Best book ever?

HHFOV · **Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:15 pm

What do you think is the best book ever? I'd have to say A Swiftly Tilting Planet. What about you?[/u]

sb_enail.com · **Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:24 pm

To Kill a Mockingbird. I might have hated reading it in highschool, but it was an awesome book.

No Toppings · **Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:30 pm

The Stand. It's just a genius book. I loves it.

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:52 pm

The Giver by Lois Lowry. First book ever assigned in school that I actually enjoyed! It became my favorite, even. D: It's just so... awesome. Even a perfect world has its flaws, ...woohoo.

Jello B. · **Posted:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:59 pm

sb_enail.com wrote:

To Kill a Mockingbird.

I totally agree. I love that book.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh wrote:

The Giver by Lois Lowry. First book ever assigned in school that I actually enjoyed! It became my favorite, even. D: It's just so... awesome. Even a perfect world has its flaws, ...woohoo.

Yeah, that is a really good book.

Alexander · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:41 am

This is too hard.

I read more then anything in my life.

So, I will post a few, that I hold very close.

The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson a.k.a Lewis Carroll. This was perhaps, one of the most innovative fiction novels ever to be written.

A Little Princess: by Frances Burnett. The character development was so carefully cared for, that it felt like a biography then a work of fiction.

I'll put in a few more when I remember them.

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:58 am

The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft. i just finnished it, and it is awesome.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:08 am

Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweat Socks by Mick Foley. This is the funniest autobiography ever written.

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:19 am

Ender's Game. That book is brilliant on so many levels.

Mr.KISS · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:46 am

Ju Ju Master wrote:

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh wrote:

The Giver by Lois Lowry. First book ever assigned in school that I actually enjoyed! It became my favorite, even. D: It's just so... awesome. Even a perfect world has its flaws, ...woohoo.

Yeah, that is a really good book.

SPOILER QUESTION wrote:

In the end did Jonas actually go to some magic christmas land or did he die and was just transmitting the happiest mamory he could to Gabe? I can't understand.

Yeah, really. That's one of my favorite books ever. My absolute favorite book would have to be The Outsiders though.

Krazed Squirell · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:51 am

Lunar Jesty wrote:

Ender's Game. That book is brilliant on so many levels.

I heartily agree.

And staying on the Science Fiction trend, Dune is truly an amazing novel on an epic scope.

100 posts. Yay, etc... -KS

Capt. Ido Nos · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:54 am

Thanks KS, you just reminded me:

I, Robot on of the most thought provocing books I've ever read concerning robotics, and technology in general. Plus, I love the implications of the title alone. I, Robot

I just gave myself the shivers.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Mr.KISS wrote:

Ju Ju Master wrote:

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh wrote:

The Giver by Lois Lowry. First book ever assigned in school that I actually enjoyed! It became my favorite, even. D: It's just so... awesome. Even a perfect world has its flaws, ...woohoo.

Yeah, that is a really good book.

SPOILER QUESTION wrote:

In the end did Jonas actually go to some magic christmas land or did he die and was just transmitting the happiest mamory he could to Gabe? I can't understand.

Yeah, really. That's one of my favorite books ever. My absolute favorite book would have to be The Outsiders though.

SPOILER ANSWER wrote:

Well, I'd have to read that part again to be sure, but I think it was just a dream, like he had passed out, since all of those were very much alike his memories. However, in the back of the book, at elast my copy, their was an interveiw with the author, who said that she didn't think he had died; that the music and everything was real.

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:02 am

SPOILER QUESTION wrote:

In the end did Jonas actually go to some magic christmas land or did he die and was just transmitting the happiest mamory he could to Gabe? I can't understand.

If you ever read the sequel The Messenger, you'll find a very dissappointing answer to that question.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Lunar Jesty wrote:

SPOILER QUESTION wrote:

In the end did Jonas actually go to some magic christmas land or did he die and was just transmitting the happiest mamory he could to Gabe? I can't understand.

