We've had Funniest book, saddest song, how about most thought provoking Book?
Monday, June 14, 2004 by IPlural | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Found thins link again just a bit ago...
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/General/JohnnyGotHisGun.html
fair warning, it isn't nice, it isn't funny and it isn't anything but what you take from it...
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/General/JohnnyGotHisGun.html
fair warning, it isn't nice, it isn't funny and it isn't anything but what you take from it...
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IPlural
Reply #22 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:13 AM
I've been found out
Reply #22 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:13 AM
| Whew! Looking at your list I 'see' an imminent trip to the library! |
I've been found out
MGiff
Reply #23 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:39 PM
Reply #23 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:39 PM
"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck moved me more than any book I have ever read and I'm an avid reader. The ending is the most touching scene I can fathom.
EventHorizon
Reply #24 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:22 PM
Reply #24 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:22 PM
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
...another one.
...another one.
nahnope
Reply #25 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:51 PM
Reply #25 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:51 PM
Memnoch the Devil - Anne Rice, almost any Anne Rice book leaves me touched, moved, bedazzled etc.
But I think the rest that have really left an impression have already been mentioned, Dante's The Comedy would prolly rank up there in the very very top on my personal list.
Om om by Stefan Stenudd left a very big impression on me in my childhood.
But I think the rest that have really left an impression have already been mentioned, Dante's The Comedy would prolly rank up there in the very very top on my personal list.
Om om by Stefan Stenudd left a very big impression on me in my childhood.
Evorg
Reply #27 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:40 AM
Reply #27 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:40 AM
Earth Abides (I forgot who wrote it)
Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics-John N. Bahcall, Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Unconventional Flying Objects, a scientific analysis-Paul R. Hill,NASA scientist
Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics-John N. Bahcall, Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Unconventional Flying Objects, a scientific analysis-Paul R. Hill,NASA scientist
Stumpy
Reply #28 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:59 AM
Reply #28 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:59 AM
A book called:
"We are not the first" by Erich Von Daniken
Very interesting reading
"We are not the first" by Erich Von Daniken
Very interesting reading
Tiggz
Reply #29 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:19 AM
o yes, read this one years ago - my recollection of it is a little fuzzy but I remember having my mind well and truly boggled
one of my all time favourites - this, along with it's predecessor Jonathon Livingstone Seagull, had a major influence on how I was to engage with the world around me
a couple of others:
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran. I had tried to read this a couple of times but it was a little esoteric for me. Then one day I picked it up and it must have been the right time because it clicked. Wow
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance - same thing, tried and failed a couple of times...then...clickage
The science fiction of Iain M. Banks - Immensely rich and detailed vision of an advanced "culture" (to coin a phrase)
And of course The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy The idea that anyone capable of getting themselves elected as leader of the universe must be entirely unsuited for the job is priceless 
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Reply #29 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:19 AM
| #13 by Aleatoric - 6/15/2004 12:28:09 AM Douglas Hofstadter - "Godel, Escher, and Bach" |
o yes, read this one years ago - my recollection of it is a little fuzzy but I remember having my mind well and truly boggled
| #20 by Mrs _footsie_ - 6/15/2004 7:34:51 AM Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah- Richard Bach |
one of my all time favourites - this, along with it's predecessor Jonathon Livingstone Seagull, had a major influence on how I was to engage with the world around me
a couple of others:
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran. I had tried to read this a couple of times but it was a little esoteric for me. Then one day I picked it up and it must have been the right time because it clicked. Wow
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance - same thing, tried and failed a couple of times...then...clickage
The science fiction of Iain M. Banks - Immensely rich and detailed vision of an advanced "culture" (to coin a phrase)
And of course The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The idea that anyone capable of getting themselves elected as leader of the universe must be entirely unsuited for the job is priceless 
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_footsie_
Reply #30 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:33 AM
Reply #30 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:33 AM
Ah Jafo!!! Yes!!!
