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Subject: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/26/06 at 6:17 pm

Since I don't read much, I couldn't tell you what my favorite novel is. But I liked "Jaws" based on what I saw in the movie (which I'm sure is much different from the book). What are your favorites and explain why? :)

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Dominic L. on 07/26/06 at 6:18 pm

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Douglas Adams

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: KKay on 07/26/06 at 6:20 pm

this is a long list but i'll limit myself to

A Prayer for Owen Meany-John Irving

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Dominic L. on 07/26/06 at 6:21 pm

It's Non-Fiction, but it's still a novel?

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius-Dave Eggers.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Gis on 07/27/06 at 2:36 am

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 07/27/06 at 3:53 am

The classic, "Nine Princes In Amber", by the late, great Roger Zelazny.

(I am actually working on making this a screenplay, with the big difference being I will actually be true to the book!)

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Foo Bar on 07/27/06 at 8:18 pm

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein.

Freedom isn't free.  But it's a hell of a lot cheaper than the alternative on earth.  First flight to Luna, I'm on it.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: velvetoneo on 07/30/06 at 1:18 pm

Oy vey, a whole list of books I loved...

A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp-John Irving.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter-Carson McCullers.
One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The Tales of the City Omnibus-Armistead Maupin.
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence-Edith Wharton.
The Adventures of Augie March-Saul Bellow.
The Death of Ivan Ilych-Leo Tolstoy.
A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole.
The Swimming Pool Library-Alan Hollinghurst.
The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: danootaandme on 07/30/06 at 4:54 pm

Not in any particular order, and not complete

How Green Was My Valley-Richard Llewellyn
Lavengro-George Borrow
Foundation Trilogy-Isaac Asimov
Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
The Stories of Eva Luna-Isabel Allende
Hawaii-James Mitchner
On the Road-Jack Kerouac
DuneFrank Herbert
The Hobbit-JRR Tolkein
The Golden Key-George MacDonald

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: KKay on 07/30/06 at 7:18 pm


Oy vey, a whole list of books I loved...

A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp-John Irving.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter-Carson McCullers.
One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gabriel Garcia Marquez.




dude. you must be kidding. i clickedd on the thread so i could add my other favorites,The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Love in the time of Cholera!
good taste abounds!

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Davester on 07/31/06 at 3:14 am


The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein.

Freedom isn't free.  But it's a hell of a lot cheaper than the alternative on earth.  First flight to Luna, I'm on it.


  Robert Heinlein, a popular, controversial science fiction author, or so the covers of his books tell me.  I’ve read two of his titles Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers.  Not a vast amount of experience with the author I'll grant.  The problem for me is the sanctimonious tone, and how awfully preachy these two books were...

  Starship Troopers:

  A portrait of the virtues of a fascist society that believes in corporal punishment, and in which only military veterans are true citizens. (it is not, as the movie would lead you to believe, about people killing bugs in space, although they do that too...)

  Stranger in a Strange Land

    About a human being who grew up in a strange alien culture who has been returned to earth.  This device is used to show off the short failings of our own cultures, and tends to embody the idea that anything is better than what we are doing.  It also contains some psychology, and philosophy that L. Ron Hubbard stole to make his "Dianetics" (my sister's realm...)

  These books are on opposite sides of the spectrum.  Does either one accurately reflect the personal beliefs of Heinlein himself, or was that his thing; Writing, with a straight face, about other possible ideologies that he himself would not state he subscribed to..?

  go ;)...

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/06 at 3:19 am

Spike Milligan. The six-book trilogy that begins with "Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall".

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 07/31/06 at 3:24 am

Other Fiction/Novels I enjoy are as follows:

The Canterbury Tales- Geoffrey Chaucer
The Sheikh Of Baghdad- Adnan alKaissey (A good friend of mine, BTW)
Dune- Frank Herbert
The Black Mountain- Rex Stout (I enjoy the Nero Wolfe series, but this one was classic!)
The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien (I first read this book at age 6- and understood it.)
Macbeth- Shakespeare
The Crown Jewels/House Of Shards- Walter Jon Williams (2 books- same author)
anything by the late Roger Zelazny
Murder In the Cathedral- T.S. Eliot (my favorite poet- see "Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats")
Le Morte d'Arthur- Sir Thomas Mallory

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/06 at 3:26 am


Spike Milligan. The six-book trilogy that begins with "Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall".
With apologies, the forementioned book are not really fiction, they are autobiographies. Any they are my favouite books.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: La Roche on 07/31/06 at 9:07 am


With apologies, the forementioned book are not really fiction, they are autobiographies. Any they are my favouite books.


I love this set of books, I think a lot of what's in them is embellishment which I'd say is sort of fiction.
Considering they're some of my favorites, I figure they're fiction as well.

A year in the Merde is a favorite of mine.. again, like the aforementioned Milligan books, it's partially fiction but partially true.

I'm a huge fan of Jeffrey Archer with 'As the crow flies' and 'Honor amongst thieves' being a couple of my favorites.

