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Fantastic books IMO
Blux:
I'm currently reading the entire 33 (34?) book Xanth series by Piers Anthony, then I'm going to follow it up with the entire Ender Game saga, then probably lead into the Shannara series.
All of these books are great. And the Enders Game saga is truly amazing also.
Mikezilla:
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--- Quote from: Donkbaca on August 15, 2011, 02:21:09 pm ---Why buy comics when you can download them for free?
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I would much much much rather read a comic in printed form than online. I understand the digital media push, but I have zero interest in reading a comic on my screen. Maybe on an iPad relaxing on my couch, but even then I'd much much rather pull an unread book from my shelf and flip the pages. Maybe I'm a dinosaur, but holding the book makes it much more real for me and allows me to invest my interest. Anything on the screen (except for YOU guys of course) is a much more temporary thing to me and doesn't draw me in like that.
PC is for porn & sports. Movies & TV belong on my wide-screen, and comix in issue or collected volume format PLEASE! :bat
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Rando. Thats EXACTLY how I feel. Down to the last syllable. I only like to read little factoids on my phone/computer. Im old school in the sense that I like something tangible to posess. You will never find me buying a kindle or any other type of device to read something like a book or even a comic. Thats no fun at all. Good form man. :cheers:
shmokes:
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I did finally pick up a copy of Stranger in a Strange Land that doesn't appear to have been vandalized, so I'll get to read his anti-christian book in its entirety, too!
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That book is garbage. Just total crap. And that's coming from an anti-christian. Unless you just have a powerful curiosity about it that must be sated, don't waste your time.
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You are out of your mind...
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I read that, and wondered, "Am I out of my mind?" So I googled it. And Wikipedia suggests that I'm not (or at least not alone) via a summary of the New York Times Book Review:
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Writing in The New York Times, Orville Prescott received the novel caustically, describing it as a "disastrous mishmash of science fiction, laborious humor, dreary social satire and cheap eroticism"; he characterized Stranger as "puerile and ludicrous," saying "when a non-stop orgy is combined with a lot of preposterous chatter, it becomes unendurable, an affront to the patience and intelligence of readers.
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That's more or less how I feel. Although I hope that in the full review he had a chance to disparage the absurd, cardboard characters Heinlein created for the book, most notably Jubal Harshaw.
Donkbaca:
To each his own, I prefer to read the stuff for free rather than buy something that I will stuff in a box in my garage
Dervacumen:
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--- Quote from: Dervacumen on August 11, 2011, 03:43:26 pm ---For some reason I decided to re-read a few books that to me seemed to be fantastic. Do you have any I should read? I don't care about ratings or critically acclaimed. It's all about what you really liked or identified with for whatever reason. For me, there are a few on which I ponder on occasion so I'll start with two of my favorites. Right now I'm reading Brave New World again. I's tattered and torn, and the cover is falling off so I have to be careful. There's something grounding about reading a tattered book now-a-days...
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley.
The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger.
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If you dig dystopians like Brave New World, you should try 1984 (if you haven't already).
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Yes, I enjoyed 1984 as well. I read it the first time in, uh 1984. Nice call.