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ST Poll: Name a Book that every STer should read (no duplicates from earlier answers) -- nm

Posted by Beaker (aka anniebecca) Apr 13 '18, 08:50

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Tigana -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 09:50
Cryptonomicon. Neuromancer/Count Zero/Mona Lisa Overdrive. 1984 (sorry if this is a duplicate). - Beryllium Apr 13, 09:42
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- You should offer up Atlas Shrugged or the Fountainhead for a trifecta. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Apr 13, 09:21 3
  - The Fountainhead is a better read -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:22 2
    - I really feel I should read both, but I have to say, it also feels like a chore. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Apr 13, 09:37 1
      - Politics/philosophy aside, both are fairly compelling from a plot perspective - rollo Apr 13, 09:44
The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:16 9
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  - That seals it. American Gods will be the next book I read if, IF I ever finish Infinite Jest -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:18 7
    - wait, you're not making the reading of your next book contingent on your finishing Infinite Jest? - mud Apr 13, 09:22 6
      - I’m not convinced anyone has ever finished reading Infinite Jest. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 09:25 4
        
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        I have about 300 pages and their associated 25 pages of footnotes to go -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:30 2
        
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        I could have said the same thing ~4 months ago tho -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:32
      - that's exactly what I'm doing -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:23
Shibumi by Trevanian. -- nm - JenBro Apr 13, 09:15
Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever is hilarious. Otherwise, Kavalier and Clay or At Swim, Two Boys. - ty97 Apr 13, 09:11
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote -- nm - volnelk Apr 13, 09:11
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin -- nm - volnelk Apr 13, 09:10 1
- Pure Drivel -- nm - Max Apr 13, 09:29
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo. -- nm - Ash Apr 13, 09:09 2
- is that the God fearing rabbit or the one going to HELL? -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 09:10 1
  - I hear rabbit Hell is especially bad. -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 09:10
non-fiction: though it is starting to age, I recommend Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs America by William Greider - crash davis Apr 13, 09:09 4
- nah, that isn't fair to Canadians (Marlowe might like it), so I'll come up with another non-fiction -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:11 3
  - How about A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman - a great medieval history -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:12 2
    - scratch that one too - just because I loved it, that doesn't make it a must read -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:23 1
      - okay, Hamlet. -- nm - mud Apr 13, 09:27
Strange Wine -- nm - David Apr 13, 09:09
For pure pleasure of reading, I love Slaughterhouse Five. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Apr 13, 09:09
Non-Fiction: the A Brief History of series; can be really informative and cover a lot of different things (some are brutal bad though) - Beaker Apr 13, 09:06
Fiction: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Non-fiction: Edmund Morris's trilogy of Theodore Roosevelt biographies. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 13, 09:04 4
- I love HGTG...one of my first scifi reads but I recently tried to introduce Dragon Jr to it and found the prose very wordy -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 13, 09:33 3
  - Wordy? Would never say that about it. Adams even calls out and mocks wordy American style novels in one of the later book. -- nm* - Cuzzin Todd Apr 13, 09:38 2
    - I like the silliness, story telling and witty banter but there are long stretches of narrative that is outside of the other 3 -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 13, 09:47
    - My guess at this interpretation - Random diversions explaining the universe and weird things in it, rather than focussing on a main narrative. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 09:44
Sapiens: a brief history of humankind -- nm - mara Apr 13, 09:01
No one is picking non-fiction, so Guns, Germs and Steel -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 09:01 2
- Lost Languages by Andrew Robinson is my favorite book I've ever read. - Max Apr 13, 09:51
- Good one. -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:06
Good Omens -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 09:00
The Handmaid’s Tale -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 08:58 1
- good answer -- nm - decline Apr 13, 08:59
Hamlet -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 08:56 1
- Definitely Shakespeare. His wordsmithing and word pictures are so mind bending -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 13, 09:44
Time Traveller's Wife -- nm - just oblique Apr 13, 08:56 9
- overrated *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* - ty97 Apr 13, 09:27 1
  - There are several on this list that I consider good, but not Must Reads. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 09:35
- Shit even I've read this book. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 09:11
- I did and... ugh. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 13, 08:58
- this is my answer and I don't have another - Epiphany Apr 13, 08:57 4
  - Is it? It's one I've considered rereading. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 13, 09:00 2
    - I'd still re-read it but as a must read? nah. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 09:01 1
      - If you have never read it, it is a Must Read. - Spawn Apr 13, 09:03
  - Yeah, I considered that one as well. It has been a while since I've read it though -- nm - just oblique Apr 13, 08:59
The Great Gatsby -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 08:55
the Road -- nm - decline Apr 13, 08:54
Animal Farm by Orwell. Quick read, and has some stuff to say about propaganda and spin that is still relevant. -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 08:54
Replay -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 08:52
the martian. -- nm - Truman Apr 13, 08:52
Lord of the Flies -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 08:52 4
- I'm with John Green on this. A horrible book with a horrible moral. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 08:55 3
  - What do you consider the moral to be? -- nm - Ender Apr 13, 09:03 1
    - spoils - Spawn Apr 13, 09:05
  - word -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 08:58

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