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Telcontar Dunedain
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Reading and Books
Inspired by a few off topic osts in the "Favurite Words" thread I decided to start a thread on Reading and Books. Do you find reading easy or not. Who's your favourite author and what are you favourite books?
My favourite author is Tolkien, favourite book is LotR or the Silmarillion. I love reading. I'll post some of my other favourite books later.
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11/14/2004, 9:55
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Re: Reading and Books
I read mostly english litteture. During the year I´ve collected quite a few books on sailing ships of the nineteenth century and books about sailing ships and sailing from the beginning to the present.
I'm also very interested in history and am now collecting books about the British Empire. Am also buying books about Europe from the first millenia to the second, the finish eastern border.
Other books I read are Clive Cussler's, Dale Brown's, Peter O'Donnell's, Tolkien's (of course), will try to read my Terry Brooks-collection from High King of S. to part three of Journey.
Ian Slater's wwIII-series I'm about halfway through (will recommence it anytime soon).
And will definitely finish off part two of Churchill's A history of english speaking peoples-quartet.
And then I got a multitude of books which I haven't read yet. (as can be seen in my booklist on my site)
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11/14/2004, 11:56
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Re: Reading and Books
I love Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer and the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horrowitz.
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11/14/2004, 12:12
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Hmm, I feel like a rather low-class ignoramous, because while I do enjoy Tolkein's work a great deal, I don't care for much of anything that can be termed "classic literature", because I tend to find that rather dry and boring...
I love fantasy the best - The Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams is something I'd reccomend to anyone. I also adore science-fiction, especially Anne McCaffery, Andre Norton, and Alan Dean Foster.
Oh, yes, Harry Potter. Gotta love Harry Potter. ^_^
I had to read Huxley's Brave New World for my Senior English class...that sucked whatever joy I may have found in reading it right out, so I'm left with a rather bitter memory of that particular book. ;_; Damn you, high-school English!
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11/14/2004, 18:42
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Tian Roderh
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Aww, bugger. Y' had to pick the hard question...
Favorite book is actually a play--Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand <huggles>
Ooh. I'll copypaste!
Cyrano de Bergerac, Lord of the Rings (et al related materials and other books by J. R. R. Tolkien,) Harry Potter, Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar and Elemental series, Brian Jacques' Redwall series, Shakespeare esp. the comedies most esp. Midsummer Night's Dream, Dark Lord of Derkholm, Year of the Griffin, The Last Unicorn, Ella Enchanted, Outlaws of Sherwood, Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Anthem, Fahrenheit 451, Star Wars Extended Universe books esp. the X-Wing series, The Unicorn Sonata, Christopher Stasheff's books, Robert Asprin's Myth and Phule series, Diane Duane's Young Wizard series, Tamora Pierce's various series, Patricia Wrede's Dragons series, Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, everything by Lloyd Alexander, some Robert Heinlein, Artemis Fowl and sequels, various manga (Inu Yasha, Ranma 1/2, a few others), Robin McKinley's books, Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, Isaac Asimov's essays
and more...depending on mood.
I've been a rabid reader since I learned.  ^_^
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My all-time favourite book is "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa. It's often described as being like Shogun, except it really could have hapenned. It's very historically accurate. I believe it was written in the 19th century, and it's set in the early 17th century.
It is about the samurai Miyamoto Musashi, who was a real person. The book describes his youth, and his invention of the two-sword style, among other things. It has good lessons for martial artists and for life in general.
The book is very rich, and the characters (most of whom were real people, notably the monk Takuan Soho) are complex and rich. Even the villans have likable aspect, like the fearsome and relentless Osugi Honiden. You like her more as the book progresses. Matahatchi (her son), Otsu (Matahatchi's betrothed, who he abandons, and who is in love with Musashi) and Akemi are all very interesting characters. My favourite character is Jotaro, and he definitely does not get enough 'screen' time. But this is a book about Musashi's adventures, starting with the Battle of Sekigahara (which took place 1600 AD if I recall correctly).
It's very long but well-worth reading! Yoshikawa describes Japan so vividly, you can almost understand this wonderful land, though the time and culture are very different. It is an increbibly beautiful book.
I've read it twice and it's time I read it again. This book is very personal to me because I started reading it while studying for my black-belt exam. It helps put everything in perspective.
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Telcontar Dunedain
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Maybe if you read a good book you could review it in here. Say things like main characters and the plot but don't give anything major away.
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11/15/2004, 8:40
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I find reading rather easy.. ironcally enough I read faster on english than swedish. My fave authors are: Carol Berg, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman and Tom Clancy..
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j/k I know what you mean. *quells inner MSTer* 
Might kinda defeat the purpose. 