Mine is Peter S. Beagle's "The Last Unicorn". I absolutely love this book!

So, what's your favorite book of all time?

depends on if i'm in angel anx mode or devil anx mode.

angel anx's favorite book of all time is 'the color purple'.

devil anx's favorite book of all time is 'naked lunch'.

i love them pretty much equally, for wildly different reasons.

ThreadBare said:

What's that?

Do you plug it into a Marshall and it comes out a little louder?

Edward Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire".

can't pick just one.

"ciderhouse rules"
"the hours"
"the color purple"

...Although, this is bringin' up the rear:

Ace said:

i met her downtown at a play my co-writer was in. she was unbelievable. we smoked cigarettes together and chatted. i adore her.

cborgman said:

She could be the smartest person who ever lived.

Spookymuffin said:

It provides synonyms and parenthetical details to convey in English what was written in the original Hebrew and Greek texts.

So, yes, it's much like your favorite guitarist upgrading from a Fender R.A.D. to a Marshall Stack: You've always been impressed by the playing -- you can just hear it a little better now.

Easy...

The Egyptian - Mika Waltari.

Changed my life.

ThreadBare said:

CortestheKiller said:

What's it about and how so?

This is the edition I have, too. It belonged to my godfather. It's gorgeous, with all three books, introduction, appendices, notes and fold-out maps.

not so much a literary work of art as it is simply a work of art.

It's between....

Thomas Mann - Doctor Faustus
Vladimir Nabakov - The Gift

FunkMistress said:

my parents have that edition! i love it, but the ones i like more are the 3 ancient 70's paperbacks. one even has tape on the spine from where my first grade teacher fixed it when i brought it in for show & tell

I actually have two:
1) The NIV Study Bible. Its a great bible, with thourough concordance type notes and illustrations, really makes the confusing imagery clear.

2) A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. This is plain and simply the most brilliant memoir ever wriiten.

karmatornado said:

I did like this book a lot

my all time nerdy fave is The Snow Queen by Joan D Vinge

that was back in high school, I LIVED that book

Ace said:

I read that about once every year or so. I first picked it up when I was 16.

And I pull out Popism: The Warhol Sixties about half as often.

Ace said:

she is brilliant, witty, very approachable and down to earth.

estelle81 said:

I equate this to asking me what my favorite Prince song is.....or my favorite food....or favorite anything as I am too busy sampling it all to choose!!

I could never name just one, but I do have a top 5 favorite:

The Color Purple
Sophie's Choice
Love in the Time of Cholera
Roots
The Sun Also Rises

I have read all of these at least 3 times. Fantastic!!

Empress said:

that was in my top 3 too.

1984