I liked War and Peace and Anna Karenina. I also have a book of Tolstoy's short stories that is very good.
Books you've read at least twice
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Kane and Abel.
Andromeda Strain
johnmusacha wrote:
Page 643-644 of the fourth edition. I just double checked it right now. Enjoy!
Does seem as though Silman could be hinting the IM was himself doesn't it. Wonder if that was his intention (no biggie, I mean who hasn't experimented with psychotropics a little, kind of ballsy to go into battle that way though).
Like the premise of this thread btw, leaves no room for bs. What ever other factors may of been, either you felt the books contained enough quality to read them more then once or you didn't.
I've only read a couple chess books cover to cover, none more then once; and other then religious literature I can't think of any non-fiction or fiction books I've read more then once. A book that was mentioned by another member "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An inquiry into Values" is one I'd find worth reading again and, likely will.
BigRed73 wrote:
Andromeda Strain
Me too!
I have read 'Papillon' by Henri Charriere 3 times. I read somewhere a while back that it is roughly half fiction, but still an excellent read.
I have recently finshed 'The Great Escape' by Paul Brickhill for the second time, which is a phenomenal book.
Also I have read 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins twice.
Sep 2, 2012
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I've read scores of books several times: To Kill a Mockingbird, Travels with Charlie, Paradise Lost, Of Mice and Men, The Time Machine, Fahrenheit 451, Enders Game, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, Confederacy of Dunces, Don Quixote, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, Elements of Style, Papillon, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, to name some of my favorites.
Oh God, Moby Dick...
Another favorite:
Bronco70 wrote:
1984 (best album by Van Halen too ;) )
my favorite (non-chess) book! and yes I love the album too 
Sep 2, 2012
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What's wrong with Moby Dick?
"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely --having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."
Now that's an opening.
OldChessDog wrote:
I've read scores of books several times: To Kill a Mockingbird, Travels with Charlie, Paradise Lost, Of Mice and Men, The Time Machine, Fahrenheit 451, Enders Game, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, Confederacy of Dunces, Don Quixote, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, Elements of Style, Papillon, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, to name some of my favorites.
I read Confederacy of Dunce twice. Such an obviously well written and entertaining book, it's sad that it was only published after John Kennedy Toole killed himself. It makes you wonder what else he would have written.
OldChessDog wrote:
What's wrong with Moby Dick?
"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely --having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."
Now that's an opening.
Yeah, that's an opening alright...unfortunately he had to follow it up with another 500 pages.
Sep 3, 2012
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#75
a few
animal farm
pride and prejudice
dubliners
beowulf
huck finn
the hobbit and the lord of the rings mess.
others maybe. i'm usually too lazy to read.
Oh yeah, almost forgot the greatest of em all:
Sep 3, 2012
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#77
"Grapes of Wrath" -- Steinbeck.
Tolkien trilogy.
"Siddhartha" -- Hesse.
And by far most reread by me (I'll never stop!) is "Dandelion Wine" by Ray Bradbury.
ah! Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer!! loved that pair of spammers!!
Sep 3, 2012
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#79
DonJuan_DeMarco wrote:
ah! Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer!! loved that pair of spammers!!
originals
electricpawn wrote:
OldChessDog wrote:
I've read scores of books several times: To Kill a Mockingbird, Travels with Charlie, Paradise Lost, Of Mice and Men, The Time Machine, Fahrenheit 451, Enders Game, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, Confederacy of Dunces, Don Quixote, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, Elements of Style, Papillon, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, to name some of my favorites.
I read Confederacy of Dunce twice. Such an obviously well written and entertaining book, it's sad that it was only published after John Kennedy Toole killed himself. It makes you wonder what else he would have written.
Oh yes, Confederacy of Dunces was a great American novel set in New Orleans. You know, Will Ferrell was actually in talks to play the main character in a movie version of that book about ten years ago. Nothing ever came of that, to the relief of many.
It's hard for me to say one author of all the authors I've read is #1, but I could easily make the case for Dostoevsky. Isn't it interesting how he seems to have developed the concept of the ubermench in this book which was written roughly 3 generations before Nietzsche? Have you read The Brothers Karamazov?
I've never heard of the ubermench, I will have to look into that. Yeah, I've read The Brothers Karamazov, that is probably my favorite book by Dostoevsky/anyone. It will make you laugh, cry, and think and everything in the middle. It is a very spiritual book! I prefer Dostoevsky to alot of other authors I've read because of the depth of his characters (well, insights into psychology or philosophy) and also his fascination with the dark side of human nature. I've only read Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, and Notes from Underground. I also enjoyed Dead Souls by Gogol. I have War and Peace sitting on my shelf and it will be one of the next couple books I read. Haven't read any Tolstoy before.