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Anathema
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michael crichton: jurrasic park, eaters of the dead, timeline
robin cook: chromosome 6, acceptable risk
tom clancy: the bear and the dragon, the hunt for red october
jules verne: 20,000 leagues under the sea
isaac asimov: i,robot, foundation series


john krakauer's into thin air was a good read aswell

what are your faves?

i love apple, lanks, skibum_, lucyford, dfresh, d-rocket, cko, nopoles, gustle, spokaneskier, melvs, caden, freeskigrl24, mikee, wrightgirl, missy, jessbuff, seanpistol, doc.dre, dynstrtm, Spyderxtra789, schweitzerski, hey_cutie, almostaskiier, katesd, lateralis, eastcoastpride, ekunz, *jay*, t-schill, *pinkgrinder*, J.D._May, shorty_t, jib_tech, niwanyshyn, ever_murky, nsnski240 and the rest of you are a-holes. smiles :)) :)):): )):): :):))): :) :))
Apr 13 2005 2:27AM
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wilkesyachtingco
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dostoyevsky c&p, currently reading brothers karamazov

hugo=mother effing genius

hemmingway... ive only read two, farewell to arms, +for whom the bell tolls, and they both had irritating anticlimactic endings....

hmmm... whoever wrote "of human bondage" what was his name... eff... i liked that one at any rate... started with an m i think.

anyhow, thats that.

Mercy's eyes are blue When she places them in front of you Nothing holds a roman candle to The solemn warmth you feel inside
Apr 13 2005 2:41AM
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resnick13
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I have read most of chuck palahniuk's books, I would consider lullaby to be the best.

david a gemmell/legend is probably the best fantasy book I have read.

- Marc
Apr 13 2005 2:55AM
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steeplechamp
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john krakauer - into the wild
peter jenkins - walking across america, and part 2 of that book

no matter how hard you shake and dance, the last few drops go in the pants
Apr 13 2005 8:34AM
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beefbud
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 13
John Grisham- The Last Juror, A Time to Kill, A Paintes House

Frank McCourt-only read 2 of his books/memoirs but i still enjoyed them.....Angela's Ashes and 'Tis

Apr 13 2005 9:22AM
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Markman
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For classics, I say almost anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughter House Five was the best.
I know I'm gonna get flamed for this but sooner or later someone was gonna say it, for purely entertaining fiction, Dan Brown's Davinci Code and Angels and Demons

Apr 13 2005 9:26AM
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Lanemeyers
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Walden-Thoreau
Still Life with Woodpecker-Tom Robbins
Leaves of Grass-Whitman

Just a few favorites...

Commander of the Silent Army Viva La Resistance!
Apr 13 2005 9:34AM
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kykelly05
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haha Pearl S. Buck

Apr 13 2005 11:41AM
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SohCahToa
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all the goosebumps books, that rl stine can sure spin a yarn

Apr 13 2005 11:59AM
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bigJ
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Dave Eggers- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggaring Genius
Edward Abbey- Fools Progress
Chuck Palahniuk- Survivor
John Kennedy O'Toole- Confederacy of Dunces
Bret Easton Ellise- Less Than Zero
HST- Anything


Hunter S. Thompson
1939-2005

'Soberity is not an option.'

Drivin that Train
Apr 13 2005 1:13PM
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thejackamo
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all of chuck palahniuk's books are good, vonnegut is always a good ready, james joyce is good once you can get past his writing style, dennis lehane is an awesome suspense novelist, lorenzo carcaterra's "sleepers" and "gangster" are good. as far as classics go, voltaire is great.

i donno, i have too many favorite authors to list.

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Apr 13 2005 3:37PM
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johanblaze
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louis l'amour- where the long grass blows

Apr 13 2005 4:16PM
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bigJ
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my dad has read everyone of his books, most twice

and yes Vonnegut is the shit


Hunter S. Thompson
1939-2005

'Soberity is not an option.'

Drivin that Train
Apr 13 2005 4:22PM
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johanblaze
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^ same thing with my dad. he got me into him. he's got boxes and boxes full of his books in the garage.

Apr 13 2005 4:25PM
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Mike-O
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IRVINE WELSH!!!!

If you like books at ALL, then "Filth" is a must-read!!

It's so disgusting, and depressing, and yet it reminds myself, that we can't all be that bad. There are reasons why people make wrong decisions in life, and end up jammed.

