Favorite books thread

[philly and the phanatics]

David Copperfield is my favorite. I especially like Mr. Micawber who's constantly in debt, and how his wife is always proclaiming, 'I will never leave Mr. Micawber!' even though no one asked her.

After that, Sherlock Holmes, basically a 19th century superman.

Also the last page of Shogun was great when, after the battle of sekigahara, Toranaga says to himself, 'Ah, the dream I have had all my life, to be shogun of all Japan, is now mine!' when the whole novel he was saying he had no desire to be shogun. Right! Plus, alot of the novel is based on the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, supposedly one of the greatest generals of all time.

Douglas Adams is hilarious. Of course there's alot of great science fiction. Heinlein and Herbert are classic. Herbert wrote this novel The Jesus Incident where people build this interstellar spaceship and they make the computer so complex that it wakes up and has god-like powers, like god in the old testament it talks to some people and interferes in the world. 'You must decide how you will worShip!' Alrighty then.

i didnt say RUIN THE END OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS lol -____-

[rong]

i didnt say RUIN THE END OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS lol -____-

lol

I so wanna give away the end of 1984 now

[oskar]

lol

I so wanna give away the end of 1984 now

Is there anyone left on the planet that hasn't read it? If I had never heard about it and I just found it browsing the library then I'd probably think it was a lot better. I did like it a lot tho... but I wouldn't put it in the top whatever. Kind of the same with catcher in the rye and uncle tom's shed and such.

[couriermike]

i didnt say RUIN THE END OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS lol -____-

Lol, yeah, sorry if you haven't read that. He's not a major character though.

Crichton is good. Philip K. Dick is a genius. I also liked the William Gibson books, but my favorite cyberpunk novel is Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling, really really good.

Ludlum is awesome. I really liked The Road to Gandolfo, where the general with the four hot secretaries (ex-wives?) decides to kidnap the pope. That was hilarious.

Another guilty pleasure is The Descent by Jeff Long. It has a great opening scene. The plot is kinda like 'The Exorcist Goes Spelunking.'