Best book you've ever read

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July 8th, 2006, 06:51
LeperMessiah

Best book you've ever read

What is the best book you've ever read?

Also what is the best movie you've seen adapted from a book you've read?

The best book I've ever read is American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

The best movie adaptation is a tie between Fight Club by Chuck Pahlaniuk and High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.
July 8th, 2006, 07:16
ACID

Hummmmmmmmm i must say all the books ive ever read have to do with software engeniere.
So mi best movie is CLERKS i know no book but still awsome movie cant wait till the 21 for the sequal
July 24th, 2006, 01:54
dwass5656

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
July 24th, 2006, 02:00
Gizmo356

how to get a girl volumes 1-10 collecters edittion
July 24th, 2006, 02:01
Cooe14

I read Redwall way back in the first grade, and it is still awesome :).
July 24th, 2006, 02:07
The Hombrew Hunter

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

OH and the one where the guy shot the other guy in the head, then a girl shot the guy in the head then three guys shot her and the other guys in the head and then the police showed up and shot the other police in the head then shot themselves in the head when the SWAT team arrived.

Don't remember the title :P
July 24th, 2006, 02:25
Gizmo356

0_o?
July 24th, 2006, 02:39
The Hombrew Hunter

It...was a joke Gizmo.

BTW see the new Arcade at SimpleGs?
July 24th, 2006, 03:04
NoQuarter

Best book(s) I've read are definitly I robot and foundation series.3 laws of robotics baby!!!Well actually there's 4 laws.Praise be R Daneel Olivaw;)
July 24th, 2006, 04:53
Cap'n 1time

best book ever... has to be Count of Monte Cristo. I know.. old school, but its still a damn good book :)
July 24th, 2006, 09:01
Cooe14

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Originally Posted by 1timeuser

best book ever... has to be Count of Monte Cristo. I know.. old school, but its still a damn good book :)

I read that book in the sixth grade for a book report. The first 400 pages or so, were really good, but then it got really weird...
July 24th, 2006, 14:53
MasterChafed

best book ever... Defenitely Desperation by Stephen King. great book.
July 24th, 2006, 17:27
bullhead

Fear and loathing in las vegas is one of my favourite books.
July 24th, 2006, 17:31
ACID

I think the best book i have ever read was Ghost & Demons but the best thing i have ever read is Hustler. LOL you have to love the pics LOL.
July 24th, 2006, 17:36
Kramer

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Originally Posted by bullhead

Fear and loathing in las vegas is one of my favourite books.

i watched that movie about a month ago when i was really baked it felt like it went for 4 hours and none of it made any sense but it was trippy as ****.
might watch it straight one day
July 24th, 2006, 18:03
Uruz 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1timeuser

best book ever... has to be Count of Monte Cristo. I know.. old school, but its still a damn good book :)

You're damn right!!
July 24th, 2006, 18:17
bullhead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kramer

i watched that movie about a month ago when i was really baked it felt like it went for 4 hours and none of it made any sense but it was trippy as ****.
might watch it straight one day

You would be better off reading the book..... its so funny and realistic. You might just piss yourself laughing out loud reading it.
July 24th, 2006, 18:27
Kramer

im not really the reading type ill just watch the movie some time ive got it somewhere just have to find it
July 24th, 2006, 18:30
ACID

I think im going to get that movie since you guys say the book is good and i dont like to read much.
July 26th, 2006, 22:22
Mysteryman

The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
July 26th, 2006, 22:25
NiGame

I like books by Robert Jorden and Raymond E Fiest among others
July 26th, 2006, 22:36
BrooksyX

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. After you read that you have to read the rest of the Ender Quartet too.
July 26th, 2006, 23:40
Ultima Chocochu

I can't really say,I don't really read books
July 31st, 2006, 19:59
LeperMessiah

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Originally Posted by bullhead

Fear and loathing in las vegas is one of my favourite books.

Yes that is an amazing book
August 1st, 2006, 01:08
ninja9393

probaly eragon and eldest by cristopher paolini
August 1st, 2006, 03:19
dtothabreezy

i dont read a harry potter idk
August 1st, 2006, 05:00
WhiteX

The hitchhickers guide to the galaxy.
August 1st, 2006, 07:14
ninja9393

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Originally Posted by WhiteX

The hitchhickers guide to the galaxy.

that book is really good and it is frickin funny
August 1st, 2006, 07:29
Uruz 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mysteryman

The Art Of War by Sun Tzu

Right, that's good too.
August 2nd, 2006, 20:39
Accordion

anything by kafka

or dostoevsky
November 21st, 2006, 18:35
bullhead

Dostoevsky, is he really that good? Or will it just depress me? im feeling good enough emotionallay at the moment. Should I wait untill im down in the dumps?

Im reading a book called, "A a novel" by Andy Warhog
I read recently, "fear and loathing on the campaign trail 72'" by Hunter S. Thompson"
And another called, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" That was quite a charming book, a bit of light comic reading.
Oh, and another called, "The third Policeman" That was very good, very strange. It is by a man named Brian O'Flann.

Anyone who likes fantasy novels with a message, should read, "His Dark Matreials" by Phillip Pullman.

It's the best story I have ever read.
November 21st, 2006, 18:37
Smurph

Everyone poops, by Taro Gomi

Reference books are interesting, too.
November 21st, 2006, 18:56
Accordion

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Originally Posted by bullhead

Dostoevsky, is he really that good? Or will it just depress me? im feeling good enough emotionallay at the moment. Should I wait untill im down in the dumps?

well it took me along time to figure out but if you are at ...a mutual understanding and acceptance with the world, then nothing can really depress you. think of it more as, a kind of enlightenment of existentialism and deep psychology. i believe such depression is only a product of our social conditioning to remove ourselves from such works and thought paths...

i suppose like most works of litrature of such strain that the reader will either agree or dissagree with the methodologies used [perhaps not consciously]and that will decide the outcome on the reader...
November 21st, 2006, 19:35
bullhead

I understand, maybe ill give his stuff a look see. Cheers dude.
November 21st, 2006, 19:43
JKKDARK

I don't read books
November 21st, 2006, 19:53
souLLy

1984
November 21st, 2006, 19:59
Stump

must be
"The Cross, and the Switcblade"

a very very good book
November 21st, 2006, 20:00
Stump

Quote:

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

I don't read books

oh man, why not?? :eek:
November 21st, 2006, 20:02
bullhead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stump

must be
"The Cross, and the Switcblade"

a very very good book

What is it about?
November 21st, 2006, 20:57
BlackJack23

Ender's Game & Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
The final part when Ender arrives at the Bugger home world was probably the most beautiful and emotional piece of writing I have ever read. Never did really get into the rest of the saga though.

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Its reputation speaks for itself.

My favourite book to film adaption would have to be The LOTR Trilogy. Although had I known Fight Club was once a book there would have been some fierce competition. Fight club is among my top 3 films.