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total-trash · 08.12.2007, 11:24 PM

do it! then tell me about it and convince me to read it

girlgun · 09.28.2007, 02:34 PM

more book recommendations, please?!

SynthethicalY · 09.28.2007, 02:35 PM

What are you looking for?

alyasa · 09.28.2007, 02:36 PM

"An hour later they were on the road. He pushed the cart and both he and the boy carried knapsacks. In the knapsacks were essential things. In case they had to abandon the cart and make a run for it. Clamped to the handle of the cart was a chrome motorcycle mirror that he used to watch the road behind them. He shifted the pack higher on his shoulders and looked out over the wasted country. The road was empty. Below in the little valley the still gray serpentine of a river. Motionless and precise. Along the shore a burden of dead reeds. Are you okay? he said. The boy nodded. Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire."

Excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

read if you are a fan of post apocalyptic fiction, horror and humanity.

girlgun · 09.28.2007, 02:37 PM

not sci-fi. and don't give me something that reads like subculture cliche (i.e. tom robbins)

h8kurdt · 09.28.2007, 02:37 PM

Trainspotting. Not 60's 70's but I can't recommend it enough then after you've read that read the sequel 'Porno'. Do it. Do it now.

SynthethicalY · 09.28.2007, 02:39 PM

Try Other Voices Other Rooms By Capote.
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall, (although it might fall a little bit into sci-fi but not much.)

That is all I can think right now.

h8kurdt · 09.28.2007, 02:41 PM

Ignore this guy above

The book is a dollar TO BUY

http://http://www.amazon.com/Trainsp...1008380&sr=1-2

Actually, if you haven't to kill a mockingbird then read that too.

girlgun · 09.28.2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by alyasa

read if you are a fan of post apocalyptic fiction, horror

i'm unfortunately not.

really... trainspotting is good? i wasn't a big fan of the movie...and it's always weird to read a book post-movie. maybe?

capote is a good idea. i've never read any.

alyasa · 09.28.2007, 02:41 PM

This had me laughing through my cigarette-induced coughing fits...
by Christopher Buckley...

girlgun · 09.28.2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Ignore this guy above

Actually, if you haven't to kill a mockingbird then read that too.

i know it's unamerican, but i never liked it. i had to read it a few times in high school. maybe i never enjoyed it because it was a forced read?

h8kurdt · 09.28.2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by girlgun

i'm unfortunately not.

really... trainspotting is good? i wasn't a big fan of the movie...and it's always weird to read a book post-movie. maybe?

capote is a good idea. i've never read any.

Trust me, the book is soooo much better than the film. I saw the film before hand too but it doesn;t spoil it. Watch out though, it's in dialect but once you've get used to it then you'll love it.

h8kurdt · 09.28.2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by girlgun

i know it's unamerican, but i never liked it. i had to read it a few times in high school. maybe i never enjoyed it because it was a forced read?

Yeah I think if it's a forced read then you enjoy it a hell of a lot less. Take Shakespeare for example. Everybody hates him at school, but if you read it on you're own accord then you learn to appreciate his use of language and stuff. Sorry if that reads really snobby.

girlgun · 09.28.2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Trust me, the book is soooo much better than the film. I saw the film before hand too but it doesn;t spoil it. Watch out though, it's in dialect but once you've get used to it then you'll love it.

books are generally soooo much better than the films. thank you very much for the recommendation!!

girlgun · 09.28.2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Yeah I think if it's a forced read then you enjoy it a hell of a lot less. Take Shakespeare for example. Everybody hates him at school, but if you read it on you're own accord then you learn to appreciate his use of language and stuff. Sorry if that reads really snobby.

but i loved a lot of the other forced reads: of mice and men... scarlet letter... crucible... and even shakespeare. something about mockingbird... i dunno.

SynthethicalY · 09.28.2007, 02:47 PM

I found mice of men a bore actually.

h8kurdt · 09.28.2007, 02:48 PM

No problem and when (not if) you get through it tell me if you enjoyed it or not.

And to sell it even more have a gander

alyasa · 09.28.2007, 02:50 PM

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

girlgun · 09.28.2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SynthethicalY

I found mice of men a bore actually.

wow... i always liked it.

i just finished a secret history. anyone read that?

h8kurdt · 09.28.2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by girlgun

but i loved a lot of the other forced reads: of mice and men... scarlet letter... crucible... and even shakespeare. something about mockingbird... i dunno.

Hmm I guess it just wasn't something you enjoyed. I was the same with Lord of the Flies for me. It was alright I guess.

Hey SynthethicalY, have you read grapes of wrath? If so what did you think?

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alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	"An hour later they were on the road. He pushed the cart and both he and the boy carried knapsacks. In the knapsacks were essential things. In case they had to abandon the cart and make a run for it. Clamped to the handle of the cart was a chrome motorcycle mirror that he used to watch the road behind them. He shifted the pack higher on his shoulders and looked out over the wasted country. The road was empty. Below in the little valley the still gray serpentine of a river. Motionless and precise. Along the shore a burden of dead reeds. Are you okay? he said. The boy nodded. Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire." Excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's The Road. read if you are a fan of post apocalyptic fiction, horror and humanity. __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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09.28.2007, 02:37 PM	#25
girlgun invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,906	not sci-fi. and don't give me something that reads like subculture cliche (i.e. tom robbins)
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h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Trainspotting. Not 60's 70's but I can't recommend it enough then after you've read that read the sequel 'Porno'. Do it. Do it now. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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09.28.2007, 02:39 PM	#27
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Try Other Voices Other Rooms By Capote. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall, (although it might fall a little bit into sci-fi but not much.) That is all I can think right now.
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h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Ignore this guy above The book is a dollar TO BUY http://http://www.amazon.com/Trainsp...1008380&sr=1-2 Actually, if you haven't to kill a mockingbird then read that too. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	I found mice of men a bore actually.
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h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	No problem and when (not if) you get through it tell me if you enjoyed it or not. And to sell it even more have a gander __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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09.28.2007, 02:50 PM	#38
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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