Comments on: Question #859 Re-re-re-(and cetera)-read

By: April

April — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:48:22 +0000

Party Monster (or Disco Blood Bath) By James St. James. Girl a novel by Blake Nelson Dangerous Angels (the Witzy Bat complete Series) By Francessca Le Block. There are others cause I'm a compulsive re-reader and always have been. I've even picked up old Fear Street books I never returned from the libray as a kid and re- read them as an adult.

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By: panasonicyouth

panasonicyouth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:31:24 +0000

Definitely Carson McCuller's "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." Makes me feel every time.

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By: heypal

heypal — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:56:45 +0000

@Joe- I forgot about 'Dune,' I've read that one about five times, too, and liked the film lots and lots. I get funny looks when i reference it as something good. It's not as bad as saying 'Ishtar' was a hit, or we should make another 'Waterworld,' but people don't appreciate it as much as they should.

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By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:47:04 +0000

Aside for Chris, you guys have way less embarrassing answers than me.

Mine are:

Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master by Raymond E Feist (I also read Darkness at Sethanon etc byt not as many times). They are two novels charting the rise of “pug” from bumbling apprentice to one of the most powerful magicians in.. Sethanon? I forget the name of their land. At any rate I have read those two books so much that their covers are now ripped and the glue holding the pages is starting to wear off.

The entire “Amber” series by Roger Zelazny. His main theme of “order” vs “chaos” and the shadow worlds are both very appealing.

“Dune” by Frank Herbert I have only reread this one like 5 times but I have read it twice in the past year so I think it should probably be added to the list. Unlike a lot of people, I also think the movie was really good. Muuuaaaa… … … D’ib!

“Snow Crash”, “The Diamond Age”, and “Cryptonomicon” by Neal Stephenson. Engineer porn. I have reread each of these to shreds. Diamond Age in particular helped me figure out a lot of my own ideas of morality, ideals etc.

Neuromancer, count zero, and mona lisa overdrive by william gibson. again reread to shreds.

Like Jon, the ray chandler works as well as the works of Dashell Hammet. I especially like the latter’s “Continental Op” books/short stories.

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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:32:44 +0000

I have only reread one book multiple times in my life... the Bible. I have read many books, but never bothered cracking them open for a 2nd go round. I really can't watch tv episodes or movies multiple times... i think it has something to do with not knowing what to expect. The reason I can reread the Bible is because it is so long, I forget most of it by the time I get to the end. I have re-read many books to my son at bedtime. I think I read "Biscuit" and "Olivia" to him several hundred times.

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By: phil

phil — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:37:42 +0000

H.C. seemed like a pretty smart kid but DUCKS FLY SOUTH IN THE WINTER! Who doesn't know that?

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By: DirtyDanSin

DirtyDanSin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:27:48 +0000

My most frequently read book is The World According To Garp. I used to read it annually as a teen. Other books that I re-read include the following: any and all William S Burroughs *non-fiction*, Liber AL vel Legis, Little Big Man, Les Chants de Maldoror & A Rebours.

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By: jake

jake — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:01 +0000

Catch-22, Frankenstein and Mark Twain's Roughing It. If you count graphic novels/trade paperbacks: Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Elektra: Assassin, Daredevil Reborn and Squadron Supreme.

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By: Stace

Stace — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:09:52 +0000

The Giver by Lois Lowery and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

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By: NateG

NateG — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:05 +0000

-Anna Karenina by Tolstoy - I have loved this book since i first read it when i was 15 and have read it about 5 times since. I also like to just pick it up and read passages or chapters at times... -Winter of our Discontent by Steinbeck - One of my favorite books ever with a main character that i can relate to more closely than any other book i have ever read -Hemingway in general - i have reread for whom the bell tolls, the sun also rises and some others a couple of times.

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