Tiggz funny book Hitchhiker's Guide!!!
I forgot to mention the Dune Books by Frank Herbert...incredibly intricate...
I love Isaac Asimov books although he is so very very dry in interviews
Plato's The Republic
The Last Gasp- Trevor Hoyle
Exploring the Unseen World- Steinour
Slan-A.E. Van Voght
The God Project- John Saul
The Unicorn Affair- James Frithand n Frank Glicksman
a really funny one is Emile and the Dutchman-Joel Rosenberg
The Bell Jar....
I think the first books I ever really loved though...
No laughing k???
Beautiful Joe
Harriet The Spy
Swiss Family Robinson
The Pokey Little Puppy
Clip Clop (about a little pony that wanted to wear all kinds of shoes)
Tiggz funny book Hitchhiker's Guide!!! I forgot to mention the Dune Books by Frank Herbert...incredibly intricate...
I love Isaac Asimov books although he is so very very dry in interviews
Plato's The Republic
The Last Gasp- Trevor Hoyle
Exploring the Unseen World- Steinour
Slan-A.E. Van Voght
The God Project- John Saul
The Unicorn Affair- James Frithand n Frank Glicksman
a really funny one is Emile and the Dutchman-Joel Rosenberg
The Bell Jar....
I think the first books I ever really loved though...
No laughing k???
Beautiful Joe
Harriet The Spy
Swiss Family Robinson
The Pokey Little Puppy
Clip Clop (about a little pony that wanted to wear all kinds of shoes)
carolelee
Reply #31 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:36 AM
Reply #31 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:36 AM
My fav is still Lord of the Rings(all three) and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Classic and timeless
Classic and timeless 
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #33 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 10:58 AM
Reply #33 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 10:58 AM
Memnoch the Devil(anne rice)
A Breif History of Space and Time.(guy in the wheelchair)
Anything by Larry Niven
Hitchhikers Guide
Bibles(any religion)
A Comedy of Job(heinlein)
A Breif History of Space and Time.(guy in the wheelchair)
Anything by Larry Niven
Hitchhikers Guide
Bibles(any religion)
A Comedy of Job(heinlein)
DesignCaddy
Reply #34 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:06 PM
Reply #34 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:06 PM
thought provoking.. hmm to revisit, i'd say 'way of the peaceful warrior'. or, more meaningful, a small book by the dalai lama i can not recall the name of.
DesignCaddy
Reply #35 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:07 PM
Reply #35 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:07 PM
double post. methinks i'll be stoned.
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IPlural
Reply #36 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:32 PM
Reply #36 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:32 PM
I've a couple by the Dali Lama
I also like the ones on Myth and Mythology from Eastern Religions courses.
I also like the ones on Myth and Mythology from Eastern Religions courses.
CerebroJD
Reply #37 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:28 PM
Reply #37 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:28 PM
"Prey" by Michael Crichton. He's the guy who wrote the Jurassic Parks as well as the creator of E.R. the tv show.
nahnope
Reply #38 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:44 PM
Reply #38 Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:44 PM
Oh and not to forget: Time travel in Einsteins universe by J. Richard Gott
Ofcourse I suppose I could keep adding one at a time like this forever, my memory being what it is (or rather isn't A.K.A. functioning)
Ofcourse I suppose I could keep adding one at a time like this forever, my memory being what it is (or rather isn't A.K.A. functioning)
goodmorphing
Reply #39 Friday, July 16, 2004 4:37 PM
Reply #39 Friday, July 16, 2004 4:37 PM
Books on my desk now include:
Islam Under Siege by Akbar S. Ahmed (its helping me to understand)
The Qur'an (I hope to understand more)
Not always so: Practicing the true spirit of Zen...Shunryu Suzuki
Men in Black Dresses ... a quest for the future among wisdom makers of the middle east by Yvonne Seng, ph.d.
The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom
hehe
and LAMB, (the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal) by Christopher Moore
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Reply #21 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:26 AM