Conquer Club

Napoleon Ier wrote:
All except Wealth of Nations. De L'Esprit des Lois I can't really claim to have read properly, which I must say went waayyy above my head too often for me. That was a couple of years ago though.

The other three are all well-short and not very long and lyke not komplykated.

Cheeky bastard
Ok, Ok, I get it...you're the Boy Genius and I'm struggling to finish Nick Hornby's latest.
The dangers of drugs

Absolute must-read is a book by the title of Night

...blanking on the author...

"Great Expectations", Charles Dickens.

flyboy91 wrote:Absolute must-read is a book by the title of Night

...blanking on the author...

Elie Wiesel, if I remember correctly.

suggs wrote:

Napoleon Ier wrote:
All except Wealth of Nations. De L'Esprit des Lois I can't really claim to have read properly, which I must say went waayyy above my head too often for me. That was a couple of years ago though.

The other three are all well-short and not very long and lyke not komplykated.

Cheeky bastard
Ok, Ok, I get it...you're the Boy Genius and I'm struggling to finish Nick Hornby's latest.
The dangers of drugs

No, no, look at the size of the first two...you could knock out Vin Diesel with a single volume of either. Anyways, you got into Cambridge, more than can be said for me.

As for Gr8 Exxpektasions, I have sweet memories of reading that during the cricket season when I was meant to be fielding, chewing on a long blade of grass, and periodically being smacked in the head by the ball.

Can't go wrong with some ANDY MCNAB.

"The Daughter of Time" - Josephine Tey.

Richard III Rules, OK?

Napoleon Ier wrote:Can't go wrong with some ANDY MCNAB.

OK, I'll keep my Agatha Christie, and you keep your McNabb lol

"Brighton Rock", Graham Greene.

I hear Heart of the Matter is class, but I've never read it.

"The Liar" or "Making History" by Stephen Fry.

"Decline and Fall" , Evelyn Waugh.

(for teenagers) "The Dark Is Rising", Susan Cooper.

stand aside, Mr. Potter

"The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" C.S. Lewis
(and all of the 7 Narnia CLASSICS)

Bollocks to it, I'd be laughed out of an Lit. class for this, but i love em:

"High Fidelity" , Nick Hornby.
"Past Caring" , Robert Goddard.

"Pressing On Regardless", S. Uggs.

suggs wrote:"The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" C.S. Lewis
(and all of the 7 Narnia CLASSICS)

Err...there a trip to Damascus you want to be telling us about there Suggsy, or...?

I was gonna type, "and not bad for a Christian" but thought I'd keep the ideology out of it.
Christian analogy or not, they are still great fantasy.
And as far as I remember only the Lion,Witch... seemed overtly Christian, or did i miss quite a lot?
In my defence: I was a small Suggs when I read them.

"Hichhikers Guide To The Galaxy", Douglas Adams and the whole (4?) series.

suggs wrote::lol: I was gonna type, "and not bad for a Christian" but thought I'd keep the ideology out of it.
Christian analogy or not, they are still great fantasy.
And as far as I remember only the Lion,Witch... seemed overtly Christian, or did i miss quite a lot?
In my defence: I was a small Suggs when I read them.

Yeah, especially the last one, which is sort of a Narnian apocalypse.

"The Sunne In Splendour" - Sharon Penman.

Napoleon Ier wrote:

suggs wrote::lol: I was gonna type, "and not bad for a Christian" but thought I'd keep the ideology out of it.
Christian analogy or not, they are still great fantasy.
And as far as I remember only the Lion,Witch... seemed overtly Christian, or did i miss quite a lot?
In my defence: I was a small Suggs when I read them.

Yeah, especially the last one, which is sort of a Narnian apocalypse.

The Last Battle. It's the only one that, as a kid, made me say "wtf".

Anything by Herman Hesse, although I particularly recommend The Glass Bead Game, Siddartha and Steppenwolf.

steve monkey wrote:Anything by Herman Hesse, although I particularly recommend The Glass Bead Game, Siddartha and Steppenwolf.

*excitable squeak* Siddartha! Completely forgot about that GOOD CALL! Great book.

btownmeggy wrote:

Napoleon Ier wrote:

suggs wrote::lol: I was gonna type, "and not bad for a Christian" but thought I'd keep the ideology out of it.
Christian analogy or not, they are still great fantasy.
And as far as I remember only the Lion,Witch... seemed overtly Christian, or did i miss quite a lot?
In my defence: I was a small Suggs when I read them.

Yeah, especially the last one, which is sort of a Narnian apocalypse.

The Last Battle. It's the only one that, as a kid, made me say "wtf".

The funny part is you can actually see a five year old btownmeggy with a half-disgruntled half-puzzled look on her face say "what the f*ck?!" in perplexed anger.

Marge Piercy - Woman on The Edge of Time

A piece of classic radical literature from the 70s.