Favoritist books

[Kendra]

I'm almost afraid to ask this for fear of lack of response induced depression but what are everyone's top 5 fave books
Here's mine:

1. Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
2. Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
3. Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
4. Dune (Frank Herbert)
5. Life as I Know It Is Finger Lickin' Good (Col. Sanders)[seriously you have to read this book]

What say y'all.
(incidently there's a new Forest Of Dead Trees up today for anyone who wants to read it http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/trees/index.html)

[Razorback]

1. A Confederacy of Dunces (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802130208/qid=1050664998/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3541022-3628800?v=glance&s=books) (John Kennedy Toole)
2. Black Hawk Down (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0871137380/qid=1050665219/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-3541022-3628800?v=glance&s=books) (Mark Bowden)
3. The Lord of the Rings (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345340426/qid=1050665266/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-3541022-3628800) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
4. Fools Crow (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140089373/qid=1050665328/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/002-3541022-3628800) (James Welch)
5. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1560252278/qid=1050665375/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3541022-3628800?v=glance&s=books) (Alan Kaufman, editor)

There are many more that could have made that list but that is all I can think of at this moment.

By the way, the correct link to that article is here (http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/trees/index.html).

RB

[Omaru]

1. Ender's Shadow (Orson Scott Card)
2. Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
3. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
4. The colour of magic (Terry Pratchett)
5. Starship Titanic (Douglas Adams)

[Sean_Cauley]

1. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Wishbones, Tom Perrotta
3. The Stand, Stephen King
4. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
5. U2 at the End of the World, Bill Flanagan

And Kendra, I had lunch once with Col. Sanders, when I was wee, the year before he died. There's even a picture of him giving me a hug in one of his books (although I'm not sure if it's the one you mention; I can't recall at the moment, but if there's a picture in there of him hugging a little kid with a chili-bowl haircut, it's me).

[JK]

1) The Dream Cycle of HP Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death
2) The Lord of the Rings (all three)
3) Weaveworld- Clive Barker
4) 1984- George Orwell
5) The Running Man- Richard Bachman

[Dave]

this is a hard question, because i'm one of those people who reads a book and then moves on to the next one. I rarely re-read a book, and when i do its usually because the publisher tricks me into it because they have changed a cover or something. Usually what happens is i find an author i like, and then try and read everything by that author. That said, there are a few books that i come back to they are:

1. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
This guy is one hell of a writer whether it be WWII spy/military fiction, or something like this book a look at the generations of a family building a catherdral back in the Dark Ages. I was surprised that i like this book as much as i did, I swear this is the BEST book i have ever read. I didn't think that i would be into it, by its discription and i know that i haven't done a good job selling it myself, but i URGE everyone here to buy it, check it out from the library, steal it from you neighbor, whatever, just read it. I swear it is awesome!!! My second fav. book by this author came out just few years ago, Code to Zero is lightning fast mystery centering around an amnesiac man and the space race in the early 50s. totally different from Pillars, but still excellent. it's hard to believe these too books came from the same mind.

2. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.
OK this may be the best war novel of all time. It's marketed that way anyway, and i can't argue. Its the story of a young German man who signs up for the army at the beginning of the Great War and the horror he experiences in the trenches of France. Really a timely book right now.

3. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
This was the first book i read by him so i guess thats why i like it the best, but like i said above it's also the one i come back too time and time agian. It introduces readers to the character of Skink who tends to pop up for a few pages in most of his books to raise havok. Hiaasen's books are light and funny, your not going to strain your brain trying to read these but damn are they good. This one revolves around some murders involving a televagelist and a bass fishing tournament. It doesn't sound like much, but try it out people you will love it. Hiassen uses outrageous characters and situations to sneek some envonmental messages to his readers but he is not heavy handed with it believe me, these are not messagy books. Like i said above, these are light pool side reading.

