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Books You've Read More Than Once
Dec 17^th, 2014 at 6:10pm

Are there any books that you've found enjoyable enough to read multiple times? I read Shogun about thirty years ago.. maybe more. I'm reading it for the second time now. It's a wonderful book filled with action, romance, Oriental and Western sixteenth century history, adventure, political intrigue, etc., etc., etc. I highly recommend it. If you only watched the TV movie you're missing out. The book is ten times better.
I've read all of Lovecraft's books several times. I wish he'd written more.
Every decade or so I read Mary Stewards Merlin Trilogy again. That may be my favorite series.
That's all that comes to mind at the moment but I'm sure I'll think of more.
So what do you think is good enough for multiple reads?

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Reply #1 - Dec 17^th, 2014 at 6:53pm

I've been off reading lately, but used to whip through books so fast I wouldn't reread them for reading a new one. The list of straight up rereads is fairly short though, now that I think on it. I revisited My Side of the Mountain recently, and that was still fun. Small wonder I'm in love with birds. In my last year of middle school and first year of high school I was rarely without either Winterdance (Paulson) or Kon Tiki (Heyerdahl), even after I'd read and reread them. I suppose they were good and grand adventures to escape to when you'd rather not be in class. Other than that though, there's The Foxman (Paulson again), Gifts of an Eagle (Durden), Fullmetal Alchemist (Arakawa, yes, a manga, and yes, all of them), and probably Mistborn and The Way of Kings (Sanderson). I should think there's more, but I can't think of them for the life of me.
Turns out I'm not much for rereading Tongue

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Reply #2 - Dec 17^th, 2014 at 7:43pm

Dies the Fire by SM Stirling. Also, The Protector's War and A Meeting at Corvalis. Collectively they are the first three books in the Emberverse.

Imagine all technology all over the world stopped working in one instant. Cars, guns, even steam engines no longer function. Bows and catapults are now the highest technology that work in this Changed verse.

This series is what started me on the path that ultimately led me to this site. There's no slinging in the books, that I can remember, which I think is a major oversight. These were my favorite books when I first read them. I'm a more demanding reader than I was then, but I still really enjoy them. The further sequels after the original trilogy I don't like as much. Because Stirling continues, and even puts center-stage, things I thought the original books would have been better without. But I'll not spoil it for you.

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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Books You've Read More Than Once Reply #3 - Dec 17^th, 2014 at 10:59pm There are several books I read every few years or so: My favorites are Alan Eckert's "The Frontiersman", walden, Civil Disobedience, Corbett's "Goat Walking", and Craig Child's "House of Rain".
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Mauro Fiorentini Forum Moderation Offline Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3447 Ancona, Italy. Gender:	Re: Books You've Read More Than Once Reply #4 - Dec 18^th, 2014 at 6:18am Lots of Stephen King's books, I read more than twice!!! Plus a lot of random reading on school-university books, especially about history, art or archaeology... Greetings, Mauro.
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Reply #6 - Dec 18^th, 2014 at 9:24am

Quite a lot for me.... LOTR, of course, and the Silmarillion. T.H.White's The Once And Future King, Gene Wolfe's "Book Of the New Sun" and I'm currently re-reading The Book Of the Long Sun.
Gibson's "Sprawl" and "Bridge" trilogies. Larry Niven....Quite a lot of his...Ringworld, the Known Space stories...
And quite a few non-fiction titles. Just read "The Evolution of Consciousness" by Robert Ornstein.

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Reply #8 - Dec 19^th, 2014 at 8:57am

I don't tend to re-read books. Or at least I didn't used to. I remembered too well what I had read and so couldn't get into it. Though I've been noticing my memory isn't as keen as it used to be. So I imagine I will be re-reading.

I do recall thinking with some books "I want to re-read this in 20 years". Dune. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Stranger in a Strange Land.

I think I'd like to re-read "Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett next Christmas Season.

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Reply #9 - Dec 19^th, 2014 at 9:05am

Like Oxnate I've re-read the Emberverse series more then once. The first trilogy is the best in my opinion but I've read the first nine twice.

Shock series by Richard Matheson.

The long version of The Stand by Steven King.

Replay don't remember the author off hand.

A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

World War Z by Max Brooks.

A translation of The Art of Combat.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14205 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Books You've Read More Than Once Reply #10 - Dec 19^th, 2014 at 12:48pm I could read The Stand and Stranger in a Strange Land again. It's been ages and they were both very enjoyable reads. One of the few advantages of being old is that you can enjoy rereading books that you read twenty, thirty, forty, etc.. years ago. I remember small bits and pieces but not enough to ruin it for me.
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Arcane Tinker Funditor Offline Slinging everything 'cept b.s. Posts: 738 Western Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Books You've Read More Than Once Reply #11 - Dec 19^th, 2014 at 7:32pm The "Blacksmith's Craft"-Charles McRaven, Most of the Foxfire books, Wayne Goddard's $50 knife shop, Steal This Book - Abbie Hofmann, scores of technical manuals and text books.
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Reply #12 - Dec 20^th, 2014 at 9:31am

I've seen the $50 knife shop at the library. I haven't picked it up because I'm already talking about starting woodworking and have acquired tools for that (albeit very cheaply- gifts and garage sales). I think the wife might have a fit of apoplexy if I started looking at metal work too. But worth reading you'd say?

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Arcane Tinker Funditor Offline Slinging everything 'cept b.s. Posts: 738 Western Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Books You've Read More Than Once Reply #13 - Dec 20^th, 2014 at 7:46pm It has a very good and easy to understand section on normalizing, annealing, hardening and tempering. Very good for getting a better understanding of ferrous metallurgy. Worth having in a reference library.
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