GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum

GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum (https://gfy.com/index.php)
-   Fucking Around & Business Discussion (https://gfy.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26)
-   -   Name the Top 5 best books you have ever read (https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=124438)

BRISK 04-10-2003 10:19 PM

Name the Top 5 best books you have ever read
 
Fiction or non-fiction. List your top 5 best most favorite totally kick-ass awesome books that you've ever read.

Stashi 04-10-2003 10:20 PM

Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH

quiet 04-10-2003 10:21 PM

same asinine thing as naming your top 5 movies, or your top 5 albums. there are hundreds of each...

bhutocracy 04-10-2003 10:21 PM

hahah rats of NIMH.. damn that was good as a kid. That and watership down.

Swiftone 04-10-2003 10:23 PM

Hyperion - Dan Simmons
The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Sword - George R.R. Martin

They all own joo.

Warden 04-10-2003 11:57 PM

Blood on The Risers - John Leppelman
Private Parts - Howard Stern
Shattered - Dean Koontz
Hideaway- Dean Koontz
Christine - Stephen King

MetaMan 04-10-2003 11:59 PM

when i was younger:
Aliens Ate My Homework

by Bruce Coville,
really really fun book.

Fletch XXX 04-11-2003 12:04 AM

reading this right now. <a href=http://www.satanicrituals.com/hcbooks/occulthistory.htm>The Occult: A History</a>

<img src=http://www.satanicrituals.com/hcbooks/occulthistory.jpg border="1">

just finished reading 'The Next World War: Computers Are the Weapons & the Front Line Is Everywhere' by James Adams

<img src=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684834529.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg border="1">

good stuff.

i cant name a favorite of anything.

Honeyslut 04-11-2003 12:06 AM

Lost Souls by Poppy Z Bright
Lightning by Dean Koontz
Lucky you by Carl Hiaasan
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee


Runners up

Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux

Socks 04-11-2003 12:12 AM

bible
bible
bible
bible
bible

dig420 04-11-2003 12:18 AM

The Collector - John Fowles

Zorba The Greek - Nikos Kazantzakis

Stephen King - all his novels, nothing heavy but a blazingly fun and easy read - Dean Koontz is his pale, nondescript little sister

Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

1984 - George Orwell

I read obsessively, right now I'm readin Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. I just finished Fight Club and Choke by Palahniuk and I also just finished the Easy Rawlins series of detective novels by Walter Mosely.

dig420 04-11-2003 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bhutocracy
hahah rats of NIMH.. damn that was good as a kid. That and watership down.
Watership Down was a significant book for me as well. Did you read Plague Dogs?

TheJimmy 04-11-2003 12:21 AM

To limit it to only 5 is a bit rough....so I flung off a quick top10 for ya....


The Prince
The Art of War
The Phantom Toll Booth
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Catcher in the Rye
1984
Animal Farm
Brave New World
Meditation as Medicine
Think and Grow Rich



not my absolute top 10, but the first ones that I could think of off the top of my head that I enjoyed reading...

there are a shitload more that are worthy to be added...but I am too tired and not interested enough to post ALL of them :)

Donny 04-11-2003 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Socks
bible
bible
bible
bible
bible

That's the best work of fiction to date because it's convinced so many people it's real, kinda like Blair Witch when it came out.

quiet 04-11-2003 12:25 AM

okay:

being and time
beyond good and evil
on the road
cambridge companion to wittgenstein
mathematical fallacies and paradoxes
the sun also rises
for whom the bell tolls
a farwell to arms
1984
life on the screen (identity in the age of the internet)
biology as ideology

etc, etc... fucking etc

currently reading Zero - the biography of a dangerous idea (page 78)

TheJimmy 04-11-2003 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DonovanPhillips


That's the best work of fiction to date because it's convinced so many people it's real, kinda like Blair Witch when it came out.


minus the booger scene ;)

Lane 04-11-2003 12:26 AM

Unix Network Programming (Volume I and II) - Richard Stevens
The C Programming Language - Kernighan/Ritchie


:glugglug

MikeEP 04-11-2003 12:26 AM

Atlas Shrugged

Fletch XXX 04-11-2003 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet

beyond good and evil
on the road

add 'Paradise Lost', and blake's 'marriage of heaven and hell' and Baudelaires 'Flowers of Evil' and thats my top 5 for tonight.

:glugglug

dig420 04-11-2003 12:39 AM

I don't wanna get off on a list of thousands of books, but I also have to mention Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and the amazing, horrifying short story:

Everything That Rises Must Converge - Flannery O'Connor

I had to give it it's own line. If you haven't read this yet try to download it NOW. It'll hit you like a punch in the face.

Plat 04-11-2003 12:39 AM

I dont read books. :glugglug

jake2000xp 04-11-2003 12:39 AM

Favorite childhood book:
Tom Sawyer-- Mark Twain

College reading:
Hamlet - Shakespeare
The Old Man and the Sea -- Hemingway

Favorite self help:
The Millionaire Next Door--Thomas J. Phd Stanley, William D., Phd Danko

Favorite Adventure Biography
Into thin air--jon krakau

quiet 04-11-2003 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dig420
I don't wanna get off on a list of thousands of books, but I also have to mention Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and the amazing, horrifying short story:\
i thought i put that in my list. one of my all time favorite novellas. love so many of his short stories as well...

:glugglug

chupacabra 04-11-2003 12:42 AM

'120 Days of Sodom'

dig420 04-11-2003 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet


i thought i put that in my list. one of my all time favorite novellas. love so many of his short stories as well...

:glugglug

yeah Hemingway was a master. Never a wasted word.

