WITHTEETH Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 What books are on your topshelf? Mine are- Enders Game Series (my favorite!) By Orson Scott Card Fabric Of The Cosmos- By Brian Greene A Brief History Of Time- By Stephen Hawkins The Stranger- By Albert Camus The Selfish Gene- By Richard Dawkins The Man In The High Castle- By Philip K. **** Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
Reveilled Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 The books on my top shelf are all mostly things like Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Diсk. But then, my Bookcases are alphabetised. " My favourite books would have to be: For Want of a Nail - Robert Sobel Island in the Sea of Time - S.M. Stirling Soul Music - Terry Pratchett Probably some others too which I can't remember right now. Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
Shadowstrider Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 The Mayor of Casterbridge The Stranger England in Literature (Macbeth Edition) Grammar and Composition The Elements of Style (3rd Edition) 3 text books. 2 fiction.
Hurlshort Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Master and Margarita by Mikhael Bulgakov Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe The Richard Sharpe Collection By Bernard Cornwell
Kor Qel Droma Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 My bookshelf is filled with Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. I thought it was good. Also must give shout outs to my other favorite books, Helter Skelter, and Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Darkside Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 The Halo Trilogy, The Giver, Gathering Blue, and the Messenger (unamed trilogy), and the Lord of the Rings complete with the Book of Lost Tales 1 and 2 and the Silmarilion. The last three I've never actually finished though. :"> A lot of my favorite books I don't acually own, but have read at school. Those include Walk Two Moons and the True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Oh yeah, and all my brother's college textbooks he doesn't need anymore. Mostly programming stuff. I'm not very far into those yet.
Dark Moth Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Most of my fantasy/fiction-oriented books are on my top shelf. It has all the Harry Potter books, LOTR+The Hobbit+The Silmarillion, some stuff by Stephen King (including the Dark Tower series), the Starcraft book trilogy, and a copy of The Odyssey, among other things.
Gromnir Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 dubliners pale fire brave new world the sound and the fury richard iii slaughterhouse 5 the king's indian babbit rabbit is rich the dark knight returns beowulf grendel as i lay dying the heart of the matter knight the phantom tollbooth HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Gromnir Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 add: lolita the complete short stories of ernest hemingway one that is as often on the list as off: gravity's rainbow is a great book to teach and discuss 'cause so much is going on in it, but... *shrug* HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Darkside Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Isn't The Sound and the Fury the one where they tell the same story four different times?
Deraldin Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 *runs upstairs to check* On my top shelf I have: The Myst Trilogy The Dune Prequels Half a dozen Redwall books A Richard Sharpe book that I haven't put back on my parent's bookshelf A Song of Ice and Fire (all three books) A couple Harry Potter books that I got for christmas a couple years ago Some Canadian Historical Fiction The Prince and The Art of War by Machiavelli (Got this for christmas last year, really enjoying it when I do remember to read it)
Dark Moth Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Beowulf, eh? Good choice. I also have Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is pretty good. Is Richard III any good? I've read only about three of Shakespeare's plays.
