Favorite Book?

[Celli]

What is your favorite book?

Mine without a doubt is Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.  I absolutely love it! I don't even know where to begin to describe it. lol

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I despise Catch-22 with a passion.  

[Oldbushie]

The Time Traveler's Wife is excellent, if you like mixes between a bit of sci-fii and fantasy.

Mostly I like Piers Anthony and Terry Pratchett's books, though I'm veering more towards Pratchett as Anthony has been a little lacking lately.

And Douglas Adams still kicks butt.

[Celli]

And Douglas Adams still kicks butt.

I once thought about reading his work....but then I met some of the people on the official site and they were nothing but complete whack jobs. So that deterred me greatly.  I did play Starship Titanic though.

[Oldbushie]

Wack jobs? I dunno, I read the entire Hitchhiker series and I survived. True, I'm slightly demented myself, but nowhere near the absolute bounds of utter craziness.

[Celli]

The people there seriously need to be in therapy.  It's not so much their obsession, but what it did to them that scared me off.

[Oldbushie]

What *did* it do to them??

[Jeysie]

*ahem* Wacko official site peeps or not, Douglas Adams' works are quite good. I've read them several times, and I'm only mildly insane! If you like Red Dwarf, Monty Python, and that ilk, you'll love DA's works.

BUT my absolute favorite book is still Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. A great philosophy/satire on everything from religion to beauty to politics to love.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[B'rrr]

best book? hahaha a No-Brainer for me!!

definetly the Bible! ....could recommend it to anyone any time ; )

second would be Tolkien's master piece(LOTR), could recommend it to almost anyone at almost any time ; )

[Mary Jane]

Amen to that B'rrr. Along with that I would strongly recomend anything by Roger Zelazny, Douglas Adams, and Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.

[Celli]

I'll probably get hit for this, but I don't see what the big deal is with LOTR. I read the Hobbit two years ago, and it was okay. I just don't see what the obsession is with it.

[B'rrr]

*hit Celli with hammer twice*

hahaha.... I'm not obsessed by it, I think it's just a good... ehhh great book ; )

[copycat]

*hit Celli with hammer twice*

I hope that's one of them bouncy hammer-types.

[Jeysie]

I have to admit I don't understand the obsession with LOTR either. I mean, they were good books, but they would have been ten times as good if they'd had 90% less rambling overdone description, random singing, and pointless diversions. (Bombadil, I'm looking at you.) Which is why I like the movies much better... ...even if they did put in more Arwen. (But they also put in more Eowyn, so...)

Peace & Luv, Liz

[B'rrr]

hmmmm.... LOTR was the first real book I read. I was 13 by then and I loved fantasy ever since ; )

and yes there are perhaps overdone description and such but it's a great story and a great fantasy ; ) ....I like the book better then the movie, for If I read fantasy I like to use my magination, while if I see the movie there would be little room for me to use my imagination ; (

I think they should get rid of arwen, if they wanted a love story so badly, they should have taken eowyn for she is way cooler then that elf ; ) hahaha.... but that's just my opinion ;

ps. CC of course I used a rubber hammer.... cuz I woudn't want to hurt anyone.... well perhaps not anyone but at least not Celli ; )

[Mary Jane]

My dad started me on fantasy by reading a bunch of stuff to me when I was real young. He read me the Hobbit, LOTR, Narnia, Treasure Island, and some other stuff way back when I was 3 or something.

[copycat]

ps. CC of course I used a rubber hammer.... cuz I woudn't want to hurt anyone.... well perhaps not anyone but at least not Celli ; )

Phew, I was starting to get worried there. Thought I might have to make you a 'guest' at my asylum too. And two destructive personalities in one room is not good.

[Jeysie]

My dad started me on fantasy by reading a bunch of stuff to me when I was real young. He read me the Hobbit, LOTR, Narnia, Treasure Island, and some other stuff way back when I was 3 or something.

(grin) When I was a kid, my dad used to read me The Neverending Story all the time. I always wanted to be read that book. (nostalgic fog)

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Mary Jane]

They made a book I thought it was just a movie.

[Mary Jane]

Hmm, intriguing. Thanks.

[B'rrr]

Phew, I was starting to get worried there. Thought I might have to make you a 'guest' at my asylum too. And two destructive personalities in one room is not good.

naww... I'm not violent... i hope ; ) anyway, ever since I got hit by a real hammer (my own, but not used by me at the time) 5 times in a row and passed out I start using a rubber hammer... much safer... for me ; )