Favorite Book

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Favorite Book Anonymous Mon Dec 19 16:25:36 2011 No.2266247 [Reply] [Original]

Hardest question. Go!

Animal Farm

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 16:26:36 2011 No.2266249 is that the novelization of we bought a zoo

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 16:27:00 2011 No.2266251 File: 86 KB, 510x680, {A0EC5FA3-59D2-4864-8531-3F7303E288E3}Img100.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] inb4 Animorphs and Ulysses. both of those things are awesome

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 16:30:37 2011 No.2266255 >>2266247 Animorphlysses

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 16:32:35 2011 No.2266257 File: 39 KB, 405x590, a-confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 20:29:38 2011 No.2266630 File: 63 KB, 371x475, cosmos_2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] by far the most engaging book ive read... close second is Don Quixote'

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 20:32:51 2011 No.2266639 File: 32 KB, 415x637, 9780876851890_0_Cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:01:38 2011 No.2266708 >>2266249 lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:02:38 2011 No.2266713 To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:04:38 2011 No.2266719 File: 57 KB, 1130x1717, lastandfirstmen2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:05:38 2011 No.2266722 >>2266639 what do you think of Bukowski's other works? I saw Pulp and Hollywood at a store the other day and couldn't get myself to pay $7 each. now I regret it ;_;

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:06:38 2011 No.2266727 File: 43 KB, 287x431, petitprince.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2266630 good choice, bro.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:06:38 2011 No.2266728 >>2266722 the problem with those is they aren't post office and women

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:08:38 2011 No.2266731 >>2266722 for the record, I loved Ham on Rye

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:12:37 2011 No.2266739 File: 87 KB, 450x634, 2mule4u.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2266249 It's the novelization of Tommy and the Cool Mule.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:17:42 2011 No.2266760 >>2266739 all i want for christmas is for the review on the imdb page to be real

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:20:38 2011 No.2266767 File: 31 KB, 241x360, Catch22.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Love it

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:26:38 2011 No.2266780 File: 48 KB, 500x500, LordofTheRings.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This.

Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:49:41 2011 No.2266833

>>2266780

Fantasy garbage, seriously? This was fun to read when I was 13, but I've since moved on to more challenging and thought provoking material. I suggest growing up a bit and then reading Gravity's Rainbow when you do.

My favorite book is The Plague. Infinite Jest is a close second, I know it's a clarion call for pretentious Lit/English majors, but I'm a bio student, so fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:50:41 2011 No.2266839 >>2266833 not that guy but I'm rereading it, haven't read them since I was like 12. I guess I wanted to read something for enjoyment for once rather than intellectual wanking.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:51:39 2011 No.2266841 >>2266833 Bio students can be pretentious too

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 21:55:38 2011 No.2266855 >>2266833 >lord of the rings >fantasy garbage Try again

FINE Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Mon Dec 19 21:58:40 2011 No.2266864
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I can't pick one.
-The Silmarillian
-Childhoods End
-The Devil Soldier
-The Hundred Secret Senses
-Hero with a Thousand Faces
-Idoru
-Doc Savage and His Apocalyptic Life
-Blindness
-The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
-Thomas Paine and the American Promise
-Common Sense
-Rights of Man
-1848
-Homage to Catalonia
-Sailing from Byzantium
-1453
-All Things Shining
And I'm liking The Odyssey

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:11:38 2011 No.2266887 War and Peace. Anyone that says different hasn't read it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:14:38 2011 No.2266896 >>2266887 Or has read something you haven't which is better.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:14:39 2011 No.2266894 File: 38 KB, 500x500, 51PXSCEFWZL._SS500_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I first read this book in high school & it really stuck with me for some reason. It's not groundbreaking or incredibly written. I dunno, I just like it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:29:38 2011 No.2266933 File: 21 KB, 400x430, master-and-margarita.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2266887 It's not even the best Tolstoy work Anyway my personal favourite is either The Master and Margarita or The Plague (Camus)

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>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:34:38 2011 No.2266944 File: 52 KB, 316x500, RESSURECTION.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2266933 >It's not even the best Tolstoy work So, Resurrection?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:38:39 2011 No.2266949 Lolita by Nabokov.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:44:39 2011 No.2266954 File: 40 KB, 480x669, Cows-matthew-stokoe.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Cows by Matthew Stokoes

>>	Plebiophile Mon Dec 19 22:48:38 2011 No.2266965 >>2266933 Hiippppsssttttterrrrrrrrr

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:50:39 2011 No.2266969 >>2266965 >implying preferring Anna over W&P is an obscure stance

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:51:41 2011 No.2266971 File: 17 KB, 200x302, 200px-Chrysalids_first_edition_1955.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] John Whyndham.

>>	Plebiophile Mon Dec 19 22:52:41 2011 No.2266975 >>2266969 Most people I know would say so, yes. But maybe things are different in hipster land, how should i know?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:53:40 2011 No.2266979 File: 23 KB, 330x261, hippies.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2266975 It's you, not us, you hippie scum.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:54:40 2011 No.2266982 File: 16 KB, 222x334, cover_finnegans_wake.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This, because each time I read it it's like reading a completely new book.

