Ancient Archive-for topics 5-6 mos old

[Sheikh Gomelez]

Friedrich W. Nietzsche: "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", "Beyond Good and Evil", "The Antichrist", "The twilight of the idols"

What, no love for Kant and Schopenhauer? No Heidegger fans on the board?

Being and Time isn't someone's favorite book?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Bueller?

Bueller?









The Glass Bead Game is probably my favorite Hesse novel, btw.

I should've mentioned Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books, as they're amazingly cool...

[quikstrike98]

Starship Troopers by Heinlein was immensely influential to me; I first read it at 9 years old, read it at least once a year after that. It was a major influence in my joining the Marine Corps, and I was surprised to find several other Marines who echoed that sentiment--it's also one of only two science fiction books on the USMC's Professional Reading list, the other book being Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card--another good read itself.

Guns, Germs and Steel by Diamond is very good, as is Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson.

The Hobbit was read to me as a bedtime story by my Dad every night when I was 4, I finished off T.H. White's Once and Future King when I was about 10. The LOTR Trilogy goes without saying, though I found later in life that you really need to read The Silmarillion to fully understand it.

I suppose there are others but it's late into a midnight shift and I'm writing off the cuff.

Oh yeah, Robert E. Jordan's series is good, if only he'd write faster!!!

Last books read were a couple on George Washington: 1776, and Washington's Crossing, which got me on a binge of Revolutionary War wargames.

[wintermute]

Still, I stand by my opinion that it's too soon for the 80s to be retro.

Ahh... The 80's... How I miss being a drunken teenager!

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[wintermute]

All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put me back together again... but you might.

Then that is a task I gladly undertake!

DON'T DO IT! "Kid" doesn't have the same ring to it as "Broken Kid"

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[quikstrike98]

Still, I stand by my opinion that it's too soon for the 80s to be retro.

Ahh... The 80's... How I miss being a drunken teenager!

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Word, but at least Culture Club videos aren't on 24/7...

I don't miss Wham much, either.

Now, making out to the Cure and the Smiths with my first girlfriend...*sigh*

[Kasdeja]

I don't know about anyone else, but I personally miss big hair. It is much easier for me to do than this natural crap. I have way too much hair to not celebrate big hair.

[wintermute]

How'd I miss another thread?!?! Anyhow, the obvious is Neuromancer, but pretty much anything by William Gibson is good. I loved Pattern Recognition as well. Island in the Net by Bruce Sterling was good as well.

Also, anything by Douglas Adams. Not only the HHGTTG series, but also the two Dirk Gently novels. I would have loved to have seen more of those before he had passed.

I also love Tolkien. Not just Lord of the Rings, but the Sil. as well. I actually enjoyed some of those stories better

Finally, anything by John Saul is good. I particularly liked Shadows. I borrowed it from a friend, read it in one day and returned it, just to turn around and buy it and read it again the next day. From there, I started reading the rest of his books, and I made it a mission to own every single one of them in hardback edition. My mission is finally complete (until he writes a new one)

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[Kasdeja]

Stephen King freak, here. I love his Dark Tower series, The Stand, The Talisman, etc.

I also am in love with history books, I'm currently reading Sons of Ceasar.

[Sheikh Gomelez]

How'd I miss another thread?!?! Anyhow, the obvious is Neuromancer, but pretty much anything by William Gibson is good. I loved Pattern Recognition as well. Island in the Net by Bruce Sterling was good as well.

I'm pretty fond of Gibson's stuff, too. Looking forward to Spook Country...

I enjoyed Sterling's Islands in the Net, The Artificial Kid (not to be confused with Broken Kid, who is swell in his own way), Holy Fire... and Schismatrix, which kicks serious butt and rocks the Casbah.

I'm a pretty big Jack Womack fan, too. If you haven't tried his stuff, you might want to read Random Acts of Senseless Violence first. Womack's another pal of Gibson's...

[quikstrike98]

Stephen King freak, here. I love his Dark Tower series, The Stand, The Talisman, etc.

I also am in love with history books, I'm currently reading Sons of Ceasar.

Caesar by Colleen McCullough, was superb historical fiction, if you enjoy Roman subjects. That was the first of her books I've read, I plan on picking up the others.[/i]

[Charlotte Eve]

heh i'm 22, still living at home and acting like a 17 year old.

[Kasdeja]

Stephen King freak, here. I love his Dark Tower series, The Stand, The Talisman, etc.

I also am in love with history books, I'm currently reading Sons of Ceasar.

Caesar by Colleen McCullough, was superb historical fiction, if you enjoy Roman subjects. That was the first of her books I've read, I plan on picking up the others.[/i]

I think I was Roman in another life. Though I'm also obsessed with other ancient civilizations.

[quikstrike98]

Stephen King freak, here. I love his Dark Tower series, The Stand, The Talisman, etc.

I also am in love with history books, I'm currently reading Sons of Ceasar.

Caesar by Colleen McCullough, was superb historical fiction, if you enjoy Roman subjects. That was the first of her books I've read, I plan on picking up the others.[/i]

I think I was Roman in another life. Though I'm also obsessed with other ancient civilizations.

The town I lived near in Germany was founded as a Roman marching camp on the way to Trier, then known as Augustus Treverorum, the northern limit of the Empire, and Constantine's summer capitol. If you ever make it to Trier, you *must* visit their museum, it has an incredible Roman history section. The whole area is saturated with Roman artifacts--taking a walk in the woods behind our house would lead us to an old statue of Diana inside of about 20 minutes walking. Great place to spend a childhood!

[Kasdeja]

Stephen King freak, here. I love his Dark Tower series, The Stand, The Talisman, etc.

I also am in love with history books, I'm currently reading Sons of Ceasar.

Caesar by Colleen McCullough, was superb historical fiction, if you enjoy Roman subjects. That was the first of her books I've read, I plan on picking up the others.[/i]

I think I was Roman in another life. Though I'm also obsessed with other ancient civilizations.

The town I lived near in Germany was founded as a Roman marching camp on the way to Trier, then known as Augustus Treverorum, the northern limit of the Empire, and Constantine's summer capitol. If you ever make it to Trier, you *must* visit their museum, it has an incredible Roman history section. The whole area is saturated with Roman artifacts--taking a walk in the woods behind our house would lead us to an old statue of Diana inside of about 20 minutes walking. Great place to spend a childhood!

America is so boring... Well, I've seen French ruins, but that's it.

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Stephen King freak, here. I love his Dark Tower series, The Stand, The Talisman, etc.

I made the mistake of reading IT as a kid, and it pretty much turned me off of King. I hated it. I enjoyed The Long Walk though, so I don't know if I'd like King in general, or just when he's writing as Richard Bachman.

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