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AngryBlacksmith Starting Rotation

Joined: 25 Aug 2009 Posts: 190 Location: Dublin, Los Angeles or somewhere in between
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:23 pm Post subject: Favourite Book(s)? |
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I used to read at least one book a week, but lately I've been having trouble finding books that interest me, so what is/are your favourite book(s)?
My favourite varies depending on which I have read most recently...
A Farewell To Arms-Hemingway
Slaughter House Five- Vonnegut
And a mention to "The Great Brain" by John D. Fitzgerald, by far my favourite series as a kid. _________________ “Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well.” |
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Sister Golden Hair Franchise Player

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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Here are a few across the board:
Nixon Agionistes by Garry Wills.
Neuromancer - William Gibson
The Chaneysville Incident - David Bradley
Dune - Frank Herbert
Ubik - Philip K. Dick
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
Miami Blues - Charles Willeford
City Primeval -- Elmore leonard |
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lalakeshow88 Star Player


Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 7271 Location: Pico / Olympic
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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I like ray bradbury books. Recently im getting into cormac mccarthy books, tho i usually read "old" books such as the divine comedy, the stranger, the idiot ect ect. |
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LarryCoon Site Staff

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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Just re-read Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan for about the fourth time. One of my favs. |
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RCS926 Franchise Player

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I love David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I love King Arthur books as well. I highly recommend the Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead. |
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Jamesikan Star Player


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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Contact - Carl Sagan |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Albert Camus's. Murakami's novels are pretty decent. |
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Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 3167 Location: Mukdahan, Thailand
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Foucalt's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon |
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bobekryant Star Player


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flowers for algernon
the kite runner
dogeaters |
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Ko8e8ryant Star Player


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Siddhartha
Lost Horizon _________________ "I think everybody should like everybody"
- Andy Warhol |
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Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 9656 Location: Burbank
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Phil Jackson "The Last Season"  _________________ Monta Ellis: "Kobe is #1, I'm #2, LeBron is #3." |
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Stephen Baxter - The Time Ships |
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Christopher C Star Player


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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Watchmen - Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons |
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Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 3167 Location: Mid-Wilshire: just beyond "The Puff Puff Pass"
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Loved all of Frank Herbert's Dune Series----Hated all the movie attempts...when I get rich I'm gonna do those books some justice |
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Anything written by Jim Butcher, Megan Whalen Turner, or Lois McMaster Bujold. Those are more scifi/fantasy bent.
For regular fiction Life of Pi and the Kiterunner were excellent. As was Steigg Larsons GwaDT series.
Nonfiction 1776, (bleep) my dad says, and Malcolm X. |
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Catch-22
Confederacy of Dunces |
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto _________________ ♪ ♫One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain...
So hit me with music! ♪ ♫ |
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Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 8393 Location: LA
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson
The Boys of Summer by Roger Khan |
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Joined: 16 Aug 2012 Posts: 2734 Location: L.A.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:10 am Post subject: |
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2012-2013 Los Angeles Lakers program.
In all seriousness though, Come As You Are: The Nirvana story by Michael Azerrad. |
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Captain Underpants 5: Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman |
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Stephen Ambrose - Band of Brothers |
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boys in the boat |
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East of Eden (Steinbeck)
Notes from Underground (Dostoyevsky)
Last Night in Montreal (St John Mandel)
City of Thieves (Benioff) |
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