IC2
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Post by IC2 on May 12, 2005 20:05:18 GMT -5
Aren't we talking about fav. books?   |
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Post by KISMET on May 12, 2005 21:23:13 GMT -5
i think every thread has always gone off on some tangent!
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Post by greedy on May 22, 2005 11:59:45 GMT -5
i also recomend a soldier story by bob dole a very fun read
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Post by MoonageDaydream on May 22, 2005 21:37:24 GMT -5
Bob Dole was a soldier. Bob Dole wrote a book. Bob Dole!
Bob Dole!
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Post by greedy on May 23, 2005 13:02:36 GMT -5
yes bob dole former republican presidential canidate
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Post by Bigboy on May 23, 2005 14:05:08 GMT -5
Greedy liking a memoir of a Republican politician involving the armed forces. Who'd have thunk it?   (Just messing with ya greedy ) We know who he is greedy, Moonage was making a Family Guy reference. (Can't wait to get my mits on season 4 btw!)
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Post by ProvidencePortal on May 23, 2005 16:13:09 GMT -5
Moonage was making a Family Guy reference. ... and a every-other-outlet-for-popular-culture-fun-poking, including the Simpsons, Saturday Night Live and all U.S. late night talk shows. |
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Post by gretchen on May 23, 2005 16:27:34 GMT -5
Bob Dole was a soldier. Bob Dole wrote a book. Bob Dole! Bob Dole! funniest post ever. |
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Post by greedy on May 29, 2005 12:38:36 GMT -5
hurumpf ::mummble:: i still like the bronzed breasts
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Post by thepretender on Jun 18, 2005 0:22:06 GMT -5
I am on McCammon reading spree. I just finished Usher's Passing and plan on reading They Thirst. After that I am treating myself to a re-read of Swan Song. Other books I remembered that I liked were Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver and Deep End of the Ocean by Jacqueline Mitchard. The Fall by Camus was a very hard read for me but it kept me in it's clutches for a long time after I closed it up. I just couldn't stop thinking about the many ideas that were put forth. Here is a page that has some of his quotes. www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/albert_camus.htmlHere are a few: Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day. Albert Camus Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus We rarely confide in those who are better than we are. Albert Camus "I think Camus is really something" quote attributed to lindapalomathepretender ;-) |
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Post by Omnipotent on Jun 18, 2005 8:48:58 GMT -5
I read American Psycho for the first time last week. I have to give Bret Easton Ellis props to put something as bold as that out. He probably had a lot of people saying "What the hell is wrong with you" (Just read the chapter about the rat). Some girls I know told me they stopped half way through the book on the grounds that it was so disgusting so I was like "Marvellous let me buy it at once" lol. I'm an pretty unmoved person in general so I wasn't so shocked but if there are people like Patrick Bateman out there it's worrying lol.
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Post by thepretender on Jun 18, 2005 9:09:49 GMT -5
Omni,
Would you say that American Psycho offers more than shock value?
I am sure that Chuck Pahlaniuk has people wondering what the heck is wrong with him. He can be really disgusting. That can get old after a while unless the author throws in some well needed humor or some poignant ideass to mull over once in a while. Lullaby (by Chuck)is a social commentary to me, Choke is less commentary and more shock value...I like Lullaby better...the balance is more even.
Funny how there are can be some books that you really want to put down and say "I'm done with this one" for one reason or another, but they have this power to make you pick them back up.
Pahlaniuk is this way for me.
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Jun 18, 2005 11:33:38 GMT -5
I'm wrist-deep in Pahlaniuk books right now. I read Diary and Haunted in the last two weeks, and just looked up this morning to realize I'm 1/2 through Survivor. It's funny -- I found the movie adaptation of Fight Club incredibly poignant and smart, but the book (which I read afterward) didn't compel me.
But I decided to give Pahlaniuk another chance on the strength of the movie, and I've been transformed into, basically, a disciple. I'm convinced he's one of the most innovative, insightful authors of the last two decades. And that's not even to mention his writing, which is raw and delicious. In fact, I read the first two-thirds of Diary for the writing alone ... then I suddenly realized I was spooked out of my gourd, totally gripped by the story and insatiably hungry to read the rest.
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Jun 18, 2005 11:36:13 GMT -5
Also, to Omni's point, I have American Psycho on the list -- I've heard again and again how disturbing it is, but in a way that drives the book thematically. I can't wait to read it. I just need to get through the rest of Survivor ... then The Dante Club ... The Talisman and Black House ... Wyatt Earp's biography ... 1776, the George Washington history ... The Strange Incident of the Dog at Night Time ...
good lord I'm backed up.
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Post by Omnipotent on Jun 18, 2005 14:22:55 GMT -5
Omni, Would you say that American Psycho offers more than shock value? I feel that American Psycho is an acute, perverted insight into the satiric lifestyle of Patrick Bateman; the paragon for all virtues of 1980s capitalistic, consumer-driven America. Ostensibly, Patrick Bateman may come across as an unduly haughty white male, raised in the lap of luxury and now permanently frozen there, condescending anyone who crosses his path, constantly feeling the most callous and lurid thoughts imaginable, and all the while hiding behind a mask of bitter detached indifference. By night, Patrick becomes more deleterious, killing everyone from prostitutes to young children, and with an insatiable appetite. The things he does will shock most people. Ellis has an amazing talent for concocting empty characters who are so devoid of meaningful purpose, but yet so complex at the same time, that it is enough to give you shivers. After reading some of the grotesque, almost surreal murder and sex sequences in the novel, it is no surprise that it was received so coldly upon publication, with scathing reviews and feminine protests excoriating the book and calling it an affront on decency; yet, I think that not to appreciate the psychological acuity that Ellis so pointedly possesses would be a shame. I recommend reading this book if you want a solid excursion into the fantasy world of a lost and deeply disturbed individual. The only thing I'm still left questioning was if the murders he committed happened in the physical or only in his mind, the ending left me confused. |
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