Topic: What's your favorite book? What's the last book you read?
Anonymous A started this discussion 5 years ago #100,064
Serious replies only. Mods pls enforce.
And, do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? Why?
And, do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? Why?
16bitch !/nxYguuEzA joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 hours later[^] [v] #1,128,598
I recently finished reading "The Mammoth Book Of Cthulhu", a collection of short stories based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. Now I am re-reading "Rendezvous With Rama", a sci-fi classic by Arthur C. Clarke. After that, I will probably read "Rama II". My favorite fiction stories are the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy by Cixin Liu, "Eon" by Greg Bear", "Contact" by Carl Sagan, and "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H.P. Lovecraft.
I much prefer fiction, especially science fiction, over most forms of literature, as I just don't find other books very interesting. The only nonfiction I regularly read is books regarding theoretical physics and related topics. My favorite nonfiction books are "A Universe From Nothing" by the acclaimed theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, "Life 3.0", a book about the future of artificial intelligence by futurist Max Tegmark, and "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas Hofstadter.
I much prefer fiction, especially science fiction, over most forms of literature, as I just don't find other books very interesting. The only nonfiction I regularly read is books regarding theoretical physics and related topics. My favorite nonfiction books are "A Universe From Nothing" by the acclaimed theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, "Life 3.0", a book about the future of artificial intelligence by futurist Max Tegmark, and "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas Hofstadter.
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,634
Bleak House
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 5 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,729
(want to read)Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 43 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,748
I'm reading Feud which is about the decades long rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis
Anonymous F replied with this 5 years ago, 27 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,764
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 5 years ago, 6 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,768
@previous (F)
Yes. I've read some pulp fiction before and enjoyed it. There is a weird Canadian bestseller about a womans love affair with a bear. I almost want to try it
Yes. I've read some pulp fiction before and enjoyed it. There is a weird Canadian bestseller about a womans love affair with a bear. I almost want to try it
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,771
Favourite: The Stand (Stephen King)
Last read: Burmese Days (Orwell)
Last read: Burmese Days (Orwell)
Anonymous F replied with this 5 years ago, 8 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,773
@1,128,768 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
I was at my uncle's house back in the day, looking around in his basement...when I discovered my first raunchy pulp sex novel.
It was an awakening.
I was at my uncle's house back in the day, looking around in his basement...when I discovered my first raunchy pulp sex novel.
It was an awakening.
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Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 5 years ago, 24 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,780
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,782
@1,128,768 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
You want to try reading the novel? Or yoy want to try having a love affair with a bear?
You want to try reading the novel? Or yoy want to try having a love affair with a bear?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU double-posted this 5 years ago, 36 seconds later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,783
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 5 years ago, 19 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,790
@1,128,782 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I want to read the book. My shallow pachina could never accommodate ursine dong
I want to read the book. My shallow pachina could never accommodate ursine dong
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC double-posted this 5 years ago, 51 seconds later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,791
@1,128,783 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I remember none of that. Just a tasteful fake cunnilingus photo shoot, and it stayed with me always
I remember none of that. Just a tasteful fake cunnilingus photo shoot, and it stayed with me always
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 7 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,793
@1,128,790 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Oh wow. That kind of problem sounds unbearable.
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
It's hard to perform tasteless cunnilingus given the definition.
Oh wow. That kind of problem sounds unbearable.
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
It's hard to perform tasteless cunnilingus given the definition.
Anonymous F replied with this 5 years ago, 4 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,796
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 4 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,801
@previous (F)
I think it was acute point but that depends on what angle you look at it from and the degree of your familiarty with my puns.
I think it was acute point but that depends on what angle you look at it from and the degree of your familiarty with my puns.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,129,139
@1,128,598 (16bitch !/nxYguuEzA)
I've always been fond of Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. The Dragons of Eden by Sagan has been a favorite of mine along with The Demon Haunted World. Larry Krauss has always had a gift for explaining physics in simple terms, even if he is a little toxic these days. He really does have a gift for explaining things in a plain, understandable way that keeps a reader engaged.
@OP
I don't know if I have a favorite book.
Last book I read: Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
Next in the pile: Network Effect by Martha Wells
I've always been fond of Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. The Dragons of Eden by Sagan has been a favorite of mine along with The Demon Haunted World. Larry Krauss has always had a gift for explaining physics in simple terms, even if he is a little toxic these days. He really does have a gift for explaining things in a plain, understandable way that keeps a reader engaged.
@OP
I don't know if I have a favorite book.
Last book I read: Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
Next in the pile: Network Effect by Martha Wells
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Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 days later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,349
Just finisherd reading Chesterton's The Ball and the Cross. His writing is pretty awesome.
Green !StaYqkzUPc joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,410
The Bible (serious, it has some interesting stuff). The last book I read was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2013. Or a more factual book about dinosaurs either last year or 2918. I don't like reading.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 7 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,492
My favorite book is either Jurassic Park, or The Lost World. Currently reading Being and Nothingness.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 5 years ago, 6 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,542
@previous (M)
> Currently reading Being and Nothingness.
The most thoroughly impenetrable book I ever had to read.
> Currently reading Being and Nothingness.
The most thoroughly impenetrable book I ever had to read.
Anonymous M replied with this 5 years ago, 22 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,546
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
True! I have to reread each page at least once, in order to try to grasp what I just read.
True! I have to reread each page at least once, in order to try to grasp what I just read.
tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 30 minutes later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,554
Favourite: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks.
Last read: The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker.
I'm now reading Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot. It's a little bit shit. I picked it up in November when I was passing through Schiphol.
Last read: The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker.
I'm now reading Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot. It's a little bit shit. I picked it up in November when I was passing through Schiphol.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,580
Anonymous M replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,582
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Michael Crichton was a fantastic science fiction author. Even if the way he wrote could be convoluted and repetitive at time.
Michael Crichton was a fantastic science fiction author. Even if the way he wrote could be convoluted and repetitive at time.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,584
Anonymous M replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,130,586
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
I haven't read Sphere. I may look into it, after I finish Being and Nothingness.
I haven't read Sphere. I may look into it, after I finish Being and Nothingness.
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