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Old 06-09-2010, 10:16 PM   #331
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Don't forget Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies!


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Old 06-10-2010, 09:07 PM   #332
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Starship Troopers by Heinlein. The movie completely missed the point.
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Old 06-10-2010, 09:22 PM   #333
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Starship Troopers by Heinlein. The movie completely missed the point.
Did, didn't it. They had to "Hollywoodize" it!
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Old 06-10-2010, 09:23 PM   #334
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Starship Troopers by Heinlein. The movie completely missed the point.
I'm not sure the movie was aware the book had a point. If it did, it certainly ignored it as completely as possible.

ST was a "coming of age" story, set against the background of an interstellar war. Johnny Rico, pampered son of a wealthy industrialist, joins up because his best friends do, and winds up in the Mobile Infantry because he lacks the qualifications for any of the choices he prefers. (A recruiting officer asks "Why didn't you study something useful?")

In the process, he learns responsibility, first for himself as a Trained Private, then for others as a non-commissioned officer in charge of a squad, and finally for the human race as a whole as a commissioned officer who has chosen to make the military his career. The nominal reward for successful completion of a term of service is the vote: in the ST universe, getting the franchise requires completion of a term of government service. But serving members of the military don't have the vote, and career personnel may not survive to attain it. Johnny chooses to place the welfare of those he protects over his own.

I believe ST was originally intended for the Scribners YA SF line Heinlein produced a number of other books for, and it would have fit in with his Scribners output.
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Old 06-11-2010, 08:06 AM   #335
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Starship Troopers by Heinlein. The movie completely missed the point.
As a result, I loved the movie, but not so much the book.
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Old 06-11-2010, 08:22 AM   #336
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I must have read Anne of Green Gables about a thousand times!!! My mom used to read it to me all the time when I was little.

Also, I re-read all the Jane Austen books at least once a year...they never get old for me.
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Old 06-12-2010, 04:57 AM   #337
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There's two such books: Lord of the Rings, and Sinuhe the Egyptian.

I challenge you to take a peek at the latter one.
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Old 06-12-2010, 05:22 AM   #338
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There's two such books: Lord of the Rings, and Sinuhe the Egyptian. I challenge you to take a peek at the latter one.
This is a Finish author, Mika Waltari, I haven't heard of before. His books looks interesting, thanks for the tip.
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Old 06-13-2010, 04:14 AM   #339
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This is a Finish author, Mika Waltari, I haven't heard of before. His books looks interesting, thanks for the tip.
Hee hee! You're right, it's a Finnish author writing about the time of Amenhotep. You'll be surprised about the depth of the book, it's an allegory on WW2 and as such, very interesting.
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Old 06-13-2010, 06:16 AM   #340
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There's two such books: Lord of the Rings, and Sinuhe the Egyptian.

I challenge you to take a peek at the latter one.
I don't much like challenges. I read books for my pleasure, not to prove something

I have heard about Sinuhe, my youngest sister loved it, but for some reason I've never read it.
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Old 06-13-2010, 11:46 AM   #341
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I don't much like challenges. I read books for my pleasure, not to prove something

I have heard about Sinuhe, my youngest sister loved it, but for some reason I've never read it.
In this case your sister is very much right. It is a fulfilling read.
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Old 06-16-2010, 10:21 PM   #342
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I probably ought not own up to these, but Little Princess and A Secret Garden. Okay - let me have it...
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Old 06-16-2010, 10:27 PM   #343
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I probably ought not own up to these, but Little Princess and A Secret Garden. Okay - let me have it...
Why not? The Secret Garden is a perfectly delightful book. You remind me that I've read it twice (both times when in my teens).

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Old 06-18-2010, 12:48 AM   #344
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Why not? The Secret Garden is a perfectly delightful book. You remind me that I've read it twice (both times when in my teens).

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To balance that out a little, I also frequently read The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum. Go figure...
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I don't reread books often but every so often I find myself sitting in the garden getting reacquainted with these:No idea if they are available as ebooks though.
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