Books

Semolina · Post by **Semolina** » 01-05-2006 11:13

La peste is one of my favourites too! Although I've only read the penguin english translation: The Plague

If you're going to read Marlowe's Dr Faustus, I recommend the B text - not widely accepted as entirely genuine, but rather more fun than the A-text.

I really love Haruki Murakami at the moment, and The Wind Up Bird Chronicle is another big favourite.

I also tend to read a lot of field guides for various animals, especially invertebrates.

I terms of non-fiction, anything by Stephen Jay Gould is a real joy, but I'd skip 'Wonderful Life' which he later retracted. David Attenborough is also fantastic.

HHGTTG is great for light comedy, as it terry Pratchett.

I'm also a really big fan of Philip K Dick - anything by, really.

Um, that's by no means an exhaustive list. I actually run a local book club, so I've chewed my way through quite a variety of different tomes in my time...

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 01-05-2006 11:22

oops, that was me in disguise ^^

Rincewind SW · Post by **Rincewind SW** » 01-05-2006 12:21

1984 is my favourite book ever... it's kind of a must-read.

Btw can't read e-books, don't know why because I can read forums for ages. There you go...

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 01-05-2006 12:58

Yeah I liked 1984 better than Animal Farm Rince

And jooly, as for Faustus, yeah: The B-text is more of a complete story.
The A-text seems more of a series of irrelevant skits at some points

I've got both versions (and the rest of his works) anyway ^_^

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 02-05-2006 00:53

Plus more drama and gore, which is always good

And a very quotable passage I can't actually remember...hmf

Orwell just rocks in general, I think. His essays are also very good.

Anyone read any Paul Auster? I really liked his New York Trilogy

slimshady · Post by **slimshady** » 02-05-2006 12:46

nobody here who read the old man and the sea and liked it? (or didn't)

BunnyS · Post by **BunnyS** » 02-05-2006 13:54

I never did get round to doing Dr Faustus, the class I was in ended up doing "A Doll's House" - Henrik Ibsen. Also did Animal Farm many times !!! I think it's probably why I have gone off it a bit as I studied it in English and then Drama and then English again ..... and so on ^^

As for Old Man and the Sea .... another Ernest Hemingway I never got round to reading

I mean since school and then college, I have tried to avoid the classics. Although no doubt I shall read them eventuallly

meep98324 · Post by **meep98324** » 02-05-2006 23:15

I liked the old man and the sea, for short stories I liked bartleby the scrivener more.

I'm more into non-fiction books though, mostly about math and science. (I'm reading Chances Are right now)

kewangji · Post by **kewangji** » 04-05-2006 14:52

da vinci kode...
naah, I'm on chapter 4 on it. its weird..

Terry pratchett books*

Rens2Sea · Post by **Rens2Sea** » 04-05-2006 18:39

Clive Barker's Abarat atm

Hey look, it also says Abarat when turning your head upside down $\o/$

slimshady · Post by **slimshady** » 04-05-2006 19:13

ooooohhhh WOOOOW ! :-O

meep98324 · Post by **meep98324** » 05-05-2006 03:35

Wow, that title is amazing

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » 05-05-2006 17:51

I like reading books from these authors:

- Jules Verne, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Albert Camus, Voltaire, Racine and Alexandre Dumas(French) + some Shakespear, Stephen King and any books involving the World Geography/History and some studies of Mammals and Animals in general.

The most recent ones are: "Leadership" by Rudy Giuliani and "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown.

kewangji · Post by **kewangji** » 05-05-2006 20:43

is the followers of dv-code good?

slimshady · Post by **slimshady** » 05-05-2006 22:04

the followers? ..