If you ever read the sequel The Messenger, you'll find a very dissappointing answer to that question.

There's a sequel???

"goes to amazon"

fruiterian · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:20 am

I read The Giver and honestly, I didn't like it that much. The concepts seemed obvious and incredibly clear to me. I first read it in eighth grade or so, forgot about it, read a whole bunch of dystopian literature, and really enjoyed that. I read it again last year, I think during a physics class, and I was still underwhelmed by it. I know it's juvenile literature, but I still feel if similar issues were explored more in depth and with more skill in classic dystopias.

That being said, one of my favorite books is probably Fahrenheit 451. I know a lot of people who couldn't stand the way it was written, but I loved it. I read Les Miserables unabridged and I will say it was absolutely amazing and stunning, but not something I'd read (at least for enjoyment) again anytime soon. And fantasy-wise, The Belgariad and The Malloreon by David Eddings will always have a special place for me, as I read them before Harry Potter and I enjoy them so much more. :) And I guess you can throw The Great Gatsby into that list too.

I haven't read anything in a while, and I feel guilty. I have a big pile by my desk. D:

Krazed Squirell · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:24 am

Capt. Ido Nos wrote:

I, Robot on of the most thought provocing books I've ever read concerning robotics, and technology in general. Plus, I love the implications of the title alone. I, Robot

Yeah, that's on my To Do list.

Diverting from my favorite genre for a bit here are two more good 'uns,

Under The Banner of Heaven- Jon Krakauers surprisingly non-partisan take on Mormanism is probably one of the best books I have ever read on the subject of religion.

Joseph Conrads Lord Jim is truly a classic in every way.

Sexy_Sakura · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:29 am

I've always held a special place for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. I dunno why, I just enjoy it. It's a hard book though.

I would have to say that Disgrace by J.M.Coetzee is my favourite book right now though.

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:10 am

Lunar Jesty wrote:

If you ever read the sequel The Messenger, you'll find a very dissappointing answer to that question.

So, is it worth it to find that book and read it? I mean... I like the ending to The Giver. I like open endings. They're kinda cool.

Y'know what some other great books are that I think could qualify?

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. That book was so cool. Malcolm was an awesome character. His rants on Chaos Theory and things that annoyed the other characters just amazed me. So cool.

And there's also Sphere, by the same guy, which I'm halfway through right now. I guess I should finish it before giving it the title (one of the)"Best book ever" , but I'm really enjoying it so far.

And Visser, by K.A. Applegate! Yes, it's an Animorphs book. A really freakin' cool one. My parents randomly bought it for me last year while they were on Spring Break. Before that, I hadn't had anything to do with Animorphs since 4th grade. I still enjoyed this book massively, especially near the end. I really loved that it was from the point of view of the alien. ^^ Only thing that annoyed me was I had to google some of the minor aliens to know what they looked like.

A Time To Kill by John Grisham. The only non-sci-fi/fantasy book on my "This is totally awesome" list. It was an alternative to To Kill A Mockingbird that my old lit teacher let me read because of special circumstances. I think it was better than To Kill a Mockingbird, actually, but I guess I have a bit of a grudge against that book. (Stupid Honors class)

Um... I'll stop typing, now.

Code J · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:22 am

Krazed Squirell wrote:

Lunar Jesty wrote:

Ender's Game. That book is brilliant on so many levels.

I heartily agree.

Ahh...So true.
However, I think that the sequals in the Ender's Saga are even better. Speaker of the Dead is great, Xenocide is just mind-blowingly awesome, and Children of the Mind is also a great read. So, Xenocide's really up there on my "favorite book" list.

Capt. Ido Nos · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:27 am

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh wrote:

And Visser, by K.A. Applegate! Yes, it's an Animorphs book. A really freakin' cool one. My parents randomly bought it for me last year while they were on Spring Break. Before that, I hadn't had anything to do with Animorphs since 4th grade. I still enjoyed this book massively, especially near the end. I really loved that it was from the point of view of the alien. ^^ Only thing that annoyed me was I had to google some of the minor aliens to know what they looked like.