I've never been a big fan of classic literature. Many has been the time when I've attempted to read Pride & Prejudice, War & Peace or A tale of two cities, but I just can't relate to any of it and thus put the book back on the shelf to gather dust.

I suppose I am and always will be a fan of 'pulp fiction'.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: freeridemt on 07/31/06 at 12:22 pm

Hmmm
Lord of the Rings(All three books)-J.R.R,Tolkien
The Hobbit-J.R.R,Tolkien
The Dragonlance series-Margaret Wies&Tracy Hickman
The time of the twins-Margaret Wies&Tracy Hickman

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 07/31/06 at 12:27 pm

The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/06 at 12:42 pm


The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
I still got that paperback of The Catcher in the Rye sitting on my shelf, picked up very cheaply from a Charity Shop.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 07/31/06 at 5:28 pm


I still got that paperback of The Catcher in the Rye sitting on my shelf, picked up very cheaply from a Charity Shop.


I had a strange feeling of emptiness when I finished reading this book - unsettling for some reason

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/06 at 1:25 am


I had a strange feeling of emptiness when I finished reading this book - unsettling for some reason
When I read it a years back I found it incomplete, certain scenes would end sudddenly. I must re-read it.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 08/01/06 at 5:11 am


I had a strange feeling of emptiness when I finished reading this book - unsettling for some reason


I feel that same feeling whenever I see a book made by Rush Limbaugh.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: karen on 08/01/06 at 9:26 am



I've never been a big fan of classic literature. Many has been the time when I've attempted to read Pride & Prejudice, War & Peace or A tale of two cities, but I just can't relate to any of it and thus put the book back on the shelf to gather dust.



The thought of you trying to read any of these makes me chuckle!

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 08/01/06 at 10:21 am


When I read it a years back I found it incomplete, certain scenes would end sudddenly. I must re-read it.


I think Salinger wrote it this way to illustrate Holden Caulfields messed up head and his increasing mentally ill psyche.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: danootaandme on 08/01/06 at 4:03 pm


I think Salinger wrote it this way to illustrate Holden Caulfields messed up head and his increasing mentally ill psyche.


Salinger himself has a messed up head.  ::)  Some say it is the "great American novel" but I don't think so.  I think that the critics who say that are guys who went to Prep School and were all f*cked up and could relate to it. 

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 08/01/06 at 4:18 pm


Salinger himself has a messed up head.   ::)   Some say it is the "great American novel" but I don't think so.  I think that the critics who say that are guys who went to Prep School and were all f*cked up and could relate to it. 


Yeah he's supposed to be a reclusive character isn't he? I'm sure there was a documentary on telly once about how film producers have desperately tried to get interviews with him - trying to get permission to make the story into a film?
He won't entertain them whatsoever.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: CeeKay on 08/01/06 at 5:48 pm

Well....I liked

Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)
On the Road (Kerouac)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
It, The Stand, and Cujo (Stephen King)

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 08/01/06 at 5:52 pm


Well....I liked

Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)
On the Road (Kerouac)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
It, The Stand, and Cujo (Stephen King)



Grapes Of Wrath...the book was better than the film. I didn't fall asleep reading the book!
Stephen King- I prefer "through the Eyes Of the Dragon".

If you are into Stephen King, you may enjoy a couple of older authors, which served as inspirations for Stephen:

August Derleth
H.P. Lovecraft
Robert Bloch

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Abix on 08/01/06 at 8:02 pm

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory- Roald Dahl
A Confederacy Of Dunces- John Kennedy Toole
Bastard Out Of Carolina- Dorothy Allison

These are 3 that stand out in my  mind.. I can't just choose 1.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Foo Bar on 08/01/06 at 8:54 pm

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Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Sister Morphine on 08/01/06 at 11:17 pm

Anything by Patricia Cornwell
1984 - George Orwell

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 08/01/06 at 11:21 pm

"The Call Of Cthulhu"- H.P. Lovecraft

As a child, I enjoyed "The Westing Game", by Ellin Rankin.
I also read "The Waterman Mansion Mystery", and I would recommend either book, for those who have Young Adults in their family.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: velvetoneo on 08/01/06 at 11:28 pm


Charlie and The Chocolate Factory- Roald Dahl
A Confederacy Of Dunces- John Kennedy Toole
Bastard Out Of Carolina- Dorothy Allison

These are 3 that stand out in my  mind.. I can't just choose 1.


I love the latter two of those. Amazing, amazing books.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/06 at 2:03 am


Anything by Patricia Cornwell
How was her Jack The Ripper book?

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 08/02/06 at 3:46 am


How was her Jack The Ripper book?


It was OK, but I think I'd recommend Robert Bloch's "The Night Of the Ripper", over this one.

Depends on which style you prefer.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: danootaandme on 08/02/06 at 5:10 pm



H.P. Lovecraft



Lovecraft!  If you like Lovecraft you should make a point of coming to Providence Rhode Island where he is a favorite son. Check this out.

www.quahog.org/attractions/index.php?id=3


The H.P. Lovecraft Commemorative Service
by Carl Johnson

Mock not the crows of Swan Point, for they are the guardians of those souls which here linger...

