The plague dogs- Richard Adams
I once attempted to watch the movie(cartoon) but seeing the first few minutes, and seeing the dogs, I could not continue, so I am now attempting the book, just like Watership down it is a must read...

im re-reading henri charriere's 'papillon' a movie stemmed from it starring steve mcqueen i believe, i havent seen it though. really good biography, even though some of the events in it have been debated as fabrication. it's still a good story. i picked it up after seeing a doc about devil's island.



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^ I've been thinking about Anna Karenina too. It is big as hell, correct?
Anyway, the rest of my fave list, freshly imported from ETS...

Non-fiction:
- Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed (Jared Diamond) - *COUGH*think I saw this among some Year Zero banned media*COUGH* Anyway... Important. If you can't be arsed to read it all I recommend the last chapter.
- Unweaving the rainbow (Richard Dawkins) - about how mindblowing everything is. XD
- The selfish gene (Richard Dawkins) - just refreshing the ole genetics... More interesting ideas.
- Conservation (Clive Hambler) - a school book, but with nice points about... gasp... conservation.
- The world without us (Alan Weisman) - juicy subject but also discusses many current ickle problems. I believe ROB recommended it as well.
- Dog stories (James Herriot) - vet life in Yorkshire back in the days, some stories are SAD AS HELL!
- Manchester United ruined my life (Colin Shindler) - football sucks, some footie books / movies don't!
- Go ask Alice (Anonymous) - young girl starts doing drugs. I've heard it may be fictional after all but... :p
- The elegant universe (Brian Greene) - fun with string physics, kidz!!!

Fiction:
- The call of the wild (Jack London) - dawgs... wolves... Canada... <3 Fucking beautiful.
- The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (Douglas Adams) - several kilos of fun.
- Harry Potter 1-7 (JK Rowling) - genius story-weaving and a cosy universe.
- Pet Sematary (Stephen King) - read this at night in a secluded Norwegian cottage with ghostly sounds like I did.
- Pope Joan (Donna Woolfolk Cross) - there's this legend about a woman pope...
- The green mile (Stephen King) - or the movie... Both sad...
- Journey to the centre of the Earth (Jules Verne) - Cuz that would be cool.
- The shining (Stephen King) - better than the movie, IMO.
- On the beach (Nevil Shute) - *alarm* KIND OF YEAR ZERO-RELATED *alarm* A world waiting to die after a nuke war.
- Ronja, the robber's daughter (Astrid Lindgren) - Wild adventure kiddie story with which I was obsessed at age 4.
- The alchemist (Paulo Coelho) - I dunno, it made me a bit happy. :p
- The brothers Lionheart (Astrid Lindgren) - Adventure kiddie story about DEATH and some other cool stuff.
- Misery (Stephen King) - EWWW.
- Perfume: the story of a murderer (Patrick Süskind) - argh, the movie has taken over my memory completelayyy.
- The da Vinci code (Dan Brown) - beats its movie.
- Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh) - better than movie? *shrug* It made me pine for the movie.
- 1984 (George Orwell) - crimestart!!!!!!!1

Honourary mention:
- Heart-shaped box (Joe Hill) - fairly enjoyable horror novel that MENTIONS TRENT ALL THE GODDAMN TIME! XD

Probably:
- Richard Dawkins's friggin toe-prints.



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Acharis posted:

lucytoon posted:

i am RE-reading "night watch" by sergei lukyanenko. freakin' fantastic. highly recommend it for anyone into sci/fi, horror, fantasy.

Night watch was amazing! The movie literally, doesn't begin to show the scope of the story.

omg, i KNOW! but it was still fun to see the characters come alive! gesar was perfect! i've already pre-ordered "last watch". heh!

rossva posted:

Just started reading "The World Without Us".

Check it out...

[www.worldwithoutus.com]

Not usually the sort of thing I'd read - but sounds kinda interesting

There was a documentary like that on The National Geographic Channel.

[Also "Life After People on the History Channel.]

Edit #2: I was watching the above History Channel show last night and then I was talking to my friend about it and he says, yea, here, and hands me the book. Heh. So now I'm gonna read the book, too.



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Catcher in the rye depressed the hell out of me, so after finishing that yesterday, I started Chuck Palahniuk's Choke this morning. Pretty good read so far, just the right amount of lulz.

I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan
Angels and Demons is way way way better than the DaVinci code.

Currently reading Timeline by Michael Crichton

Another recommendation: The Stranger by Albert Camus. Fantastic book.

ratexla posted:

^ I've been thinking about Anna Karenina too. It is big as hell, correct?

My copy is 817 pages.

STORY OF THE EYE by GEORGES BATAILLE



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I just finished Miller's High Life, the autobiography of dancer, Ann Miller.
What a woman!

Here's a 45-second intro:

[www.youtube.com]

Just finished Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, which I would strongly recommend. Also The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, and Crash by JG Ballard.
If you like your non-fiction, then I'd say Duration and Simultaneity by Henri Bergson aswell.

I plan on going to Barnes and Nobles tomorrow and got some nice recommendations from this thread. I really don't read enough.

I would suggest anything by Augusten Burroughs. I'm currently reading Magical Thinking and most of the stories are making me laugh my ass off. It's rare that that happens for me



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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
I have a few pages left that I'm trying to drag out. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll probably never trust again.