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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:09 AM Original message |
What are the most over-rated books? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Canterbury Tales n/m |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Bible |
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IzaSparrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. hahah |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Absolutely! Far, far overrated. Individual stories may have been |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. LOL! There are some good bits though. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
66. Reminds me of a joke: who is the most flexible man in the bible? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
65. well, that didn't take long |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Insomnia" by Stephen King - the definition of boring & pointless |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. That's the last Stephen King book I've read. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. King has hits and misses |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
73. you know he doesn't write all of them, right? |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. LOL! Maybe he just doesn't want to cop to the lousy shit. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I swear I saw/heard/read an interview where he fessed up to it. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. All 3 huh? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #89 |
121. no, one of the three |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
128. Actually they never made a movie out of that one |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. and that is one of the few Stephen King books that interested me |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. the book is useless, unless you read the Dark Tower |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Many King books refer back to Dark Tower if you know what you are looking for. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
90. Well, Insomnia ties directly to it, |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Hearts of Atlantis does as well. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. I haven't read that one yet, I got it sittin on my bookshelf |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Needful Things is perhaps the most disturbing story ever. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Ha, |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:28 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Yeah. Dreamcatchers and IT are connected. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
88. Now I really liked that one |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gone With the Wind |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. In high school, I didn't care much for Dickens. |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Me. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. I haven't read Tale of Two Cities... I've read Catcher a few times |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
83. Funnily enough |
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ACapsizingBoat (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
93. Bleak House is pretty decent--sort of. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
109. Oliver Twist has some hilarious moments in it. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Pride and Prejudice was never my bag |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. that JD Salinger book |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. "Catcher?" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Bingo! That's the one |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Maybe that's it. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. 10-14? |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I don't know about schools... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Those are great books |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. That's a tad much info for a middle-schooler. |
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RiffRandell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
76. Catcher was one of my favorite books that I read in high school. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Any breed of Rand....Blaeach |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Very true. It's shallow writing with an obvious agenda. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
101. No kidding. And I've given up arguing with Rand Fans. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Ayn playing dress-up with paper dolls (nt) |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wuthering Heights! And any and all Jane Austin... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I'm with you turtlensue |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. nitpick |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. This is why English teachers are weeping. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hmm |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
79. Because they both sucked equally? :P |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
130. I think that's a trap. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Da Vinci code. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I hated that book. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. everyone i knew read it were just gushing over it, that should have been a warning |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I thought it was okay, definitely over-rated though. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. God, it was torture getting through that book. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. My rants against that POS are all over the archives |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. The Harry Potter characters were more believable |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. I read that book and thought..."ok, whatever" |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. when i was reading it my sister would call me almost everyday "What do you think, huh, great right?" |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I just thought it was Robert Ludlum with religion. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. After I read it |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. I disliked the book. Don't know why I finished it. The movie was better IMHO. |
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RiffRandell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. That's my pick. |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Anything by Hemingway IMHO |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
135. 2nd that. And raise you Elmore Leonard. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Anything by Faulkner or Ezra Pound. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. Anything written by Ayn Rand |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
74. yep, worst crap ever. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
123. What pisses me off about her is how goddamned TRANSPARENT her books are. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. All of the Harry Potter books. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. Anything by F Scott Fitzgerald. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Hunh? GATSBY, at least, is very short, barely a full-length novel. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Not something I read.... |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Oh my god. I loved Gatsby. All my life I heard this was the "Great American Novel" |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I'm convinced... Monday to the library! |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #71 |
95. I had you at "repulsive?" |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
122. I love that book, too. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Me too. One of my all time faves... |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
127. Fitzgerald's books seem..... |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Moby Dick |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. It Does help if you've ever worked on a fishing boat..... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. It was awesome! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
80. Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!!!! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
111. Buried alive... buried alive.... buried alive... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. I've read it at least 10 times. Love it. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
99. Well, try reading 'In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex' |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. DF Wallace seems to go out of his way to use obscure anagrams |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. I believe Infinite jest is not a book |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. That sounds about right. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. i comprehended it just fine, wonderful book |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
55. Fuckner. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
56. Kill me now |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Stay away from Quicksilver and System of the World, then. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
132. The only Stephenson book I was able to finish is "Snow Crash" |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Now I find him all the more 'Randian'. SO many words |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
63. Ulysses. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #63 |
107. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:02 AM Response to Reply #63 |
113. ugh..James Joyce |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #113 |
126. I enjoyed Ulysses (what I read of it). There was a lot of energy in that book |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. A Million Little Pieces |
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RiffRandell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. I thought the same thing but it was still entertaining. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #78 |
134. I read somewhere that he's writing a book of fiction now and my first reaction was |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
72. any book with more page-space given to words than pictures |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. wrong spot |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
77. "The Corrections" and any Pynchon, Barthelme, Coover |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. so..... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #86 |
117. He's overrated by anyone who trumpets his genius... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. It is literature for people who don't like literature |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
84. And here's another. I have a signed copy of a book I will NEVER crack the spine of. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #84 |
131. You know, I actually found that book pretty enjoyable |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
87. Seems like 99% of the people in this thread don't know the difference |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #87 |
108. I noticed that too. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
129. Same thing... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #87 |
138. i agree also |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
91. hmm, I haven't really read any "overrated" |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
137. It looks like DaVinci Code is showing up as over-rated, and some King as well. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
92. Interveiw with a Vampire |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #92 |
106. Seriously. Even the over-the-top schmaltz in "The Vampire Lestat" is better. nt |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #106 |
110. I couldn't bear the thought of being captive to that woman's assault on fiction again. |
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Donk Yore (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
97. See Spot Run |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #97 |
112. That's CLASSIC. You have to re-read it as an adult to catch all of the layered imagery and metaphor! |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
100. I'm going to qualify this, but |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
103. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy comes immediately to mind |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #103 |
116. Burt, that's one of my most disappointing reads... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #116 |
125. I felt the same way. Didn't see what of any interest was in it. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
105. "The Lovely Bones." |
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Catsbrains (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
114. anything by Danielle Steele..she sucks. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
115. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #115 |
118. Awwww |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. And I loved that story....I was right there. In that wardwobe..when the back opened up you see.... |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
136. "Gone With The Wind' |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
139. Bridges of Madison County |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
140. Finnegan's Wake |
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General Zod (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
141. Ender's Game |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
142. The Feminine Mystique |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
143. Any of mine... |
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