Whats your favorite Book and movie of all Time??

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Heya, i just read this kick-a** book called "Weapons of Choice" by John Birmingham, which is currently my favorite book of all time. i thought i'd just share it with you coz i want more ppl out there to read the trilogy coz it rox. in short, naval fleet from 2021 gets sent back in time by an accident to WW2, right into the middle of an American task force, heading to midway. pretty much, lots of shootin and a nukin until they see the stars and stripes on each other and stop. i love the differece in technology, and how the 1940's ppl react to jets/laptops/helicopters. anyway, Axis get some of the ships, figure out how to build nukes nd other stuff, also find out bout the alternate history nd make changes. really good read, with two more in the series. anyway, my fav movie isnt really a movie, its a series. the re-made Battlestar Galactica series, which when i first saw, took my breath away with graphics and battles. i like the idea of fighter battles, instead of the dogfighting-starwars look, more realistic movement and stuff. a little too dramatic though, but good story and great suspence. lawl, excuse the spelling. ok, enough o mine, whats ur fav book and movie???


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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
The new BSG for TV on Sci-Fi is mighty fine, and damn I loved the episode where the Pegasus took out 3 Base Stars... Sadly to be lost...

Interesting book, I will pick it up , I love anything WW2.

I found the book for 2.50 on half.com!

And here is the wiki entry on the trilogy : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Time

I see all 3 books are out already, if the first is really good I'll grab the other 2 also.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
If you like alternate histories, try Eric Flint's works -- the 1632 series in particular, though he has a few others now. A modern day "hicksville" gets transported back in time to Europe... and things will never be the same.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Atlas Shrugged and I dont have a favority movie.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Oh, my favorite book is almost going to have to be Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (a must read, IMO). Not sure what to call my favorite movie though...
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
kewl, sounds good. to the other guy, yeh ive seen the wiki entry and bought all 3 books yesterday. im up to 2. fun fun so far, lawl nukes and helicopters in 1940!
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Book 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' by Heinlein

Movie, Donnie Darko. Ludicrously confusion but it's still awesome
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Book>>> the fall of eternity from asimov.
movie hard to tell to many good movies
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Bookwise probably Isaac Asimov's Foundation (1st book of the Foundation trilogy) and in terms of movie, tough one really. Would probably have to say Gladiator.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
Atlas Shrugged is my fav book
The Godfather is my fav movie
Mission Impossible is my fav tv show
Dr Demento is my fav raido show
Yul Brenner is my fav actor
Goldie Hawn is my fav actress
Beatles is my fav band
women is my fav sex

any more questions?
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Atlas Shrugged? Really now?
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
The Fountainhead is a good read as well.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
Yes, I like her earlier works a bit more though, like Anthem and We The Living.
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
ROFL craig double posted XD

anways, I would have to say my favorite read was the 5 book trilogy by Scott Adams.
favorite movie would have to be Ice Pirates!
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
Anthem, We The Living & Atlas Shrugged. Read them all when I was 15.

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Oh and with favorite tv shows it was really a tie between Mission Impossable and "Name of the game" name of the game only came on once a month and then only late at night... had to sneek downstairs to watch it as I was only 8 at the time...

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Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
Anthem was a cute little book Haven't read We the Living yet.
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
srry guys, havent been near a computer (or a lightbulb for that matter) for weeks and havnt been able to reply. to everyone, ill check up on those books and films, c if u guys know what u r talking about. lol.
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
I don't read that many books, but I recently read through Neuromancer and quite enjoyed it. it's old school cyberpunk, one of my favorite genres next to post apocalypse and steampunk.
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
I absolutely adore Legend of the Galactic Heroes, an epic space anime series which is over 110 episodes long.

It tells the struggle between two warring human empires, one a monarchy and the other a democratic republic. There are no real bad guys in this and the cast of people is very large with lots of likable characters on every side.

It's also a fairly realistic series, with no magic weapons and mysticism like so many other sci-fi series and movies have, but good old school type warfare (i.e. lasers, rockets, mines, fighters, battleships, carriers, etc.) with ten thousands of ships on each side.

The fights are also fairly brutal, but very honest in it's consequences, with a lot of casualties in the cast. It's not like Star Trek, where just the extras die.
Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top
BSG!!!!
Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
My fav books are the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. Lots of starships fighting, domestic and interstellar politics, moral dilemnas, complex cultures and societies, and aliens which look like cat/monkey half-breeds.  

As for fav movie, its a toss up between V for Vendetta (viva la revolution!), and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (HELP HELP!! I'm being repressed!). 
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
My fav books are the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. Lots of starships fighting, domestic and interstellar politics, moral dilemnas, complex cultures and societies, and aliens which look like cat/monkey half-breeds.  

As for fav movie, its a toss up between V for Vendetta (viva la revolution!), and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (HELP HELP!! I'm being repressed!). 


you mentioned Monty Pyton last! for that you shall be visited by the killer rabbit and you shall not have possesion of the Holy Hand granade!
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
ONE TWO FIVE!
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
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Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
Oryx in Crake is a great book
Next is an amazing movie

you should watch them both
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
I personally dont consider watching a book very stimulating or exciting, but I guess to each his own.