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Jul. 28th, 2006 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judith_sSo someone on another board asked people for their three favorite books. I found the lists very interesting, and started pondering what I can find out about the people based on their lists. Unfortunately, I don't know most of the people on that list well, so other than the obvious (the person picking the Bible & Book of Mormon is boring & religious) I couldn't do much with the data.
So I thought I would ask you nice folks. I know most of you pretty well. I'm curious if I will find a correlation between your three favorite books & what I know about you. Tell me your three favorite books. Feel free to say why, but that's not required at all.
So I thought I would ask you nice folks. I know most of you pretty well. I'm curious if I will find a correlation between your three favorite books & what I know about you. Tell me your three favorite books. Feel free to say why, but that's not required at all.
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Date: 2006-07-29 03:24 am (UTC)Miles Vorkosigan series, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Horatio Hornblower series, by C.S. Forester
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Date: 2006-07-29 03:27 am (UTC)Tales of the City -- Armisted Maupin
Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert A. Heinlein
Still somewhat arbitrary, but what came to mind.
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Date: 2006-07-29 03:50 am (UTC)The Stars My Destination (Tiger,Tiger), Alfred Bester
China Mountain Zhang, Maureen McHugh
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Date: 2006-07-29 03:52 am (UTC)Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
Always Coming HomeUrsula K. LeGuin
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Date: 2006-07-29 06:30 am (UTC)Well then:
Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Time Enough for Love, Robert Heinlein
The Stand, Stephen King
Honorable mention:
Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
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Date: 2006-07-30 05:39 am (UTC)Wizard Knight series - Gene Wolfe
The Worm Ouroboros - E. R. Eddison
Runners-up: The Sundering Flood - William Morris; Schismatrix - Bruce Sterling
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Date: 2006-07-30 08:41 am (UTC)The last book I've read is often one of my three favorites.
But, giving it a real try:
Way Station, Clifford Simak
Lizard Music, Daniel Pinkwater
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
Favorite book title:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or David Copperfield, Robert Benchley
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Date: 2006-07-30 10:47 am (UTC)Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The first two are "slice of life" books, written about industries that I have never been inside, and both are a good read. The third is very interesting ...
I'll echo the recommendation for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress while I'm at it. I wonder how many libertarians read Heinlein in their youth?
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Date: 2006-07-30 03:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-31 11:07 pm (UTC)The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, Hanh
The Golden Compass, Pullman
To pick three.
If it were four, I'd add
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dick