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Old March 7th, 2003, 12:08 AM
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Default Re: OT: Read a book!

Even though I read sci-fi and fantasy almost exclusively, I do read other genres. I'm a big Stephen King fan, and my favorite book of all time is The Stand, which I've read 6 times (3x original Version and 3x revised Version). I generally don't re-read books, since there are so many out there I probably will never get the chance to read. But the books I have read again are Dune, War of the Worlds, The Time machine, The Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. There might have a couple of more, but after so many years, it's hard to remember every book I've read.

Other authors I read are Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Clive Cussler and Dean Koontz. I also like Alistair MacLean novels, but he died about the same time as Heinlein (1987 or 1988).

I don't remember Starship Troopers the book too much, but I did love the movie. One movie that shouldn't have been made from a great novel was Battlefield Earth. That was one kick-*** book, no matter what you might think of the author's religion. Too bad one of his followers, Travolta, didn't have the brains to adopt the movie into the greatness it could have been on the screen. Instead, he made what has been called the book of the century into one of the worst piles of doo-doo I've ever had the misfortune to see. Hopefully, someone will do a remake in about 10 years or so and do it right.
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