Good Books to read?
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teelow wrote:Dabekk wrote:'flowers for algernon' excellent book and an easy read about a mentally retarded man who through science becomes a genius. make sure you get the novel though and not the short story.
I read that too! It wasn't bad, wasn't super amazing though.
How big is the actual novel? (just in case I read the SS)
as I recall it was about 150-200 pages, plus it was written so that it was like the guy's journal wereas the I'm pretty sure the short story has a third person narrator.
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Harris' Hannibal books are all great. Red Dragon is probably the best.
If you're a Harris fan, check out Black Sunday (I think that's what it's called. It's his only other book, anyways). It was pretty good, too.
If you're a Harris fan, check out Black Sunday (I think that's what it's called. It's his only other book, anyways). It was pretty good, too.
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One book not to read: Robertson Davies' Fifth Business.
It's not even a bad book, it has some interesting characters and some deep theo-philosophical content, but once you think about it, the entire book is about a fucking snowball. It's the story of how a guy wastes his life by a scarring childhood memory, and when you finish the book you realize you've wasted 600+ pages of reading and hours of your life over some stupid immature prick and a snowball.
It's not even a bad book, it has some interesting characters and some deep theo-philosophical content, but once you think about it, the entire book is about a fucking snowball. It's the story of how a guy wastes his life by a scarring childhood memory, and when you finish the book you realize you've wasted 600+ pages of reading and hours of your life over some stupid immature prick and a snowball.
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fight club the book was ok...the movie is VERY similar to it, but its one of the few instances were i actually did prefer the movie
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-Dave Grohl on why the Red Hot Chili Peppers only let the Foos play a 45 minute set when they toured together
"baby, i wish you were my baby,
ill make u make a baby,
let's make electric power,
in fear u should not cower,
cuz girl i will protect u,
i promise not to sex u,
and IiiiiIiiiiIiiiiiiIiiiiiIiiiiii...." - Dudez a Plenti
"all by myself
cause I don’t want to drag you down, hold you down
cause you’re a friend
i blame myself
i guess you think it’s funny now, funny now
it's such a shame..."
-Feeder - Just a Day
I am still awesome.........................................................................................seriously.
wanan wrote:su7an wrote:Chuck Palahnick - Fight Club
Paul Quarrington - Whale Music, Civilization
Douglas Coupland - Mircroserfs, Life After God, All Families are Psychotic.
I read Chuck Palahnick's Choke about a year ago and it sure is pretty fucked up. I'd like to read Fight Club once I get the time.
Most people would call him "subversive". His writing can mess with you. Fight Club is a pretty light read. I read it in less than a day.
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Badass Cass wrote:Oh I am so pissed off! I called every fucking library in NORTHERN UTAH looking for that damn wallflower book and none of them have it.
Sigh, I guess I'll have to spend some money.
It's a cheap paperback book. It will be worth whatever you spend on it.
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Really? i thought the three sequels to Ender's Game were pretty boring, but hey different strokes for different folks.
Now, the two sequels(and a third future sequel) to Ender's Shadow were great. One-eye, I highly recommend them to you if you havent read them yet. They are called Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets.
Now, the two sequels(and a third future sequel) to Ender's Shadow were great. One-eye, I highly recommend them to you if you havent read them yet. They are called Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets.
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