Gromnir Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 not really... but you do have multiple narrators, one of whom is retarded. "as i lay dying" is another novel in which faulkner uses multiple narrators (one of whom is dead.) their story is more coherent... less stream o' consciousness. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Gromnir Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Beowulf, eh? Good choice. I also have Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is pretty good. Is Richard III any good? I've read only about three of Shakespeare's plays. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> sir gawain is actually a beter read than beowulf, but Gromnir sees beowulf everywhere, so we give it the nod. as to richard iii... it is a play... as such, w/o actors to breathe life into richard, the title character can come off as both over-the-top and maudlin. nevertheless, we got a soft spot for the "poisinous bunch-backed toad." is our favorite shakespeare even if it ain't the bestest. can't go wrong with macbeth. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Gorth Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Learning Maya 5|Foundation (Maya Press) Hitchhikers Guide to SQL2000 Reporting Services (Microsoft Press) Windows Server 2003 Environment (test preparation) (Microsoft Press) Progamming Microsoft ASP.NET (Microsoft Press) “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
hysrix Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 The ones on my "top shelf": The Stand -Stephen King Good Omens -Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman Dune -Frank Herbert Midnight -Dean Koontz And The Dark Tower series -Stephen King
WITHTEETH Posted September 19, 2005 Author Posted September 19, 2005 The Mayor of CasterbridgeThe Stranger England in Literature (Macbeth Edition) Grammar and Composition The Elements of Style (3rd Edition) 3 text books. 2 fiction. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How did you like The Stranger? I found that book fascinating, a bit depressive. I found his view point (indifference, world irrational just like life) fascinating, yet unhuman. also, how since he didn't choose a meaning for him, society(that is the court room) choose one for him. What did you get out of it? Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
Gromnir Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 camus were an existentialist. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Shadowstrider Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 I read it once a month, so interpret how I like it as you will. In my opinion the book is short enough that everyone should read it at least once and see for themselves what they get from it.
Calax Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 American Gods by Neil Gaiman Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Battletechs Clan invasion trilogy by Michael A Stackpole Xwing series By Stackpole Three kingdoms by Luo Gongzhong Dragons of Autum Twilight, ... Winters Night, ... Spring Dawning by Margret Wies and Tracy Hickmann Liberty Project by Kurt Busiek Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Gromnir Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 I read it once a month, so interpret how I like it as you will. In my opinion the book is short enough that everyone should read it at least once and see for themselves what they get from it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> once a month? ... post-war french absurdists give us gas... but we agree that "the stranger" is worth reading at least once. HA! Good Fun! p.s. if it weren't for the fact that both beckett and conrad wrote in french, we would pretty much ignore the existence of france... from a literary pov at least. "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Shadowstrider Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 I read it once a month, so interpret how I like it as you will. In my opinion the book is short enough that everyone should read it at least once and see for themselves what they get from it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> once a month? ... post-war french absurdists give us gas... but we agree that "the stranger" is worth reading at least once. HA! Good Fun! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can usually read it in about 2 hours, if that.
Gromnir Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 is a very short book and an easy read. am not surprised that you CAN read it once a month. am just confused as to why anybody would do such a thing. then again, Gromnir has read beowulf a few hundred times... HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Shadowstrider Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 I read Beowulf quite often as well. Thats the primary reason England in Literature (Macbeth Edition) is in my bookshelf. Beowulf is one of the first pieces.
Cantousent Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 On the shelf right now, and for the past several months... Hmm. Okay, this is actually a chest that sits behind me as I sit at my computer desk. On top it has a single row of books. Over the books is an assortment of weapons. I choose this shelf just 'cause it's close, it's a more or less recent selection of what I've been reading, and the presence of the weapons just now struck me as odd. From left to right: Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples (abridged) Great Grilling Tao te Ching A commentary on Homer's Odyssey Plato's Apology (Greek) Georg Autenreith's Homeric Dictionary The New College Latin & English Dictionary Crime and Punishment Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories Herodotus' The History (in translation) Selections from Herodotus (Greek) The Collegeville Hymnal Athenaze Book II Teacher's Manual Reading Latin An indepentent Study Guide to Reading Latin Homeric Vocabularies Xenophon's Apology of Socrates (Greek) The Iliad trans. Fagles The Odyssey trans Fagles The Odyssey of Homer trans Lattimore Ghosts of Vesuvius Selections from Xenophon's Hellenica (Greek) Athenaze Book I Athenaze Book II Thucydides trans Lattimore Writing Ancient History Gogol's Dead Souls Cervantes Exemplary Stories Jaques the Fatalist Lazorillo de Tormes and The Swindlers Livy's Early History of Rome (in translation) The Brothers Karamzov Virgil: Aeneid VI (Latin) Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
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