I'm SERIOUS, the storytelling is fucking sensational! The last 10 pages of the book are one of the best things I've ever read, and those pages turn the whole book upside down, so don't fucking peek!

Irvine Welsh is the author of Trainspotting, and his books are in, well, a welsh accent. Written like:

"Aye, that bunty goon get leed, hart focking cok in 'er mooth! Suck it, suck it , ye bi' hoor!" She sucked my flailing dick while ay let oot som gaas. ooh the Vindaloo curry makes mi eyes burrnn!! She takes ma focking lood up 'er throot while I take tha flaking dead skin cells offa her shoolders. "Nice job, young lass, next time suck better, and ay'll focking give 'er wee boot siev!"

Anyway, a thrilling read. I finished the book at two o'clock in the night, and had to wake up my girlfriend, because I REALLY felt depressed.
Not for the faint.



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Does Crichton smoke? Does a bear shit in the woods? -Rex
Apr 13 2005 4:28PM
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bigJ
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^ I had a blast reading Trainspotting


Hunter S. Thompson
1939-2005

'Soberity is not an option.'

Drivin that Train
Apr 14 2005 3:00AM
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alpinecowboy84
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the last really good book i read was middlesex - jeffrey eugenides. other than that i've kind of been reading a lot of trash and i'm not too happy about that.

"if you stay ill totally put out." - markd13 in regards to my having had it with this site.
Apr 14 2005 3:10AM
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SnowKristaL
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Such a girly one... Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook (yes, I actually read the book before I saw the movie)
Ernest Hemmingway - The Old Man and the Sea
And RL Stein. Of course.

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Apr 14 2005 9:25AM
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almostaskier
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quite enjoyed candide, by voltaire.


- Patty *NS Skateboarders* Vas y il l'a cassé!
Apr 14 2005 11:35AM
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rebuc2
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i don't read a lot but my fav book is "The DaVinci Code".

Apr 14 2005 12:45PM
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Me.
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^ Ya, it was really good, but I liked Angels & Demons better.

Apr 14 2005 7:02PM
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lanks
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seriously, les misèrables, by victor hugo, is still the best book i have read.


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Apr 14 2005 7:49PM
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Jenna1106
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The Great Gatsby- F Scott Fitzgerald

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HEFALUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 14 2005 9:31PM
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NBCskier
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HOTZone






SGB

Apr 14 2005 10:02PM
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-jones-
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Street Dreams - K'Wan
The autobiography of an LA gang member - Sanyika Shakur

Apr 14 2005 10:03PM
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kmo19
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nick hornby - high fidelity, about a boy, fever pitch, songbook, how to be good etc.

dave eggers- you shall know our velocity! a heartbreaking work of staggaring genius

david sedaris - naked and me talk pretty one day

tons more but i cant think of many

Apr 14 2005 10:40PM
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EastcoastAR5
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harry P' 5 what what



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G-Dawg
Apr 14 2005 10:44PM
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TheClap.
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Kurt Vonnegut- Breakfast of Champions
Any Hemingway
William Faulkner- The Bear


Apr 14 2005 10:49PM
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dbstar
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ahahahahahahahahahaha i so called that. I knew that almostaskier was going to post here, and i knew he was going to post that he read Candide by Voltaire, ya im sure thats your favourite book you faggot, you probably havent even read it... well you might have read the online chapter by chapter version.

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Apr 15 2005 12:06AM
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dbstar
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and yes i am hater.





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Eternal Nothingness is Okay if Your Dressed For It


Apr 15 2005 12:12AM
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almostaskier
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congrats then.
but for the record: i grew up in france, and went to french school.

last year, we went through some well renowned authors: Voltaire with Zadig and Candide, Hugo with 93, Molière with Médecin malgré lui, and even some english authors in french, with Hemighway with a farewell to arms, and Poe with various short stories.

and i indeed enjoyed candide, it was and learn how to show irony and sarcasm in a book, and candide is full of it. i also very much enjoyed zadig, mainly due to the teacher, Mr Roux that made it a very interesting read and he helped me read beyond the words, and voltaires critique of society is very funny and revealing.

so i am truthful when i say this, that one of my favorite books is candide by voltaire. so you don't really know my motives, do you?

but since you obviously want me to be smart to bash me even further, im gonna quote eisenhower when he said: never question a mans motives, his wisdom yes, not his motives.

hope this gives your fire more fuel.