Oh how I loved that book! Character analysist that I'm not, I love to get in their heads like that. (and now I just found out there's an ellemist chrinicles floating around somewhere!? *runs to borders*)

I also liked Flatland, by some guy I can't remember. A book that simultaniously satires victorian age english society whilst contemplating life in multiple dimensions... gave me headeache, but I loved it. And, I can almost understand 4D cubes now.

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:52 am

Capt. Ido Nos wrote:

Oh how I loved that book! Character analysist that I'm not, I love to get in their heads like that. (and now I just found out there's an ellemist chrinicles floating around somewhere!? *runs to borders*)

Yes! I love looking at the point of view of the 'nonhuman' things. Humans are really not my deal. And they were such cool characters, too. I named one of my original characters after Essam. =B

Mikes! · **Joined:** Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:53 am **Posts:** 350

Call me a terrible product of postmodernism, but I like reading novels about disaffected youth and dystopian futures. Because of that, Knowles' A Separate Peace, Bradbury's Farenheit 451 and Salinger's Catcher in the Rye are high up on my list.

What other books really knocked me out? Kerouac's Dharma Bums, Loriga's Tokio ya no nos quiere, and Evasion. Actually, you know what? Evasion is probably my favorite book. It's an anonymous, supposedly true account of a vegan straightedge kid who decides to say, "Funk it all, man!" after high school, and hits the road to live in voluntary poverty. Very inspirational! It makes me wonder why I'm still putting up with all this...

Shippinator Mandy · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:46 am

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is one of those books that everyone should have to read. It's just so hilarious.

I also loved The Catcher In The Rye.

topofsm · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:53 am

Yes I love Swiftly tilting planet and The Giver[i]!

Enders Game is pure awesomeitude as well as its sequels.

But since I am a hardcore Harry fan, I will be the one to say Harry Potter

fruiterian · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:08 am

Mikes! wrote:

Call me a terrible product of postmodernism, but I like reading novels about disaffected youth and dystopian futures. Because of that, Knowles' A Separate Peace, Bradbury's Farenheit 451 and Salinger's Catcher in the Rye are high up on my list.

Have you read Salinger's other stuff?
They're not quite so dissaffected youth-y, but I liked the glass family stories a lot better than Catcher in the Rye. Seymour was a crazy man.

I've never read anything by Kerouac, though. I should.

Right now I have Saramago's Blindness, some young adult Spanish novel, Diary by Chuck Palahniuk, the new Jimmy Carter book, The Complete Hitchhiker's, a little bit of Garth Nix and some David Sedaris all lined up for reading if I ever pick them up, so it might be a while before I finally buy new material. :/

sb_enail.com · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:18 am

I also have to nominate Oliver Cornwell's three-part epic, The Warlord Trilogy, which is a retelling of the legend of King Arthur. On all levels it is absolutely brilliant, and the end of the last book is the first time a book has ever made me cry.

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:13 am

Pepperochu Pepperotyugh wrote:

Lunar Jesty wrote:

If you ever read the sequel The Messenger, you'll find a very dissappointing answer to that question.

So, is it worth it to find that book and read it? I mean... I like the ending to The Giver. I like open endings. They're kinda cool.

NO. If you want The Giver to keep its power, The Messenger will destroy it. There's also another counterpart book to the give: Gathering Blue, it's called. It takes all the concepts The Giver had, made them bland and uninteresting, and made paper characters. Lowry was a one-hit wonder.

Xenocide, however, is the book I'm reading right now. I don't like it very much: as the series progresses, Card seems to break down the wall seperating his personal views from his work.

Tintin · **Posted:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:53 pm

The Oath by Frank Peretti. It shows the depravity of sin and how it can grow to enormous size if unattended. Its a very good Christian spiritual horror novel, although most people could probably enjoy it.

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