Ok so that's really the only books i come back to so there is my list of 3 favorite books. My old lady would kill me if i didn't list her favorite on here so:

4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In the last spot i'll just list my latest book obsession:

5. The Corp Series by W.E.B. Griffen
An awesome novel series focused on memebers of the U.S. Marine Corp during WW2 and with the newest book Korea.

So there you have my top 3, My Girlfriends Favorite book, and the last really good series that i got into. As an honorable mention i'll put Mike Stackpole's DarkGlory War and it's following books, as i am antisipating it's conclusion sometime next year.

Walker

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Again with the top five. You people are going to be the death of me.

1. Ishmael--Daniel Quinn.
There is a quote on the cover that goes something like, "I will now classify every book I ever read into two categories: before I read Ishmael and after I read Ishmael." I'll be damned if it isn't true. And there's a talking monkey.

2. Huckleberry Finn--Mark Twain
It's the fabled great American novel. It deals with the one issue that has been around, and still exists, since the pilgrims landed and that's racism. Also, before this novel American literature absolutely sucked.

3. Invisible Man--Ralph Ellison
This book is actually second to Huck Finn (in my opinion, people) when it comes to the great American novel. It deals with the same issues, but instead of resolution it ends with revolution. You know, the ones the Black Panthers always talked about.

4. On the Road--Jack Kerouac
I honestly just love this because it's something I want to do. I want to decide to go to Dever one week. Then just drive to California. And when I get back home my menial job will still be there and then I'll leave two weeks later for New Orleans.

5. Steal This Book--Abbie Hoffman
This book is just fun to read, although it isn't really a story. If you want a story read his Autobiography. I honestly think it's sad that no one knows who Abbie Hoffman was. I always end up telling people, "you know, the guy in Forrest Gump at the protest in DC. He was wearing that American flag shirt and Forrest said he was always using the F-word. That's supposed to be Abbie Hoffman." It's fun reading now, because most of this stuff can't be done anymore with all the security measures they've taken to make sure this doesn't happen.

I've just realized that I've only used American authors. Well, it's a good thing I did that since no other cultures ever wrote anything.

[Shawnathan]

I wouldn't be afraid of lack of responses. You could post a subject with "5 favorite rectal exams" and you'd still get a ton of replies.

Tough question. In no particular order:

1. Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
2. Boys Life - Robert McCammon
3. Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King
4. Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
5. The Belgariad series - David Eddings

[Robbo_the_Hood]

You know, Eyes of the Dragon was really good once I got into it. Just thought I'd post on the affirmative for once.

[Shawnathan]

Well, awesome. Glad you agree with me.

You're missing out on the foreign authors too. I hear that some of the earlier Sumerian romance novels in cuneiform were really good shit. I highly recommend "Arrow thingie pointing right/Thing That Kind Of Looks Like An Ox/I Think This Is Supposed To Be A Fish". Sequel was better though.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

I always had a thing for Byron. Childe Harold is very cool, but hard to follow. And Crime and Punnisment should have gone on my list. See, I knew I'd forget something.

[Ryall]

When I was a kid: THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH

When I was a little older kid (and carrying on til today): THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES by Ray Bradbury

In school: Edith Hamilton's MYTHOLOGY

Then, not in any real order:

THE STAND by Stephen King
HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby
KAVALIER AND CLAY by Chabon
CASH by Johnny Cash

God, I'm terrible right now--can't even think of others, but there are a lot of others.

[Ryall]

>And Kendra, I had lunch once with Col. Sanders, when I was wee, the year before he died.

My dad was a cop in LA for thirty years, and after the Charles Manson bust, pulling over Col. Sanders for driving under the influence (of secret herbs and spices?) was his biggest celebrity arrest.

