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Sniya - Student  |
I feel like reading a fantastic book and i want yuo to tell me what your favourite book is and why. ps.i dont want 20 starwars a new blank reviews please _______________ The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. Bertrand Russell http://www.thejediacademy.net/forums_detail_page.php?f_id=970 |
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koushka - Student 
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I am the type of person that likes to be out of the real world when I read/play hence I am here at a star wars site. Ok, with that said, I have read many fantasy books and by far the most compelling, best written and best work is the LOTR. Now you say big deal everybody likes that but have you really sat and read what Tolkien has done to his work. He has made up a whole new world from the beginning. Created new things, people and unspeakable evil. Not to mention a whole new language or several. He has refined it almost to perfection. His writing, in my opinion is extremely hard to surpass. A genius he was and the books I shall ever treasure as the best I have read. There is another set of books that I like but not quite as near to the calibar of LOTR. The series starts with The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams. Pretty good. Along the same lines as Tolkien with swords and uspeakable evil lurking. That is my penny worth, red deer. _______________ Faithful Padawan of {SKX}Dark Blade My profile pic is luke skywalker 
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Zoro Kakashi - Ex-Student 
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come come paradise by Jiraiya lol _______________ "When did Noah built the Arc, before the rain, before the rain." |
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Marcel Mandarijn - Student 
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lotr of course :S |
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Jaina D'Kana - Jedi Instructor 
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Silencio is right...Shogun is really good _______________ INTP |
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Axion - Student 
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also The Dark Elf Trilogy by RA Salvatore i think its awsome i highly reccomend it for fantasy lovers its in the forgotten relm series that series PWNS!  its about this dark elf Drizzt and women are higher than males so he didn't excatly get good attention from his mom.. his dad, Zaknaefian taught him to be a swordsman and boy hes awsome at it but then when Drizzt realizes she has killed Zaknaefian Drizzt runs away to the Underworld also he has a panther he summons in combat so its pretty much all about Drizzt wanting to get revnge.. its a 3 book series btw _______________ Axion - Yeah. This comment was edited by Axion on Oct 05 2003 12:14pm. |
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Xipkell - Student |
All of these are great but some of the best books I have ever read are by Michael Moore. You want scary read Stupid White Men and Dude Where's My Country?. Fiction can never come close to the evil, dispicable, scary things that happen in your own backyard. As far as fiction anything in this thread or House of Leaves and God's Debris. That is if you like your brain sucked out, squashed, atomized ,reconstituted, chopped, diced, pureed, liquified, frozen, thawed, shipped to Alaska, then the moon, then alpha centauri, then back home, reasembled, and reinserted. They are the best MIND FREAK books. If you like to see the world from a new point of view or just to have it messed with in a major way. PS.If you don't like new ideas RUN AWAY, RUN AS FAR AND AS FAST AS YOU CAN. PPS.I recomend these to everyone I meet even total strangers. They are that good. PPPS.If you don't believe me call me at home and I will tell you in person. PPPPS.They have absolutely nothing to do with religion. This comment was edited by Xipkell on Oct 04 2003 09:06am. |
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Axion - Student
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the new jedi order series is pretty good ^_^ _______________ Axion - Yeah. |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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_Makers and Takers_, by Edmund Kontoski. Far and away the best book every. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Sniya - Student 
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i read animal farm good book. _______________ The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. Bertrand Russell http://www.thejediacademy.net/forums_detail_page.php?f_id=970 |
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Khalek[JAP] - Ex-Student ![Khalek[JAP]](/image_thumbnail.php?f_type=users&f_width=70&f_height=50&f_image=4155.jpg&f_odd=1)
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*flexes fingers* Here we go. Lets look at this by genre, shall we? I'm sticking to my fave classics, so this won't be for all tastes. Will drop some fantasy ones on yer head later. 1 - Comedy The true genre of bookiness. None of that fancy deep crap, right? WRONG!!!!!!! Humour is the most wond'rous and poetic of all fiction and all who doubt me will face the wrath of my criticstick! If you want accessible, classic humour then you won't go far wrong with 'Sense and Sensiblity.' What! I hear you cry, LOL. Yup, you heard me right. It's a wonderfully satirical piece, with twists of language and a carefully structured ironic twist that keeps you laughing, if you want to thinik and giggle. This is of particular interest if you have the idea that all Romantic fiction is girls in dresses wondering who they were gonna marry...Jane Austen HATED that idea... Another would be Voltaire's Candide. Candide is originally a French work, so you'd want a translation, but these texts work in a similar fashion, with irony being the conduit of the criticism. Of particular note is the chapter in Paris, where Voltaire has a dig at almost everyone he has ever met and hated, hehe. 2 - Melancholic misery,  Any utopian book has a dark side to it, in the lack of the reality, but the twisted view of Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)is useful to anyone thinking about colonialism, and has greater interest to anyone looking for a classic side dish to the Iraq situation. The question of what is a barbarian is thrown back in