falling through the earth by danielle trussoni
falling through the earth by danielle trussoni
11/22/63 is a time travel and a love story. It has minimal horror in it. It is an excellent story and appeals to men (time travel to try to stop Oswald) and women (love and dancing) alike.
thank wrote:
Im a huge fan of Stephen King. If you're into some horror-fiction, he's the guy.
My favorites are
"The Stand" a post-apocalyptic novel; typical good vs. evil
"11/22/63" a 'what if?' scenario about saving JFK from being assassinated
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Influential: Atlas Shrugged
Favorite is hard to pick but anything by David McCullough or Stephen Ambrose ( history nerd here)
The Emigrants by W G Sebald. An article here which may pique your interest
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/12/why-you-should-read-w-g-sebald.html
The Godfather (1969) - Mario Puzo
Thanks for the article. Seems like an interesting author, I have never heard of him before, and will have to give that book a read.
'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins.
'God is not Great' by Christopher Hitchens
Watership Down by Richard Adams
From Wikipedia:
Watership Down is a classic adventure novel, written by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in south-central England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language (Lapine), proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel is the Aeneid of the rabbits as they escape the destruction of their warren and seek a place to establish a new home, encountering perils and temptations along the way.
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:
Can only narrow it down to a top-3.
Slaughterhouse Five
Brave New World
Blood Meridian
Excellent choices, obviously. I do enjoy Brave New World more than the other two. In fact, it is probably me favorite. Either that or White Noise by Don DeLillo.
another vote for Watership Down
Some of my favorites are the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, also books by Daphne du Maurier, such as Rebecca.
The Sutra of Hui Neng
Dracula by Bram Stoker
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
Great Expectations, Watership Down, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:
Can only narrow it down to a top-3.
Slaughterhouse Five
Brave New World
Blood Meridian
Good choices. On top of those three I'd add these to my top 10- I might add The Road, Dune, Fahrenheit 451, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Game of Thrones (my favorite one in the series), The Lord of the Rings, and Of Mice and Men. Not sure where I'd put everything, but right now it would be Vonnegut's work at the top (I'm reading it right now).
Nice choice. I'm adding that to my list.
slacker_runner wrote:
Watership Down by Richard Adams
From Wikipedia:
Watership Down is a classic adventure novel, written by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in south-central England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language (Lapine), proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel is the Aeneid of the rabbits as they escape the destruction of their warren and seek a place to establish a new home, encountering perils and temptations along the way.
Blood Meridian. My mind was blown by some of the passages and quality of writing in that book.
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand :)
An interesting fact about Watership Down: The concept for this book was borne from stories the author once told his daughters during long car trips. His daughters loved the stories so much they encouraged him to write them down, which he resisted doing for many, many years. The author is adamant that the stories don't have a hidden moral re. nuclear destruction etc. He says that many have over analyzed the meaning of this book.
Watership Down.