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Hey guys! seeing that the world is at war, doesn't mean we can't about incredible things! And that is books, books by great writers such as Tolkien, Edgar Allan poe, Anything your heart desires!
Also Please remember guys I am an avid video game player and I am studying Video Game Design. So yeah!
What would you recommend for dakkanauts and people in general to read for either read for either entertainment or for learning purposes?
I personally Would Recommend:
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
A Hero of a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Anything by Ray Bradbury
Anything by Ernest Hemingway
"The Angel of the Odd" (1844) Comedy about being drunk
"The Balloon Hoax" (1844) Newspaper story about balloon travel
"Berenice" (1835) Horror story about teeth
"The Black Cat" (1845) Horror story about a cat
"The Cask of Amontillado" (1846) A story of revenge
"A Descent Into The Maelström" (1845) Man vs. Nature, Adventure Story
"Eleonora" (1850) A love story
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" (1845) Talking with a dead man
"The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) An old house and its secrets
"The Gold Bug" (1843) A search for pirate treasure
"Hop-Frog" (1845) A midget seeks revenge
"The Imp of the Perverse" (1850) Procrastination and confession
"The Island of the Fay" (1850) A poetic discussion
"Ligeia" (1838) A haunting supernatural tale
"The Man of the Crowd" (1845) How to follow someone
"Manuscript Found in a Bottle" (1833) Adventure at sea
"The Masque of the Red Death" (1850) The horror of the plague
"Mesmeric Revelation" (1849) Conversation with a hypnotized dying man
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) A detective story
"Never Bet the Devil Your Head" (1850) A comedy with a moral
"The Oval Portrait" (1850) A tragic love story
"The Pit and the Pendulum" (1850) A torture chamber
"The Premature Burial" (1850) About being buried alive
"The Purloined Letter" (1845) A detective story
"Silence - A Fable" (1838) A dream
"Some Words With a Mummy" (1850) A mummy speaks
"The Spectacles" (1850) A great little comedy about love at first sight
"The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether" (1856) Inside an insane asylum
"The Tell-Tale Heart" (1850) A murderer's guilt
"William Wilson" (1842) Identical twins or something else?
by Edgar Allan Poe
Anything by Robert Frost
Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales and The History of Middle-earth
Mr. Bliss
The Children of Húrin.
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
The Fall of Arthur
Manuscript locations
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Old Man's War By John Scalzi (And the entire trilogy)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
Killing is Harmless: A Critical Reading of Spec Ops: The Line by Brendan Keogh
Night by Elie Wiesel
Charnel Houses of Europe: The Shoah by Jonathan Blacke (Author) , Robert Hatch (Author)
Those are my recommendations!
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From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
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No longer defending the US Military or US Gov't. Just going to ""**feed into your fears**"" with Duffel Blog Did not fight my way up on top the food chain to become a Vegan...
Warning: Stupid Allergy
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend
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Jihadin, Scorched Earth 791. Leader of the Pork Eating Crusader. Alpha
Proud Member of the Infidels of OIF/OEF
No longer defending the US Military or US Gov't. Just going to ""**feed into your fears**"" with Duffel Blog Did not fight my way up on top the food chain to become a Vegan...
Warning: Stupid Allergy
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend
DE 6700
Harlequin 2500
RIP Muhammad Ali.
Jihadin, Scorched Earth 791. Leader of the Pork Eating Crusader. Alpha
Written by the team of former Special Operations warriors who run SOFREP.com, here is the definitive account of what happened before, during, and after the deadly Benghazi attack.
On September 12th, 2012, Brandon Webb learned Glen Doherty, one of his closest friends and his former Navy SEAL teammate, was killed alongside Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and two other Americans when the U.S. State Department and CIA headquarters in Benghazi, Libya, were sieged in a shocking terrorist attack. For the next four months, Webb and his team at SOFREP.com, the world's premier Special Ops website, embarked on a relentless investigation to understand exactly what happened to their countrymen, as well as the roles played by the Obama administration, State Department, and CIA. Drawing on unmatched sources, they spoke to individuals who would talk to no one else, including fellow Special Operations team members familiar with the African theatre, and well-placed contacts in the Washington intelligence community. This is their report--an unforgettably gripping minute-by-minute narrative of the events and their aftermath as they really unfolded on that terrible day in Libya.
Written by the team of former Special Operations warriors who run SOFREP.com, here is the definitive account of what happened before, during, and after the deadly Benghazi attack.
