^^Malfoy is f***ing amazing. And umbridge was hot…..not lesbo?
What are you reading? (Literature)
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The Fall and the Plague are better than the Stranger by a long stretch.
And what in the fuck are you doing reading Crime and Punishment first? Hello? Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Notes from Underground, The Gambler, The Possessed, The Double… those do exist, you know
god damn you are just reading the worst "classics" from these writers, aren't you
I wouldn't doubt that.
I'm reading them for school; I have a set book list that should be completed by a certain date. Those books come first.
May I say how totaly awesome it is to find another AVPM/AVPS fan at AP?
Joe Walker was amazing as Umbridge!
And straight back to you! Totally awesome indeed. XD
I love the entire show but he's definitely one of my favorite parts.
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"With the Old Breed"….Yea i heard alot of people in my school read it but i felt like i had to after the TV series.
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I just finished The Stainless Steel Rat Returns, which was terrible.
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I just finished The Stainless Steel Rat Returns, which was terrible.
It sounds terrible, just from the name!
What's it about?Right now I'm giving The Scarlet Letter another chance.
Had to read it for school a few years back and hated it.
I figured that hate may come from having to read it all in one night thanks to my ever present procrastination, so now that I don't have a time limit on it, I may actually enjoy it. Who knows? -
Wow "Stainless Steel Rat Returns" im guessing its a equel to a "Good" Stainless Steel rat novel, yea?
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I just finished reading the first book in the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, "The Final Empire".
I hadn't heard of it before, but an old classmate just handed it to me, and it was pretty good. -
Ok just a quick question. How can i enhance the experience of reading the book. Since i always tend to just read a chapter or 2 i want to be able to just read it full front, got any tidbits?
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Wow "Stainless Steel Rat Returns" im guessing its a equel to a "Good" Stainless Steel rat novel, yea?
It's the latest(and I assume last) in a series of scifi books that started in 1961. The early ones were very good and innovative, but the author is in his eighties now. The last one he wrote in '99 was pretty good, but this wasn't.
The same author also wrote the novel that was the basis for Soylent Green - "Make Room, Make Room".
It sounds terrible, just from the name!
What's it about?A thief in a mainly utopian galaxy. In the future people are screened when young, and any personality disorders or the like are fixed, so there are very few criminals, and being a criminal is very hard given the advanced state of law enforcement. So while in earlier times a rat could gnaw its way into wooden buildings, in the future it takes a stainless steel rat to get into the now concrete buildings.
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Where I am right now.
Jeffery Archer:
First Among Equals
A Twist in the Tale
A Quiverful of ArrowsDan Brown:
The Lost SymbolEoin Colfer:
The Wish ListAnthony Horowitz:
Crocodile TearsJohn Grisham:
The Chamber
Ford County
The AssociateTerry Pratchett:
Unseen Academicals.Loving The Chamber so far. I'm hoping for a surprise ending where the guy doesn't get executed.
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Last May, I made a list of twenty-nine books that I would read over the summer. Currently, I've read 17/29 of them.
The books left are
-Finnegan's Wake
-A Portrait of the Arist as a Young Man
-Great Short Works by Tolstoy
-War and Peace
-Bros. Kasmarov Vol. 1
-Vol. 2
-Great Short Works by Dostoevsky
-Lolita (fini)
-Sons and Lovers
-Silas Marner
-The Sound and the Fury
-Brave New World (fini)I fucking love books.
Impressive list you got there! If you ever manage to read through War and Peace, let me know! I have been trying to read through it for three years now. Every summer I tell myself I'm going to read through it but every time I lose the discipline to pull it through when I reach a confusing passage, get frustrated and just end up throwing it into the corner till next summer.
BTW glad to see you back.
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I´m reading 1984.
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Ok just a quick question. How can i enhance the experience of reading the book. Since i always tend to just read a chapter or 2 i want to be able to just read it full front, got any tidbits?
suppose you could try not having the attention span of a goldfish
also I'm reading Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison right now
best civil rights book I've ever read
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When college starts I'll probably begin reading Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. I still have two Terry Pratchett books and 1984 (rereading) and Animal Farm, though. Too many books.