[Zens_7s]

Tough to narrow it down, but this is my big list:

1. This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
3. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
4. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
5. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
6. Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel
7. The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie
8. Bust: The Guide to the New Girl Order

[Thom_Fowler]

of recent:

1) Confessions of a Window Dresser: Tales from a life in Fashion (Simon Doonan, exec vp of creative services, Barney's)

2) How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Toby Young)

3) Screening Party (Dennis Hensley)

4) Green Living: A Practical Guide to Eating, Gardening, Energy Saving and Housekeeping for a Healthy Planet (Sarah Callard and Diane Millis)

Of late:

2) Down and Out in London and Paris (George Orwell)

3) The True Believer (Eric Hoffer)

4) The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)

5) Snow Crash (Bruce Sterling)

6) Vurt (Jeff Noon)

7) Walden (Henry David Thoreau)

8) Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell)

9) Junkie (William Burroughs)

[Matt1]

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is one of my favorite books as well. And in no particular order...
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas- Hunter S. Thompson
On The Road- Jack Kerouac
Slaughter House Five- Kurt Vonnegut
Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck

[Demosthenes]

Ender's Game is an easy favorite.
Then probably both George Carlin books, even if they are just his bits. Then a whole smatering of stuff. Big fan of the Hannibal Lecter books, the Exorcist, Lord of the Rings (I actually really liked the Hobbit) and some other stuff. I don't know, I read alot, but truthfully Ender's Game is the only book that touched in a non-profane and unsexual manner.

[DarthMaulRat]

I just tried reading a Tom Clancy book for the first time a few weeks ago, and is it me, or are some of his books complete crap? Maybe Hunt for Red October is good because I enjoyed the movie, but I tried reading Without Remorse and it seems like its written for really dumb males or those Marine freaks that couldn't pass English but could differentiate helicopters by the layouts of the turrets. I just can't see how his books are always top sellers.

Oh, as for books, anything by Douglas Adams. I like to be entertained more than enlightened. That and Brit Humor rocks. Well, written Brit Humor, anyway.

[Outer1]

Hmm Favorite books....I'll try to keep it to as few as possible.

The Stand - Stephen King
It - Stephen King
Imajica - Clive Barker
LOTR - Tolkien
Otherland - Tad Williams
The Talisman/BlackHouse - Stephen King/Peter Straub

There are others....many mnay others, but these stand out for me.

[Adam_Poch]

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I just tried reading a Tom Clancy book for the first time a few weeks ago, and is it me, or are some of his books complete crap? Maybe Hunt for Red October is good because I enjoyed the movie, but I tried reading Without Remorse and it seems like its written for really dumb males or those Marine freaks that couldn't pass English but could differentiate helicopters by the layouts of the turrets. I just can't see how his books are always top sellers.

[/ QUOTE ]
God, yes! That was the only Clancy book I have ever managed to muddle through. Without Remorse was horrible. I was glad when the whore died.

Top five books.
1) American Gods- Neil Gaiman.
A wonderful book. It gets better every time I read it.
2) Fight Club- Chuck Palanihuik
Another book I love. It's by far his best book. I apologize for not spelling his name right.
3. Sabre Squadron- Cameron Spence
A great non fiction account of the British SAS in the Gulf War. Kinda relevant today.
4. Black Hawk Down- Mark Bowden
Another great war book. Well written and as objective as possible.
5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep- Phillip K. Dick.
The best sci-fi novel I've ever read.

[Matt1]

Most of the Tom Clancy books I have read come off as one of Oliver North's wet-dreams. No offense if you're into that sort of thing.

I'm mid-way through reading American Gods at the moment, and it's pretty damn good.

[Adam_Poch]

Tom Clancy is highly overrated.

The only thing I didn't like about American Gods was that there were too many interludes that did nothing to further the plot.

[Razorback]

I think that "Red Storm Rising" is a great Clancy book. I don't know if someone reading that book now would have the intended experience though since it is about World War III between the US and USSR.

RB

[Jessica]

I like the title of this thread bc it is supposed to be a play on the improper grammar of most favorite books, BUT it's even more wrong because that would be "favoritest". As it is, it keeps making me think "a person who believes in favorites", which is a very different category altogether.

