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Lord of the Rings trilogy. definitaly ! :-D
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:jig: :badger:Gets my 5. I'd include the Silmarillion - the breadth of background and depth of internal history that pervades all of Tolkien's writings gives it a feeling of consistency you just don't get in most other fantasy.
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The Bible - God The Christian's Secret to a Happy Life - Hannah Whitall Smith Grace Walk - Steve McVey Humility - Andrew Murray The Rest of the Gospel - Dan Stone Just to name a few.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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Gets my 5. I'd include the Silmarillion - the breadth of background and depth of internal history that pervades all of Tolkien's writings gives it a feeling of consistency you just don't get in most other fantasy.
"He's got a lot on his mind, and it's not a load-bearing structure." - John Weak
Yep, I've read about every book available about LOTR, the bottom line is, it's not enough... :sigh:
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The Sherlock Holmes collection.
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Non-fiction: Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West [^] Science Fiction: The Foundation Trilogy[^] Fiction: A Darkness More Than Night[^]
"We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the internet, we know this is not true." -- Professor Robert Silensky
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i don't have a single favorite. but i always recommend these (in no order): Geek Love - Katherine Dunn Gun, With Occasional Music - Jonathan Lethem City Of Saints and Madmen - Jeff VanDerMeer The Ghastlycrumb Tinies - Richard Gorey A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole and if i think you're the type, i'll recommend: Gravity's Rainbow - Pynchon Infinite Jest - Wallace
You might enjoy Harry Crews ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author-exact=Harry%20Crews&rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank/104-8102370-9561559[^] )
"We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the internet, we know this is not true." -- Professor Robert Silensky
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I can't pick a favorite... but a couple I've read recently that were really good: Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood Wicked, by Gregory Macguire
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At the risk of becoming branded a child, I will say that Harry Potter books are my favorites. But again I don't read non-tech books much. In the following order: 1. The Half Blood Prince 2. Goblet of Fire 3. Prisoner of Azkaban 4. Order of Phoenix
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Dune - Frank Herbert Blood and Chocolate - Anette Curtis Klause There are no Spies - Bill Granger Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
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At the risk of becoming branded a child, I will say that Harry Potter books are my favorites. But again I don't read non-tech books much. In the following order: 1. The Half Blood Prince 2. Goblet of Fire 3. Prisoner of Azkaban 4. Order of Phoenix
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
At the risk of becoming branded a child, I will say that Harry Potter books are my favorites.
One of my classmates is a big Potter fan too - looks like it appeals to adults too.
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At the risk of becoming branded a child, I will say that Harry Potter books are my favorites. But again I don't read non-tech books much. In the following order: 1. The Half Blood Prince 2. Goblet of Fire 3. Prisoner of Azkaban 4. Order of Phoenix
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan
i'd recommend them, too... but it's hard to find people who read who haven't already read them.
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"War of the Worlds" by H G Wells - I must of read this book a dozen times at least. I still find it astonishing that it was penned in the late 19th century. 1984 by George Orwell is another that I return to again and again, and which makes more sense with each successive read. As a lover of apocalyptic stories, I am also a big fan of "The Stand" by Stephen King (the complete and unabridged version) - a novel that, IMHO, he has never bettered (I read "Cell" recently and was very disappointed - basically he re-hashed his classic for C21 - cell phones turning people into zombies - and I just kept on asking "Why is he bothering?").
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From the number of times I've reread them, I'd have to say these are probably my favorites: Hobbit/Lord of the Rings -- J.R.R. Tolkien Chronicles of Amber -- Roger Zelazny Chronicles of Narnia -- C.S. Lewis Some more recent that I really like are: anything by C. J. Cherryh Malazan Book of the Fallen series -- Steven Erikson Redliners -- David Drake Hammers Slammers series -- David Drake Lt. Leary series -- David Drake anything else by David Drake A Song of Ice and Fire series -- George R. R. Martin Numerous others, but these are the ones I keep coming back to. Mike
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^John wrote:
Which is the best book you have read (non-programming)... fiction... non-fiction... any?
