I have a well-worn copy of Catch-22. It's probably my favorite book.
I really enjoyed Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon, though I'm sure I understood about 2% of it or so. Nonetheless, it's a great read if you're willing to submit to the total mindf*ck it mandates.
A lie, is not a lie, if you were not expecting the truth...John Vorhaus
New Math: 90% Science + 10% Politics = 120% Politics
New evidence, however, suggest that both rain and snowfall may decrease across the region during dry years. The Oregonian;9/15/09 page 1
Brothers, let me remind you of the words of Charles M. Province, U.S. Army:
It is the Soldier, not the minister Who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer Who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag.
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'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' - Philip K Dick. 'A Clockwork Orange' - Anthony Burgess.
Cant pick between those two. I think they both trump Orwell's '1984'. __________________________________________________
"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something."
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Originally posted by Docbarry: I am more of a non-fiction reader, but I did enjoy the entire collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles detective Sherlock Holmes
These didn't come in to my mind when I posted but I really love that collection, it never leaves my bedside. ________________________________________________
"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something."
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Hard to say but I would go with Tom Clancy's Without Remorse followed closely by the Jack Ryan based works by Clancy. Excluding Red Rabbit. The rest of that series were great reads and I've read them all multiple times over the years.
Warm Texas evening, comfy chair on the deck, 3 fingers of bourbon, dog at my feet, and a good cigar. It doesn't get any better!
