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Umberto Eco's Foucalt's Pendulum & The Name of the Rose

Tom Clancy's Hunt for Red October & Cardinal of the Kremlin

David Morrell's Brotherhood of the Rose & Fraternity of the Stone

Daniel Silva's The Confessor, English Assassin, k*ll Artist, A Death in Vienna & Prince of Fire

John Grisham's A Time to k*ll & The Firm

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My favorite authors and their books:

 

Neal Stephenson

1. Snowcrash - Cyberpunk Samurai

2. The Diamond Age - Nanotech meets Etiquette

3. Cryptonomicon - There's gold in them thar Luzon hills

4. Quicksilver - Natural Philosophers Unite!

 

Stephen King

1. The Dark Tower series

a. The Gunslinger - The original version is more my taste :zorro:

b. The Drawing of the Three - "Dum a chuck?" The lobsters fight back :goatee:

c. The Waste Lands - "Blaine's a pain" Train with a Sound Barrier :thumbsupsmiley:

e. Wizard and Glass - Don't name your daughter "Rhea"

f. Wolves of the Calla - And you think Harry Potter would want to catch these snitches.

g. Song of Susannah - Talk about one night stands! Not with your Ka-tet mate.

h. The Dark Tower - Oh no, not again!

(Sorry about the comments folks, if you've read all seven books you'll know what i mean. :lol: )

2. It - Pennywise the clown is spiderman

3. The Stand - Drink your Vitamins

4. The Shining - very very redrum

5. Of course, the Dead Zone - What would you do?

 

Isaac Asimov

1. The Foundation Series (I'll name my daughter Arkady)

2. The Robot Novels (Very Positronic!) :goatee:

 

Arthur C. Clarke

1. 2001 - Don't watch the movie the movie if your sleepy

2. 2010 - Hal low

3. 2065 - Halley's Return

4. 3001 - Uso pa ang thumb drives

 

The police novels by Joseph Wambaugh

1. The Delta Star

2. The Choirboys

3. The Golden Orange

3. The Secrets of Harry Bright

4. The Blue Knight

5. my Favorite: The Glitter Dome

(Marami pa)

 

and the book that got me started:

The Secret Panel - A Hardy Boys Mystery Novel by Franklin W. Dixon

(A gift from my mom and dad when I was home sick.)

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Whats your favorite book you have read?

 

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

* Harriet Martineau

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the firm by john grisham. all of his books. and the alchemist by paulo coelho. ermita by f. sionil jose and the rosales saga.

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