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Old 01-21-2010, 06:29 PM   #1
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I've decided to start working out my mind by reading but I am having trouble finding a good book to get into, so I'm looking to the CP masses once again to lead me in the right direction. Got any good recommendations? What are your personal favorite books of all time?
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Old 01-21-2010, 06:35 PM   #2
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If you are into fantasy I would recommend Imajica by Clive Barker, Lyonnesse by Jack Vance or Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein.

I love Paradise Lost by John Milton, although I would only recommend that book if you are not opposed to poetry. It's an amazing read.
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Old 01-21-2010, 06:49 PM   #3
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I would lend you Playing with fire but I burned it on the weekend.
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Old 01-21-2010, 06:50 PM   #4
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If you have some time read Under the Dome by Stephen King, it's good stuff.
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Old 01-21-2010, 07:14 PM   #6
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No brainer if you have never read it.
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Old 01-21-2010, 07:21 PM   #7
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Speaking of hitchhiking, Jack Kerouac's On the Road is fantastic.

Inspired me to hitchhike back in December.
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http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Strikes-O.../dp/0803287615

Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story


"Jim Piersall, 22 year old outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, had a mental breakdown in 1952-one so complete that seven months virtually have vanished from his memory. . . . This account of his experiences is a frank and fascinating one."-Chicago Sunday Tribune (Chicago Sunday Tribune )
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Old 01-21-2010, 07:35 PM   #9
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Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins

Best book i've read in a long time

Shantaram is also a good read, can't remember the author though.
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Old 01-21-2010, 07:39 PM   #10
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-The Book of Buddah
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:26 PM   #11
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:29 PM   #12
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If you have some time read Under the Dome by Stephen King, it's good stuff.
Really? I was going to buy that at Costco but then I decided to get Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol instead. It was pretty good.

Whats Under the Dome about?
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:31 PM   #13
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:33 PM   #14
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Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics

Both great reads, non-fiction.
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Really? I was going to buy that at Costco but then I decided to get Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol instead. It was pretty good.

Whats Under the Dome about?
Was it fully of really bad history like The Divinci Code?
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Was it fully of really bad history like The Divinci Code?
Nah. This one is about the Masons in America and all the prominent American historical figures who were Masons.... and their influence on a lot of architecture in Washington DC. and of course the picture on the back of the $1 bill.... Pyramid and all that.... and all this revolves around a treasure hunt...
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Nah. This one is about the Masons in America and all the prominent American historical figures who were Masons.... and their influence on a lot of architecture in Washington DC. and of course the picture on the back of the $1 bill.... Pyramid and all that.... and all this revolves around a treasure hunt...
Wasn't Nick Cage in that movie?
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Just so you know, you don't have to pay for 1984 anymore. It's copyright or whatever has expired now.
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Wasn't Nick Cage in that movie?

Yeah ... but this one is slightly different. The treasure is lost knowledge. Things we knew centuries ago but have lost the knowledge of. ... and the key to that knowledge is hidden in Washington DC and was hidden by the Masons who have protected the secret for centuries because mankind isn't ready for the power that the knowledge will bestow.
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Yeah ... but this one is slightly different. The treasure is lost knowledge. Things we knew centuries ago but have lost the knowledge of. ... and the key to that knowledge is hidden in Washington DC and was hidden by the Masons who have protected the secret for centuries because mankind isn't ready for the power that the knowledge will bestow.
I discovered a piece of lost knowledge like this last weekend. Never fry bacon without wearing a shirt.

I recommend reading "A confederacy of dunces". This is a quality read.
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