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Originally posted by Ivich View Post
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It was written, maybe 30 years ago.
I've always kept that book in mind while watching the happenings of today.
Check it out, it's an interesting read and might help you to understand WTF is going on in this world.................Rockin'Last edited by Rockin'; 07-18-2023, 11:14 AM.
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Originally posted by Rockin' View Post
It is a book about how America is being transformed into a **** like dictatorship.
It was written, maybe 30 years ago.
I've always kept that book in mind while watching the happenings of today.
Check it out, it's an interesting read and might help you to understand WTF is going on in this world.................Rockin'
At 74 what I don't understand now ,will stay that way .
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A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
Deacon King Kong - James McBride
The Girl in Green - Derek Miller
A Calling for Charlie Barnes - Joshua Ferris
A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe
Lincoln - Gore Vidal
Creation - Gore Vidal
Burr - Gore Vidal
The Power of the Dog (trilogy) - Don Winslow
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas - Fredrick Douglas
All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque
Oliver Twist - Charles ****ens
The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Border (trilogy) - Cormac McCarthy
I, Claudius - Robert Graves
Books toward the top are just books I've really enjoyed recently, probably not classics
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Originally posted by 4truth View PostA Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
Deacon King Kong - James McBride
The Girl in Green - Derek Miller
A Calling for Charlie Barnes - Joshua Ferris
A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe
Lincoln - Gore Vidal
Creation - Gore Vidal
Burr - Gore Vidal
The Power of the Dog (trilogy) - Don Winslow
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas - Fredrick Douglas
All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque
Oliver Twist - Charles ****ens
The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Border (trilogy) - Cormac McCarthy
I, Claudius - Robert Graves
Books toward the top are just books I've really enjoyed recently, probably not classics
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Originally posted by Ivich View Post
You're cheating with The Border Trilogy,but they are great,They don't have to be classics just your favourites.
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Originally posted by Ivich View PostFor Whom The Bell Tolls
The G****s Of Wrath
All The Pretty Horses
Blood Meridian
Of Mice And Men
Moby ****
The Sun Also Rises
The Great Gatsby
Great Expectations
War And Peace
East Of Eden
Birdsong
A Farewell To Arms
Catcher In The Rye
David Copperfield
The Illegitimates
Stoner
Anna Karenina
Cities Of The Plain
The Heart Of The Matter
Mine would be something like that.
In no particular order! Im going with a list for "Fiction."
All Quiet on the Western Front (***** take note)
Catcher in the Rye
Catch 22
Frankenstein
The Return of the Native
The Gang that could not shoot straight
Sherlock Holmes The entire unabridged collection, especially before Holmes went off the cliff with Morierty.
The Entire Dune series
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Stranger in a Strange Land
A Confederacy of Dunces
1984
The Shining/ Salem's lot
The entire Hardy Boys Series
The entire Shadow Pulps
The Castle and Metamorphisis (kafka)
I Robot
Martian Chronicles
The Invisible Man (By Ellison, not the horror character)
Go Tell it to the Mountain
Monstrious Depravity
Oh! have to give honorable mention to all of HUnter Thompsons works... Fun stuff.
Also The Merry pranksters, along the same lines lol.
This is off the top of my head lol, I probably forgot some dear to my heart.
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Originally posted by Ivich View PostIm not familiar with Miyamoto Musashi ,I'll take a look at his work on Amazon.
Not read anything byYasunari Kawabata either.Again I'll take a look on Amazon.
Read A Day InThe Life of Ivan Denisovich by SolzhenitzynIvich likes this.
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Originally posted by niceyboo3 View PostLet's see here. Cat in the hat, fudge, superfudge, spiderman and dollar store coloring books.
Now would you do me a favour?
**** Off!
We already have a surplus of mentally deficient trolls.Last edited by Ivich; 07-18-2023, 05:35 PM.
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