Which Book Have You Read/Re-Read All Your Life? - Page 16

HorridRedDog · 03-06-2010, 12:03 PM

"Costigan's Needle" by Jerry Sohl. How do you survive in a new world without even the cloths on your back.

and

"The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream" by G.C. Edmondson. Romans and Vikings can be troublesome. Very funny.

These were part of the "golden age" of SciFi where the science took backstage to the people/action.

Both, ofcourse, are out of print but can still be found.

I have 2 versions of "The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream". 1965 and an updated one from 1978.

P.S. - G. C. Edmondson was the working name of science fiction author Garry Edmonson (full name "José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton"). If you're lucky enough to read Spanish I'm sure he must be very good.

Nakor · 03-07-2010, 01:42 AM

Two of them. Probably not the most impressive titles from a literary standpoint, but Mossflower by Brian Jacques (in no small part because I thought Gonff was pure awesome lol) and Magician by Raymond E. Feist (usually only available as two separate books, Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master).

SmartyPants · 03-22-2010, 01:46 AM

just discovered this great thread! Lots of new titles for me to put on my wish list.. and lots of old favourites.

one that hasnt been mentioned yet i believe is A Catcher in the Rye by Salinger. I have read Salinger's other novels, but none have made such a strong impression on me as Catcher did.
Short stories by Julio Cortazar (Argentinian author).
And, since i am of a russian background, it is of course Master and Margarita by Bulgakov and all stories by Nabokov. I would be very interested to know if anyone of a non-russian background have read those and what they thought..

poohbear_nc · 03-22-2010, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SmartyPants

just discovered this great thread! Lots of new titles for me to put on my wish list.. and lots of old favourites.

one that hasnt been mentioned yet i believe is A Catcher in the Rye by Salinger. I have read Salinger's other novels, but none have made such a strong impression on me as Catcher did.
Short stories by Julio Cortazar (Argentinian author).
And, since i am of a russian background, it is of course Master and Margarita by Bulgakov and all stories by Nabokov. I would be very interested to know if anyone of a non-russian background have read those and what they thought..

Unfortunately, A Catcher in the Rye is not legally available as an ebook yet (to my knowledge).

CFarrell · 03-22-2010, 09:10 AM

Jane Eyre - I've read it countless times.

cearbhallain · 03-22-2010, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SmartyPants

just discovered this great thread! Lots of new titles for me to put on my wish list.. and lots of old favourites.

one that hasnt been mentioned yet i believe is A Catcher in the Rye by Salinger. I have read Salinger's other novels, but none have made such a strong impression on me as Catcher did.
Short stories by Julio Cortazar (Argentinian author).
And, since i am of a russian background, it is of course Master and Margarita by Bulgakov and all stories by Nabokov. I would be very interested to know if anyone of a non-russian background have read those and what they thought..

When I was a kid (early 20's) I loved Nabokov. Not so much the big books like Ada and Lolita, but the devilish small novels like Camera Obscura and King, Queen Knave. His short stories were okay, but I don't remember then now like I do the "lesser" novels.

In the 80's there was also a smattering of women's fiction from the USSR that was published here in the US. One of those books, The Women's Decameron by Julia Voznesenskaya became one of my favorites in contemporary feminist literature.

Nakor · 03-22-2010, 05:19 PM

<doh, double post>

SmartyPants · 03-22-2010, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by cearbhallain

When I was a kid (early 20's) I loved Nabokov. Not so much the big books like Ada and Lolita, but the devilish small novels like Camera Obscura and King, Queen Knave. His short stories were okay, but I don't remember then now like I do the "lesser" novels.

In the 80's there was also a smattering of women's fiction from the USSR that was published here in the US. One of those books, The Women's Decameron by Julia Voznesenskaya became one of my favorites in contemporary feminist literature.

oh, i looove Camera Obscura... did you read it in Russian or english?
Great thing about Nabokov, he wrote in both languages... i read Lolita in Russian and english, honestly one is as good as the other.. which hardly ever happens in translated books. I consider Nabokov truly a master of written language.

Interesting, i've never heard of Women's Decameron.. although i have read and re-read the classical Decameron!

will def check it out...

cearbhallain · 03-22-2010, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SmartyPants

oh, i looove Camera Obscura... did you read it in Russian or english?
Great thing about Nabokov, he wrote in both languages... i read Lolita in Russian and english, honestly one is as good as the other.. which hardly ever happens in translated books. I consider Nabokov truly a master of written language.

Alas, I can only read and speak *one* language so I've read what Russian authors I have in English. I've read a lot of books in the 25 years since I read CO, and it's still one of the sickest, most twisted stories I've ever encountered. But I mean that in a good way...

SmartyPants · 03-23-2010, 12:47 AM

lol if you think so, you should definitely try Lolita...

pisses all over the movie (both of them) IMHO (pardon my french)

just found some interesting facts about Camera Obscura by the way:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughte...he_Dark_(novel)
Never realised it was made into a movie.

