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1st May, 2004 at 04:08:20 -

Here are my favorites:

Lord of the Flies
Malcolm X
Enders Game Series
Hitchhikers Guide Series
Ringworld
Destiny's Road
Catcher in the Rye
Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
Digital Fortress
Deception Point
Prey
Tomorrow, When the War Began

Basically I like books that follow the principals of Lord of the Flies, where a group of people are stranded somewhere with no form of authority governing themselves. The theme is seen throughout most of my favorite books, like Ender's Game, Ringworld, and Destiny's Road, except those are set in the future.

Tomorrow, When the War Began, is an Australian book documenting the lives of some Australian teens who were out camping when a country invaded Australia. They have to fend for themselves, and combat the military that has either captured of killed their families and the rest of the people in their town. It is a really good read, and evokes the question "what would I do in that situation".

Please post your favorite books, because I am in need of a good one.

 
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1st May, 2004 at 04:19:08 -

Dude, you go down a notch in my books for not mentioning His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Lights etc.

 
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1st May, 2004 at 04:24:15 -

Yeah, well I saw the lord of the flies movie, and my favourite character was the fat kid! He told the best stories and it was funny when he got squashed.

 

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1st May, 2004 at 04:24:18 -

Hey, that's what this is all about, I'll go get it from the library!

 
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1st May, 2004 at 06:21:29 -

I couldn't get into the His Dark Materials books, but I like the Hitchhikers Guide series, Of Mice and Men, Tomorrow When the War Began (that would make SUCH a good game!), anything by Ray Bradbury, anything by Avi, and Dreamcatcher.

 
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1st May, 2004 at 06:58:06 -

Copy all of the above and add Roald Dahl (his adult books ). Very entertaining.

 
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1st May, 2004 at 10:45:31 -

Top 15 In No Particular Order
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Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow -- Orson Scott Card
Shadow of the Hegemon -- Orson Scott Card
Shadow Puppets -- Orson Scott Card
1984 -- George Orwell
Brave New World - Aldux Huxley
Halo: The Fall of Reach -- Eric Nylund
Stranger In A Strange Land -- Bob Heinlein
Night - Elle Wiezel
Of Mice And Men -- John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Waiting For Godot -- Samuel Beckett
Hamlet -- William Shakespeare
One Knee Equals Two Feet -- John Madden
All The President's Men -- Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein


 
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1st May, 2004 at 11:10:53 -

Anything by Douglas Adams, Micheal Stackpole's Battletech books, and Orson Scott Card's earlier works.

 
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1st May, 2004 at 14:59:04 -

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about Stranger In A Strange Land, by ROBERT Heinlein.

I read all of the Enders series, but in the latter books I think he sorta lost it, you know, when Peter and that chinese girl go and visit the planet of Samoa. WTF was that about?!?!

 
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1st May, 2004 at 15:33:22 -

hitchhiker's guide to galaxy

 
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1st May, 2004 at 15:36:35 -

Master M ever read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency?

 
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1st May, 2004 at 15:37:15 -

The Dragon Lance series are cool

 

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1st May, 2004 at 16:46:52 -

Also, all you Douglas Adams fans, remember that may 25th is towel day.

 
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1st May, 2004 at 18:46:16 -

A Song of ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin is a very good read to any of you Fantasy fans out there. It's very Realistic (No one man armies), With Politics, A little bit of magic, Swaering, Sex, War, Treachery, Everything. I recommend you pick this novel up at a library or even buy it. You will not be dissapointed.

 
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1st May, 2004 at 18:55:47 -

Halo: The fall of reach
Cockroach War
Hipless Hapless Hopeless
Plotless Pointless Pathetic
The secret Island

 
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