The Best book you OWN
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FUCKSHIT!!!IsraelRocks said:Like the title says, name the best book you have in your collection
For me its this leatherbound baby
But for me it's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. Awesome book.
1. ESV study Bible- for daily correspondence
2. Martindale- the complete drug reference, it's 'indispensable'
3. Vander's Human Physiology, it's heartstopping.
And so ends my entire, erm, book pile thing.
2. Martindale- the complete drug reference, it's 'indispensable'
3. Vander's Human Physiology, it's heartstopping.
And so ends my entire, erm, book pile thing.
Everything with Deadhouse just clicks. And while Gardens of the Moon comes first that book is so damn confusing because Erikson just drops you into the world. There is no explanation of anything. After Gardens though, Deadhouse is able to expand more and things start to become clearer. And like you said, it introduced so many of the main characters and plot arcs which will influence the later books.coldfrog said:
The only book which can clearly compete with DG is Memories of Ice. It has the same great pacing and tragic bent to it. And it can also be thought of as book 2 of the series in a sense because both it and DG follow on directly from GotM, taking place simultaneously. Saying that, while books 2 & 3 are my favourites I also love the later ones. Bonehunters and Reapers Gale are great because so much happens in them (which unfortunately means they get a bit lost sometimes), House of Chains and Midnight Tides are excellent for following on from DG in a well written and mature way, and introducing a whole new continent. And the two latest ones showcase a very different writing style from Erikson which grew on me really fast. That's also when a LOT of stuff starts to come together in his convergences.
The Esslemont books are pretty good. Return of the Crimson Gaurd is better than Night of Knives in my opinion, because it feels more like a Malazan book - epic. NoK all takes place i nthe space of one night. An important night in the history of the Empire, but it still feels a bit confined and confusing. But I'm looking forward to his future ones. And the final one from Erikson. You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to that one - book 10.
Well, I have a few that deserves a throne for some reasons.
The one I treasure the most is The lost world by Conan Doyle, because it's the first I owned and read when I was 12.
Atlas Srugged by Ayn Rand is the one that I consider the best I ever read so far in my life.
Elerry Queen's Halfway House is the first detective book that me wife gave me, and one of the best mistery books I recall reading.
Those are my beloved books, for different reason, but I couldn't put one over the other.
The one I treasure the most is The lost world by Conan Doyle, because it's the first I owned and read when I was 12.
Atlas Srugged by Ayn Rand is the one that I consider the best I ever read so far in my life.
Elerry Queen's Halfway House is the first detective book that me wife gave me, and one of the best mistery books I recall reading.
Those are my beloved books, for different reason, but I couldn't put one over the other.
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Haha, just noticed you also had not only the same book but same edition. They're really nice volumes. Do you have Conan?Nevyrmoore said:
I have the entire wheel of time series to date (and have the next one pre-ordered), and i think Brandon Sanderson did a better job on book 12 then Mr Jordan would have.Argtee said:
In any case, the best book i own is a series: The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. I love that series, i would like to purchase the ones i have in paperback in hard cover.
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. It's as close to a perfect novel as I could ever imagine. Other favourites include Lord of the Rings, America: The Book, HHGTTG and I Am America, And So Can You!
Out of all of them I'd definitely put Pride and Prejudice on top as a literary work though.
Out of all of them I'd definitely put Pride and Prejudice on top as a literary work though.
I'm so glad Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy got a couple shout-outs here; just re-read them this summer and they're still as awesome now as when I first read them. I also own every Discworld novel and I'm plowing through Wheel of Time.
That said, I have to give it to The Annotated Alice/More Annotated Alice. It's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass in one big hardcover book, with half of each page given to notes picking apart the text for meanings and interesting little facts about where the inspiration for this or that detail came from and a whole lot besides.
That said, I have to give it to The Annotated Alice/More Annotated Alice. It's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass in one big hardcover book, with half of each page given to notes picking apart the text for meanings and interesting little facts about where the inspiration for this or that detail came from and a whole lot besides.
Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
The Dark Tower series
The Guants Ghost Series
The Soul Drinkers
Ciaphas Cain; Hero of the Imperium
Grey Knights
Eisenhorn
The Art of War
To name a few anyway.
The Silmarillion
The Dark Tower series
The Guants Ghost Series
The Soul Drinkers
Ciaphas Cain; Hero of the Imperium
Grey Knights
Eisenhorn
The Art of War
To name a few anyway.
'The Divine Comedy', by Dante Alighieri, or an old (not that old) and beaten copy of 'Illusion', by Paula Volsky, which pretty much the first book that I bought.
This. Plus the rest of Tolkien's works.Leopard said:
But for me, the best recent book I own is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It's a jewel and an absolute must for fantasy-lovers, in my most humble opinion.
Oh, and the last Harry Potter book is also very good.
And no, I don't own that much books
