Books you can't live without
POSTED BY: BadgersHat
UPDATED: Thursday, May 12, 2005 14:58
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For books to save from a fire I would have to choose:
First and foremost all 9 Robin Hobb books: The Farseer Trilogy, The Liveships Series and the Tawny Man Trilogy - utterly wonderful fantasy.
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Colditz Story and its sequel, The Latter Days At Colditz, by Pat Reid
As many Anne Mccaffrey and Terry Pratchett books as I could carry
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
These are the only ones I can think of off hand (not counting Harry Potter or LOTR).
Of course since I'm currently at uni and the bookshelf (singular!) is microscopic, most of the books I have with me have titles like: 'Engineering Mathematics' and 'The Astronomical Almanac 2005'. Not sure I'd risk anything to rescue Physics textbooks from a fire!
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Originally posted by Whisper:
Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
Hey Whisper, glad to see you're getting out of the Blue Sun room, and congratulations on finding this thread. The best old thread, imo, is "Ten things I learned from watching Firefly" http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=4&t=1967 .
As for Jasper, I second your endorsement of the Eyre Affair. It's even more difficult to classify than Firefly. Ffolks, just find a copy & start reading it. I thought Lost In a Good Book, & the Well of Lost Plots (sequels) were something of a comedown. But I highly recommend his website http://www.jasperfforde.com/ ; you might want to stop in for upgrades to your copies of his novels.
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I can also recommend this website.
Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Squeeze, "Tempted", from "GH"
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Originally posted by cottonwoolfairy:
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
The whole tetralogy (+ Hollow Hills, Last Enchantment, & Wicked Day). Mary Stewart fixed the mistakes made by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Sir Thomas Malory & T H White. This is as close as we're likely to get to the true story of Merlin & Arthur, and it's wonderful.
Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Bob Marley & the Wailers, "Jammin' ", from "One Love"
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yeah, I've read the first three many times and love them dearly, but we don't have Wicked Day at home - did it come out more recently?
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Originally posted by cottonwoolfairy:
we don't have Wicked Day at home - did it come out more recently?
There was a bit of a gap, but it was published in 1983. Mary Stewart originally envisioned a trilogy about Merlin, which is what you have read. The fourth book is about, with much of it told from the point of view of, Mordred.
Amusingly, 'though it's been known as the four-novel Arthurian Saga for a couple of decades, an omnibus volume of the Merlin trilogy (the first three novels) was released just last year.
Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Moe, "Seat of My Pants", from "Warts & All, vol 2"
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Among many these stand out for me:
The Sword Of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Lord Of The Rings
The Stand, It, Dark Tower series, Talisman and Black House, Insomnia by Stephen King
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The Hitchhiker's Guide series (all 5 in the trilogy)
Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale: The Philosophy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bay series, now all in one book called Dangerous Angels
That's about all I can't live without, lots of books I'd love to keep though!
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hmmmm, good question.
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Favorite book of all time
All of Chuck Palahniuk's books (he's amazing)
1984, and Clergyman's daughter - George Orwell.
(I seem to have a think for Satire)
The lord of the Ring Trilogy
The Harry Potter series
The Zahn Star Wars Books
And I can't think of anything else at the moment so I guess they're not as important
"If you're stupid, surround yourself with smart people. If you're smart, surround youself with smart people who disagree with you"
- Isaac from Sports Night
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Originally posted by YT:
I thought Lost In a Good Book, & the Well of Lost Plots (sequels) were something of a comedown.
I agree, YT. I am currently reading Something Rotten, the fourth (and last?) novel in the series. It too seems to have lost some of the charm the original had. It still makes me laugh out loud though in some spots. Which can get you some pretty weird looks, when around other people!
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I can also recommend this website.
Thanks for the endorsement! This is the first site I've ever done, so I'm just kind of muddling my way through it. So it means a lot. Thanks!
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The best old thread, imo, is "Ten things I learned from watching Firefly"
I'll check it out, thanks!
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The Oustsiders by SE Hinton
Dune novels by Frank Herbert.
Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling
Lioness Rampant novels by Tamora Pierce
(classics from my youth)
Friday by Robert Heinlein
Xanth novels by Piers Anthony
A Wrinke in Time by ( shoot I forgot how to spell her name)
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Merry Gentry novels by Laurell K Hamilton
Artemis Fowl books by Eion Colfer
A Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Snickett
Hitchicker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
There's more but since I'm such a bookworm I'll cut it at that length.
"Oh My God It's Grotesque! Oh And There's Something In A Jar."
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