Ravensknight · 03-23-2010, 10:01 PM

I've been rereading Wayfarer by Dennis Schmidt every 2-3 years since I was in highschool. and same with Dune by Herbert.

mrkarl · 03-24-2010, 07:30 PM

right now I'm rereading the incarnations of immortality (piers anthony) series..........I tenr to read atlas shrugged every few years or so and I'll probably rerad the malazan book of the fallen series before the last book comes out

nycaleksey · 03-25-2010, 04:10 PM

My favorite book is "Brave Soldier Svejk" - i re-read it almost every other year since 11 or 12.
It's one of the best satirical books of all times in my opinion. I always read it in my native Russian which is closer to original Czech language than English, so not sure about the quality of English translation, but nevertheless I highly recommend this book to anyone. There is no good EBook version of it yet, but it's out of copyright so there's plenty of texts available online along with Josef Lada's illustrations (best illustrations for the book) and it's easy to make an EBook version.

Xenophon · 03-26-2010, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by nycaleksey

My favorite book is "Brave Soldier Svejk" - i re-read it almost every other year since 11 or 12.
It's one of the best satirical books of all times in my opinion. I always read it in my native Russian which is closer to original Czech language than English, so not sure about the quality of English translation, but nevertheless I highly recommend this book to anyone. There is no good EBook version of it yet, but it's out of copyright so there's plenty of texts available online along with Josef Lada's illustrations (best illustrations for the book) and it's easy to make an EBook version.

For some reason, it's usually translated into English as "Good Soldier Sveik" (or Svejk, or...) rather than as "Brave..." And I agree that it's a masterpiece of satirical writing.

Back when it was originally written, the author succeeded in convincing the Powers That Were in the Austro-Hungarian Empire that it was really a book by a loyal citizen about the unfortunate misadventures of a loyal-but-dumb Czech soldier. Which is particularly piquant when you realize that by doing so he succeeded in pulling off in real life the same bit of mis-direction that Svejk used repeatedly in many of his fictional scams!

It's hysterically funny, well-written, and very very highly recommended!

Xenophon

WT Sharpe · 03-26-2010, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by nycaleksey

My favorite book is "Brave Soldier Svejk"... There is no good EBook version of it yet ...

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Originally Posted by Xenophon

For some reason, it's usually translated into English as "Good Soldier Sveik" (or Svejk, or...) rather than as "Brave..." And I agree that it's a masterpiece of satirical writing. ...

The Kindle edition of Jaroslav Hasek's book will be available at Amazon on November 17, 2010. That's a bit of a wait, but Amazon is already accepting pre-orders. It will be under the title The Good Soldier Svejk.

03-06-2010, 12:03 PM	#226
HorridRedDog Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS-600 EB-1150	"Costigan's Needle" by Jerry Sohl. How do you survive in a new world without even the cloths on your back. and "The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream" by G.C. Edmondson. Romans and Vikings can be troublesome. Very funny. These were part of the "golden age" of SciFi where the science took backstage to the people/action. Both, ofcourse, are out of print but can still be found. I have 2 versions of "The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream". 1965 and an updated one from 1978. P.S. - G. C. Edmondson was the working name of science fiction author Garry Edmonson (full name "José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton"). If you're lucky enough to read Spanish I'm sure he must be very good. Last edited by HorridRedDog; 03-06-2010 at 12:25 PM.

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Nakor Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 511602 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: Aluratek Libre	Two of them. Probably not the most impressive titles from a literary standpoint, but Mossflower by Brian Jacques (in no small part because I thought Gonff was pure awesome lol) and Magician by Raymond E. Feist (usually only available as two separate books, Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master).

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SmartyPants Zealot Posts: 119 Karma: 46 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle PW	just discovered this great thread! Lots of new titles for me to put on my wish list.. and lots of old favourites. one that hasnt been mentioned yet i believe is A Catcher in the Rye by Salinger. I have read Salinger's other novels, but none have made such a strong impression on me as Catcher did. Short stories by Julio Cortazar (Argentinian author). And, since i am of a russian background, it is of course Master and Margarita by Bulgakov and all stories by Nabokov. I would be very interested to know if anyone of a non-russian background have read those and what they thought..

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CFarrell Member Posts: 14 Karma: 499030 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ireland Device: sony	Jane Eyre - I've read it countless times.

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SmartyPants Zealot Posts: 119 Karma: 46 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle PW	lol if you think so, you should definitely try Lolita... pisses all over the movie (both of them) IMHO (pardon my french) just found some interesting facts about Camera Obscura by the way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughte...he_Dark_(novel) Never realised it was made into a movie.

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Ravensknight Serpent Rider Posts: 1,123 Karma: 10219804 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony 350; Nook STR; Oasis	I've been rereading Wayfarer by Dennis Schmidt every 2-3 years since I was in highschool. and same with Dune by Herbert.

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mrkarl Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 22 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: the great white north Device: aluratek libre pro	right now I'm rereading the incarnations of immortality (piers anthony) series..........I tenr to read atlas shrugged every few years or so and I'll probably rerad the malazan book of the fallen series before the last book comes out

03-25-2010, 04:10 PM	#238
nycaleksey Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Nook	My favorite book is "Brave Soldier Svejk" - i re-read it almost every other year since 11 or 12. It's one of the best satirical books of all times in my opinion. I always read it in my native Russian which is closer to original Czech language than English, so not sure about the quality of English translation, but nevertheless I highly recommend this book to anyone. There is no good EBook version of it yet, but it's out of copyright so there's plenty of texts available online along with Josef Lada's illustrations (best illustrations for the book) and it's easy to make an EBook version.