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BrutalAntipathy -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 5:31:58 AM)
Fiction: Everything by Heinlein, Niven, and Pournelle. Fredrick Pohl's Gateway series. Twilight Eyes by Deal Koontz. The Nantucket series by S. M. Sterling. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The Swords series by Fred Saberhagen. I am Legend by Richard Matheson. At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft. Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer. Non fiction: The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, edited by J. B. Pritchard. The Oxford Companion to the Bible, edited by Metzger & Coogan. The Science of Good & Evil by Michael Shermer. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. The Third Chimpanze by Jared Diamond. Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition by Edward Regis. Did God have a Wife? by William Dever. Unearthing the Bible by Finkelstein & Silberman.

meatcleaver -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 5:59:40 AM)
The Airloom Gang by Michael Jay - This is a history book about the first recorded schizophrenic patient to be controled by a machine rather than demons. It's a fascinating insight into how someone rationalising their experiences as a form of protection creates a form of madness. The Affairs Of The Poisons - by Anne Somerset- Again a history book on how rumour and suspicion can get out of hand and did at the court of Loius XIV.

sleazybutterfly -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 6:49:45 AM)
Goodness... it was a process for this bookworm to narrow it down to a few..but i have tried. Sleeping Beauty series (Anne Rice) Aimee & Jaguar (Erica Fischer) Tipping the Velvet (Sarah Waters) and pretty much anything by the above author..i have them all. A Paper Life (Tatun O'Neal) Angels & Demons (Dan Brown) The Journals of Anais Nin (Anais Nin) Intensity (Dean Koontz) Surviving Madness (Betty Berzon) Anne of Green Gables Series (L.M. Montgomery) After All (Mary Tyler Moore) and probably the other 150 books i have...to me..it's almost like picking out your favorite relative or child.. impossible to really do. Each one was for a reason..brought you something special.. took you someplace new.. introduced a new friend into your life... got you thru a hard time and helped you cope..and hopefully helped you laugh a bit in the process. That is why i enjoy reading so much.. even if i am stuck in this apt..in this horrid town.. i can be walking thru the galleries of Paris..sailing on the Atlantic... being taken savagely, while tied to a bed by a man named Rockard....... *going thru boxes of books..shelves of books..looking franticly.. aha..there it is... going to bedroom..shutting door.. getting in bed with Rockard for a while.....

siouxie -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 6:53:09 AM)
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey - the most gripping autobiography i have ever read any of Dave Eggers' short stories also, the whole Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, perhaps with Good Omens by Pratchett and Neil Gaiman first.

UtopianRanger -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 7:23:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: candystripper i'm interested in finding some new genres so i'm asking for recommendations. What is Y/your favorite book(s).....and please include reference works or BDSM books if Y/you like. candystripper This will be boring for most.... but if you like important, modern day history, the best book I've read in a long time is one I finished a few months back. It's called ''Against Oligarchy'' - Essays & speeches 1970-1996 by Webster Tarpley. It draws parallels between modern day America and the death of the Weimar Republic, the predecessor to Hitler and the brown shirts. It also delves into how/why the British ''pound'' was taken down as the world’s dominant currency and the theory /lead-up to the great depression. - R

UtopianRanger -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 7:29:01 AM)
Forgot to mention..... read "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom a few weeks ago. Man.... what a great story. - R

Aileen68 -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 7:29:41 AM)
Watership Down by Richard Adams. I probably read it for the first time when I was about 14. And have reread it countless times since. It takes me away every single time.

carolsea -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 7:36:15 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: siouxie A Million Little Pieces by James Frey - the most gripping autobiography i have ever read Even though a great part of it was fabricated, by Frey's own admission? Though if Oprah was fooled, it must be good. I haven't read it, but it does sound interesting! Carolsea

LadyMedhbh -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 7:40:37 AM)
Fiction: To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Mutant Message Down Under - Marlo Morgan Beach Music - Pat Conroy Voices of Summer - Irwin Shaw Autobiography: Book of Shadows - Phyllis Curott (Her journey to being a Wiccan Hugh Priestess)

kittensmailbox -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 7:42:33 AM)
Screw the Roses, give me the thorns.... i know it is a "how too" book, but i adore it just the same....

siouxie -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 7:56:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: carolsea quote: ORIGINAL: siouxie A Million Little Pieces by James Frey - the most gripping autobiography i have ever read Even though a great part of it was fabricated, by Frey's own admission? Though if Oprah was fooled, it must be good. I haven't read it, but it does sound interesting! Carolsea i wasn't aware of that, i just read the book and found it fantastic.

