Currently reading 'Heart Of Darkness'. It took me a few pages to get into it but I really like the tone and style of the writing. Also have 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye' by Muriel Sparks on the go but I've put that aside for now because it failed to hold my attention.
Completely given up on 'Snow Falling on Cedars'. Think I'll just watch the film and try and blag the essay.
"The Ugly American." Never heard of it but someone gave it to me.
Anyone know of any good Twain books? I had to read Tom Sawyer for school once, so I'm not really interested in that or Huckleberry Finn. What are his best other works?
I'm reading The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay. Pretty good so far.
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Im re-reading Sword Song
timequake by mr vonnegut
I've just about finished Heart of Darkness so I'm about to start To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.
Also been reading screenplays like Reservoir Dogs and Goodfellas because I've been writing scripts lately and I'm trying to keep up the feel for it.
Last book I read was lullaby by chuck palahnuik and snuff. Lullaby was amazing and snuff sucked. Chuck is definitely my favorite modern writer. Currently I'm reading "Huis Clos" by Jean Paul Sartre. Its a french book, but I've heard it was a phenomenal book. Somewhere down the road I am planning on reading Atlas Shrugged. I also have a list of like 200 books I'd like to read by the end of this year, but I probably won't get to them all.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you have read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense." -Buddha
haha "hell is other people". Great play.
My Booky Wook, Russell Brand's autobiog.
ugh
i mean unless i really cared about ayn rand's brand of libertarianism i couldn't imagine being able to finish that book.
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Yeah man. I can't wait to finish it.
It actually doesn't look that great to me, but I'd like to read it just to say I've read it. I might just start reading it and quit.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you have read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense." -Buddha
probably. i know my friend couldn't stomach more than 200 or so of its 1000+ pages...
...it now serves as a stop for his bike.
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That title alone should be enough to discourage you.
Russell Brand is an incredibly eloquent individual.
'e is quite properly the master of shamelessly bawdy and yet overtly loquacious an' endearin' speech; to such an extent that one cannot 'elp but be seduced by his dazzlin' good looks and figura'ively inflamed libido
or something
The title alone would've attracted me, actually.
Russell Brand is gen y's Stephen Fry. He is one of the most eloquent, thoughtful, insightful and liberating comedians around.
if russel brand is some faggoty brit, then i have no reason to learn about him.
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That's a bit of an overstatement but it's essentially true. It's not like he's our Lenny Bruce or anything though.
in the past few weeks I've read Questions by Pablo Naruda, Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut and Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
gonna start Great Gatsby tomorrow, read it in high school, noticed it at my parents house and decided I might as well read it again
How anyone could like the Heart of Darkness is beyond me. I've read it twice (once just to read it and once for an assignment) and everyone raves about the symbolism and the subtle corruption or the hero's path. It's just not that good in my opinion.
"Rivets! Rivets!"
russel brand is a faggoty brit whose speech patterns remind me of a faggoty friend i have in oshawa
I'm currently reading the Fountainhead and, while the characters themselves are interesting enough, Ayn Rand is a horrible writer who makes everything boring by being only a few steps away from Satori_Everything. Even the rape scene is boring.
I'm still having an easier time getting through this than the autofellatio that is the god delusion
Yeah, I can see why some people find it boring and over rated. Virtually nothing happens throughout most of it. I quite like that though. It's written very realistically and, like I mentioned, the tone is very interesting. It's also very racist so I would think a lot of CD members would like it.
Also lol at calling Russell Brand a faggot.
say what you want coq i still like the god delusion
Re-reading 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant' because it's awesome. And I finished my degree so I can read fiction again.
hahahahhahahahahha
hahahahhahahahahhahahha
*breath*
hahahahhahahahhahahah
well i mean
well you may very well disagree of course
Coincidentally I'm watching 'Doing Life' now. He is very eloquent although he's also too verbose. He's also a bit pseudo-intellectual at times. That doesn't stop him from being a very entertaining and hilarious comedian though.
I think the pseudo- part of it is the affectation, as opposed to the -intellectual bit. He's no mighty philosopher, but he's a clever guy, and when it gets over the top I think it's for comedy purposes.
But he's also a young guy and only recently hit fame, so imagine him in twenty years.
Yeah, maybe he'll be making shitty documentaries about America and over-hyping the latest social networking fad...
yeah that America series definitely was pretty boring
oh gwahir
I am currently reading the book thief by the way
is that the zusak book?
yeah thats the one.
read it?
was supposed to for my lit unit this semester, but i didn't.
you're goddamned right it's awesome
i am still waiting for his slow ass to release book three of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
also i still cannot bring myself to like Lord Foul's Bane, with the exception of a couple plot points
Random question, has anyone here read the Book Of Dave? It sounds funny, but I really haven't got the money to blow on books right now so I wanna make sure it's good before I get a copy.
Just finished A Confederacy of Dunces. Really funny and well-crafted. I don't know what to read next, though.
Right now I'm reading Manhunt: The Definitive History of Serial Murder Investigation by Colin Wilson and realizing I fit the profile of most serial killers quite nicely.
The Covenant series were pretty good books, I started reading the first couple in middle school, picked them back up while I was in Iraq then never started the Second Chronicles. One day I'll work my way through them all.
i would argue that the second chronicles were better than the first (lord foul's bane was terrible!), but it's been so long i can't actually make any reasonable comparison between the two
I think at your age people recommend Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." -Anne Frank
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” -Buddha
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