I just finished some eco book, No Impact Man or something like that, that I was forced by my college to read. Still have to write a paper :getlost: .
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I'm currently reading an autobiography called A Reporter's Life: Walter Cronkite. Needless to say, the guy's an amazing writer.
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@Kairouseki:
When college starts I'll probably begin reading Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. I still have two Terry Pratchett books and 1984 (rereading) and Animal Farm, though. Too many books.
.Isn´t George Orwell a great author?
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"Ancient Greek Legends and Myths" by Nikolay Kun. I'm not sure if this is the proper translation for the title (the original was in Russian, "Легенды и мифы Древней Греции"), though.
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Fly fishing by J R Hartley
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"Ancient Greek Legends and Myths" by Nikolay Kun. I'm not sure if this is the proper translation for the title (the original was in Russian, "Легенды и мифы Древней Греции"), though.
Легенды и мифы Древней Греции
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Yeah, I could figure that much, but it sounded really dumb. It's like with some Japanese titles.
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I am curious to know people's taste in books. I did a cursory search for "book" and I couldn't find a similar thread. If anyone knows of one, feel free to point it out to me.
I am reading:
Technical: Data Structures and Algorithms
Non-fiction: Godel, Escher, Bach (reread)
Fiction: Infinite JestYou?
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http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=26721
Must have been a tough search… you had to go all the way to page 3 of the general discussion section
woooaaahhh
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Edit: wtf, the moving really confused the hell out of me.
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Currently re-reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Haven't decided where to go after that.
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Currently re-reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Haven't decided where to go after that.
If you enjoyed it and want to look at more books by the same author I suggest you give Ubik or A Scanner Darkly a try. Both were quite good, IMO.
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The Prince-Machiavelli
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If you enjoyed it and want to look at more books by the same author I suggest you give Ubik or A Scanner Darkly a try. Both were quite good, IMO.
Thing is, those - in addition to some Asimov - were what I read preceding the DADoES. At first I was thinking of G.R.R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, but from what I heard it's basically just 'who gets raped/killed next'.
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Thing is, those - in addition to some Asimov - were what I read preceding the DADoES. At first I was thinking of G.R.R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, but from what I heard it's basically just 'who gets raped/killed next'.
As far as High Fantasy goes, ASoIaF is probably the best series at the moment, IMO (even though it is really closer to Low Fantasy, lol). Martin puts his characters through a lot of crap, though. If you are willing, give the first book a try. Although I don't know your tastes, I am willing to recommend it ;D. If you decide to read the rest of the series, be warned, the fifth book has been promised for like five years and still no sign of it.
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"Life, the Universe and Everything". Darn, I totally fogot about the Hitchhiker's Guide books.
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Just finished reading Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt in Greek. Took me about an hour. Teared up at times, burst in tears at the end. Loved it~
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Just finished reading Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt in Greek. Took me about an hour. Teared up at times, burst in tears at the end. Loved it~
Hmm googled that one out of curiosity. From the looks of it I would enjoy it but find it slightly depressing. I enjoyed "Of Mice and Men" but the book did end up being a bit of a downer.
Well I am currently rereading Frank Herberts Dune Series (my favorite series of all time), just finished "The Positronic Man," and I was halfway through Atlas shrugged but my E-book reader got stolen.
I want to find some interesting historical fiction to read but I am currently traveling around Costa Rica so obtaining books is a bit of a problem.
BTW RBoar great avatar.
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Well I'm reading:
-L'existentialisme est un humanisme by Jean-Paul Sartre
The ideas of the existentialists speak to me, I'm definitely going to read some more by those guys.
- The Plague of Fantasies by Slavoj Zizek
I can't get enough of this guy, he's just so damn intelligent.
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Das Kapital-Karl Marx
Otherwise known as THE MOST BORING BOOK IN THE WORLD
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Das Kapital-Karl Marx
Otherwise known as THE MOST BORING BOOK IN THE WORLD
BORING AND INCREDIBLY INFLUENTIAL! !! ! ! ! !
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dahhhh, really?
and here I was reading it for shits and giggles
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dahhhh, really?
and here I was reading it for shits and giggles
Just wanted to stress it, in case you were reading it for school or something, now 1 internet person thinks its worth your time!