I'm tired.

[Razorback]

I believe that you have entered into an intellectual paradox of grammar, Jessica. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

RB

[Jessica]

And YOU have made a new category of user!

[Razorback]

Oooh... only 2,300 to go!

RB

[hyphnip]

Nightlife by Jack Ellis (http://www.gohastings.com/catalog/item/item.asp?prodid=19912515)

[Kendra]

(Sorry guys had a flu-like bug yesterday so didn't get a chance to reply until now, so I'll just reply to all now)

My intention Jessica was to be both grammatically incorrect *and* a bad speller, but now that you've pointed it out I like the idea of favoritist (a person who believes in favorites) much better.

Sean- I searched all morning to find my Col. Sanders book but I think I lent it to someone - I'm now trying to get it back and scan in the picture in so everyone can see your chili-bowl haircut.

Razorback - Outlaw Bible of American Poetry is a great book I'm about 3/4 of the way through it right now

Robbo - ever read the Anarchist's Cookbook - it's basically an updated version of Steal This Book only it's replaced hippie sensibilities with hacker ones - and the online version keeps getting updated so everything in it is still possible... not that I've ever read it or anything (oh great I've just made someone's blacklist somewhere).

Hey everyone check out my new icon.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Oh, I know I'm on a list somewhere. I actually bought "Steal This Book" with a credit card. Hey, it was 1972 and Hoffman hadn't envisioned those sensors by the doors at Barnes &amp; Nobles. I don't think he even envisioned Barnes &amp; Nobles.

As far as the fabled Anarchist's Cookbook, I was always affraid to go there after hearing about it from people that had actually read it. And I bet they don't teach you how to make sandles from tires.

[Jessica]

You're working on WAY TOO MANY levels for me now!! My brain hurts!

And I like your icon!

[Zens_7s]

&gt;&gt;And I bet they don't teach you how to make sandles from tires. &gt;&gt;

I thought that was MacGyver.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Where do you think MacGyver got all of his ideas? If it wasn't an ABC After-School Special you people just forget all about it.

[Zens_7s]

Hey - don't knock the AfterSchool Special. It single-handedly stopped me from becoming a unwed teen mother with a drug problem and anorexia who often would get into cars with strange people.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Yeah, this thread is about books. It has no credence if you didn't read it. Unless you're deaf and had to read the captions.

[Zens_7s]

Have you been drinking again, Robbo? You know what the doctor said about that...

[Razorback]

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Razorback - Outlaw Bible of American Poetry is a great book I'm about 3/4 of the way through it right now

[/ QUOTE ]

It was, for me, a great and lucky find. A friend of mine and I stopped over at B&amp;N about 5 months ago while killing time before a movie was to start. I had no plans to actually buy anything but you know... there is nothing wrong with browsing through the murdered tree's on a soft couch.

Anyway, I found myself in the smallest poetry section I have ever seen at a bookstore and --besides the usual Shakespeare and Frost stuff- there appeared to be nothing worth reading. Then I saw this big, black and menacing book and I thought "That has got to be something for me!"

I started to read a few of the poems and immediatly thought that I had stumbled onto TRUE poetry. Now I try to give one of these to everyone who even mildly shows interest in the arts. So far everyone who has read it thinks very well of it.

I just wish a few more of those people could appreciate some E.E. Cummings. /forums/images/icons/frown.gif He truly is the supreme being of poetry.

RB

[lcooney]

#1 A Prayer for Owen Meaney (John Irving)
#2 The Stand (Stephen King)
#3 Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
#4 To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
#5 Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)

Is it a coincidence that all of these have been made into movies? I think so. But I can honestly say that with the exception of Fight Club, I had read and loved the books way before I saw the movie (and except for To Kill a Mockingbird the movies hadn't even been made yet).