DrewKole 04-11-2003 12:46 AM

Tom Sawyer
Animal Farm
The Odyssey
The Golden Ass, Transformation of Lucius Apuleius
Brave New World

dig420 04-11-2003 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jake2000xp


Favorite Adventure Biography
Into thin air--jon krakau

I actually got that as an audiobook from http://www.audible.com

Krakauer did a GREAT job on the reading, sucked you right into the story.

TheJimmy 04-11-2003 12:48 AM

I forgot one...


Penthouse Forum...


:thumbsup

robfantasy 04-11-2003 12:50 AM

hold'em poker for advanced players

... 04-11-2003 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Swiftone
Hyperion - Dan Simmons
The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons

Awesome series. Doesn't get any more sci-fi than that.

quiet 04-11-2003 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dig420


yeah Hemingway was a master. Never a wasted word.

well said. extremely lean prose.

cool1g 04-11-2003 02:21 AM

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson - the most amazing piece of fiction ever written IMO! It is part 1 of a planned 3 part trilogy - part 2 is supposedly out any day now...

The Stand - Stephen King

Less than Zero - Brett Easton Ellis

John Grisham - The Runaway Jury...suprisingly funny!

Tom Wolfe - Bonfire of the Vanities....

Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis...non-fiction book about bond trading that reads more like fiction!

Losing my Virginity - Richard Branson...the guys is a visionary in terms of coming up with new ideas....

Joe Sixpack 04-11-2003 02:31 AM

Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Women - Charles Bukowski
Hollywood - Charles Bukowski

I know someone is going to point out the obvious.

Fletch XXX 04-11-2003 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack

Women - Charles Bukowski
Hollywood - Charles Bukowski

nice. i have them both on the shelf next to me.

bukowski was good.

:glugglug

quiet 04-11-2003 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Women - Charles Bukowski
Hollywood - Charles Bukowski

I know someone is going to point out the obvious.

the barfly :)

Jakke PNG 04-11-2003 02:37 AM

Catch 22 was pretty decent
Jules Verne books were nice
Wilbur Smith books are fun
Lord of the rings was also good
But I've red those like when I was 10-15.

I'm also pretty fond of discworld series.

I haven't had the time to read any good books lately.
I did read Atkins new diet revolution a week ago or so, but can't really recommend that :) I wish I could find a good book that makes me think. Too bad I don't have time for books. :(

Joe Sixpack 04-11-2003 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fletch XXX


nice. i have them both on the shelf next to me.

bukowski was good.

:glugglug

He and John Lennon are my only "heroes" because they both just told it like it was... In art I admire honesty and originality and they both had it in spades.

bhutocracy 04-11-2003 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dig420


Watership Down was a significant book for me as well. Did you read Plague Dogs?

no unfortunately, I'll have to get into it - I actually hired out the watership down movie for my girlfriend about a year ago :)

quiet 04-11-2003 02:38 AM

i feel like listing another dozen books.

Chris E 04-11-2003 02:40 AM

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone :Graucho

DarkJedi 04-11-2003 02:43 AM

Dune series.
So far i've finished:

Dune: House Atreides
Dune: House Harkonnen
Dune: House Corrino

Awesome Sci-Fi.

Fletch XXX 04-11-2003 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack


He and John Lennon are my only "heroes" because they both just told it like it was... In art I admire honesty and originality and they both had it in spades.

:glugglug

Jakke PNG 04-11-2003 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkJedi
Dune series.
So far i've finished:

Dune: House Atreides
Dune: House Harkonnen
Dune: House Corrino

Awesome Sci-Fi.

Yeah, I think I liked those too..
..and I have a nasty secret I forgot to tell. :)

http://www.jesterdesigns.com/GFYshit/starwars.jpg

I was sick once and I bought a starwars book. I got hooked and bought all of them. lol :1orglaugh
They're pretty fun. Kinda gay, but entertaining.

quiet 04-11-2003 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack


He and John Lennon are my only "heroes" because they both just told it like it was... In art I admire honesty and originality and they both had it in spades.

i'm a huge John Lennon fan, but not for the same reasons.

Serge_Oprano 04-11-2003 02:59 AM

Everything That Rises Must Converge - Flannery O'Connor
***************

Dig, I didn't know you were her fan as well
;-))

she is one heck of a write
;'-))

"Good men are hard to find"
;-)))

Joe Sixpack 04-11-2003 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet


i'm a huge John Lennon fan, but not for the same reasons.

I'm interested in your reasons.

I'm a huge Lennon fan.

poorwebmaster 04-11-2003 03:03 AM

1. The Eight by Katherine Neville :thumbsup

2. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum:thumbsup

3. The Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follet

4. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco:thumbsup

5. The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

Rocky 04-11-2003 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fletch XXX
reading this right now. <a href=http://www.satanicrituals.com/hcbooks/occulthistory.htm>The Occult: A History</a>

<img src=http://www.satanicrituals.com/hcbooks/occulthistory.jpg border="1">


definately one of my most favorite books

a must read for everyone
:thumbsup

bhutocracy 04-11-2003 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TeenGodFather
Catch 22 was pretty decent
Jules Verne books were nice
Wilbur Smith books are fun
Lord of the rings was also good
But I've red those like when I was 10-15.

I'm also pretty fond of discworld series.

I haven't had the time to read any good books lately.
I did read Atkins new diet revolution a week ago or so, but can't really recommend that :) I wish I could find a good book that makes me think. Too bad I don't have time for books. :(


the discworld series is great, if you haven't already, get "Thief of time" one of the newer ones..

bhutocracy 04-11-2003 03:06 AM

http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/Dawk...vers/blind.gif


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:02 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
©2000-, AI Media Network Inc123