Thread: A Good Book

I'm with James. There are so many great authors and novels out there, but Moby Dick has been the one for me since i read it first time in my teen ages. Ever since i've read it again at least 3 or 4 times. Every time it is like reading a whole new book.
Other favorite authors that come to mind are Saramago, Steinbeck, Waltari (Finnish, probaby never translated into English), Eco, Dostoyevski, Conrad, only to name a few.

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Call me Ishmael (just wanted to try how it feels to write it)

Originally Posted by alb1981

HERESY!!!!! lol

I just cant get into those E reader's....I love the smell of books and the feel of paper.

I was of the same thought but I travel an extreme amount as of late and decided to break down and get a kindle instead of worrying about getting books etc. Since you can download the books in about 20 seconds. I already emailed amazon and asked for a refund (i am about 50 days outside the return window. The reason for not wanting the kindle anymore..even though i love it..one hand reading or set it on a table and read..is the price of books. you can get a used paperback for like 75 cents off a popular website..throw in 3.50 for shipping and its done deal. Some of the kindle prices are 9+ dollars for a book..electronic book that you can't loan out or sell (for the most part) scam job.

If your paying for e books,get up to speed man.are 10s of thousands you can download,for FREE.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

If your paying for e books,get up to speed man.are 10s of thousands you can download,for FREE.

Secrets don't make friends =) Where?

Originally Posted by M1ke

Secrets don't make friends =) Where?

ePub Bud - Publish, Convert, Store, and Download free children's ebooks online for the iPad and nook color!
For one,gutenbergs.com,and many others.

Here's a few:
All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
Anything by Stephen King (w/a big nod to the Dark Tower Series)
The Railroad Caboose by William Knapke
Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis
At Dawn We Slept by Gordon Prange (the best example of scholarship I've ever come across)
Rise And Fall of The Third Reich by William Shirer
A Short History Of World War I by JAS Stokesbury
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Children's Past Lives by Carol Bowman
Return From Heaven by Carol Bowman

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Morte D'Urban by J.F. Powers

Originally Posted by M1ke

Secrets don't make friends =) Where?

But fences make for good neighbours.

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

But fences make for good neighbours.

Hey Maple-I'm sure you know Frost was being ironic with that line. I know, everybody hates an internet know-it-all, but that line gets misused a lot.

And you guys debating Kindle versus hard-copy. I guess I'm the ultimate cheap bastard here. I just go to our excellent local library-probably why I don't have shelves groaning with books: I don't actually own that many. But I do love the smell of an old book.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Hey Maple-I'm sure you know Frost was being ironic with that line. I know, everybody hates an internet know-it-all, but that line gets misused a lot.

And you guys debating Kindle versus hard-copy. I guess I'm the ultimate cheap bastard here. I just go to our excellent local library-probably why I don't have shelves groaning with books: I don't actually own that many. But I do love the smell of an old book.

I am cheap in that regard too, and i figure i will only want to read a book once. I borrow E-books from my local library (and about 3 others) on the regular. They are delivered right to my kindle. Sad thing is some have waiting lists for the newer books.