Fight Club, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Stand are all great movies as well. Interview with the Vampire was a decent film, but not spectacular. And Simon Birch...well I'd like to burn that sin against man and nature from my memory forever. Owen Meaney deserves better!

[SecretArt]

okay just to name a few..

1) Gustave Flaubert ~ Madame Bovary
2) Brett Easton Ellis ~ Rules of attraction
3) Douglas Coupland ~ Microserfs
4) William Makepeace Thackeray ~ Vanity Fair
5) Jane Austen ~ Emma
6) Aurthur Golden ~ Memoirs of a Geisha

[Razorback]

If you liked Madame Bovary then you should read Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys. If you have missed this one don't make that mistake any longer. /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

RB

[Zens_7s]

Wow - interesting post. I have never seen Simon Birch, so I did not realize someone turned A Prayer for Owen Meaney into a movie. Shows how much I pay attention.

I am a big fan of John Irving, and I watched the World According to Garp recently, and was SO disappointed. Talk about a butcher job. Guess I will continue to skip Simon Birch. The movie for The Cider House Rules was well done, but John Irving wrote the screenplay for that one.

There is a movie in pre-production called A Door In the Floor that is based on A Widow For One Year. I am scared to even think what will happen to that one.

[SecretArt]

Like Madame Bovary?? i love it....i'll look out for your recomendation next time i go to the bookshop

[Razorback]

Just check it out... there are some "Madame Bovary" references. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

RB

[lcooney]

Simon Birch was just the worst butchering I have ever seen in a movie adaptation. I guess I take it personally since A Prayer for Owen Meaney is my favorite book. Maybe it wasn't so bad if you hadn't read the book first (but I doubt it).

Do you know who is directing or starring in this latest Irving adaptation?

[Sean_Cauley]

Kendra, now that I think about it the book I was in was called It Wasn't All Gravy. Don't know if that was just a retitle of the other one or what; no searches on Amazon, B&amp;N or eBay seem to turn up Gravy, even as an out-of-print title.

I totally agree with all the praise for Kavalier &amp; Clay and Microserfs. Great books both of them, for various and sundry reasons.

[Razorback]

Isn't that the problem with most movies from books? I can think of maybe 2 movies from books that I loved.

RB

[Zens_7s]

I didn't remember so I just looked it up at IMDB.com. It says Ted Cole will be played by Jeff Daniels, and Marion Cole will be Kim Basinger. It does not list who will play Ruth yet.

[Dave]

That would be M.A.S.H. and what else?

Walker

[Razorback]

Nah... that would be Fellowship of the Ring and The Body/Stand By Me.

RB

[Zens_7s]

&gt;&gt;Isn't that the problem with most movies from books? I can think of maybe 2 movies from books that I loved.&gt;&gt;

It is the problem. I try to recognize that books and movies are two different mediums, but I often end up so disappointed.

I believe that if you really love a book, the images you conjure in your head are very personal. When you watch a movie of that book, you are looking at someone else's vision and it offends without meaning to.

The other reason I get really torked off is when the screenwriter basically throws away everything but the characters names and writes a "masses" friendly version. Remove all the challenging aspects of it, and turn the whole thing into something the demographic will love.

[Razorback]

Something I hated about Black Hawk Down was how they used the real names of people (some who died) and put them in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong thing. I think that if you are going to profit from the (recent) death of others AND use their real names in the movie that you should try to get the events surrounding their death right.

RB

[Zens_7s]

I am sure the families of the deceased loved the changes /forums/images/icons/blush.gif Let's change the facts to have some good entertainment.

I did see Black Hawk Down, but have never read the book. For some reason, I never handle war movies well, maybe because I come from a military family. I take them WAY too seriously, and end up freaked out.

Why do you suppose they felt the need to change those events in the movie?

