Best Books Ever

What is the most best books ever written, id say:

- lord of the rings
- harry potter

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076... :lol:

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the day of the jackal
1984
a clockwork orange

Yeah I agree with 1984 thats a great book, I also really like Catcher in the Rye. Brave new world has an amazing concept (though i'm not sure if its one of the best ever)

yes catcher in the rye is great must have slipped my mind when making the list

MagicNakor that be ruff :)

^ :blink: say what, speak english

J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord Of The Rings, without doubt.

Naked Lunch - William Burroughs

- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=books
- Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)
- Scott Mueller's Upgrading And Repairing PCs 14th Edition
- The da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
- Heavier Than Heaven (Charles Cross)

Its like a 5 page book lol...but its about this sniper that is on a roof trying to get this lady..but another dude shoots at him right before he shoots the lady. The dude ducks down and takes out a little mirror and get his revolver. he shoots the other dude with it...go over to the building and turns him over. and its his brother. :P

Dont know what its called though.

The best book I ever read is Magician from Raymond Feist...Ray writes very good and I'm just addicted to his books :lol:

The English Dictionary and The Bible. :D

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Originally posted by N£MO@24 July 2003 - 02:12
The English Dictionary and The Bible. :D

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The Bible itself is technically not a book unto itself, but is actually 66 separate books.

Now you know.

Blood of the Fold- Terry Goodkind
The Nicholas Seafort Saga- David Feintuch
Imajica- Clive Barker
The Tamuli & Mallorean- David Eddings
Necroscope- Brian Lumley
The 5th Elephant- Terry Pratchett
The Stand- Stephen King
Memnoch the Devil- Anne Rice
The Warlord Chronicles- Bernard Cornwell

and for a bit of culture...

The Colour Purple- Alice Walker (I think)

um... that's all I can think of at the moment. B)

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B.

I've never read it, but it has such a great name.






It's such a stupid question. That it deserves a similar answer. One can answer subjective enquiries along this line, but not objective ones.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

it must be great because it has 4 sequels, a TV series, and an in-production Movie

all the star wars books

BEST book??? Not possible

Anything by Andrew Vachss is good especially the Burke detective novelsAlso if You like J. R. R. Tolkien try Something from Stephen R. Donaldson the Thomas Covennant The Unbeliever series is fantastic! B)

Just read >>>
Franz Kafka-Metamorfosis ;)

THID BOOK IS awasome ! :sorcerer:

Yeahh Silverccrow, that book is a bout a man that converts into a cockroach that has to be the Dopest Book ever!

Good Choice :D

Among many others:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls

JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (spelt Tolkien NOT Tolkein) has in my opinion received far too much attention in recent times due to its hollywood success. Yes, it is a great read. I won't deny it that and it quite easily stands on the shelfs on its own. But would you like many have bothered to pick it up if it wasn't for it's acclaimed success?

- The Lord of the Rings
- Harry Potter Books
- Wrinkle in Time

Same can be said for the Harry Potter series! :P

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Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls

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I read that book, back in the school days. It was a good book, but don't bother watching the movie. It sucks.

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Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls

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I read that book, back in the school days. It was a good book, but don&#39;t bother watching the movie. It sucks. [/b][/quote]
Too late :P actually, most movies are never better than the book.....

The books that have always stuck with me have been stephen donaldsons Thomas covenant...white gold wielder...although dated e.e doc smith books and phillip jose farmers riverworld<<<<the film was not much good though :(

The Divine Comedy by Dante

I NEVER BEEN THE SAME AFTER I READ THIS BOOKS:

Tales... POE
Ficciones BORGES
Vineland PYNCHON
The man in the castle DICK
Genealogia de la moral NIETZCHE
The Steppen Wolf HESSE
Paginas escogidas ARTAUD
Heart of darkness CONRAD
Todos los fuegos el fuego CORTAZAR
El sueño de los heroes B.CASARES
Memorias de Adriano YOURCENAR
Yo Claudio ROBERT GRAVES
La metamorfosis KAFKA

I really think that Tolkien is a minor writer, nothing to compare with any of the list above, may be amusing (not even that for me) and a first step for major literature but not the end of it.

