2001 A Space Odyssey.

I havent read the 4 Space Odyssey books in a long time, so I've decided to do it again. They really are fantastic, with 2001 and 2010 being my favourites.
Rendevouz with Rama, The Songs of Distant Earth, and The Hammer of God are also really good Arthur C Clarke novels.

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Not a book but cool as hell.

A Christmas Carol

This is the second time I've read it, and it's still really good. The most accurate movie representation that I've seen (and I've seen a LOT of versions) is the 1999 television movie starring Patrick Stewart.

The definitive adaptation is The Muppet Christmas Carol, 'nuff said.

I'm reading Desolation Angels, by Jack Kerouac. The first part of the book is my favorite so far, with some very profound meditations on important themes, written in Kerouac's spontaneous prose style. I'm also reading some more Beat poetry by people like Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, and I'm slowly worming my way through Paradise Lost, which I like so far.

I think the last book I read in its entirety was A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which I really love. I'm writing an English paper about it, and the process of doing background research helped me understand it a lot more.

By well-drawn,do you mean it was a picture book,or a comic book?

Same as DoyleProductions Brisingr by Christopher Paolini was the last book i read
It was Saucesome!!!!*

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Brisingr

While it did have many cool parts, I didn't notice any straightforward story, other than Eragon and Saphira fulfilling/keeping their oaths from the last two books.

*BUMP*

I am currently reading Eragon again.
It is interesting to see Eragon progress from a dope to a mildly intelligent person. At the beggining of the book he is a simpleton with a grouchy uncle and some weird 'egg'.
**-SPOILERS-**
Nearing the middle of the book he is learning to read(wtf, I know) has a dragon, is stalking Ra'zac(eww!) and has a smart tutor. Now, nearing the end, his tutor is dead, he is a famous Shur'tugal (Dragon Rider), has joined the Varden, has killed hundreds of Kull and has also killed Durza, a murderous Shade.]

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And yeah, Kevin, you are right saucesome is a registered trademark of DoyleProductions(TM)

The story is told only through pictures, no text.

I've read all three Eragon books, but haven't really been that impressed. I was hoping that Brisingr would be a significant step forward for Paolini, but I didn't feel like it was.

- Leo