Magicians of the Gods is a fascinating and thought provoking continuation of that work. Highly recommend.
General / Off-Topic What books would you advise others to read once in their lifetime?
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Best in half shadow so the craters stand out. The moons of Jupiter tend to be fairly easy, but there's not really that much to see.
Fascinating is, I think, a bit of an understatement - it's definitely a must read.
Perhaps, if we were to choose a single book, above all others, it is potentially THE must read book.
I tend to reserve superlatives for rare occasions when they are actually deserved, so when I say Magicians is astonishing, extraordinary and staggering, I really mean those words with conviction.
Good choice for your list
It's delightful to find this common ground with you. Looking forward to discussing, if not in this thread perhaps some other.
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The first five books of the Bible - Moses via God
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Immediate Action - Andy McNab
The Tao of Jeet Kun Do - Bruce Lee
The Dicotomy of Leadership - Joko Willink
You Can't Hurt Me - David Goggins
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Immediate Action - Andy McNab
The Tao of Jeet Kun Do - Bruce Lee
The Dicotomy of Leadership - Joko Willink
You Can't Hurt Me - David Goggins
"Best in half shadow so the craters stand out." Agree, tis ironic though how many only view the lunar surface during a full moon. It's much too bright and there's NO definition. I do the vast majority of my observations during the first and last quarter's, along the area known as the "terminator", which is where the total dark meets with the lite surface.
My List goes something like this:
(It is not fixed, or exclusive, and is liable to change over the medium to long term, but is in some rough semblance of hierarchical order...)
Heaven's Mirror; Magicians of the Gods - Graham Hancock
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever; The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen Donaldson
Hobbit; LoTR; Silmarillion; Lost Tales - JRR Tolkein
Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
Any book of poetry which includes "The Prisoner of Chillon" - Lord Byron, whether it's a collection of solely Byron or a medley of Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelly
Freakonomics; Freakonomics 2 - Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Illiad - Homer
Battlefield Earth - L Ron Hubbard
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
Moonfleet - John Meade Faulkner
That's a top 10 (kinda), so I'll leave it there.
Yours Aye
Mark H
(It is not fixed, or exclusive, and is liable to change over the medium to long term, but is in some rough semblance of hierarchical order...)
Heaven's Mirror; Magicians of the Gods - Graham Hancock
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever; The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen Donaldson
Hobbit; LoTR; Silmarillion; Lost Tales - JRR Tolkein
Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
Any book of poetry which includes "The Prisoner of Chillon" - Lord Byron, whether it's a collection of solely Byron or a medley of Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelly
Freakonomics; Freakonomics 2 - Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Illiad - Homer
Battlefield Earth - L Ron Hubbard
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
Moonfleet - John Meade Faulkner
That's a top 10 (kinda), so I'll leave it there.
Yours Aye
Mark H
If they posted them somewhere here, it would be handy for future reference.
There is now a third set of the Thomas Covenant books;
Stephen R. Donaldson - Official Website
Official Website of Stephen R. Donaldson
www.stephenrdonaldson.com
Yeah we could all list them in our sigs so that newbies would know not to use them.
Maybe in red in a huge font so that no one would have the excuse they didnt see them.
Yes. I read them as they were released.
Good. But not anywhere near as compelling or elicit the emotion of the first 2 Chronicles. Entirely possible to read the first 2 and miss the Last Chronicles and not "miss" anything. Don't get me wrong I still enjoyed, but not quite worthy of recommend to read "once in your life"...
Was browsing local book store, looking for another impulse purchase I suppose. Stumbled upon this beauty, couldn't pass. This is my coffee table book now 
Is this topic related? Somewhat...not really.
Is this topic related? Somewhat...not really.
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Was browsing local book store, looking for another impulse purchase I suppose. Stumbled upon this beauty, couldn't pass. This is my coffee table book now
Nice slippers.
well,i didn't see that one comingWas browsing local book store, looking for another impulse purchase I suppose. Stumbled upon this beauty, couldn't pass. This is my coffee table book now
That is your coffee table..
Was browsing local book store, looking for another impulse purchase I suppose. Stumbled upon this beauty, couldn't pass. This is my coffee table book now
That IS your coffee table!
