Thread: A Good Book

Don't worry - there are still newspapers, radio, advertising, other people, supermarkets, forums.... They will be assimilated into the Collective. Not as quickly as the rest of us, but they will be assimilated.

James.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

How in the world do you know what to think without a TV to tell you?

I am thinking to sell my TV too. I switch it on once a day at 19:30 when I the news starts, after that sometimes I stuck on the screen and aways feel empty in my mind when I switch off the TV. So what is it for, I have a radio too, and newspapers smells good, and spring comes so...maybe sitting on a bench, talking with someone, or reading a book or The Bible is much better for me than watching the series. It is like a custom to watch TV, like drinking coffe in the mourning, but tee is more heathy, or not, who know??? I have to try it, after I will know it!

I've recently read Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, I Am Legend, and World War Z.

Dracula was awesome, Frankenstein was not at all what I was expecting and it was also fantastic, J&H was tough to get into but I liked it, IAL was NOTHING like the movie (in a good way), and World War Z was a very interesting read.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I've recently read Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, I Am Legend, and World War Z.

Dracula was awesome, Frankenstein was not at all what I was expecting and it was also fantastic, J&H was tough to get into but I liked it, IAL was NOTHING like the movie (in a good way), and World War Z was a very interesting read.

Once I tried to borrow Frankenstein from the library but all the issues was stolen only the title appeared on the computer. Should I give it another try?

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

IAL was NOTHING like the movie (in a good way)

In my opinion, the best movie version of I Am Legend is "The Omega Man", starring Charlton Heston.

Originally Posted by Carpefor

Once I tried to borrow Frankenstein from the library but all the issues was stolen only the title appeared on the computer. Should I give it another try?

You guys should try the Gutenberg Project, free e books in multiple formats. They only have books the patent has ran out on, but you can definately find the classics. Dickens, Dumas, Shelley, Bronte....

Originally Posted by seshmarls

I'm a huge Heinlein and Niven fan

Heinlein -> Spider Robinson is a new author that was a family friend of Heinlein and finished a book of RAH. It's called Variable Star.
Niven
Foster
Clancey
Asimov
Haldeman <- very much like Heinlein. The Forever War is almost a sequel of Starship Troopers.
Harry Harrison
Card - Ender series only. His other books are horrible.
Greg Bear

Originally Posted by Carpefor

Once I tried to borrow Frankenstein from the library but all the issues was stolen only the title appeared on the computer. Should I give it another try?

If hare interested, it is a very good book.

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

You guys should try the Gutenberg Project, free e books in multiple formats. They only have books the patent has ran out on, but you can definately find the classics. Dickens, Dumas, Shelley, Bronte....

I believe that Amazon linked up with Gutenberg, and as a result of that (or whatever did it), you can get older books for free through the Kindle ap. That is how I got the older books that I listed.

check out Into The Wild! Great book, they also have a movie. I loved the book way more.

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