[Razorback]

I had a conversation (via e-mail) with the aunt of one of the men who was killed in Mogadishu and later a forum discussion with that mans mother... and the family experienced the scene of their loved ones death differently. Some were horrified... others felt detached from it. I think his mom said something about knowing that it was not exactly how he died and so it had not affected her the same way.

So perhaps that was a good thing... but then they showed the horror of one mans death in full detail (and correctly so) and I am sure his family did not want to see that so it is a double edged sword.

My biggest problem with that movie was how they made Nelson (the guy who loses his hearing) seem like an idiot. Nelson was a feckin' rock even after losing his hearing (from the information I have gathered from the men who were there).

RB

[Adam_Poch]

Another book I love is Bruce Campbell's "If Chins Could Kill".
It's a very funny, insightful book.

[Shawnathan]

I just finished reading 'Chins'. I liked Bruce Campbell before, like him a lot more after the insight that the book brings about.

[Razorback]

I had a nightmare once about chins... so please preview the book for me.

RB

[dEnny]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Belgariad &amp; The Mallorean by David Eddings
Cut My Hair by Jamie Rich
The Kodiak Series by Greg Rucka
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay by Michael Chabon

I like the Harry Potter novels and some other things, but I mainly read graphic novels and comics...just really dig the medium.

[Adam_Poch]

I like how Campbell seems just like a normal guy, trying to make an honest living. I can't wait for his next book.

[Adam_Poch]

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I had a nightmare once about chins... so please preview the book for me.

[/ QUOTE ]
The book is Bruce Campbells autobiography. It doesn't dwell on his childhood or anything but focuses mainly on the struggle that "B" level actors face. It's a welcome change from super stars trying to convince their fans that they have the hard life. Campbell is happy with where he is, comfortable in the fact that he'll never be "A" list. It's written in a easy manner and has some great bits about the making of the Evil Dead trilogy and some funny interviews with his friends (Sam Raimi included).

[Razorback]

Cool... maybe I will check it out. Thanks.

RB

[Adam_Poch]

No prob. I figure he could use the book sales too.

[Ryall]

"I like the Harry Potter novels and some other things, but I mainly read graphic novels and comics...just really dig the medium."

Plus you have all those pretty pictures to break up all the words, right?

By the way, get Jamie Rich to finish his CUT MY HAIR follow-up sometime this decade, will you?

[Omaru]

One I reccomend to wrestling fans is mick foley's biography "have a nice day" its probably his best biography and an enjoyable factual read, and it mostly covers his ecw and wcw days.

[dEnny]

I'm sure for the right price we could convince him to write the sequel. /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif He's such a whore.

[ozchick]

I love reading but to be honest I couldn't name favourites as I don't often re-read anything... That said some of the most recent books I've read and enjoyed were:

Looking for Andrew McCarthy (Jenny Colgan) - gotta love a book thats premise is searching for a forgotten 80's star and includes a cameo by C Thomas Howell!

High Fidelity (Nick Hornby) - read it after I already loved the film but still laughed out loud

Lucky Man (Michael J Fox) - have a new respect for him after reading this autobiography

The Alphabet books by Sue Grafton (eg P is for Peril, Q is for Quarry etc) - all involve the wise cracking female P.I. Kinsey Millhone...have read these since I was in my teens..

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Zens_7s]

&gt;&gt;Do you know who is directing or starring in this latest Irving adaptation?&gt;&gt;

Earth to me...I guess I should read the whole poop shoot since there was an article about this very same topic...duh...

Check it out under the little news blurbs on the side. It is called "Hey it can't be worse than Simon Birch." http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/news/apr03/84.html

[Razorback]

Read the site... don't just post to it. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

RB

[Zens_7s]

I am quite sure that you have not read every single stinking paragraph in the site BEFORE you being your 7000 post of the day.

Oh wait, maybe you have...and what does that say Mr. Fancy Pants /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[Razorback]

It says that I like to read.

RB

[Kendra]

Reading is good.

[Razorback]

Hooah!

