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I know they are epic poems, but the Iliad and the Odyssey are must-reads and very entertaining. Beowulf is fun too, very short and something you can easily read in a couple of hours.

I've never read any of Rand's stuff, though I am a Republican. You might find entertainment in reading a book that is derived from pure, unadulterated hatred of her, which was written by a friend of mine. Extremely bright guy, but it was his first book and he'd recently made the switch from the extreme right to the extreme left. I found it difficult to get through, but part of that is probably because I really don't give a s^*t about Rand, her followers, or her detractors....I read it because my friend wrote it. Here you go:

Ayn Rand Hates Tuscaloosa (And You Too, Joplin) - By George Kelley

Ha...sounds interesting. Is it accessible?

Yes, you can buy on Amazon or in pretty much any ebook form. I tell you now, he's not yet a master at writing, but his research skills are fantastic. He does make points that, as a Republican, I can see how I wouldn't want to just line up and follow Rand.

He had been toying with the idea of writing this book, and when the tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa I guess it brought his angle into better focus. Being from Tuscaloosa, I was hoping for more about that day, but that's really not the point of the book.

About halfway through Lawrence Wright's new book on Scientology, "Going Clear." Never knew much about Scientology other than that is was some crazy shit, but wow. I would recommend this to anyone.

although he apparently became a nazi sympathizer later in life in norway during WWII, knut hamsun was a great writer

Growth of the Soil is a phenomonal book and Hunger is great too

dude won the Nobel prize for lit way back in the day

The Stand by Stephen King. Just go done reading it. Long, but amazing.

Cant believe no pne put any of the CHuck Pahlianuhk books for entertainment purposes

Extremely intertaining for pointless reads

Anything by Orson Scott Card.

Particularly, as mentioned a couple times, the Ender's Game series is phenomenal. It honestly changed the standard that I judge books against. Character development is second to none. There's nothing inappropriate, so it can be read by teens, but I thoroughly enjoyed it as an adult.

The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz

A true story about survival as the author and 6 others escape from a Soviet prison in Siberia and walk across Siberia, The Gobi Desert, Tibet, and the Himalayas to freedom.

Evil entheta. Pick up Dianetics and learn the truth IMO.

Definitely a great read.

Not sure if any of you lazy bastards run, if you do , then the book Born to Run, if not already on the list is a very good read. Hell I hate running, but the book was inspiring. Especially the part were they made a energy drink from rattlesnake venom and aguava(sp?)