Books

Reploid Ayla · Post by **Reploid Ayla** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:53 pm

The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

or any of the books in that series (Journey to Ixlan, etc)

http://www.erowid.org/library/review/re ... eda1.shtml

it is a good read in my oppinion. i couldnt put the damn thing down

edit: ohyeah, i almost forgot. You can pick it up on amazon for like 99 cents on paperback. So it isnt a hole in the wallet either.

Post by **Black Six** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:05 am

gamer2 wrote:The Illiad (sure its old but its still interesting)

The Iliad? The Iliad?! The Iliad?!?
Personally, if you want to go classic, I found Sophocles Oedipus plays (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone) or Virgil's The Aeneid much better reads than The Iliad. I found it far too repeptitive with an ending that leaves you hanging. Just watch Troy, sure they're almost completely different, but you'll be making the right choice.

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:20 am

Animorphs!

blabmouth02 · Post by **blabmouth02** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:25 pm

hey u know wut screw all those books posted (even the ones i did). I'm writing a novel right now. Sci-fi book based in the future...since u guys r sooo nice, (Especially in my topic http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=8103 ) and if u ask me nicely i'll give u free copies before it becomes a national best seller!

sam · Post by **sam** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:43 pm

Sweet deal, next time throw this into the trade forum. Glad to hear your writing though.

Post by **Triton** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:04 pm

lol kurt thinks 750 pages is a long book! my average lenth of book is like 400-600 and the longest book i have read was shogun by james clavell 1210 pages, long ass book, longest ive ever started was the full count of monte cristo by Alexandre Dumas freakin 1365 pages

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:07 pm

Black Six wrote:
gamer2 wrote:The Illiad (sure its old but its still interesting)
The Iliad? The Iliad?! The Iliad?!?
Personally, if you want to go classic, I found Sophocles Oedipus plays (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone) or Virgil's The Aeneid much better reads than The Iliad. I found it far too repeptitive with an ending that leaves you hanging. Just watch Troy, sure they're almost completely different, but you'll be making the right choice.

they are the same, also there is a sequel to the Iliad its called the odyssey, wich closes the story

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:11 pm

It's been a while since I've read a large novel.

"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand really stinks. The movie version is even worse (very, VERY stiff actors reciting lines!

AAH THE PAIN!! *flashbacks*)

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda is funny.

Hardcover books are expensive though!

I want the novelization of OfficeSpace.

No seriously, I do.

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:21 pm

Anthem by Ayn Rand is actually very good...I liked it...

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:30 pm

Black Six wrote:
gamer2 wrote:The Illiad (sure its old but its still interesting)
The Iliad? The Iliad?! The Iliad?!?
Personally, if you want to go classic, I found Sophocles Oedipus plays (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone) or Virgil's The Aeneid much better reads than The Iliad. I found it far too repeptitive with an ending that leaves you hanging. Just watch Troy, sure they're almost completely different, but you'll be making the right choice.

I like the odessey better. There is so much violence at the end its geat. All the classics, when translated into readable english are great. Thats what makes them so readable, their timelessness.

sam · Post by **sam** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:53 pm

Semi brief synopsis's are also welcome.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:25 pm

Anthem is kind of complicated to explain, and I read it like 14 months ago, so I'll skip that.

Atlas Shrugged is a look at modern society, and a look at what would happen if certain people were to give up on the slackers and freeloaders that corrupt the world. It focuses around the Vice President, Dagny Taggart, a female, of Taggart Transcontinental, [one of] the biggest railroad company in America. Taggart appears to be going downhill, as one of their main rail lines, which leads from the biggest oil field in Colorado, is crumbling.
The typical metal to make rails was steel, but when their steel supplier has trouble getting in ore, and thus cannot make the rails, Dagny (who goes against everyone, many times in fact) then turns to Hank Rearden, this man is the top of the top when it comes to metal forming in the US. The only problem is, he doesnt make steel, he makes Rearden Metal. This metal is lighter than steel, cheaper than steel, and stronger than steel. When Dagny says the rail will be of Rearden Metal, the Taggart board goes nuts, Rearden Metal has yet to be purchased and used by anyone. No one trusts, the metal, they think itll crack apart on its first use.

This is like the first 100 pages of the book. To make a long story short, Rearden Metal becomes the top metal, and the government puts out policies limiting how his metal can be sold. Other policies are put out that limit industry, and this is where John Galt has had it. "Who is John Galt?" Read and find out.

Ill write a synopsis of the Dark Tower storyline tomorrow, I have to finish this report now.

blabmouth02 · Post by **blabmouth02** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:29 pm

okay posted my book topic in the trading post so everyone who would like a copy reply to it....

Weebl · Post by **Weebl** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:40 pm

Anthem is a book based in the future about a civilization that has completely eliminated all sense of individuality. All members of the society must think of their brothers first, never fall in love, and maintain a boring, tedious lifestyle to show that they are part of the great "We" as they call it in the book. The main character, Equality, is more of a rebel than his fellow workers. He discovers an ancient subway system hidden underneath his city left over from our time. He then goes on to discover electricity, since there were working lightbulbs in the subway track. He also falls in love with a girl who he calls "Golden One".

Anyways, he brings the lightbulb to the council of scientists so he can share his discovery, since the most recent advancement in their society is candles. They go on to rebuke him for his rebellion, and in anger he yells at them, and runs away into the forbidden forest. The Golden One follows him, and they end up in an old house left over from the times when individuality was allowed. They learn about individuality and the book ends with Equality talking about how he's going to bring up a nation of individual spirits, freeing them from the great "We" so that they can delight in the same joys he's experienced from being free.

Simply put, the book is a tribute to human individuality as well as human potential. It certainly is an interesting book. I didn't care for it all that much, but I found it interesting nonetheless. Its also short, I read it in a little over an hour.

Post by **Black Six** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:35 pm

I'm aware of The Odyssey and its plot, I just have not read it in its entiriety and therefore did not feel it would be appropriate to mention it.
And when you say "they are the same" are you saying that The Iliad is the same as The Aeneid?
<rant>Have you read both of them? If you had then you'd know they are not the same by any means. The Iliad began as an oral poem that was eventually written down in the time of the classic Greeks and has been attributed to the poet Homer. The Aeneid was composed and written by the Roman Virgil during the rule of Augustus Caesar, hundreds of years later. Still think they're the same? The Iliad is about a small period of the ten year Trojan war, beginning with Achilles refusing to fight for the the Greeks after being dishonored by their leader Agamemnon and ending with Achilles defeating Hektor of Troy in order to avenge his friend Patroklus' death, and then the funerals of both Patroklus and Hektor. The Aeneid covers the period of time (though not in chronological order, there are some flashbacks) from Aeneas, his family, and his followers fleeing the destruction of Troy (quite some time after the events in The Iliad) to getting lost many times, meeting Dido in Carthage, and eventually getting to Italy where Aeneas is destined to found Rome, after he has a war with the native Latins. Two completely different stories although there is admittedly some overlap between the characters. But that is like saying Star Wars is the same as Indiana Jones because they both have Harrison Ford (best example I can think of at 12:30 AM).</rant>

gamer2 wrote:
Black Six wrote:
gamer2 wrote:The Illiad (sure its old but its still interesting)
The Iliad? The Iliad?! The Iliad?!?
Personally, if you want to go classic, I found Sophocles Oedipus plays (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone) or Virgil's The Aeneid much better reads than The Iliad. I found it far too repeptitive with an ending that leaves you hanging. Just watch Troy, sure they're almost completely different, but you'll be making the right choice.
they are the same, also there is a sequel to the Iliad its called the odyssey, wich closes the story