>>	Plebiophile Mon Dec 19 22:56:39 2011 No.2266986 >>2266979 That's like, your opinion man.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 22:56:39 2011 No.2266987 Little, Big

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 23:30:39 2011 No.2267067 File: 44 KB, 298x500, bridgeofbirds.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 23:33:39 2011 No.2267079 Roadside Picnic I loved it before STALKER was even out, it's how I found out about the game.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 23:36:39 2011 No.2267091 >>2266982 It's like feeling a new headache every time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 23:42:40 2011 No.2267102 File: 31 KB, 315x500, 314596-L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 23:43:40 2011 No.2267104 >>2266247 how the fuck is animal farm your favorite book? Like not only is it a shitty book, it's easily Orwell's worst book

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 19 23:44:40 2011 No.2267106 >>2267104 >how can you like what i don't like? fixed

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Anonymous Tue Dec 20 00:58:40 2011 No.2267384
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>>2266839
>>2266780

Honestly I cant see how anyone would pick these books as their favorites, fine ill give it points for creativity, but god damn is it boring.
with some of the worst/rigid characters ever to grace print... if your going to choose a Tolkien book to read Id reach for the Hobbit any day which is like the polar opposite of TLoTR's trilogy

Anonymous Tue Dec 20 01:04:39 2011 No.2267395
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it's either this or ulysses. I know they're big and someone's going to say that I'm only saying them because I want to look cool, but honestly, they're so thematically rich and structurally complex and beautifully written. There's just so much to say about them. That's why they're my favourite

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 01:15:39 2011 No.2267428 >>2266630 Someone on /co/ bought this for me. I've been digging it so far. Sagan's an interesting dude.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 01:17:40 2011 No.2267433 >>2266894 It's an older version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 01:18:40 2011 No.2267436 File: 1.28 MB, 1800x1165, CarlSagan_text3_sm.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2267428 Fuck ya Sagan for Jesus 2012

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>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 01:21:41 2011 No.2267442 File: 32 KB, 307x475, n56101.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The World According to Garp. Made me laugh and cry more than any other book I can think of.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 01:22:41 2011 No.2267445 File: 8 KB, 227x220, fisty.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2267442

>>	Bad Man Tue Dec 20 01:27:39 2011 No.2267457 >>2267436 Carl Sagan went to the Mayor.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 01:29:40 2011 No.2267459 The book I shall write

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 04:35:42 2011 No.2267733 >>2267442 how is that actually? what's it like

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 04:48:42 2011 No.2267748 File: 94 KB, 220x335, InfiniteJest.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2267067 Bridge of Birds is FUCKING EXCELLENT but I have to go with Infinite Jest.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 04:51:42 2011 No.2267750 >>2267748 Bridge of Birds is such a fun book. Everyone should read it.

Anonymous Tue Dec 20 04:55:42 2011 No.2267753

>>2267733

It's basically the ultimate Irving book. It's a tragicomedy with tons of memorable characters that follows one man through his life from birth to adulthood.

To give you a hint of the book's style, his mother is strictly anti-men and impregnates herself using the semen of a bomber operator that's in severe shell-shock she nurses who only really retains sexual function. She names Garp after the only sound the soldier made.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 05:48:42 2011 No.2267791 File: 31 KB, 260x400, SombreroFallout.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 05:49:42 2011 No.2267792 >>2267102 Is this any good?

>>	Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Tue Dec 20 21:48:42 2011 No.2269199 >>2267792 I doubt it. I'm getting the feeling he's an Ayn Rand of the 19th century.

>>	Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Tue Dec 20 21:50:42 2011 No.2269201 >>2267791 >Sombrero Fallout <A Japanese novel> With a title like that, of course it is.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 21:54:42 2011 No.2269209 >>2267791 Awww, Brautigan Haven't read that particular one, but love him

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:02:42 2011 No.2269227 File: 110 KB, 423x650, 100-years.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I didn't like his other books though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:06:42 2011 No.2269233 >>2266833 /lit/ in a nutshell right here folks

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:07:42 2011 No.2269237 >>2266864 >-1453 Thanks for reminding me of this. My marine biology professor recommended that to me. I think I'll get on it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:13:42 2011 No.2269245 none

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:14:42 2011 No.2269248 Easiest question. Peter pan. Top 5 is a different story

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>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:26:42 2011 No.2269269 File: 27 KB, 394x600, brainstorm.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2269257 How does that title even make sense?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:29:42 2011 No.2269274 >>2269269 I guess it just implies there are a lot of answers about humans in the physiology of the brain. Not a great title but I really enjoyed the book. I'm interested in what you have to say about the one you posted.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 20 22:37:42 2011 No.2269284 >>2269269 It's a murder mystery where a serial killer leaves pieces of his own brain behind at the crime scenes.

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