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atari 2600 · 12.27.2007, 11:25 PM

I'll go ahead and give multiple answers since some already have.

1. One book that changed your life
The Outsider by Colin Wilson, The Denial of Death By Ernest Becker, Narcissus & Goldmund by Hermann Hesse

2. One book you have read more than once
Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing by Soren Kierkegaard, Psyche & Symbol (collected essays) by C.G. Jung, Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art edited by Alfred H. Barr

3. One book you would want on a desert island
SAS Survival Handbook by John Wiseman, the New Testament, Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer, Picassos Picassos with photos by David Douglas Duncan, Lord of the Flies by William Golding might be good for a lark on a deserted island haha

4. One book that made you laugh
Without Feathers by Woody Allen, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Pat Hackett & Andy Warhol, Billy and the Boingers Bootleg (Bloom County comic book) by Berke Breathed

5. One book that made you cry
The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone, The Yellow House by Martin Gayford, the Diary of Anne Frank, The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (especially this one although many of his works have exceedingly sad parts)

6. One book you wish had been written
There's no one book specifically devoted to this true war story of a fighter pilot shot down over enemy territory during the fight for Gaudalcanal at the beginning of the conflict in the Pacific in WWII. I saw this program on PBS about it called "Dogfight over Guadalcanal" that was amazing.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case...ght/index.html
Also, Dogfights on the History Channel is a good series.

7. One book you wish had never had been written
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, Elements of the Philosophy of Right by Hegel, and I'll agree, anything by Ayn Rand

8. One book you are currently reading
none
(Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly magazines from this week)

9. One book you have been meaning to read
The Death of Socrates by Emily R. Wilson
It came out this year and this thread has reminded me to go and buy it.

12.27.2007, 11:25 PM	#21
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	I'll go ahead and give multiple answers since some already have. 1. One book that changed your life The Outsider by Colin Wilson, The Denial of Death By Ernest Becker, Narcissus & Goldmund by Hermann Hesse 2. One book you have read more than once Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing by Soren Kierkegaard, Psyche & Symbol (collected essays) by C.G. Jung, Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art edited by Alfred H. Barr 3. One book you would want on a desert island SAS Survival Handbook by John Wiseman, the New Testament, Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer, Picassos Picassos with photos by David Douglas Duncan, Lord of the Flies by William Golding might be good for a lark on a deserted island haha 4. One book that made you laugh Without Feathers by Woody Allen, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Pat Hackett & Andy Warhol, Billy and the Boingers Bootleg (Bloom County comic book) by Berke Breathed 5. One book that made you cry The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone, The Yellow House by Martin Gayford, the Diary of Anne Frank, The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (especially this one although many of his works have exceedingly sad parts) 6. One book you wish had been written There's no one book specifically devoted to this true war story of a fighter pilot shot down over enemy territory during the fight for Gaudalcanal at the beginning of the conflict in the Pacific in WWII. I saw this program on PBS about it called "Dogfight over Guadalcanal" that was amazing. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case...ght/index.html Also, Dogfights on the History Channel is a good series. 7. One book you wish had never had been written Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, Elements of the Philosophy of Right by Hegel, and I'll agree, anything by Ayn Rand 8. One book you are currently reading none (Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly magazines from this week) 9. One book you have been meaning to read The Death of Socrates by Emily R. Wilson It came out this year and this thread has reminded me to go and buy it.
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