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 Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:47 pm
"His Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman.
It's actually a trilogy, and the first one is called "The Golden Compass," and it at first seems a bit juvenile, but the second and third books ("The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass") are more serious.
I would also suggest "The Memory of Earth" by Orson Scott Card. Most people know him for the Ender series, but this book, and the ones that follow it, are just as good, and are also chock full of those wonderful moral dilemmas that are in the Ender books.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:37 pm
The Last Temptation of Christ
and Saviors of God
by Nikos Kazantzakis
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:58 pm
Vergil's Aeneid, as well as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. I have not read the Odyssey, but the other two had very interesting points about the relationships between humans and gods.
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:48 am
good ones!
along the same line, only with Abrahamic religions, we could add Dante's Inferno
and Milton's Paradise Lost.
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:55 pm
uhn.. I suggest of course Watership Down (Richard Adams) and His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:55 pm
Acceleration By: Graham McNamee
It's a quick read but it's worth it.
Chinese Cinderella By: Adeline Yen Mah
The Witching Hour By: Anne Rice
Cry to Heaven By: Anne Rice
Interview with a Vampire By: Anne Rice.
All of them amazing books.
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:37 am
No Name the Walrus "His Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman.
It's actually a trilogy, and the first one is called "The Golden Compass," and it at first seems a bit juvenile, but the second and third books ("The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass") are more serious.
I would also suggest "The Memory of Earth" by Orson Scott Card. Most people know him for the Ender series, but this book, and the ones that follow it, are just as good, and are also chock full of those wonderful moral dilemmas that are in the Ender books. Good series I read it several summers ago.
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:39 am
If you want a book that is sci-fi, a fast read, and deals with political issues, I suggest a trilogy by Scott Westerfield. The titles are Pretties, Uglies, and Specials, each are really good books.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:48 pm
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis. I also suggest the other two books from the series Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength.
They're all very good.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:52 am
TintedShades Perelandra by C.S. Lewis. I also suggest the other two books from the series Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength. They're all very good. of the ones on this page so far, i have most enjoyed Lewis' Space Trilogy, and the CHinese Princess. the others are worthwhile, but these are my personal favorites.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:01 am
For some modern poetry, check out:
Imagine the Angels of Bread by Martin Espada
Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros
Ordinary by Carol Anderson (this one's a little harder to get since it's a chapbook
The Creation of the Night Sky by Nicholas Christopher
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:02 am
oh, and try Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
along with
American Gods and Good Omens: the nice and accurate prophesies of Agnes Nutter T Witch by Neil Gaimen
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:52 pm
Right now I'm reading the wind singer and its great, very funny and heart-warming.
Has anyone actually won this?
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:53 pm
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:40 pm
OOO OOO OOO!!!
the eragon/eldest books by christopher paulini
AND
The Sherlock Holmes novels!! by sir aurthor conan doyle!
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