- Patty *NS Skateboarders* Vas y il l'a cassé!
Apr 15 2005 3:24AM
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alpinecowboy84
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^ what if they're false motives. i'm pretty sure the judicial system takes a good look at motives...as does a lot of literary analysis for that matter

"if you stay ill totally put out." - markd13 in regards to my having had it with this site.
Apr 15 2005 3:41AM
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wilkesyachtingco
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i agree with you 100000000000000%

Mercy's eyes are blue When she places them in front of you Nothing holds a roman candle to The solemn warmth you feel inside
Apr 15 2005 3:49AM
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almostaskier
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well, eisenhower didn't want to question the other leaders motives, like stalin and churchill, assuming they were honest to the end until proven otherwise: a sentiment of distrust would have set in, all the allies would have been suspicious of each other, and political bias towards the rest of the allies would have been formed, limiting the effectiveness of the allies in their common cause: beating the nazis.

you should go into this assuming i am truthful about what i post ( like the law says: innocent until proven guilty), this being a ski site especially, since its easy to broadcast a pumped up view of ones self. i have always tried to keep my real level apparent, not lying about my capabilities, and not buff myself up, except if it be on purpose to drive a point home.

so you can think im stupid and moronic, but you should trust that im not lying to you until its proven i am.


- Patty *NS Skateboarders* Vas y il l'a cassé!
Apr 15 2005 3:54AM
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skisebski
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jon krakauer- into thin air, into the wild

Bill Bryson - any book at all

Jules Verne - around the world in 80 days, journey to the center of the earth....etc. etc.

yukio mishima

Junichiro Tanizaki

- getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery--- *CCR*
Apr 15 2005 8:32AM
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SohCahToa
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david sedaris, hes coming to town soon, i cant wait! im such an npr gay

Apr 15 2005 9:27AM
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bigJ
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^He is from a round here, that flamer is funny as shit


Hunter S. Thompson
1939-2005

'Soberity is not an option.'

Drivin that Train
Apr 15 2005 9:31AM
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kykelly05
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harrrrry potterrr ...woot

Apr 15 2005 11:44AM
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Anathema
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gatsby was interesting... pretty slow. and gatsby is a dick, and i couldn't stand him as a person, so that book just frustrated me.

homer's the iliad was a good one too. (if you liked the movie 'troy', you would REALLY like this book)

i love apple, lanks, skibum_, lucyford, dfresh, d-rocket, cko, nopoles, gustle, spokaneskier, plumpwonton, melvs, caden, freeskigrl24, mikee, wrightgirl, missy, jessbuff, seanpistol, doc.dre, dynstrtm, Spyderxtra789, schweitzerski, hey_cutie, almostaskiier, katesd, lateralis, eastcoastpride, ekunz, *jay*, t-schill, *pinkgrinder*, J.D._May, shorty_t, jib_tech, niwanyshyn, ever_murky, nsnski240 and the rest of you are a-holes. smiles :)) :)):): )):): :):))): :) :))
Apr 15 2005 5:19PM
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rossignol_rider
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steven chbosky, synthia platt, chuck palahniuk

......ohio.....freestyle........
Apr 16 2005 2:10PM
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hellmut
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Trinity- leon uris
eye of the needle- follett
richard sharpe series- cromwell
hornblower series- cs forrester
a lot of classics have been mentioned that i didnt really think people read anymore.




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Apr 16 2005 5:28PM
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EastCoastPride
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anathema, "the iliad" isn't a book, it's an epic poem; it was never meant to be read. and it is also widely disputed as to whether or not Homer ever existed. and please don't compare the movie "troy" to the iliad. please don't. please don't ever do that.

and also, as someone who has translated most of Vergil's Aeneid from its original latin form, i can honestly say that most english translations do not do justice to the beauty of the original latin; i can only assume that the same must be true for both The Iliad and The Odyssey.


-teddy
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Apr 16 2005 5:36PM
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EastCoastPride
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(but in Greek, of course)


-teddy
WWTJSD?
Apr 16 2005 5:37PM
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lamp
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i perfer dr. suess

go big or go home!

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Apr 16 2005 6:22PM
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montageskier
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if i read it isnt a book. i read the nutrition labels.

Apr 16 2005 6:23PM
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