What's your favourite book?

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Skyler

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Hmm, I would have to say The Hobbit, as I've always loved that since I was quite young, but now I've read LOTR I rate that just as highly if not higher.

Both great books....

There are others I enjoyed but none really come close to those two.....
 
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old.wizard1974uk

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Part way through reading the Fellowship of the Ring.
 
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Testin da Cable

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LotR, anything by Feist, Asimov, Lustbader.
I like Clancy. I'm a h00ge Vance fan.
Imagica!!!2, Mr. Adams' Guide. I sometimes enjoy Koonz, King.
technical texts on diverse subjects entertain me too.
 
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mr.Blacky

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argh forgot Asimov the sf daddy. With Vance you mean Jack Vance? not that crazy about him.
Before i forget Tom Sharpe he is the man for comedy
 
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Testin da Cable

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aye Jack Vance. Love his stories :)
and Sharpe is teh funneh man!!
 
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-Ultimate

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Um lets see,

Hobbit and lotr, like everyone else it seems. Read these when i was about 11, tried to read that Simarillian not long after and i was sorta like wtf, couldn't get into that one at all.

Anything by Stephen King, i think i got all his books. My fav has to be IT, man thats one fucked up book, theres some well weird stuff in that. One of my other favs is one of his early books under his alias, a short story called the race.

Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind. Now don't laugh, i know its all wizards and magic and stuff but i find its a good story so :p
 
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Sar

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"IT" wasn't a film, it was a mini-series. But it was shit compared to the book. Utterly shit in comparison.
 
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Daffeh

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well it was a 3 hour adaption, split into 2 parts
 
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-Ultimate

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You are so right there. Compared to the book the mini series was a pile of pap, as so often is the case with Stepehm King films. Some are pulled off well though like Shawshank Redemption, for example. Some are also hardly like the film, like the Running Man, thats actually based on a Stephen King short story but its been changed a hell of a lot.
 
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suicide121

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MMMMM, books i read,ummmmmmm, .............., only book I read is Alex Ferguson's autobiography, half way through
 
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Sar

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The Green Mile was another superb adaptation imo.

The Stand wasn't bad as a mini-series (336 Mins), but the book is definitely better, hence why I'm re-reading it.

Books can go into much more detail, flesh out characters much more, and give insights that films just can't do. People who generally prefer films over book versions have a deficient attention span.

Another good-ish adaptation: Carl Sagans' Contact. Quite different from the book in places, but the film is quite good, mainly due to Jodie Fosters superb portrayal of Ellie Arroway. The Arroway in the book is quite different though, more driven, more hardened, and the ending is very different too.
 
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old.Hooligun

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In no particular order:

Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny

Excession - Iain M Banks

Legend - David Gemmell

Silmarillion - Tolkien (you have to wade through the first chapter)

Man and Boy - Tony Parsons (probably need to have kids to appreciate fully)

Neuromancer - William Gibson (without this there'd be no Matrix)

Golden Torc/Many Coloured Land series - Julian May

Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson

Watchmen - Alan Moore (Graphic novel - does this count)

Batman Year One/
Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller (more comic books but great none the less)
 
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Munkey-

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bill bryson. bloody good travel writer. buy his books just so i can laugh :p I've always wanted to read the WoT but could never find the first book anywhere :( and of course. who could've forgotten Asimov. *sniff* and of course the space oddessy books were class, way ahead of their time.
 
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~Lazarus~

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too many to mention.

IT from Stephen King (couldnt put it down - read it in 2 nights)
Anything by Terry Goodkind (Sword and Sorcery)
Anything by David Gemmel (Sword and Socery)
Anything by Stephen R Greene (Sci Fi)
Anything by David Eddings (Sword and Sorcery)
Anything by Wilbur Smith
Anything by Jeffrey Deaver.
Anything by Eric Van Lustbader

Theres lots and lots of others out there which I have read and probably forgotton.

Used to read ALL of Stephen Kings
 
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