This is difficult because, at least in my case, "best" is subjective to time/mood. My favorites, all "slightly" different: Realtime Interrupt by James P. Hogan (programmer trapped in a 3D world of his own making) Thrice Upon a Time by James P. Hogan (love, random actions, programming messages across time) Wiz-Biz (Wizard's Bane & Wizardry Compiled dual print) by Rick Cook (a programmer programming magic) There is a theme there but I can't quite fathom it.... ;) ;P Lord of the Rings is great, but I really have to be in an odd mood to reach for the big volumes like that -- even though I will read twice the volume in other books. Dianna Tregard series (Burning Water; Children of the Night; Jinx High) by Mercedes Lackey is great, but violent, definately not a "casual" read. Sacred Ground is similar to Dianna Tregard, not quite as violent, but so deep in the Native American Shamanism that I think you have to have a preference before you pick it up or you would never like it: I love it. The Two Moons (First two books in Giants series) by James P. Hogan. My all time favorite example of hard science fiction, I keep returning to it no matter how dated it has become. Prepare for deep fictional explanations of machines that don't exist. Still, a great read, but skip the rest of the series. :) Code of the Lifemaker by James P. Hogan (machines that breed? hmmmm)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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From the number of times I've reread them, I'd have to say these are probably my favorites: Hobbit/Lord of the Rings -- J.R.R. Tolkien Chronicles of Amber -- Roger Zelazny Chronicles of Narnia -- C.S. Lewis Some more recent that I really like are: anything by C. J. Cherryh Malazan Book of the Fallen series -- Steven Erikson Redliners -- David Drake Hammers Slammers series -- David Drake Lt. Leary series -- David Drake anything else by David Drake A Song of Ice and Fire series -- George R. R. Martin Numerous others, but these are the ones I keep coming back to. Mike
MikeBeard wrote:
Chronicles of Amber -- Roger Zelazny
I forgot to add those.... Actually I need to replace those too. I lost my Zelazny collection in the divorce (complete including short stories).
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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^John wrote:
Which is the best book you have read (non-programming)... fiction... non-fiction... any?
This is difficult because, at least in my case, "best" is subjective to time/mood. My favorites, all "slightly" different: Realtime Interrupt by James P. Hogan (programmer trapped in a 3D world of his own making) Thrice Upon a Time by James P. Hogan (love, random actions, programming messages across time) Wiz-Biz (Wizard's Bane & Wizardry Compiled dual print) by Rick Cook (a programmer programming magic) There is a theme there but I can't quite fathom it.... ;) ;P Lord of the Rings is great, but I really have to be in an odd mood to reach for the big volumes like that -- even though I will read twice the volume in other books. Dianna Tregard series (Burning Water; Children of the Night; Jinx High) by Mercedes Lackey is great, but violent, definately not a "casual" read. Sacred Ground is similar to Dianna Tregard, not quite as violent, but so deep in the Native American Shamanism that I think you have to have a preference before you pick it up or you would never like it: I love it. The Two Moons (First two books in Giants series) by James P. Hogan. My all time favorite example of hard science fiction, I keep returning to it no matter how dated it has become. Prepare for deep fictional explanations of machines that don't exist. Still, a great read, but skip the rest of the series. :) Code of the Lifemaker by James P. Hogan (machines that breed? hmmmm)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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MikeBeard wrote:
Chronicles of Amber -- Roger Zelazny
I forgot to add those.... Actually I need to replace those too. I lost my Zelazny collection in the divorce (complete including short stories).
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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La citadelle des ombres. "The Farseer Trilogy" in english ;P http://www.amazon.ca/citadelle-ombres-1-Robin-Hobb/dp/2857046278/sr=8-4/qid=1158071727/ref=sr_1_4/702-2974336-0078404?ie=UTF8&s=gateway[^]
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Judd wrote:
The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Very much enjoying her new trilogy so far, too - Soldier's Son.