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Lucem Ferre 10-12-2016 05:22 PM
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Shrek
1984

DwnWthVwls 10-16-2016 06:15 AM
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John Cage: Silence: Lectures and Writings (this changed the way that I see the world)
Is this just a bunch of blank pages?

The Batlord 10-16-2016 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1758584)
Is this just a bunch of blank pages?
At least it has pages.

Frownland 10-16-2016 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1758584)
Is this just a bunch of blank pages?
It's an empty space on a bookshelf, actually.

innerspaceboy 10-16-2016 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1758633)
It's an empty space on a bookshelf, actually.
:) I;m still terribly amused that 4'33" is 99¢ on iTunes.

Janszoon 10-16-2016 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1756899)
Off the top of my head:

The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov
Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
On The Beach - Nevil Shute
Blindness - Jose Saramago
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Wool - Hugh Howey
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Iron Coffins - Herbert Werner
A lot of great stuff there. On the Beach in particular would probably be on my list as well.

Chula Vista 10-16-2016 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1758637)
On the Beach in particular would probably be on my list as well.
I had a really hard time getting through the final chapter because I had tears in my eyes and running down my face through most of it.

Have you seen the 1959 film adaption?

Janszoon 10-16-2016 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1758650)
I had a really hard time getting through the final chapter because I had tears in my eyes and running down my face through most of it.

Have you seen the 1959 film adaption?
No, I haven't seen it. Is it good?

Chula Vista 10-16-2016 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1758658)
No, I haven't seen it. Is it good?
Considering how old it is, yes. Captures the desperation and impending doom really well. Fred Astaire plays the scientist and it was his first dramatic role. He nails the part. The only miss-step is they cast an older Eva Garner in the lead role. Once you get past that she's great acting opposite Gregory Peck.

Check it out and let me know what you think. The ending scene will give you goosebumps.

Janszoon 10-16-2016 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1758671)
Considering how old it is, yes. Captures the desperation and impending doom really well. Fred Astaire plays the scientist and it was his first dramatic role. He nails the part. The only miss-step is they cast an older Eva Garner in the lead role. Once you get past that she's great acting opposite Gregory Peck.

Check it out and let me know what you think. The ending scene will give you goosebumps.
I'll have check it out sometime. I think I saw it on Netflix or Amazon recently.

My list:

Frankenstein—Mary Shelley
Blackburn—Bradley Denton
The Mezzanine—Nicholson Baker
The Nuclear Age—Tim O'Brien
Johnny Got His Gun—Dalton Trumbo
Slapstick—Kurt Vonnegut
The Martian Chronicles—Ray Bradbury
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break—Steven Sherrill
A Scanner Darkly—Philip K. Dick
On the Beach—Nevil Shute


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