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Really good books? 2011-12-26 15:44:29 Reply

I just got a kindle :)
So I want some idea's for books to download.
I'm more into non-fiction. but uh, im pretty open with the range of books I will read

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 15:45:52 Reply

you need 2 check out the book 1984. CRAZY book

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 15:46:28 Reply

Ted Dekker is a good author I recently discovered if you're into fiction.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 15:47:16 Reply

At 12/26/11 03:44 PM, AshleKetchem wrote: I just got a kindle :)
So I want some idea's for books to download.
I'm more into non-fiction. but uh, im pretty open with the range of books I will read

Do you read manga?

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 15:48:19 Reply

At 12/26/11 03:47 PM, ZeldaFan64DS wrote:
At 12/26/11 03:44 PM, AshleKetchem wrote: I just got a kindle :)
So I want some idea's for books to download.
I'm more into non-fiction. but uh, im pretty open with the range of books I will read
Do you read manga?

I'll give anything a chance, but i've never really gotten into manga. would those kind of files work on a kindle though?

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 15:53:16 Reply

Dune. The Hobbit. Lord of the Rings. A Clockwork Orange.

Etc etc

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 15:53:56 Reply

Try "A child called it" .
It's middle school level so it might be a quick read for you.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 16:06:11 Reply

For Intellectual books: Anything by Jules Verne
For Horror: ANything by Poe or Stephen King
For Adventure: The Hunger Games series by Susan Collins
For Fantasy: The Xanth series by Pierce Anthony
For Sci-Fi: Don't read much so can't help there.

Hope I helped somehow.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 16:06:39 Reply

Harry Potter. Duh.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 16:13:52 Reply

A song of Ice and Fire series(or anything by George R.R. Martin), BattleField Earth, Altered Carbon, Enders Game, Wheel Of Time series.

What type of book are you looking for?

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Authors to look up: Daniel Pinchbeck, Amit Gosswami, Rupert Sheldrake.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 16:17:52 Reply

At 12/26/11 03:48 PM, AshleKetchem wrote:
At 12/26/11 03:47 PM, ZeldaFan64DS wrote:
At 12/26/11 03:44 PM, AshleKetchem wrote: I just got a kindle :)
So I want some idea's for books to download.
I'm more into non-fiction. but uh, im pretty open with the range of books I will read
Do you read manga?
I'll give anything a chance, but i've never really gotten into manga. would those kind of files work on a kindle though?

Okay. For manga I would recommend Naruto, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist and The Legend Of Zelda manga series'.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 16:17:58 Reply

Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut is my personal favorite. You could check that one out.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 16:42:55 Reply

For non fiction, The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins is pretty good if you want to learn a bit about evolution/natural selection. His book The God Delusion is also good. Cosmos by Carl Sagan is also a very acclaimed book about astronomy and space, I've only just started it myself, but others rave about it, and you just have to love Carl Sagan.

For fiction i'd recommend Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh), Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clark), Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk) and Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk).

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 16:47:59 Reply

At 12/26/11 04:45 PM, ScaryPicnic wrote:
At 12/26/11 04:17 PM, ZJ wrote: Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut is my personal favorite. You could check that one out.
Good choice.
Cats Cradle is a great book by him, too. I wasn't into Timequake much, though.

Breakfast of Champions is the best, for the drawings alone!

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At 12/26/11 04:06 PM, VJF wrote: For Intellectual books: Anything by Jules Verne
For Horror: ANything by Poe or Stephen King
For Adventure: The Hunger Games series by Susan Collins
For Fantasy: The Xanth series by Pierce Anthony
For Sci-Fi: Don't read much so can't help there.

Hope I helped somehow.

For Adults: Nothing from this list

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 17:02:52 Reply

At 12/26/11 05:00 PM, BizzarroPMP wrote:
At 12/26/11 04:06 PM, VJF wrote:

For Horror: ANything by Poe or Stephen King

For Adults: Nothing from this list

Don't talk shit about Poe

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 17:09:53 Reply

At 12/26/11 05:02 PM, Heretic-Anchorite wrote:
At 12/26/11 05:00 PM, BizzarroPMP wrote:
At 12/26/11 04:06 PM, VJF wrote:

For Horror: ANything by Poe or Stephen King

For Adults: Nothing from this list
Don't talk shit about Poe

Poe is for brooding pubescent shits who think they're smarter than everyone else.

Read Lovecraft. He was a fan who greatly improved Poe's style.

Lovecraft is Ftw. Poe is FtM.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 17:12:35 Reply

At 12/26/11 05:09 PM, BizzarroPMP wrote:
Read Lovecraft. He was a fan who greatly improved Poe's style.

Lovecraft is Ftw. Poe is FtM.

But I'm a fan of both...

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 17:40:13 Reply

At 12/26/11 05:12 PM, Heretic-Anchorite wrote:
At 12/26/11 05:09 PM, BizzarroPMP wrote:
Read Lovecraft. He was a fan who greatly improved Poe's style.

Lovecraft is Ftw. Poe is FtM.
But I'm a fan of both...

I liked Cask of Amontillado. There is really no problem with Poe, I just find him awfully tame.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 17:44:30 Reply

Twilight of the Idols by Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 18:24:30 Reply

At 12/26/11 03:44 PM, AshleKetchem wrote: I just got a kindle :)

Kill it with fire!

So I want some idea's for books to download.

Go out and buy some. Too stingy for that? Go to a library and borrow them!

I'm more into non-fiction. but uh, im pretty open with the range of books I will read

Alright, if you must do it the heathen way, go and download these:

Conn Iggulden - Khan: Wolf of the Plains
David Gemmell - Legend
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens
Robert Rankin - Nostradamus Ate My Hamster
James Clavell - Shogun

Those should get you started, as some of them are based on true events (Shogun, Wolf of the Plains), while others just poke a bit of fun.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 18:27:56 Reply

The novelization of Santa Clause Conquers The Martians.

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Response to Really good books? 2011-12-26 18:40:46 Reply

Read this book called "The Dark Side of Nowhere". It may be hard to find, but I read it when I was younger and it always stuck with me. It is about a town full of people who are secretly not from this world, and the parents try to convince their children they are normal humans.

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