What do you read?

nico3d · 01-03-2004, 08:00 PM

ok there's already a thread about what we do listen
now let's start one about what do we read

here's a list of my fave books

The unbearable lightness of being - Milan Kundera
The joke - Milan Kundera
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Steppen Wolf - Herman Hesse
Thus spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche
Memoirs of a geisha - Arthur Golden
The city of joy - Dominique Lapierre
A fine balance - Rohinton Mistry
Dalai Lama's books.
Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
Gabriel García Máquez books, All of them (don't know the names in English)
Julio Cortázar (idem above)
Man and his symbols - Carl G. Jung
The shining - Stephen King
7 years in Tibet - Heinrich Harrer
Letters from Burma - Aung Sang Suu Kyi
The firm - Johnn Grisham

Jyncus · 01-03-2004, 09:50 PM

I read anything by Michael Crichton..
Started with his Jurrasic Park back in '94 or whenever, and just went through all of his books one at a time.
The most recent being Prey which is a fascinating book on the possibilities and developments of nano technology. =]

I also read a lot of Stephen King (Heh, The Shining..mmm, one of my favs) books.
And lastly, philosophy.. I enjoy reading theological philosophy - The Divine Comedy, Dante's Inferno, etc. Very interesting stuff.

Drizzt · 01-03-2004, 11:44 PM

Everything that is related to forgotten realms especialy about Drizzt Do'Urden.

Torlok2002 · 02-03-2004, 11:44 PM

negative utopia's

1984 by George Orwell
Brave new world by Aldous Huxley

03-03-2004, 12:38 AM

To Kill a Mocking bird - Harper Lee
The catcher in the rye - J D Salinger
Shogun - James Clavell
The adventures of cavalier & clay - Michael chabon
The Tao of Pooh (one of my absolute favourites) Benjamin Hoff
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter (yeah I know, but they are good fun.)
Of Mice & Men - John Steinbeck
Orwell& huxley as above,
Do androids dream of electric sheep - (blade runner) Phillip K Dick
pretty much anything by Clive Barker or Niel Gaiman
definately everything by Douglas Adams

ross_coe · 03-03-2004, 01:24 AM

Favourite book of all time....Lord of the Rings (worked thru it 5 times now).
Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and other Tolkien books.
Iain Banks (fiction) or Iain M Banks (science fiction)......Use of Weapons, The Bridge, Song of Stone and Complicity (sick) are great books.
Used to read a lot of Terry Pratchett too. The Weatherwax/Ogg tales were good

Ian Gouldings The Inheritors was a good book too.
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.
Geralds Game by Stephen King (only S.King book I've read

)

I keep meaning to get a copy of 1984 by George Orwell too.

Sessy · 03-03-2004, 02:42 AM

Victor Hugo, Les Miserable

Georg Bí±Ží¸®er, Dantons Tod

Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

William Shakespear, Antony and Cleopatra; Hamlet

Pushkin's stories are good, his poetry is worthless if you ask me, no idea why it's so famous. Bb|CTPE/\ for example is all psychological.

All in the language and form it was written in by the way.

OH OH OH I FORGOT!

Semyonov, Julian
crime and spy novel writers, but all very thoroughly researched, of a level I'd not seen elsewhere in crime and spy novels.
read more: http://www.sovlit.com/spies/17moments.html

Chris-3DT · 03-03-2004, 02:50 AM

Johann Wolfang von Goethe: Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil.

Franz Kafka: Das Schloss; Der Process; Der Verschollene.

Georg Büchner: Lenz

Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy

Max Frisch: Mein Name sei Gantenbein; Homo Faber; Stiller

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings

Arno Schmidt: Zettels Traum.

and many others...

I'm studying general and Comapring Literature Sciences (Comparatistics) in Germany

geoMan · 03-03-2004, 04:28 AM

oh man...too many....cant name all of them...

Tolkien, Rowling, Dickens, Bronte sisters, Asimov and so many....dont tempt me write all of them!

CountZero · 03-03-2004, 05:22 AM

Funny, I lost all interest in LotR when they made the movies. Anyway, I got a few new favourites:

Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
HItchikers Guide to the Universe - Douglas Adams

If you like science fiction the Neuromancer triology is a must!

Profane · 03-03-2004, 10:36 AM

...well:
Charles Baudelaire
Bruce Chatwins
Sigmund Freud
Micheal Moore (He rocks!!!)
Noam Chomsky (Must read this author)
Arthur Schopenhauer
Karl Marx
Giacomo Leopardi (1700 italian author)....
don't remember anything else....

Chris-3DT · 03-03-2004, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Profane
...well:
Charles Baudelaire
Bruce Chatwins
Sigmund Freud
Micheal Moore (He rocks!!!)
Noam Chomsky (Must read this author)
Arthur Schopenhauer
Karl Marx
Giacomo Leopardi (1700 italian author)....
don't remember anything else....

Chomsky, was it literature or language sciences that he wrote about?

nico3d · 03-03-2004, 04:50 PM

what makes chomsky so good, profane?

