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  • RFTC
    RFTC Posts: 723
    Jeanwah wrote:
    You're all PJ fans and none of you have read Ishmael?! :shock: It's like, recommended reading...

    gotta get this one next purchase and 'insects' by zinn have read 'us history and moving train', not familar w/this one. about?
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  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    to be fair. ismael is the best book ever. a life bible almost.
  • CorduroyGirl
    CorduroyGirl Posts: 283
    I thought Ishmael was pretty good and it sure does gets you thinking quite a bit... I forgot to mention it along with so many that will keep coming to mind :) Incidentally a friend of mine just read it on my recommendation and she loved it too :D
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    For those who have read Ishmael, have you also read the other two books of this trilogy (Ishmael being the first) - The Story of B and My Ishmael? What did you think of those books?
  • CorduroyGirl
    CorduroyGirl Posts: 283
    Ops... Shame on me... Didn't even KNOW it was the first of a trilogy! Are those as good as Ishmael???
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    For some reason I preferred Story of B to Ishmael as I think it goes a bit further than the first one - a bit more thought provoking maybe? Or just different thoughts? As with the other two, I find the plot quite thin but I think that's not the real purpose of the book - the message is. My Ishmael is my least favourite - I found it a bit 'disjointed'. A lot of words for less thoughts/ideas.
  • CorduroyGirl
    CorduroyGirl Posts: 283
    Great! I'm going to buy Story of B as soon as possible, I'm really curious now... Is the story completely connected? I mean, is it important to remember everything I read on Ishmael? I'm asking because I read it like.... 11 or so years ago, so it isn't really "fresh"...

    Edit - I was just reading on wikipedia that Story of B is a sequel for both Ishmael and My Ishmael... Does this make sense to you?
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    tybird wrote:
    "Watership Down"-Richard Adams
    "The Future of Life"-E.O. Wilson
    "Kingbird Highway"-Kenn Kaufman
    "Swan Song"-Robert McCammon
    "Battleship Bismarck..A Survivor's Story"-Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg
    "The Song of the Dodo"-David Quammen
    "WE3-The Absolute Edition"-Grant Morrison and Frank Quiteley
    "The Tao of Pooh"-Benjamin Hoff
    "The Ghost with Trembling Wings..Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species"-Scott Weidensaul
    "The Big Year...A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession"-Mark Obmascik
    "The Lorax"-Dr. Seuss
    "Tigers in the Snow"-Peter Matthiessen
    "Winter World...The Ingenuity of Animal Survival"-Bernd Heinrich
    "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever"-Stephen R. Donaldson
    "The Return of Tarzan"-Edgar Rice Burroughs
    "Vanishing Wildlife of North America"-Thomas B. Allen
    "A People's History of the United States...1492-Present"-Howard Zinn
    "The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America"-David Allen Sibley

    I see you have a thing for animals. Some of these books look pretty cool.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Story of B was the second one published (before My Ishmael). It's been a while for me as well, but I wouldn't see the books as 'sequels', rather books based on the same areas of thoughts/concepts, looking at these concepts in a deeper/different way maybe and presenting others. I think as as long as you remember some of Ishmael - more the greater picture of what Quinn is trying to say, you should be OK.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    redrock wrote:
    For those who have read Ishmael, have you also read the other two books of this trilogy (Ishmael being the first) - The Story of B and My Ishmael? What did you think of those books?

    I purchased the Story of B used, but haven't read it yet. I wish I was more of a bookworm...
    But now after reading that you prefer it to the others, redrock, I may pick it up sooner than later...
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Jeanwah wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    For those who have read Ishmael, have you also read the other two books of this trilogy (Ishmael being the first) - The Story of B and My Ishmael? What did you think of those books?

    I purchased the Story of B used, but haven't read it yet. I wish I was more of a bookworm...
    But now after reading that you prefer it to the others, redrock, I may pick it up sooner than later...

    It's just my thoughts.. might not be the same as others as I might be slightly weird.. :? :mrgreen: I preferred Story of B because I thought it went into things a bit deeper.

    Though, I must admit, whilst I did like those books, they are not amongst some of my big favourites.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Byrnzie wrote:
    tybird wrote:
    "Watership Down"-Richard Adams
    "The Future of Life"-E.O. Wilson
    "Kingbird Highway"-Kenn Kaufman
    "Swan Song"-Robert McCammon
    "Battleship Bismarck..A Survivor's Story"-Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg
    "The Song of the Dodo"-David Quammen
    "WE3-The Absolute Edition"-Grant Morrison and Frank Quiteley
    "The Tao of Pooh"-Benjamin Hoff
    "The Ghost with Trembling Wings..Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species"-Scott Weidensaul
    "The Big Year...A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession"-Mark Obmascik
    "The Lorax"-Dr. Seuss
    "Tigers in the Snow"-Peter Matthiessen
    "Winter World...The Ingenuity of Animal Survival"-Bernd Heinrich
    "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever"-Stephen R. Donaldson
    "The Return of Tarzan"-Edgar Rice Burroughs
    "Vanishing Wildlife of North America"-Thomas B. Allen
    "A People's History of the United States...1492-Present"-Howard Zinn
    "The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America"-David Allen Sibley