RB

[Robbo_the_Hood]

beh, reading is only good when Pizza Hut promises you free food when you read ten Bernstein Bears books in a month.

[Razorback]

You are scaring me man... you watching the Matrix by chance?

RB

[Robbo_the_Hood]

You don't remember Book It, from your grade school days?

[Razorback]

I grew up in Iceland.

RB

[Zens_7s]

Book It! I can't believe you just triggered that memory. Do they still reward kids for reading like that?

In fact, I think I still have my button with the stars on it. {heading to Pizza Hut to determine if they will still honor my excellent reading habits}...

[jjcourtright]

I think that we got Taco Bell. Nothing like promoting good reading habits and bad eating habits.

[Dave]

You know in the Future all resterants will be Taco Bells. They won the franchise wars, they did. Yummm, Tacos.

[Kendra]

Tacos are good.

[Dave]

by the way, love your new icon. Mrs. O.G. Readmore!
Now if only i could find the Yuck mouth or that cheese guy who made the wagon wheels.

Walker

[Robbo_the_Hood]

I want the guys who sang "Excercise Your Choppers."

[Kendra]

Education 80s style (http://www.angelfire.com/retro/gartwo/)

has all the Timer (that cheese guy who made the wagonwheel) shorts plus Yuck Mouth and you can get the pics on that page too. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[Kendra]

(and the excercise your choppers guy too plus some OG Readmore shorts)

[Dave]

god bless the internet. how did anyone live without it.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Kendra, you are officially the "Best Ever." Quite possibly the "bee's knees" even.

[Razorback]

Kiss-ass!

I agree... but you are a kiss-ass!

RB

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Hey, I'm safe as long as Zens doesn't see what I wrote.

I just watched the Zack of all Trades-Future Blob short. Oh my Jesus, he tells a girl to plan for a job, she says she likes to skate, bowl, but her favorite hobby is sewing. So Zack tells her to be a seamstress, ah ha ha ha ha ha. I remember it as a kid, but it's amazing how pollitically incorrect that is in today's future.

[Razorback]

Funny. /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

RB

[Zens_7s]

&gt;&gt;Hey, I'm safe as long as Zens doesn't see what I wrote.&gt;&gt;

It's cool - I think you should share the love as much as possible...I know I do /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Shit, did I really write "today's future?" /forums/images/icons/blush.gif And I got away with it? /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif I guess I'll flame myself.

Only a liberal commie would write something like that, stupid-head. I must not have a girlfriend, unless she's in Canada. I probably just post to see myself write.

[DarthMaulRat]

Now you're ripping on Canada! You'll be eating your words the next time you need DryWall.

[jjcourtright]

Because?...Canada supplies all the drywall in America?

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Yeah, I'm ripping on Canada with all their politeness and maple syrup. I just expect more from our 51st state.

[DarthMaulRat]

Yeah odd fact, Canada is the world's only supply for drywall. I learned this when a friend's house couldn't be constructed on time because of a great demand on drywall. I guess it has some material in it that's mined.

[themysca]

Please don't scratch Canada again, I live there...I assure you, it's nice ! Stupid politician, STRAS virus (is that really true) and no Taco Bells... But we've got Pizza Hutt!

Coming back to the subject, my favorite books are numerous. But to take only 5 :
1) "Le petit Prince" By St-Exupery.
It's about a aviator who crash in the desert and discover a young boy who teach him about life. You can read it 100 times, and still discover something in it.
2) The Elizabeth Peters sery on egyptian mysteries. Can't chose only one. That's funny, and good suspense.
3) "It" by Stephen King. Couldn't watch under my bed for a month. And I read it when I was 20. Should I be ashamed...
4) "Cat on a hot teen roof" By Tenessee Williams.
5) The Harry Potter series... When the next one ?