RodrigoRosa · 03-03-2004, 07:39 PM

sigmund froid, umberto eco, karl max, william shakespeare (an incredible poet), fiodor Dostoïevsky... i like a lot philosophy

Profane · 04-03-2004, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chris-3DT
Chomsky, was it literature or language sciences that he wrote about?

yes...but he is also a philosopher and journalist ...I dunno in english...a 'critic'...He wrote 'American Power and the New Mandarins' and something about 9-11 and terrorism...(I mean he wrote a lot of books...the ones I quoted here are just my favourite)

01-03-2004, 08:00 PM	#1
nico3d Addicted to 3D Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Buenos Aires - Argentina Posts: 481 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What do you read? ok there's already a thread about what we do listen now let's start one about what do we read here's a list of my fave books The unbearable lightness of being - Milan Kundera The joke - Milan Kundera Siddhartha - Herman Hesse Steppen Wolf - Herman Hesse Thus spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche Memoirs of a geisha - Arthur Golden The city of joy - Dominique Lapierre A fine balance - Rohinton Mistry Dalai Lama's books. Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka Gabriel García Máquez books, All of them (don't know the names in English) Julio Cortázar (idem above) Man and his symbols - Carl G. Jung The shining - Stephen King 7 years in Tibet - Heinrich Harrer Letters from Burma - Aung Sang Suu Kyi The firm - Johnn Grisham __________________ Nico-Nick ----------------------------------

02-03-2004, 11:44 PM	#4
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03-03-2004, 01:24 AM	#6
ross_coe formerly Ross-3DT =P Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glencoe Scotland UK (London atm) Posts: 723 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Favourite book of all time....Lord of the Rings (worked thru it 5 times now). Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and other Tolkien books. Iain Banks (fiction) or Iain M Banks (science fiction)......Use of Weapons, The Bridge, Song of Stone and Complicity (sick) are great books. Used to read a lot of Terry Pratchett too. The Weatherwax/Ogg tales were good Ian Gouldings The Inheritors was a good book too. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. Geralds Game by Stephen King (only S.King book I've read ) I keep meaning to get a copy of 1984 by George Orwell too. __________________ __________________ PasteyFace - Online Folio (W.I.P) My CGS Folio Page __________________ Last edited by Ross-3DT; 03-03-2004 at 01:29 AM..

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Sessy Mater semper certa est ;) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Netherlands in Europe Posts: 1,036 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Victor Hugo, Les Miserable Georg Bí±Ží¸®er, Dantons Tod Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice William Shakespear, Antony and Cleopatra; Hamlet Pushkin's stories are good, his poetry is worthless if you ask me, no idea why it's so famous. Bb\|CTPE/\ for example is all psychological. All in the language and form it was written in by the way. OH OH OH I FORGOT! Semyonov, Julian crime and spy novel writers, but all very thoroughly researched, of a level I'd not seen elsewhere in crime and spy novels. read more: http://www.sovlit.com/spies/17moments.html __________________ 40% Sexy + 60% Sassy = 100% Sessy If you make a habit of swallowing your pride, you will earn yourself an ulcer. Last edited by Sessy; 03-03-2004 at 03:37 PM..

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Chris-3DT Threedy Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Johann Wolfang von Goethe: Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil. Franz Kafka: Das Schloss; Der Process; Der Verschollene. Georg Büchner: Lenz Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy Max Frisch: Mein Name sei Gantenbein; Homo Faber; Stiller J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings Arno Schmidt: Zettels Traum. and many others... I'm studying general and Comapring Literature Sciences (Comparatistics) in Germany __________________ [b]Christian

01-03-2004, 09:50 PM	#2
Jyncus mmm..beans. Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Georgia Posts: 339 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I read anything by Michael Crichton.. Started with his Jurrasic Park back in '94 or whenever, and just went through all of his books one at a time. The most recent being Prey which is a fascinating book on the possibilities and developments of nano technology. =] I also read a lot of Stephen King (Heh, The Shining..mmm, one of my favs) books. And lastly, philosophy.. I enjoy reading theological philosophy - The Divine Comedy, Dante's Inferno, etc. Very interesting stuff.

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03-03-2004, 12:38 AM	#5
Mike-3DT Guest Posts: n/a	To Kill a Mocking bird - Harper Lee The catcher in the rye - J D Salinger Shogun - James Clavell The adventures of cavalier & clay - Michael chabon The Tao of Pooh (one of my absolute favourites) Benjamin Hoff Lord of the Rings Harry Potter (yeah I know, but they are good fun.) Of Mice & Men - John Steinbeck Orwell& huxley as above, Do androids dream of electric sheep - (blade runner) Phillip K Dick pretty much anything by Clive Barker or Niel Gaiman definately everything by Douglas Adams

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geoMan is studying. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pakistan Posts: 829 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well... oh man...too many....cant name all of them... Tolkien, Rowling, Dickens, Bronte sisters, Asimov and so many....dont tempt me write all of them! __________________ But in the end, no matter what i pretend, the journey is more important than the end or the start, and what it meant to me will eventually be a memory of the time WHEN I TRIED SO HARD! Mental Ray Rendering And shader Discussion thread

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CountZero Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 253 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Funny, I lost all interest in LotR when they made the movies. Anyway, I got a few new favourites: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson Catch 22 - Joseph Heller HItchikers Guide to the Universe - Douglas Adams If you like science fiction the Neuromancer triology is a must!

03-03-2004, 10:36 AM	#11
Profane Matteo Masciotti Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 697 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	...well: Charles Baudelaire Bruce Chatwins Sigmund Freud Micheal Moore (He rocks!!!) Noam Chomsky (Must read this author) Arthur Schopenhauer Karl Marx Giacomo Leopardi (1700 italian author).... don't remember anything else.... __________________ www.3dtotal.com>free stuff>tutorials>maya...there you'll find my tutorial. CLICK BELOWE http://www.threedy.com/site/forum/sh...threadid=28147

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nico3d Addicted to 3D Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Buenos Aires - Argentina Posts: 481 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	what makes chomsky so good, profane? __________________ Nico-Nick ----------------------------------

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