What is your all time FAVORITE book?

[PJ-Comix]

The Caine Mutiny is one of my personal favorites...

I bought that one at the last minute at the airport gift shop and then stayed up all night on a transcontinental flight reading it.

[Physicist]

History: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.

Science: Spacetime Physics by Taylor and Wheeler.

Fiction: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis.

Poetry: The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

[fnord]

I still remember parts of it. There was tremendous detail of names and places, that I glossed over (like the Bible begats ...). But many interesting stories. The realism and detail was extraordinary.

I recall the clapping incident too, and speak of it to friends occasionally to try to make an impression of the insidiousness of the Soviet regime. Hardly anyone can believe it might be real.

[Petronski]

The decline of American started on the day that soy additive began to be used in Slim Jims.

So THAT'S what happened! Ach, they're almost inedible now, like those old wax candies filled with syrup...except instead of syrup it is pepper oil.

I remember when they tasted like meat.

[CFC__VRWC]

Maybe I was a weird kid but I when a kid I mixed my Hardy Boys ...

The Hardy Boys bring back some great memories. I think I read every single one of the books (there were about 80 or so when I was a kid). I could only check out 3 per week from the library, and I'd have those three read by the third day. Those four days until I could get the next three were torture! :)

[PJ-Comix]

Ok, so maybe Rand does take her time in disecting the philosophy of the left...

Brevity is the soul of wit....but perhaps not lit.

I really didn't mind the length.

I did but at least I got some great tips on how to put the make on Randian Chix.

[dasboot]

Hardy Trivia:

What was the name of thei boat?

[whenigettime]

Yes, another Francis Shaeffer fan!! His works are incredible.

A Christian Manifesto is a must-read for all TRUTH-LOVERS!

[sarasmom]

"The Prophet" Kahlil Gibran

But it is not really true to say that is my "favorite", and leave it at that.How to choose?

"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" Douglas Adams

"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" Richard Bach

Perhaps a better question is favorite author, but than how could I make a choice between ;

Anne Rice

Marion Zimmer Bradly

Ayn Rand

Stephen King

Johanna Lindsey

Nora Roberts

Clancy

Poe

Allcott

Head spins!

[slimer]

Thank you for the link. It is awesome!

[Richard Kimball]

I can go with any of those choices. Man, hadn't thought about the Hardy Boys in YEARS! Think I'll pull out "The Tower Treasure" and read it under the covers with a flashlight to get the proper effect.

[PJ-Comix]

I remember when they tasted like meat.

They used to be crunchy with just the RIGHT amount of fattiness in the texture. When they started using addiditives it was like tasting a chemical stick.

p.s. If you go to an East European deli and asked for dried Kabanosi, you will get an idea of what the old Slim Jims were like.

[dasboot]

Hardy Trivia:
Name of Tony Prito's boat?

[CFC__VRWC]

Oh man, I can't remember the name of the boat! But didn't the boat belong to their buddy Chet Morton?

[CFC__VRWC]

I take my post back. Chet had the old yellow jalopy.

[PJ-Comix]

History: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.

Actually quite humorous in a cynical way.

[Petronski]

Don't get me wrong, PJ. I remember what they were like. I enjoyed them thoroughly.

[dasboot]

Chet had a jallopy. Remember the color? Don't think he ever had his own boat, though.

[Mr. Thorne]

Ah, friend. A kindred spirit. Same here. Loved Mote, King David's Spaceship. I think Larry Niven got into The Gripping Hand a bit too much for my taste. I just like Pournelle better.

But of course, to appreciate Mote, you OBVIOUSLY need:
Falkenberg's Legion
Prince of Mercenaries
Prince of Sparta
Go Tell The Spartans
and
King David's Spaceship.

High Justice, Birth of Fire and Exiles To Honor help the mix a bit. And just for fun, tune in to the Tran series.

I just wish JP would get the latest Spartan Hegemony novel pumped out. Really enjoy the whole Sci-Fi/Military bit.

So, are there still brownies on his majesty's battlecruiser "Macarthur?"

= )

[dasboot]

Yellow. Correct. But it got painted when it was stolen.