Showing posts with label contemporary classic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contemporary classic. Show all posts

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien

| Sunday, November 23, 2008
It was difficult to think of pursuing goblins behind, and when they had put many miles between them and Beorn's house they began to talk and to sing again and to forget the dark forest-path that lay in front.


Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (September 1999)
ISBN: 978-0618002214

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

| Wednesday, November 5, 2008
[Dagny Taggart] 'Do you realize what you're saying?'


Paperback: 1088 pages
Copyright, 1957, by Ayn Rand
Signet Book: Twentieth Printing
No ISBN

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

| Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Guys that always talk about how many miles they get to a gallon in their goddam cars.


Paperback, 214 pages
Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) (June 6, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0553149661

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

| Tuesday, October 28, 2008
"And we know the major conditions wherein this large populace may turn upon its keepers--
"One: When they find a leader. This is the most volatile threat to the powerful; they must retain control of leaders.
"Two: When the populace recognizes its chains. Keep the populace blind and unquestinging.
"Three: When the populace perceives a hope of escape from bondage. They must never even believe that escape is possible!"


Hardcover: 444 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (April 21, 1976)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0399116971