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Good books to read.

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Inbred_Redneck
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I'm extremely bored at the moment and decided to give Dante's Inferno another try again. I figured I should use most of my free time this summer actually reading for a change. So does anyone have any good books that they reccamend reading? I'm looking for kind of deep intellectual stuff, but I also like dragons, mythology, and the like. So a mix of the three would be excellent.


Gimme what you got. And please include a short sparknote about what the book is about.
Jun 28 2010 11:59PM
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Utard
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzche
Jun 29 2010 12:36PM
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Zump.
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Hatchet was great. I read it when I was in like 6th grade, easy read, very entertaining, and goes fast. You could do it in a day or two. Great book
Jun 29 2010 12:37PM
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J.DUKE
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anything by kerouac and krakaeur.

The world without us-alan weisman
Jun 29 2010 12:42PM
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have.faith
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The Alchemist -Paulo Coelho

Cloudstreet -Tim Winton <-- this one is kinda wierd, not in a sci-fy way but its out there.

Jun 29 2010 12:48PM
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Darth_Veeder
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I see what you did there.
Jun 29 2010 12:49PM
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pelle_munch
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Yeah, It's pretty short, but really entertaining. I read it recently in about 4-5 hours, so it's really good for a flight or long-ish car ride.
Jun 29 2010 1:17PM
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Darth_Veeder
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I've read all the books that have to deal with that story. He wrote several others such as Brian's winter which is what would of happened if brian had stayed through winter, they are all really good and super easy reads.
Jun 29 2010 1:23PM
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yellav
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https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/476527/
Jun 29 2010 1:26PM
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neutralzombie
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^ that's what i said. also a good read.
Jun 29 2010 1:42PM
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Mr.Luke
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every Harry Potter book
Jun 29 2010 2:47PM
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pelle_munch
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Yeah me too. And The River, Brian's Return, ect

All really good, easy reads by Gary Paulsen
Jul 1 2010 6:39AM
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erickbrettson
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Way of a peaceful warrior is a must. book definitely makes you think of all the things you do on a daily basis and just generally how you live you life.

Gary Paulsen books are incredible, like everything written by him.

Louis Lamour books are a good novel to read, but once you read one you've pretty much read all of them.

for dragons and mythology i'd have to say the eragon series, really creative and fantastical but it is a teen book.

check out James Rollins books, that author will keep you turning pages long into the night.

i would suggest harry potter books but come on, who hasn't read them?
Jul 1 2010 7:15AM
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Kilgore_Trout
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The Catcher in the Rye
Slaughterhouse-Five
Breakfast of Champions
On the Road
The Little Prince
Jul 1 2010 11:18AM
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Inbred_Redneck
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I just picked up "The Forever War" the other day its pretty damn good. Its pretty much about this war with an alien race far across the galaxy, that the humans dont really have any knowledge about(the aliens). The book centers on a soldier sent off to fight the aliens, but instead of focusing on the wrath of interstellar war, focuses on relativity. While the soldier fights for maybe like 5 years, the earth has aged centuries because of the space travel, so he comes back to a completely strange place.
Jul 1 2010 11:25AM
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Balzberg
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i second this, your gonna laugh your ass off
Jul 1 2010 10:21PM
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dlilly
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also check the average american male
Jul 1 2010 10:43PM
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mr_grom
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sounds a lot like ender's game and the entire orson scott card ender series.
Jul 1 2010 10:47PM
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rach
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the glass castle !
its a memoir written by this girl whose parents
were crazy irresponsible, and she had to go through all
this hilarious, horrible stuff growing up.

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