On September 12th, 2012, Brandon Webb learned Glen Doherty, one of his closest friends and his former Navy SEAL teammate, was killed alongside Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and two other Americans when the U.S. State Department and CIA headquarters in Benghazi, Libya, were sieged in a shocking terrorist attack. For the next four months, Webb and his team at SOFREP.com, the world's premier Special Ops website, embarked on a relentless investigation to understand exactly what happened to their countrymen, as well as the roles played by the Obama administration, State Department, and CIA. Drawing on unmatched sources, they spoke to individuals who would talk to no one else, including fellow Special Operations team members familiar with the African theatre, and well-placed contacts in the Washington intelligence community. This is their report--an unforgettably gripping minute-by-minute narrative of the events and their aftermath as they really unfolded on that terrible day in Libya.
And that's a bingo.
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
kronk wrote: Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
sebster wrote: Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
BaronIveagh wrote: Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
whembly wrote: The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Also, this.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
You won't look at Open Houses the same way again. This book has bizarre characters and some really funny, if dark, humor.
The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
I don't even know where to begin describing this one. It is creepy. More so if you are in to the horror genre with some surreal moments.
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A wonderfully funny and bizarre story of a anti-social "neck beard" with IBS living with his mother in New Orleans. Great characters and some fantastic dialog can be found in this gem.
The Damned trilogy, by Alan Dean Foster. (Starts with A Call to Arms.)
One of the greatest sci-fi stories ever. I love fiction where human beings aren't the baseline race, with some aliens being stronger than us but dumber, or another race being better at science than us but with no advances in art. I like that in this trilogy, humans are just head and shoulders above everyone else. We don't have their tech, necessarily, but once exposed to it we can learn it and use it as easily as if we'd invented it. It's a truly remarkable book series.
Dune, if you've never read it. It's a classic for a reason.
I recently finished an H.P. Lovecraft collection that I thoroughly enjoyed having never read his work before it was pretty awesome.
Kilkrazy made a reference to "1984" in one of those "Britain is a fascist state" type threads which spurred me on to actually go out and read it. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I'm now reading "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" by Orwell and enjoying that also.
Medium of Death wrote: I recently finished an H.P. Lovecraft collection that I thoroughly enjoyed having never read his work before it was pretty awesome.
Kilkrazy made a reference to "1984" in one of those "Britain is a fascist state" type threads which spurred me on to actually go out and read it. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I'm now reading "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" by Orwell and enjoying that also.
Ahh. 1984. Its a great story. A real Punch in the gut story.
HP Lovecraft is misused nowadays and even cults have started from it. It is very creative that is all I can say
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
Written by the team of former Special Operations warriors who run SOFREP.com, here is the definitive account of what happened before, during, and after the deadly Benghazi attack.
On September 12th, 2012, Brandon Webb learned Glen Doherty, one of his closest friends and his former Navy SEAL teammate, was killed alongside Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and two other Americans when the U.S. State Department and CIA headquarters in Benghazi, Libya, were sieged in a shocking terrorist attack. For the next four months, Webb and his team at SOFREP.com, the world's premier Special Ops website, embarked on a relentless investigation to understand exactly what happened to their countrymen, as well as the roles played by the Obama administration, State Department, and CIA. Drawing on unmatched sources, they spoke to individuals who would talk to no one else, including fellow Special Operations team members familiar with the African theatre, and well-placed contacts in the Washington intelligence community. This is their report--an unforgettably gripping minute-by-minute narrative of the events and their aftermath as they really unfolded on that terrible day in Libya.
I'll keep it short. I could post a long list, but if I had to pick, say, three books from my library:
Dune, by Frank Herbert
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Of course, those are the three that I though of just now. Ask me again tomorrow and I'll probably think of a different three.
"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
Just about anything by Kurt Vonnegut, but some highlights are:
Slaughterhouse Five
Cat's Cradle
The Sirens of Titan
Breakfast of Champions
Man Without a Country
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell (I read it about once a year)
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
If on a winter's night a traveler - Italo Calvino
Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
The Myth of Sisyphus & The Stranger - Albert Camus
If you are interested in the history of America's early space program, I recommend Failure Is Not an Option by Gene Kranz (former NASA Flight Director) and Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins (Gemini 10 pilot and Apollo 11CSM pilot).
Also, any books from Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan (especially The Dragons of Eden, The Demon-Haunted World, and Pale Blue Dot).
d-usa wrote: "When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
Proud Member of the Infidels of OIF/OEF
No longer defending the US Military or US Gov't. Just going to ""**feed into your fears**"" with Duffel Blog Did not fight my way up on top the food chain to become a Vegan...
Warning: Stupid Allergy
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend
DE 6700
Harlequin 2500
RIP Muhammad Ali.
Jihadin, Scorched Earth 791. Leader of the Pork Eating Crusader. Alpha
Forest hunter sept ~3500 
guardians of the covenant 4th company ~ 6000
Warrior based hive fleet
