writing style is the most beautiful and the atmosphere created in the book is a spiritual experience in itself. Then you have Ishmael who is my favorite book character. My god, I could go on.

jackhammer · 07-02-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

If you haven't already, you should read Michael Wood's 'In Search of the Dark Ages'. Like Shama's 'History of Britain' it was a BBC TV documentary series.
The documentary was good (hard to get hold of these days) but the book is superlative.
And as for Geoffrey Monmouth's ancient account...I really need to get round to buying a copy.

I have both Wood's 'In Search Of The Dark Ages' and 'In Search Of Civilisation'. Both superlative I have to say. Good shout. As for Geoffrey Of Monmouth- it was more of a fanciful story than historical writing but it has a wonderful fantastical prose that drags you in. I would love to find the writings of Bede too.

NSW · 07-02-2009, 05:56 PM

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I sheepishly admit that this is a close 2nd on my list of favorites:

A great read for sure...but it left me wishing I hasn't read through to the end. Almost like it would have been better had I stopped reading a few chapters before that.

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Love this! Also one of my faves as a kid. I was actually trying to talk to someone about this not too long ago...lol.

right-track · 07-02-2009, 06:10 PM

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I have both Wood's 'In Search Of The Dark Ages' and 'In Search Of Civilisation'. Both superlative I have to say. Good shout. As for Geoffrey Of Monmouth- it was more of a fanciful story than historical writing but it has a wonderful fantastical prose that drags you in. I would love to find the writings of Bede too.

Then you need to get 'In the footsteps of Alexander'. It surpasses all of the historical series by Wood. Brilliant book.
The documentary is epic too (watch em' all). Any non Brits with a love of history may find these vids interesting. The BBC do it best.
If I could be one person in history...Alexander would be that man. Apart from Bestie of course.

Bede? Religious propaganda written by Bede to create the notion of English christianity, when in fact it already existed in a purer form on his arrival.
Fabricated lies.

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Inuzuka Skysword Existential Egoist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,468	Moby Dick is my favorite book followed by The Stranger by Albert Camus. Melville's writing style is the most beautiful and the atmosphere created in the book is a spiritual experience in itself. Then you have Ishmael who is my favorite book character. My god, I could go on.