the face of the person asking... Similarly, the allegorical Animal Farm (George Orwell) is a cynical look at the human need to elevate himself above his peers, amongst other things. Weepiness abounds towards the end if you like fluffy animals. In which case, you MUST read Watership Down. Often dismissed as a childrens book (compare to Harry Potter today, people) this is perhaps my favorite book. It also includes a created language with as much basis as Tolkiens elven, for those interested. Umm.....gotta go, will return LOL. Cya, and happy reading  _______________ Brother to HW and Kyp Durron, padawan of the almiiiighty NFF. Traitor to the family and keeper of the LOLlipops (poisoned and otherwise). Jello's unwanted second cousin. Vladarion's moral lesser http://www.crazyfray.co.uk/home.htm - major update coming soon, yeah right.... £3.00 to be pledged so far to the JA fund... Just type PLEDGE ME UP KHALEK in any interesting post, and if it passes the funkolology test, 50p goes in the kitty... This one's for Jacen... http://www.bash.org/?7838
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Sniya - Student
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These are some fantastic books,i think ill do that tom chance rambowthing first _______________ The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. Bertrand Russell http://www.thejediacademy.net/forums_detail_page.php?f_id=970 |
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VaXxla Belouve - Student 
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Yeh, Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman - Good Omens, fantastic! _______________ <-Padawan to FiZZe-> Bro to Roan, Squibit, Bail and Seth Cloudrider. -=Co-founder of The Galaxial School of Interpretive Ballet=- NOW SHOWING AT MUNES BAR!! music not supplied or required! =- Bow down to the great nipple -= This comment was edited by VaXxla Belouve on Oct 02 2003 02:05pm. |
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Roan Belouve - Retired 
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Terry Pratchett - Good Omens! Terry Brooks - Running with the Demon! and LOTR, I'm sad over 30 SW books!  _______________ *Bro to Vaxxla,Padawan of FiZZandOdan-Wei Part of the mighty Belouve Dynasty-Knight of Nippledom.Twin of Selphestal!**Proud Master to Kaelis and Acura Friend to anyone who would call me the same . Pic by the amazing Majno (merry)
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(Jedi)Master_Yoda-JC - Student 
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Well, i just finished reading all the books from the "Aeneid", and am now reading Dante's "Inferno". But yeah, Tom Clancy is a nice change too _______________ (Jedi)Master_Yoda-JC |
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Fizz of Belouve - Student 
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yeah, tom clancy all the way but robert ludlum has some very good ones, too _______________ One of the Belouve boys, founder of the mighty FiZZsters Midbie council #20 - Fizz - #1933 - Jan '03 - Aug '04 "Renfield, you idiot!" |
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Jello` - Student 
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"Rainbow Six" by Tom Clancy is my favorite book ever. 900 pages, realistic situations about anti-terrorism. "Terminal Event" and "White Star" by James Thayer are also really good. Terminal Event is about a plane hijack/crash and a wicked cool ending. White Star is about a sniper who has a rival, its pretty good too _______________ Brady Brothers: Orion-Greg, Furi0us-Peter, Me-Bobby. Long lost cousin to Flash. Midbie Council #007. Ex-JAK. |
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Rei D'Kana - Ex-Student |
The hobbit -> THe Lord of the Rings -> Simarlion -> (nagelaten vertellingen lol I only read that one in dutch so I have no idea what the english name is) -> LotR Compendium. They all PWN! |
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Silencio - Student 
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"The three musketeers" by Alex andre dumas is also pretty good. I'm sure I don't have to tell you what that is about either. I've also heard good things about the bible and the book by that Mao guy.. Appearantly it's an all-time best-seller or something? _______________ Second-in-command of the mighty FiZZsters |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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The only book i have eva read all the way through is Stephen king's "IT" and it was truly amazing, so much better than the already good made for TV version of it really good book it is _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Read the Silmarillion afterwards. Pwnage. |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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read in this order "The Hobbit" then "Lord of the Rings" they are my favorite books of all. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
LOTR/The Hobbit/The Silmarillion. No doubt. |
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Fizz of Belouve - Student
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yeah, shogun ricks.... I have liked the "Dune" series... its 6 books, with some prequels available, too.... well ya know, its all about the desert planet "arrakis" aka "dune", paul atreides, later known as muadib, and his son, Leto II.... _______________ One of the Belouve boys, founder of the mighty FiZZsters Midbie council #20 - Fizz - #1933 - Jan '03 - Aug '04 "Renfield, you idiot!" |
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Silencio - Student
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"Lord of the rings" is always a good choice. So is James Clavell's "Shogun". I'm sure I don't need to tell you what Lotr is about. Shogun is about an english sailor that arrives in japan in the 1600's. He eventually befriends a daymio named Toranaga. Lots of hijinx ensue (not really, but there are some funny moments in it) _______________ Second-in-command of the mighty FiZZsters |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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if you like science fiction (good science fiction that is, not star wars ), then pick up any Arthur C. Clarke book. Or Isaac Asimov is cool too... any of his books as well. If you're not into science fiction, don't ask me _______________ make install -not war |
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