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I just finished reading The Book of Silence trilogy by William Horwood. As far as talking animal books go, it was the deepest. To me, the story was a lot more engaging than Watership Down, which I was a little disappointed with.
Speaking of Watership Down, I started Shardik, which is also by Richard Adams. The story sounds a lot more interesting, too, being about a giant bear god.
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To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee
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@Alex:
To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee
LOL english coursework for GCSE's…Heh, we did Of Mice and Men. Is that on your curriculum? Some classes did Mocking Bird and some did 'Our Town' If I recall correctly.
Mice and Men question was a breeze, and it's actually become one of my favourite books which is nice. Anyhow, I'm now reading 'The Tempest' by Shakespeare, ' The Great Gatsby' and just finished 'A Streetcar named Desire' by Tennessee Williams for AS-Level.
We've not started Gatsby yet, but apparently it's a bitch to read. My friend, somewhat jokingly, but his point still stands said the language and word order is so annoying to read, he finds Latin translation more straightforward. I guess we'll see when we read.
Now next year I have to do Chaucer, though. And she actually put up a line-by-line translation O_O;
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1984 by George Orwell
I think it's a great book so far
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Reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for English. I just finished the second book. It's pretty cool, I like the extended flashback that's in there.
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We've not started Gatsby yet, but apparently it's a bitch to read. My friend, somewhat jokingly, but his point still stands said the language and word order is so annoying to read, he finds Latin translation more straightforward. I guess we'll see when we read.
I love the Great Gatsby. It's a breeze to read. It's not complicated at all. The symbolism and motifs are easy to spot, and it's a great story. Still one of my all time favorite endings to any book I have read. In fact, the closing sentence is on the list of my favorite quotes.
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I just heard a story on NPR the other day–someone had the grand idea to make the entire novel of The Great Gatsby into a play–it's playing in a little theater just off Broadway in Manhattan. It takes a little over 6 hours, and they literally read every word, but they say it's really, surprisingly, fantastic. Guess the material is just that good.
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@I:
I just heard a story on NPR the other day–someone had the grand idea to make the entire novel of The Great Gatsby into a play–it's playing in a little theater just off Broadway in Manhattan. It takes a little over 6 hours, and they literally read every word, but they say it's really, surprisingly, fantastic. Guess the material is just that good.
Speaking of which. I just landed the once in a lifetime opportunity to see Sir Derek Jacobi play the lead role in 'King Lear' by Shakespeare in my city for one week only.
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Speaking of which. I just landed the once in a lifetime opportunity to see Sir Derek Jacobi play the lead role in 'King Lear' by Shakespeare in my city for one week only.
Woaaah! Lucky bastard!
King Lear must be my favourite Shakespeare play! How was it?Right now I'm reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Found it in something like a yard sale and just had to buy it because of Jack Nicholson staring at me from the cover in the strangest way. Already read half of it and all I have to say is Nurse Ratched is the bestest nastiest antagonist I've seen in a while. Need to watch me the movie now.
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Definitely watch the movie. It's one of the best films ever made.
I want to read another King book. Anyone have any good suggestions? Preferably horror and I've already read Carrie, Pet Sematary and It.
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If you're up for a long read, I'd recommend The Stand or Under the Dome. Both are fantastic. Go with The Stand if you want religion (Desperation is also good for this), and UtD if you want moral decay.
Then there is always The Shining which is a classic. Salem's Lot if you want a good vampire tale.
The Dark Half is fantastically violent and another favorite of mine. Misery is amazing.
And if you want a heartbreaking tale, go with The Green Mile.
Also, not horror, but The Eyes of the Dragon is a fantastic King novel.
There are a binch more, but those should do for now.I would also recommend his short story collections. Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Everything's Eventual, and Nightmare's and Dreamscapes are all fantastic. I actually haven't read Just After Sunset yet, so I don't know how good it is.
Also, check out his Different Seasons, a collection of four Novellas including The Shawshank Redemption.
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I've been reading the Warriors series, I'm on the second book of the first series. What can I say, I love cats XD
Might start on the Sookie Stackhouse books after I finish Warriors.
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I've been sniping away at "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. Good times…