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--- Quote from: LadyUltima on January 29 2006, 12:00 pm ---I enjoy most of Orson Scott Card's books (though I find his belief that gay people should just **** it up and go into a straight marriage absolutely repulsive and ridiculous).
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I LOVE Orson Scott Card. Especially The Worthing Saga. And his homophobia is to be expected. He's Mormon (yay for being Mormon and so knowing all sorts of Mormon pop culture) and he likes to involve his religious beliefs in his text a lot. His Homecoming (I think that's what is was called...) series is pretty much one big allegory for the Book of Mormon.
--- Quote from: LadyUltima on January 29 2006, 12:00 pm ---I adore Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. (I don't like Emily Bronte nearly as well.)
Charles Dickens I like usually like, though at times I can't read him without getting a headache. I also enjoy J.R.R. Tolkien.
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet are my heroes. Everyone needs to read them.
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Ditto ditto ditto. Especially on the Charles Dickes, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman things. Neil Gaiman rocks the hardness. I'm halfway through American Gods right now. Neverwhere and Coraline blew my mind.
I highly recommend Robert A. Heinlein. Especially Stranger in a Strange Land, though that book has some homophobia in it as well (though, on the whole, Heinleins books tend to be supportive of any form of love).
I about to start reading Memiors of a Geisha and I'm really excited! And after that I think I want to read The Lovely Bones. Just a while back I read Everything is Illuminated, and declare it one of the most well crafted novels of all time.
Everyone in the world should read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. All the way through. The first book is not enough. The ending of the last book will tear your heart out, and boogle your brain. It is a series that must be read as a whole. It makes me sad that the first one is the only one to ever get recognition.
Look at the length of my post! Man...I need to learn the art of brevity.
Jeannette:
--- Quote from: TimeMachine on January 29 2006, 04:06 pm ---I LOVE Orson Scott Card. Especially The Worthing Saga. And his homophobia is to be expected. He's Mormon (yay for being Mormon and so knowing all sorts of Mormon pop culture) and he likes to involve his religious beliefs in his text a lot. His Homecoming (I think that's what is was called...) series is pretty much one big allegory for the Book of Mormon.
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Yes, I know that his religious opinions are too be expected. It doesn't bother me enough to keep me from reading his books, so it's alright. And I loved 'The Homecoming' series; I've been meaning to read it again for a while. And... wow. You are the ONLY other person I've ever met who's actually -READ- 'The Worthing Saga.' It was really good, but it's all but unknown. Have you ever read 'The Songbird'? It's another of his really early books that almost nobody has read.
--- Quote ---Ditto ditto ditto. Especially on the Charles Dickes, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman things. Neil Gaiman rocks the hardness. I'm halfway through American Gods right now. Neverwhere and Coraline blew my mind.
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I loved 'Neverwhere.' And I need to read 'American Gods.' My older brother will kill me if I don't soon.
--- Quote ---Everyone in the world should read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. All the way through. The first book is not enough. The ending of the last book will tear your heart out, and boogle your brain. It is a series that must be read as a whole. It makes me sad that the first one is the only one to ever get recognition.
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I've only read the first book... Erg, I need to read the others, I know. The first book leaves off... I need to know what happens.
snowangel:
Has anyone here, besides me read Battle Royale?
It's a good book, I'd recommend it if you looking for a book about human interaction. But it's pretty violent and some scenes in the book do get gory. But I managed to overlook that.
There's some morale behind the book as well, but you have to read into it to figure it out. A lot of people whom I've talked to like the book, so if you're up to it, give the book a shot.
Hikari B.:
Has anyone read the book Stargirl? It's written by Jerry Spinelli. Mou... I want to read that. ><
I'm adding to my favorite book list:
The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary
Time-Machine:
--- Quote from: hikari_blaze on January 30 2006, 10:55 am ---Has anyone read the book Stargirl? It's written by Jerry Spinelli. Mou... I want to read that. ><
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I have! I read that right after my 8th grade year. It was really good. It's the kind of book that makes you want to be a better person. Stargirl is a cool person.
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