Good Books

nobackspacebutton · Post by **nobackspacebutton** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:49 pm

If you were to recommend a book for someone to read, what would it be?

I'd say The Scarlet Letter. That was definately one of the favorites I read in HS. It showed Christian hypocrisy at its best...and is great for analyzing symbols.

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:51 pm

Metamorphasis by Franz Kafka

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:54 pm

The Trial by same

kageyuki · Post by **kageyuki** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:02 pm

"A River Runs Through It" by George MacClean

(at least I think that was the author's name. I know the title's right though. It's been a while since I read that book.)

EDIT: I was way off on the author.. it's Norman Maclean

Post by **wintermute** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:02 pm

The Silmarion, J.R.R. Tolkien

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Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:18 pm

Pretty much anything Franz Kafka.

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:20 pm

Foucault's Pendulum and Five Moral Pieces, Umberto Eco

Beckers · Post by **Beckers** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:25 pm

Augustine confessions

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The Merant of Venice - Shakespear

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:47 pm

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:53 pm

Although Stephen King had it pulled from the shelves after the whole Columbine thing (don't know if any of you even remember that little incident), Rage, which he originally published under his Richard Bachman pseudonym, was pretty good, not to mention prophetic. It's probably next to impossible to locate now.

Post by **wintermute** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:57 pm

It should be be obvious that I also highly recommend the "sprawl" trilogy (Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Count Zero) by the William Gibson

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AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:59 pm

Ah, speaking of Gibson, his more mature work is pretty interesting too, although of them I'd only recommend Pattern Recognition.

agent_fondue · Post by **agent_fondue** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:00 pm

White Oleander - Janet Fitch
My Sister from the black Lagoon - Laurie Fox

Post by **wintermute** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:01 pm

AutoPilate wrote:Ah, speaking of Gibson, his more mature work is pretty interesting too, although of them I'd only recommend Pattern Recognition.

Oh, I'd highly recommend Pattern Recognition, especially with the crowd who have gathered for LG15.

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AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:02 pm

I liked Idoru too, but it ties in too much with Virtual Light and All Tomorrow's Parties to be read alone, I think.