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What’s your favorite book?

Edward53
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And the winner is......
The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame.

Runners up:
Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Samuel Pepys's Diary 1660-1669
 
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Archer Archer
I was always more of an Arthur C. Clarke fan than Asimov, but indeed the Foundation series are amazing.

If I had to pick a favourite Sci-Fi book, it would be Rendezvous with Rama by Clarke by a long shot. I read it maybe 4 or 5 years after it came out, and I recall it being so hard to put down - ended up reading chapter after chapter by flashlight in my room when I should have been sleeping...

Lot's of talk over the years of making it into a movie, and that is one I would most definitely like to see.

I've also read the follow-up novels that Clarke wrote with Gentry Lee in the late 80's and early 90's. All good books but the original is the best.

Cheers, Al

Thanks for the recommendation. I just finished Rendezvous with Rama and enjoyed it. I think I will read more of the series.
 
wsfarrell
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"The Invention of Morel" by Adolfo Bioy Casares. Published in 1940, this science fiction novella describes how a man gains immortality by inserting himself into an advanced kind of film that loops continuously. It's said to be the basis for "Last Year at Marienbad," one of my favorite movies. Atmospheric and haunting.
 
base615
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Candy by Luke Davies. Not an easy book to read but incredibly well written. I've read it many times over the years.
 
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jove14 jove14
The one I'm writing now!

Sounds interesting! 👍 Would you mind telling us a little bit about it?
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chronos
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One of my favorite books is Sophie's world by Jostein Gaarder
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shishy
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Thinking in Systems by Donna Meadows
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (actually anything by Nabokov)
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Little Prince by Expurey
 
Fritz
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Favourite? Whatever I’m reading now. Old classics are a favourite, books like “War and Peace” have been in print for a long time for a good reason.

And The Bible is always a good read.

And then there’s always a “Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” comic available in the John for another perspective.
 
Larry S
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RIGG RIGG
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Hysterical book. I’d be afraid to read it again under the current circumstances.
 
kingsrider
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I have this copy which is so tattered it's embarrassing. It's is my go to for many reasons. Hemingway was a true master of simplicity.
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A very close second is anything written by this guy.
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Cenzo
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Any fan of the Space Program should read this one. It's focused on solving engineering problems to get to the moon and does not concentrate on the astronauts. The scale of that job was mind blowing. I've read it three times and just posting this is making want to read it again!
 
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