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what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Lavarr Burton ()
Date: May 13, 2012 01:35PM

what's your favorite novel?

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: The Adjustment Bureau ()
Date: May 13, 2012 01:41PM

The Killer Angels is my favorite. It's a novel that takes place during the Civil War by Michael Shaara. It's an excellent read!

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: curious ()
Date: May 13, 2012 02:38PM

If you want a good read, try some of the lesser known novels by Erich Maria Remarque, writer of All Quiet on the Western Front-

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: May 13, 2012 03:58PM

I can't say I have a favorite novel, but I read Shogun by James Clavell back in the 90s and it was definitely one of the best books I've ever read. It's an epic read (over 1,000 pages), excellent historical fiction with great characters. It really sticks out as a masterpiece in my mind.

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Yucky24. ()
Date: May 13, 2012 04:14PM

Before this book I was a Boy. After this book I was a Man. A gay Man.



I'm so glad LGBT leftists forced me to read it...

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Yucky24. ()
Date: May 13, 2012 04:21PM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> I can't say I have a favorite novel, but I read
> Shogun by James Clavell back in the 90s and it was
> definitely one of the best books I've ever read.
> It's an epic read (over 1,000 pages), excellent
> historical fiction with great characters. It
> really sticks out as a masterpiece in my mind.

The TV miniseries was good, too.



Take a trip to "The Japans"...

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: voodooslut ()
Date: May 13, 2012 05:23PM

I don't think I have a favorite novel, or favorite movie, etc.

But Maupassant's Pierre and Jean is a very good novel (some call it a novella as it's not very long).

A few things stand out. At a certain point we think we know the characters, and then our understanding of them gets completely upended. The story builds to some very intense, almost excruciating emotional moments. And the story's themes, which at first seem rather narrow and parochial, expand in scope until by the end they encompass a profound take on human character and human nature.


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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Corin Nemec ()
Date: May 13, 2012 05:58PM

don't know about favorite, but The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman appeals to me. Crazy book, especially for the time it was written. Weird, wild stuff.

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Bengus2345 ()
Date: May 19, 2012 05:38AM

This one is great. Similar to Killer Angels on some levels
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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: May 20, 2012 03:28AM

In Cold Blood

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: confederacy of dunces ()
Date: May 20, 2012 03:30AM

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Cockscking Freaks ()
Date: May 20, 2012 03:33AM

Alias Wrote:
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> In Cold Blood


Did you ever read the book "Gargantua and Pantagruel"? It has alot of ridiculous shitting and farting in it.

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: May 20, 2012 04:26AM

Cockscking Freaks Wrote:
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> Alias Wrote:
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> > In Cold Blood
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> Did you ever read the book "Gargantua and
> Pantagruel"? It has alot of ridiculous shitting
> and farting in it.

No. I'd prefer not to imagine bodily functions involving the digestive system.

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Hippie Soldier ()
Date: May 20, 2012 06:42AM

Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey



Sometimes I live in the county,
Sometimes I live in town,
sometimes I get a notion,
To jump in the river
and drown.

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: MNM ()
Date: May 20, 2012 07:19AM

Candy by Terry Southern

http://www.amazon.com/Candy-Terry-Southern/dp/0802134297/ref=pd_cp_mov_0

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: tomahawk ()
Date: May 20, 2012 11:51AM

Treasure Island

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: One More ()
Date: May 20, 2012 12:52PM

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe. Wonderful book, terrible movie. On a somewhat lighter note, anything by Christopher Buckley.

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: ferfux ()
Date: May 20, 2012 01:01PM

Sun Dancing

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: May 20, 2012 01:03PM

Venus in Furs

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Re: what's your favorite novel?
Posted by: Absolut ()
Date: May 20, 2012 01:40PM

Bengali in Platforms

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