Evanesce -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 8:54:04 AM)
Fantasy Fiction: * Anything from Anne McCaffrey's "Pern" series. (too many to list) * James Clemens' "Wit'ch" series: Wit'ch War, Wit'ch Gate, Wit'ch Star, Wit'ch Fire, Wit'ch Storm Horror: * Stephen King's "Gunslinger" series * Anything by Dean Koontz Lifestyle: * The Q Letters, by Sir John Q * Female Dominance; Rituals and Practices, by Claudia Varrin Humor: * How to Rule the World; A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator, by Andre de Guillaume * Here Speeching American, by Kathryn & Ross Petras * Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series, published by Barnes & Noble For an interestingly eclectic collection of books, visit www.basbleu.com

NakedOnMyChain -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 9:46:40 AM)
"The Amber Chronicles" and all of the short stories he ever wrote, especially "Now For a Breath I Tarry" and "Engine at Heartspring's Center" by Roger Zelazny. He's the man that made me love sci-fi and fantasy at a young age, a"nd I've been able to grow up with his works. They never get old, just more complex each time you read them. "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Changes your perspective quite a bit. "Anthem" by Ayn Rand. Ditto. "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. It only takes an hour or so. Everyone deserves to read it at some point. "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte. So sweet. So good. I have a weakness for period pieces. Not specifically BDSM related, but definitely a great read to better understand female sexuality is "Forbidden Flowers" and "My Secret Garden" by Nancy Friday. It looks like a flowery romance novel, and it's really not. It's a book of real women's sexual fantasies ranging from mundane to very out-there, complete with background and possible reasons for their specific fantasies. It's actually eye-opening to know that some of your darkest fantasies are normal.

Pavel -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 10:14:13 AM)
I have to suggest "Einstein's Dreams" by Lightman. I read it semi-on drugs (it was the day I had my wisdom teeth out) but after re-reading it, I still think it's rather awesome. "Startship Troopers", and "Stranger in a Strange Land" are also excellent suggestions. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is pretty good too as far as Heinlin goes, but the Mistress part has little to do with BDSM (and that's okay, just didn't want to get anyone's hopes up). "The Heart of Darkness" by Conrad is another book everyone should read (and it's short too!). On a tangent, I'm currently working my way through Orwell's lesser known work (or rather, less insanely hyped than "1984" or "Animal Farm") and I'd suggest that it might be worth your while to do the same. "Homage to Catalonia" was pretty neat, and certainly interesting (to me at least).

Mercnbeth -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 10:20:30 AM)
"The Emporer Wears No Clothes", author: Jack Herer...included is a $100,000 challenge to prove him wrong. "Be Glad You're Neurotic", author: Dr. Louis E. Bisch, M.D. "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig", author: Eugene Trivizas

1969slave -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 10:26:56 AM)
has anyone mentioned "The Image" i've acted out all but one part.

Gauge -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 1:55:08 PM)
Mystery: Any of the Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout - Archie and Nero may be the best two characters in literature ever. Anything by Agatha Christie - The Queen Mother of mystery Anything by John Dickson Carr - A master of the locked room mysteries and an expert on the occult Horror: Edgar Allen Poe - Tales of Mystery and Imagination: I do not need to expand on this Anything by Stephen King - While some do not like King I find his character development to be astounding. Anything by Dean Koontz - Koontz is a messed up guy. I have yet to read something of his that I didn't like Clive Barker - The Books of Blood: Barker makes Koontz and King look like Sunday School teachers as far as gore and sheer horror goes. John Dickson Carr - The Burning Court: One of the scariest books I have ever read Suspense: Anything by James Patterson - I have yet to read something from him I didn't like Anything by Jeffery Deaver - Yet to read something I didn't like from him Anything from Michael Crichton - Again, I have yet to read anything I didn't like from him Others: Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird: I read this book about every other year. It never is dull... ever. Glen Sire - The Deathmakers: A brutal book based in WW2 which discusses the philosophy of life and death. Walter M. Miller Jr. - A Canticle for Leibowitz: I forget the author. This book is a stunning visual experience. It is an interesting commentary on the character of humanity Anything by Patrick McManus - An outdoor writer, McManus is a humorist and his characters are quite endearing. Mario Puzo - The Godfather, The Last Don and Omerta: Puzo is simply a marvelous storyteller I am sure I will think of more and I will post them.

Bearlee -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 2:42:14 PM)
Awwwwwww... this thread about makes me weep! I miss my books sooooooo much! (they're all packed away while I have my home remodeled). Okay, not counting BDSM books (of which I've amassed a small library) or gardening or cook books (several more bookcases worth)... and not being able to LOOK at my books; these come to mind: Anything by Thomas Moore Several many biographies by Margaret George Several many biographies by David McCullough Zelda by Nancy Milford Rock Springs (short stories) by Richard Ford Poetry and biography of Silvia Plath Poetry and biography of Ann Sexton Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris Anything by Clive Barker…esp: Weaveworld Anything by Tom Robbins…esp: Still Life with Woodpecker Outlander series by Diana Galbaldon MarketPlace series by Laura Antoniou The Journals of Anais Nin (okay...and the porn she wrote, too) Harry Potter series by JK Rowlings Anything by Heinlein...esp: Time Enough for Love, Stranger in a Strange Land, and a book of quotes by Lazarus Long... LOL Zodiac by Neal Stephenson The Color of Light by Karen White Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, et al Illusians by Richard Bach…and Jonathan Livingston Seagull Ishmael by Daniel Quinn The Nature of Personal Reality by Seth (Jane Roberts) Lordy...I'm sure I'll come up with about 100 more if I think on this a bit... I really like to read...I like how some people are able to put words together in such a way you can nearly taste 'em!

pahunkboy -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 2:45:27 PM)
Future shock- alvin toffler. 1984 Geo Orwell

juliaoceania -> RE: Please Recommend Y/your Favorite Books (5/25/2006 4:17:33 PM)
If you like fantasy like LOTRs I would try Wheel of Time books... Robert Jordan.

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