Answer this Question: What is the one Book you *HAD* to have for your Kindle? - Page 2

DixieGal · 11-21-2010, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

None. I can't re-read books. I try every now and then because I think I should, but it never works. The "spark" only ever happens once for me ch:

Me too. I used to re-read books, but I don't have to do any more midnight desperate searches through the bookshelves to find something to read. It is all new and interesting now.

desertblues · 11-21-2010, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by TheKindleWorm

Anyway to get back to the OP's question ...

I had to have The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien.

I'm not a huge fantasy reader (I read lots of different genres) but it is a set of books which I've been reading again and again since I was about 12. I like the fact that they take me a very long time to read and because they are so long and descriptive it feels like I'm almost reading them anew every couple of years.

A close second would be Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne as I've always liked adventure books. A short read but exciting in my opinion.

Likewise, also Dune by Frank Herbert, Anne Mc Caffrey and her dragons, Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson, English Classics from the Brontefamily, Russian Classics like War and Peace, Anna Karenina. But, not available for some reason, the works of Marguerite Yourcenar in French, also Victor Hugo and the works of Dürrenmatt in German.

BTW What happened to your avatar Kindleworm?

Krystian Galaj · 11-21-2010, 07:47 PM

"Against Intellectual Monopoly" by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine ( http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/genera...al/against.htm ).
It was a Kindle for iPhone though. And I only found the free version later.

CyberpunkDad · 11-21-2010, 10:18 PM

I supposed I could have posted this in the general forum, but I wanted to hear from people in this forum. I felt it was a good question to spark conversation in this community. Since I read all the forums, I don't see the big deal.

P.S. Thanks for the ideas!! Can't wait to read some of them.

Lordblacknail · 11-21-2010, 10:30 PM

Ivory by Mike Resnick, one of the best books I have ever read, and I have been reading for 62 years, average a book a day.

CJ

JaneD · 11-22-2010, 12:54 AM

The first book I bought was actually a collection, the collection of Anthony Trollope's complete works.

robins777 · 11-22-2010, 05:08 AM

The first 2 books mentioned Neuromancer, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy are among my most often read books which I have in paper format. I don't have them on the Kindle and will not buy the Ebook version if I already have the paper. I never read outside the house so there is no need for both. My most wanted Ebook would be, and it may seem a little strange for a male, The Time Travelers Wife. I have the paperback and the Blu Ray movie (which strays from the book in many places but still enjoyable). I don't think an Ebook version has been released at least not in the UK.

djambalawa · 11-23-2010, 10:55 PM

Dune - I don't reread very often but I can reread this.

bokolobs · 11-24-2010, 01:08 AM

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

JeremyR · 11-24-2010, 01:27 AM

Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper

It's probably my favorite short story (novella, really, I guess)

http://manybooks.net/titles/piperh1944519445-8.html

Project Gutenberg has a version with the illustrations from the original as well

CyberpunkDad · 11-24-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by desertblues

Likewise, also Dune by Frank Herbert, Anne Mc Caffrey and her dragons, Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson, English Classics from the Brontefamily, Russian Classics like War and Peace, Anna Karenina. But, not available for some reason, the works of Marguerite Yourcenar in French, also Victor Hugo and the works of Dürrenmatt in German.

BTW What happened to your avatar Kindleworm?

I love Dune but the Kindle edition is more than the paperback. Doesn't seem right.

charonme · 11-24-2010, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

"Against Intellectual Monopoly" by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine ( http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/genera...al/against.htm ).

argh! I wanted be the one to suggest it!

1.) Henry Hazlitt: Economics in One Lesson
2.) Stephan N Kinsella: Against Intellectual Property
3.) Umberto Eco: Foucault's Pendulum
4.) this being a kindle thread, any book that was pulled by amazon or otherwise banned in any "free" country. (but I wouldn't probably want to read most of them)

KernelPanic · 11-24-2010, 05:36 PM

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

curstpriest · 11-25-2010, 02:45 AM

1) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
2) We - Yevgeny Zamyatin
3) 1984 - George Orwell

Lonolf · 11-25-2010, 03:00 PM

Mitchel Scanlon - Fifteen Hours
The demonstration how you can write a very deep book and still be fun to read.

Thought of the day:
If all is going good, you are probably walking in a trap

11-21-2010, 10:18 PM	#19
CyberpunkDad Neuromancer Fanboi Posts: 49 Karma: 480 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3 / 3G	I supposed I could have posted this in the general forum, but I wanted to hear from people in this forum. I felt it was a good question to spark conversation in this community. Since I read all the forums, I don't see the big deal. P.S. Thanks for the ideas!! Can't wait to read some of them. Last edited by CyberpunkDad; 11-21-2010 at 10:19 PM. Reason: Added P.S.

11-21-2010, 10:30 PM	#20
Lordblacknail Groupie Posts: 171 Karma: 330000 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida Device: Kobo Libre 2 Galaxy Tab S7 Plus Kobo Libre Colour	First Have To Have Book Ivory by Mike Resnick, one of the best books I have ever read, and I have been reading for 62 years, average a book a day. CJ

11-24-2010, 05:36 PM	#28
KernelPanic Member Posts: 21 Karma: 504 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Kindle DX	The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

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