All the books by Lawrence (the arabian one)...
All the books by Clive Cussler...
All the Agatha Christie' mysteries
All the Elizabeth Georges Mysteries
The Robert Jordan winter wheel serie
All the Michael Morcook books, especially the Elric serie
Shakespeare, Poe, Conan Doyle, King, ok, I stop now.

[Kendra]

Canada's also the largest supplier of book columnists for Moviepoopshoot.com ('cause I'm Canadian). So Robbo you've both complimented me and insulted me on the same page. I haven't seen such a quick turnaround in opinion since Michael Moore's Oscar acceptance speech. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif (cue rim shot)

themysca - Canada does have Taco Bells just probably not in Quebec. There was a lot in the Toronto area (where I grew up), and Vancouver (where I am now) is gaining more everyday, so fear not, there is still hope that one day you too will enjoy the ambrosia that is the Double Decker Taco Supreme.

Also have you read the Michael Moorcock story in the new McSweeney's Treasury - it's one of the best in the collection.

[Razorback]

No Taco Bell??? There is something wrong with a country without Taco Bell.

RB

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Wait, someone actually paid attention to what I wrote? What's wrong with this place? Kendra, you are now my favorite columnist here at the poopshoot. Therefore I apologize. I didn't mean all that stuff about Canada being polite.

[themysca]

Never seen any Taco Bell in Quebec, but probably they were very well hide /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

Don't have read this Morcook either, thanks for the news...

[jjcourtright]

Not to be mean, but you are completely insane. There are multiple drywall manufacturers in Colorado, some in Oklahoma, some in Texas, and China makes a shitload of drywall.

[Zens_7s]

Shhh...we need to let the Canadians believe they have something the US cannot live without.

Molson Golden does not count.

[jjcourtright]

My bad. Drywall only comes and will ever only come from Canada.

[DarthMaulRat]

So my friend was lied to by a contractor? How could you say...

Never mind, it all makes perfect sense now.

[Zens_7s]

Now your getting with the program Jim!

Didn't you know that their national anthem says Oh Canada, land of drywall...

[jjcourtright]

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Now your getting with the program Jim!

[/ QUOTE ] My name's not Jim.

[Zens_7s]

Sorry - it was meant as a phrase, not as your name. I tell people who drive me home "Home, James" and their names aren't James either. Just obscure quotes from movies I can no longer remember.

[jjcourtright]

Gotcha. I have an uncle Jim Courtright, so I thought maybe you knew him and thought that I was him.

[Zens_7s]

Well - your uncle and I do go way back. We went to different schools together /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[jjcourtright]

I guess I could have clarified more. He is originally from Indiana, but has spent a large part of his adult life in Chicago. Hence, I thought that since Chicago is such a small town you knew him.

[CHEMICALX]

WOW U GUYS HAVE WRITTEN A SHIT LOAD OF SHIT!
aNy who..
#5-Lord of the Rings by: J.R.R. Tolkien
#4-Harry Potter by: J.K. Rowling
#3-miscellanious super hero novelizations
#2-The White Fox Chronicles by: Garry Pulsen
#1-2099 by: John Peel
If u havn't read(or for that matter even heard of) the "Fear the Year: 2099" series (6 books) then u deserve to die!
I'm surprised just how many people have no clue that this book even exists!! When I become a director this is one of the book adaptations I'm planning to do.
The series includes: Doomsday, Betrayal, Traitor, Revolution, Meltdown, and Firestorm.
They are the best fukin books of it's kind ever!!!
also I read alota graphic novels... /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Tongue]

Is it a pre-requisite of being an American to over analyze everything?????

[Tongue]

I have just finished readin The Dice Man and I think I have gotten things a bit wrong. Apparently ppl who read the book r so taken with the idea of dice living that they decide to copy the book however I seem to have taken to heart the sexual experiment mentioned in the book and have now given my life over to the pursuit of convincing others to change their sexual lifestyles i.e Happily married housewives into cheating gangbang loving sluts............... Do I need help???