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13.04.2008, 02:47 quote
Ccant find this thread already, sorry if its lurking already!
No doubt my list will change slightly as moods fluctuate, but right now I thought I would share with you my favorite books.
No particular order though, just randomly brought to mind.
The Golden Bough - Sir James George Frazer
Mister God, This is Anna - Fynn
Arabian Sands - Sir Wilfred Thesiger
Rubaiyat - Omar Khayyam
The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
African Wisdom - Owen Burnham
Notes From A Mud Hut - Nigel Barley
Slowly Down The Ganges - Eric Newby
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
The Seed and The Sower - Laurens Van de Post
13.04.2008, 05:24 quote
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Generation X - Douglas Coupland
Light in August - William Faulkner
Candide - Voltaire
The Tin Drum - Gunter Grass
The Sot-Weed Factor - John Barth
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
The Vivisector - Patrick White
I`ve limited myself to fiction, and to one entry per author, although I could have chosen just about anything by Huxley, Marquez or Faulkner. Like Lilacrose, these are in no particular order and subject to change of mind/mood.
13.04.2008, 08:48 quote
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The Vivisector - Patrick White |
Many, many years since I read that! Thanks for the reminder.
In very loose order;
Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse
1984 - Orwell
Brave New World - Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury
The Time Machine - Wells
The Chrysalids - Wyndham
Gormanghast - Peake
The Diceman - Rheinhart
The Outsider - Colin Wilson
Catch 22 - Heller
Actually pretty much anything by the above mob, although I really do have a predilection for works (written decades ago) that took a stab at guessing how life would be like in the then future - ie. now.
tim (Currently reading Captain Correlli's Mandolin....)
13.04.2008, 13:17 quote
I was never encouraged to read Voltaire (for obvious reasons) but since becoming free to make my own choices in life (!) I've still not gotten round to it.
Do you have any suggestions what would be good to start with, something perhaps not too arduous to ignite my interest?
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