    I see you have a thing for animals. Some of these books look pretty cool.
    You would be correct, sir
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    tybird wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    tybird wrote:
    "Watership Down"-Richard Adams
    "The Future of Life"-E.O. Wilson
    "Kingbird Highway"-Kenn Kaufman
    "Swan Song"-Robert McCammon
    "Battleship Bismarck..A Survivor's Story"-Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg
    "The Song of the Dodo"-David Quammen
    "WE3-The Absolute Edition"-Grant Morrison and Frank Quiteley
    "The Tao of Pooh"-Benjamin Hoff
    "The Ghost with Trembling Wings..Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species"-Scott Weidensaul
    "The Big Year...A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession"-Mark Obmascik
    "The Lorax"-Dr. Seuss
    "Tigers in the Snow"-Peter Matthiessen
    "Winter World...The Ingenuity of Animal Survival"-Bernd Heinrich
    "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever"-Stephen R. Donaldson
    "The Return of Tarzan"-Edgar Rice Burroughs
    "Vanishing Wildlife of North America"-Thomas B. Allen
    "A People's History of the United States...1492-Present"-Howard Zinn
    "The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America"-David Allen Sibley

    I see you have a thing for animals. Some of these books look pretty cool.
    You would be correct, sir

    :lol:
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Byrnzie wrote:
    tybird wrote:
    "Watership Down"-Richard Adams
    "The Future of Life"-E.O. Wilson
    "Kingbird Highway"-Kenn Kaufman
    "Swan Song"-Robert McCammon
    "Battleship Bismarck..A Survivor's Story"-Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg
    "The Song of the Dodo"-David Quammen
    "WE3-The Absolute Edition"-Grant Morrison and Frank Quiteley
    "The Tao of Pooh"-Benjamin Hoff
    "The Ghost with Trembling Wings..Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species"-Scott Weidensaul
    "The Big Year...A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession"-Mark Obmascik
    "The Lorax"-Dr. Seuss
    "Tigers in the Snow"-Peter Matthiessen
    "Winter World...The Ingenuity of Animal Survival"-Bernd Heinrich
    "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever"-Stephen R. Donaldson
    "The Return of Tarzan"-Edgar Rice Burroughs
    "Vanishing Wildlife of North America"-Thomas B. Allen
    "A People's History of the United States...1492-Present"-Howard Zinn
    "The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America"-David Allen Sibley

    I see you have a thing for animals. Some of these books look pretty cool.
    "The Future of Life" by E.O. Wilson would probably strike a cord with you.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Into The Wild - John Krakuer

    Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein

    Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brien (20 books)

    Tikki Tikki Tembo - Arlene Mosel

    Drizzt Series - R.A.Salvatore

    Lestat Series - Anne Rice

    Harry Potter Series - J.K.Rowling

    Star Wars Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    So many to list. What I've liked recently:

    Fiction:

    Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
    Matterhorn - Karl Marlantes
    The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton
    (House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is one of my favorite books ever)

    Non-fiction:

    King Leopold's Ghost - Adam Hochschild
    The Inextinguishable Symphony - Martin Goldsmith
    Dancing in the Glory of Monsters - Jason K. Stearns
    (The Edmund Morris three volume Teddy Roosevelt biography is great)
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Enkidu wrote:
    Non-fiction:

    King Leopold's Ghost - Adam Hochschild

    (The Edmund Morris three volume Teddy Roosevelt biography is great)
    King Leopold's Ghost almost made my list....."The Scramble for Africa" by Thomas Pakenham some how got left off the list.....have the first two Morris Teddy books....just have not got around to reading them.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    BinauralJam wrote:
    ...
    Lestat Series - Anne Rice
    ...

    the vampire chronicles you mean. :P


    i just picked blackwood farm off my shelf and realised im part way through it. i wish i was more disciplined with my reading.
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  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    tybird wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    Non-fiction:

    King Leopold's Ghost - Adam Hochschild

    (The Edmund Morris three volume Teddy Roosevelt biography is great)
    King Leopold's Ghost almost made my list....."The Scramble for Africa" by Thomas Pakenham some how got left off the list.....have the first two Morris Teddy books....just have not got around to reading them.

    Somebody here on the board recommended King Leopold's Ghost. And I read Scramble for Africa after - GREAT book.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    ill update later..remember some more.. :)
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