What books you read

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:50 am

Originally posted by Weasel:
There is a lot of great books to read....(Off topic... Have any of you seen the episode of the Twilight Zone with the man who wanted to read....and after a nuclear war was the only one alive..then he broke his glasses...I felt so sorry for him. )

poor sod... Yes, there are potentially hundreds of thousands of good books to read... I wish I had more time (and many, many years to live

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Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 7:00 am

@Ubik: yeah - the shinning was a kick*** book - I really like it. And the movie is also one of the better made over a King book.

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 7:56 am

Originally posted by Xandax:
@Ubik: yeah - the shinning was a kick*** book - I really like it. And the movie is also one of the better made over a King book.

The best by far - IMHO. Another good adoption of a S.K. novel is "stand by me". And also "Christin" wasn't bad.
Oops... allmost forgot "the shawshank redemption"

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Saigo · Post by **Saigo** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 8:09 am

Originally posted by Ubik:
The best by far - IMHO. Another good adoption of a S.K. novel is "stand by me". And also "Christin" wasn't bad.
Oops... allmost forgot "the shawshank redemption"

Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me were excellent. I haven't read The Green Mile, but it had to be the best movie ever made from a S.K. book. The Running Man was the worst.

Saigo · Post by **Saigo** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 8:10 am

Forgot...I really like Robert Heinlein and Michael Moorc-o-c-k. The best book I've read recently was The Alienist, by Caleb Carr.

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 8:16 am

Originally posted by Saigo:
Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me were excellent. I haven't read The Green Mile, but it had to be the best movie ever made from a S.K. book. The Running Man was the worst.

I forgot about the Green mile but, still, I think The Shining is by far better than that. IMHO that is.

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Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 8:37 am

Haven't read the Green Mile yet either - it lies in a pile of unread books - but that movie was greath.

Didn't like the movie of Christine.
But IMHO the worst movie over a King book was IT. I fell asleep

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 8:40 am

Originally posted by Xandax:
Haven't read the Green Mile yet either - it lies in a pile of unread books - but that movie was greath.

Didn't like the movie of Christine.
But IMHO the worst movie over a King book was IT. I fell asleep

The Stand. They ruined the whole thing. IMHO

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 9:36 am

I just finished "Tales of the city" by Armistead Maupin.

I'm currently reading "A Bridge Too Far" by Cornelius Ryan (which has me in tears, soft sh*te that I am).

Next I am going to read Tim Pat Coogan's "The IRA: A history" or "The Naked and the Dead" by Norman Mailer (someone on GB suggested it - can't remember who, cheers anyway!).

Some good books here people.

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 9:43 am

Originally posted by Weasel:
The Stand. They ruined the whole thing. IMHO

Yup, the Stand is definitely the worst S.K. novel film adoption EVER! They didn't just ruined it, the ruined it,then pis*ed on it, then set it on fire, then ate it

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Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 9:58 am

Uhh - that sounds bad - good thing I haven't see that one

When I finish my Machiavelli trip, I think I'll go back and read some more Shakespeare and some of Plato's writing(espacially 'bout Atlantis

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KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:12 am

My all time fave : Playboy !

No, seriously i loved Steven Kings work (a lot !). I also read Crichtons, Star Wars Novels (Now i'm on Rogue Squadron series). BTW have any of you read Suntzu : The Art of War ? It's a very good book.

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Brink · Post by **Brink** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:16 am

Journey to the West and the Ramayana are nice

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Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:20 am

Originally posted by KidD01:
My all time fave : Playboy !
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BTW have any of you read Suntzu : The Art of War ? It's a very good book.

Well I was about to purchase Sun Tzu's - but went (for the time being) with Machiavelli' Art of War.

Is it good (Sun Tzu)?

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:21 am

Speaking of Chinese literature, here's some good ones :
Romance of Three Kingdoms.
108 heroes of Liang Shan (Water Margin).

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Brink · Post by **Brink** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:23 am

108 Heroes of Liang Shan(the other name is Water something,I forgot) is a good read

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:27 am

Originally posted by Xandax:

Well I was about to purchase Sun Tzu's - but went (for the time being) with Machiavelli' Art of War.

Is it good (Sun Tzu)?

Sun Tzu mainly gives you indepth analisis of how to prepare for war and how the situation on battlefield can be turned into your advantage. It's more like phylosophical book which if you can fully understand it you can use the principals on lots of things i.e. management, business etc. A very damn good book !

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Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:30 am

Well, since we do not stick to the "what book do you read" topic and extend it a bit, here are some of my favorite writers:

- Fantasy/s.f./horror

P.K.Di-ck, H.P. Lovecraft, Tolkien, Arthur Mahen, Fritz Leiber, Douglas Adams (

) Frank Herbert, Stephen King.

- Generally

T. Robbins, Norman Meiler, Salman Rushdi, John Updike (sp?) and many, many others...

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Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:41 am

Uuhh - Frank Herbert: Dune

Great book(s) - great movie

BTW: expand on the topic as you wish, we're here to share information

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:53 am

Some addition Xandax ! Great game too (Dune2)

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