Dirtydutch 8 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 In no order:Mark TwainAyn Rand (shut up)David Foster WallaceKurt VonnegutGeorge OrwellI'll change this list by tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites
keith crime 8 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 wonder how kurt thinks about bush stealing his we're addicted to oil line Link to post Share on other sites
NortonFan 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Since it can never be played out and it's always funny.1.Dylon2.Dylon3.Dylon4.Dylon5.DylonI spit hot fire. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Since it can never be played out and it's always funny.1.Dylon2.Dylon3.Dylon4.Dylon5.DylonI spit hot fire.DAMNIT!!!!! That was the VERY first thing I thought of posting when I saw the title of this thread. Nice hand............missed opportunity for me. Link to post Share on other sites
CardWarfare 4 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 In no order:Mark TwainAyn Rand (shut up)David Foster WallaceKurt VonnegutGeorge OrwellI'll change this list by tomorrowWHAT ABOUT R.L. STIEN?!?! Link to post Share on other sites
Socko669 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I spit hot fire!My faves:Joseph ConradDante AllegheriCharles BukowskiTim DorseyF Scott Fitzgerald Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtydutch 8 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 I spit hot fire!My faves:Joseph ConradDante AllegheriCharles BukowskiTim DorseyF Scott FitzgeraldI still need to read his stuff. What do you recomend? Link to post Share on other sites
keith crime 8 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 i read lord jim in high school boring first half really good second halfhearts of darkness is what they based apocolypse now on Link to post Share on other sites
gkunit20 1 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Philip K. DickMicheal CrichtonCharles JohnsonEdgar Allen PoeJohn Steinback Link to post Share on other sites
nell789 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 1. Dan Harrington2. Nolan Dalla3. Mike Caro4. David Skalansky5. Doyle Brunson-had to be done, since it is a poker forum. Link to post Share on other sites
Socko669 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 i read lord jim in high school boring first half really good second halfhearts of darkness is what they based apocolypse now onone of the greatest books ever in my opinion. so friggin amazing. Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey16 1 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 For light, entertaining reading, Carl Hiaasen is my favorite. Link to post Share on other sites
Longshanks 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 chacuer and poe Link to post Share on other sites
kers2 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Since it can never be played out and it's always funny.1.Dylon2.Dylon3.Dylon4.Dylon5.DylonI spit hot fire.DAMNIT!!!!! That was the VERY first thing I thought of posting when I saw the title of this thread. Nice hand............missed opportunity for me.Wow are you 2 serious??? I SWEAR I SWEAR I SWEAR I was going to do this too...It must be too played out Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Since it can never be played out and it's always funny.1.Dylon2.Dylon3.Dylon4.Dylon5.DylonI spit hot fire.DAMNIT!!!!! That was the VERY first thing I thought of posting when I saw the title of this thread. Nice hand............missed opportunity for me.Wow are you 2 serious??? I SWEAR I SWEAR I SWEAR I was going to do this too...It must be too played outyeah....basically anytime I see the words "Top 5" or anything like that.....I think "dylon." So....yeah...too played out. Link to post Share on other sites
mbreon 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Favorites as of right now:Kurt VonnegutGeorge Orwell (these first two never leave the list)Chuck PalahniukTom WolfeKen Kesey Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtydutch 8 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 Favorites as of right now:Kurt VonnegutGeorge Orwell (these first two never leave the list)Chuck PalahniukTom WolfeKen KeseyI use to love him. It's been awhile. Link to post Share on other sites
mbreon 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Favorites as of right now:Kurt VonnegutGeorge Orwell (these first two never leave the list)Chuck PalahniukTom WolfeKen KeseyI use to love him. It's been awhile.Last book I read was Survivor by him.....I really liked it. I have only read Choke, Fight Club, and Survivor, but all 3 were excellent. Link to post Share on other sites
gkunit20 1 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Y'all gotta read Phillip K. Dick. I loved "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and "The Man in the High Castle". Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtydutch 8 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 Favorites as of right now:Kurt VonnegutGeorge Orwell (these first two never leave the list)Chuck PalahniukTom WolfeKen KeseyI use to love him. It's been awhile.Last book I read was Survivor by him... I really liked it. I have only read Choke, Fight Club, and Survivor, but all 3 were excellent.Haunted was cool. The shorts were great, the story is a little weak, though Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 can't guarantee this my real top 5, but for now:tolstoydickensvonnegutmillbradburygood thread, i'm always looking for new ideas. wish i had a little more time and could get into guys like dante, kirkegaard, etc.other favourites are ummm shakespeare, orwell, salinger.and SE Hinton of course authored the greatest book of all time. Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtydutch 8 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 can't guarantee this my real top 5, but for now:tolstoydickensvonnegutmillbradburygood thread, i'm always looking for new ideas. wish i had a little more time and could get into guys like dante, kirkegaard, etc.other favourites are ummm shakespeare, orwell, salinger.and SE Hinton of course authored the greatest book of all time.I've only read 451. Dante is cool. I'm not a Tolstoy fan. I just can't get into him. Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtydutch 8 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 My honorable mention goes to Dostoevsky. Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 can't guarantee this my real top 5, but for now:tolstoydickensvonnegutmillbradburygood thread, i'm always looking for new ideas. wish i had a little more time and could get into guys like dante, kirkegaard, etc.other favourites are ummm shakespeare, orwell, salinger.and SE Hinton of course authored the greatest book of all time.I've only read 451. Dante is cool. I'm not a Tolstoy fan. I just can't get into him.is there another dante i should start with, or just go with Inferno?Bradbury has lots of excellent books. mostly short and readable like vonnegut.anna karenina is my favourite book of all time, and its not close. i'm a sucker for the realist novel.dostoyevsky would've been on my list by the way, if i could pretend to understand half of the books. loved the Idiot and the Devils, but understanding them is for smarter people than I.daniel Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtydutch 8 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 can't guarantee this my real top 5, but for now:tolstoydickensvonnegutmillbradburygood thread, i'm always looking for new ideas. wish i had a little more time and could get into guys like dante, kirkegaard, etc.other favourites are ummm shakespeare, orwell, salinger.and SE Hinton of course authored the greatest book of all time.I've only read 451. Dante is cool. I'm not a Tolstoy fan. I just can't get into him.is there another dante i should start with, or just go with Inferno?Bradbury has lots of excellent books. mostly short and readable like vonnegut.anna karenina is my favourite book of all time, and its not close. i'm a sucker for the realist novel.dostoyevsky would've been on my list by the way, if i could pretend to understand half of the books. loved the Idiot and the Devils, but understanding them is for smarter people than I.danielStart with Inforno. I'm not wacky for the other book of his I read. I don't remember the name.I'll give Anna Karenina(sp?) another shot, in a few months, maybe. Link to post Share on other sites
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