Your Favorite Book.

[101194]

We all sometimes like to read, Some of us more then others. What is your favorite book and why?
Mine is Heroes of the Space Marines by Graham McNeill, Nick Kyme, Steve Parker, Gav Thorpe. Edtied by Nick Kyme and Lindsey Priestley, This is a summary from the back of the book.

Spoiler

In the grim Darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe mankind is beset by foes in a galaxy wracked by eternal war. Step forth the Space Marines, Superhuman warriors and the ultimate protectors of humanity. Heros of the Spare Marines is a Anthology of stories about these brave champions and there dark counterparts, the Chaos Space Marines

 

[ssgt splatter]

A game guide.

 

[Zirat]

Life, The Universe, and Everything By Douglas Adams. It's one of those rare books that no matter how much I read it I never get bored and the jokes never lose their edge.

Im currently on my 7th Readthrough

 

[Nitpicker of the Wastes]

Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown. (Yes, the Da Vinci Code guy.)

 

[Joshimodo]

Lord of the Flies.

 

[101194]

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. Why because its one of the best books ever written on WWII.

I'll have to read that sometime, That acually sounds interesting

 

[New Troll]

First book in R.A. Salvatore's DemonWars Saga. There isn't a single thing I didn't just absolutely love about this book. The whole series is grand, but this book in particular is definitely the best. The best.

 

[Trendkill6]

I like the hitchikers guide to the galaxy series(resturanut at the end of the universe is my favorite), although from the third book on just reading them started to hurt my head >.<

The books just had likable, memorable charcters and was set in a deeo universe.

 

[oliveira8]

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. I just love the vibe from it.

 

[Frankydee]

I was pretty much forced to read it but "Man's Search for Meaning" was great.

It's pretty much a grim recap of the author's experience living in a death camp followed by an introduction to his psychological method Logo therapy.

I love his saying that there are only two races of people, decent and indecent.

 

[awsome117]

I would say Maximum Ride by James Patterson. It's just so actiony.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I liked Youth in Revolt. Not a very popular book, but it's being made into a movie soon.

 

[Dahemo]

The Illearth War by Stephen Donaldson although I'll take anything from the Thomas Covenant series, or for that matter anything by Donaldson. Or Pratchett. Oh, Frank Herbert's Dune is superb. Not to mention Foer, Pullman, Tolkien, Jarvis...God I love books...

 

[101194]

Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown. (Yes, the Da Vinci Code guy.)

Yeah, Digital Fortress was a little wierd, But it was great.

 

[ShadeOfRed]

Watchmen and the Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei mangas. Comics seem to be the only books I can read more than once and still enjoy them.

 

[SSoneill]

Without question, ANIMAL FARM, the detailed look at communism and how it is born of the innocent idea of creating a utopia where all are equal to succumbing to greed, a lust for power, laziness or any of the negative sides of humanity kept me hooked from start to end and the way George Orwell reflects the world's most infamous leaders in their animal counter parts I thought was absolute genius. Also (spoiler) when the farm animals look through the window to find the corrupt pigs (the leaders of their communist world) living in luxury with the humans while the other animals (workers) were treated like filth despite sacrificing so much for their dream utopia represented perfectly the transition from cruel capitalist society to communist society with the potential for greatness into a dictatorship and this completed cycle showing the evoltion and devoltion of extreme governments had a bitter result to it and that was that the animals on the farm (who you really do fall in love with over the coarse of the book) went through so much suffering and hardships for their dream only to come to the crushing realisation that all of it was meaningless.

I'll end with an unforgettable line from the book which has stayed with me ever since I read it and which sums up perfectly how communism fails as corruption sets in.

"All animals are equal. But some are more equal than others"

 

[Halfbreed13]

Dark Tower Series!
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[The_Healer]

Dark Tower Series!
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This. Stephen King is a genius.

 

[HerrBobo]

Hmmmmm....

The Beach by Alex Garland (For get the Rubbish film)
Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

 

[NeutralDrow]

I'd probably have to take it from the Belgariad/Malloreon books. It's hard to narrow it down, though...

For sake of argument, I'll go with Polgara the Sorceress. It was a toss-up between that and Belgarath the Sorcerer; they're shining examples of David and Leigh Eddings' talent at characterization and dialogue, and they star two of the greatest characters in fantasy.