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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:40 PM Original message |
A Clockwork Orange (the novel) - Have you read it? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Saw the movie. Once a villain, always a villain... |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I tried many years ago |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It gets easier. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I don't feel my life is lessened by not having read it |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. when i was 13 or so |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. I read it years ago |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It scares the shit out of most women. so does the movie. DU FINALLY removed the image |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. you do realize that it was fiction, right? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm personally upset by the Asterix the Gaul avatar. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I cannot abide the suitors of penelope avatar |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yeah, so's American Psycho, it doesn't mean I have to read it or enjoy it. And lit does influence |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. it depends on your mindset |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Deleted by poster. This is not a conversation that belongs in the lounge. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Um, yes, blacks should enjoy literature about lynching. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. OMG. I absolutely love how "Lolita" is written |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. I'm a chick. And I can tell the dif: the rape in that movie is supposed to be horrific and ugly. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. God no. The movie was offensive. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, and it keeps getting funnier every time I read it. |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Back in high school, good book, great film |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Read it freshman yr of college-luckily it had the glossary in back |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. I love it, along with some other Burgess work |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've read the novel a few times, but still enjoy the movie more... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. I read it, I thought it was fun. nt |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. Incredible book, although one the acclaim for which Burgess never understood. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Real horrorshow book |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. A brilliant book. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. YES! |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yes, long ago. All I remember is wearing out the glossary. n/t |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I read it in high school, after seeing the film |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. Very good book |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. Read it many years ago. It's utterly brilliant. nm |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes, in high school. Good stuff. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. I read it many years ago, long before the movie. I like the book |
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