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Originally posted by LeeMarvin@28 July 2003 - 20:36
I really think that Tolkien is a minor writer

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Originally posted by LeeMarvin@28 July 2003 - 20:36
I NEVER BEEN THE SAME AFTER I READ THIS BOOKS:

Tales... POE
Ficciones BORGES
Vineland PYNCHON
The man in the castle DICK
Genealogia de la moral NIETZCHE
The Steppen Wolf HESSE
Paginas escogidas ARTAUD
Heart of darkness CONRAD
Todos los fuegos el fuego CORTAZAR
El sueño de los heroes B.CASARES
Memorias de Adriano YOURCENAR
Yo Claudio ROBERT GRAVES
La metamorfosis KAFKA

I really think that Tolkien is a minor writer, nothing to compare with any of the list above, may be amusing (not even that for me) and a first step for major literature but not the end of it.

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Can you at least say what these books are about

There is only one true way to know, and that is to find the meaning yourself. LeeMarvin has some taste. Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe... the list goes on. Read it for3024

How about:

Silence Of The Lambs / Thomas Harris
The Hannibal Lecter Book Of Gourmet For Beginners / Hannibal Lecter
The Dune-saga / Frank Herbert
Bill The Galactic Hero - series / Harry Harrison
Stainless Steel Rat - series / Harry Harrison
All of &#39;em / Dashiel Hammet
All of &#39;em / Raymond Chandler
Virtual Light / William Gibson
Mona Lisa / William Gibson
Count Zero / William Gibson

And... among many others: Philip K. Dick&#39;s Greatest Hits (Like: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep... better known to the world from the movie adaptation "Blade Runner".... That Sean Young playing the android chick is GEORGEOUS&#33; WOW&#33; And the music by Vangelis is mind-blowing.....)

AND there&#39;s more, and more, and more, and MORE&#33;&#33;&#33;HaaahhhhaaahhhaahhhHHaHAHAHAHhhhhhAHHHH&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
You little dicks have to get yerselves some better books to read&#33;&#33;&#33;

Only read the "Catcher In The Rye" IF You&#39;re planning to waste the president&#33;&#33;&#33;

HEEEEHHHAAAAWWW, Y&#39;all&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

h.h. ;)

The Firm by John Grisham...tax law was never so fun

And I agree with the guy who said Tolkien was a hack&#33;

As far as I see in this forum, science fiction rules, so here is a list of great science fiction and writers (in fact some of their works are nearer to a "literatura fantastica" (I don&#39;t know how to spell it in english) than strictly science fiction):

Ballard - Crash
Dick - Blade runner, Minority report, and the list goes on
Wells - The invisible man, etc.
Bradbury - Marcian cronics
Lovecraft - I don&#39;t know if someone made a movie based on one of his stories, but the blair witch project reflects many aspects of his manangement of suspense and terror.

Beside them is a movie/s based on their books; on the other hand I once heard Polanski saying that you need a really bad book to make a great film, in the great majority of cases that&#39;s correct, with perhaps one case that breaks the rule: Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now: Great book even Greater movie, perhaps the last great american movie, it was the end of a period; know we enjoy Jerry Buckheimmer&#39;s pop corn bullshit. Is there any new american writer you can recomend?

PD:
Great comics:

El Eternauta - Oesterheld
The black book, Mort Cinder, etc - Breccia
El halcon maltez - Hugo Pratt
Arkham Asylum - Grant Morrison/ Dave MC Kean
The invisibles - Grant Morrison (I heard that was one of matrix inspirations)
Mr. Punch - Dave Mc Kean
The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
Kamui - Sanpei Shirato
and a lot of Manga

Well....

Some books just CAN&#39;T be translated into a film....
Just look what happened to "American Psycho".... NOT that I particularly wanted to see that craziness turned into a movie , anyway....
Some things are best left just to words...

Brrrr.............

H.H.

BY the way....

Frank Miller must be one of the meanest S.O.B. cartoonists alive....

I don&#39;t particularly enjoy the ultra-violence portrayed in most of his work, BUT I admire the exellent graphics.

Boom&#33;

h.h. ;)