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: spaceace on 09/30/06 at 5:31 pm

Kornwolf by Tristan Egolf.  Tristan was a friend of mine in high school.  He had great success in Europe, but never quite caught on in the U.S.  Unfortunatly Tristan killed himself in May of last year.  RIP Tristan.  :\'(

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Sister Morphine on 09/30/06 at 6:03 pm

Any book by Patricia Cornwell.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Tanya1976 on 10/01/06 at 1:49 am

Forever by Judy Blume
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 10/01/06 at 1:51 am

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Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

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Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 10/01/06 at 2:57 am


I have a copy of her Jack The Ripper book here and I cannot find it.



Oh, I have that book..I got it a couple years ago, it's very interesting.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/06 at 2:58 am



Oh, I have that book..I got it a couple years ago, it's very interesting.
Having read many others on the same subject, I am interested in her view towards it.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Ashkicksass on 10/02/06 at 10:37 am



I love her too...I've read them all! ;)



I also really love John Saul, Dean Koontz


Ditto, ditto, and ditto.

But my favorite book of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.  I've read it at least 10 times and still cry every time.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Abix on 10/02/06 at 11:05 am

To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorites too.
I'd also like to add (as I had forgotten about them in my first post)
Lord Of The Flies- William Golding
Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
An American Tragedy- Theodore Dreiser
Sellevision- Augusten Burroughs

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: McDonald on 10/21/06 at 5:39 pm


   Stranger in a Strange Land

    About a human being who grew up in a strange alien culture who has been returned to earth.  This device is used to show off the short failings of our own cultures, and tends to embody the idea that anything is better than what we are doing.  It also contains some psychology, and philosophy that L. Ron Hubbard stole to make his "Dianetics" (my sister's realm...)


I am a big fan of that book as well. In fact, a couple of years ago when I was first beginning to post at inthe00s.com, I had a picture of Mike (the man from Mars) as my signature line with the caption "grok this!" No one picked up on the reference so I eventually deleted it.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: danootaandme on 10/28/06 at 7:14 am


I am a big fan of that book as well. In fact, a couple of years ago when I was first beginning to post at inthe00s.com, I had a picture of Mike (the man from Mars) as my signature line with the caption "grok this!" No one picked up on the reference so I eventually deleted it.


I knew what it was, laughed and thought it was cool, but didn't see any need for comment.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: McDonald on 10/28/06 at 3:18 pm


I knew what it was, laughed and thought it was cool, but didn't see any need for comment.


There wasn't any, really. I don't know exactly what I was expecting. Maybe that someone would who also liked the book would want to discuss it via PM or something. I don't think this particular board was here back then, and I was always looking for a good place such as this to discuss what people were reading. 

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 10/29/06 at 12:46 am

The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring,  The Two Towers, The Return of the King
The Hobbit
The Harry Potter books
Portnoy's Complaint 
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Hunt for Red October
Patriot Games
Clear and Present Danger
Red Storm Rising

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: velvetoneo on 11/11/06 at 11:07 am


To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorites too.
I'd also like to add (as I had forgotten about them in my first post)
Lord Of The Flies- William Golding
Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
An American Tragedy- Theodore Dreiser
Sellevision- Augusten Burroughs


I'm always castigated for liking Dreiser.

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Abix on 11/11/06 at 3:23 pm

I had a hard time getting through Sister Carrie, but I Loved An American Tragedy.  ^

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: agrimorfee on 11/28/06 at 6:17 pm


"The Call Of Cthulhu"- H.P. Lovecraft

As a child, I enjoyed "The Westing Game", by Ellin Rankin.
I also read "The Waterman Mansion Mystery", and I would recommend either book, for those who have Young Adults in their family.


Rankin's "Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)" has been a favorite since 6th Grade, and fans of Westing Game should enjoy it's wordgames and goofy humor. (Havne't read Westin, and probably should!) Ah hell, my complete list, bottom to top of my faves, is below....

Note: the current Harry Potter books need to be added here, but I haven't gotten around to making it official as of yet.  ;)

45. Neal Stephenson

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: pink daisy on 01/27/07 at 7:36 pm

If I had to pick just one, it would be 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 01/29/07 at 8:56 pm


If I had to pick just one, it would be 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey
I get to read that this semester as well....I can't wait.  I started it, but didn't get a chance to finish it and now I've got too much other stuff to read to finish it....


When I read it a years back I found it incomplete, certain scenes would end sudddenly. I must re-read it.
Definitely do.  I had to read it last semester and as we were discussing it, many of the "kids" in the class said the same thing.  I think if I had read it when I was their age (about 19-20) or younger, I would've thought the same thing.  Reading it now, I could understand more of what he was trying to say ???

I'd have to say Forever by Judy Blume, Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, Christ in Concrete by Pietry DiDonato and Angels In America:  Millenium Approaches and Perestroika by Tony Kushner (technically plays, but good reads nonetheless)

Subject: Re: Favorite Novel (Or Fiction Book) Of All Time

Written By: Tia on 01/29/07 at 10:50 pm

gravity's rainbow is now and will always be the finest novel ever written. at least in my limited experience.

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