Topic 10 of 57: The worst book ever
Mon, Nov 4, 1996 (09:24) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
What is the awfulest, worst, nastiest book you ever read?
What is the baddest book you *never* read? Was it really that bad?
109 responses total.
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Response 1 of 109: The Mysterious H.C. (churchh) * Thu, Nov 21, 1996 (21:22) * 1 lines
_Seeds of Change_ by Thomas F. Monteleone (1975), a truly pathetic science fiction nivel.
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Response 2 of 109: Lorie Scafaro (LorieS) * Fri, May 30, 1997 (21:47) * 7 lines
I know this thread is a little old but I thought I'd pipe in about a set of books I've seen called "It was a Dark and Stormy Night."
The books are first sentences only of truly bad novels. I should get the book out, I'm not describing it well.
The sentences are awful -- some run ons, some just hilarious. It's a fun read and it can stir up your imagination (yes, even thinking about
bad literature can help when you feel uncreative).
Has anyone else out there seen these? Anyone else have some much-hated book?
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Response 3 of 109: Lorie Scafaro (LorieS) * Fri, May 30, 1997 (21:54) * 12 lines
OK, now I've intrigued myself enough to go and actually look up the book.
In case anyone is interested, it is called "It was a Dark & stormy Night,
the Best (?) from the Bulwer-Lytton Contest" compiled by scott Rice.
The subtitle is, "the funniest opening sentences from the worst novels
never written." The contest is named for the author who actually penned
the words Snoopy uses when writing.
An example: "Dawn Esterbrooke looked lovingly upon the gifts which her
lifelong childhood friends brought to her wedding shower, but inside her
guts churned like an overripe peach in a blender because only two hours
earlier she had left a motel with her best friend's homosexual father."
This fine example is credited to Steve Garman of Pensacola FL. Ta da.
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Response 4 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, May 31, 1997 (17:01) * 1 lines
That's as much in the running as a limpid carrot in the blender, good one.
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Response 5 of 109: Lorie Scafaro (LorieS) * Mon, Jun 2, 1997 (13:38) * 1 lines
Terry, are we the only two people here anymore? Not that I mind talking to you...
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Response 6 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jun 2, 1997 (16:06) * 1 lines
No, have you talked to aubrey and ginger?
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Response 7 of 109: Lorie Scafaro (LorieS) * Tue, Jun 3, 1997 (15:18) * 5 lines
Not here, although I think aubrey has been in the movie and tv conferences with me.
So, can I trash Moby Dick here with impunity? It's the worst book I've tried and tried again to read, yet never managed to really plow through. Thank heavens for Cliff's Notes. But even now, as a mature (somewhat mature) adult without deadlines and quizzes, I haven't managed to get into this book.
That's all my ranting for today.
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Response 8 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jun 3, 1997 (16:06) * 3 lines
Have you talked to Ted Chong? How about Stacey Vura? She's
stacey@www.spring.com or stacey@spring.com. Deop an email to her at both
places and tell her to come keep you company.
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Response 9 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (14:50) * 5 lines
You mean besides The Hobbit and/or The Silmarillion?
Actually, my vote goes to Pin, unfortunately(fortunately)
I can't remember who "wrote" it. It is the worst book
I've ever finished.
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Response 10 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (15:15) * 1 lines
LOL! Putting "wrote" in quotes! There are so many losers out there--this topic's way too broad. It's sad how many trees have died for bad books.
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Response 11 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (15:18) * 1 lines
Preach it sister!
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Response 12 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (15:41) * 1 lines
anything written by a fascist ("see, i told you so"... "in the arena"... "my six crises"...etc...)
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Response 13 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:46) * 4 lines
what about by a fanatic?
I rather enjoy reading fanatical works. Sometimes the twain shall meet!
Ever read VOX? SAme author as DAMAGE. I certainly prefer the latter as a book and refused to see the movie. Oh. Another odd one, certainly not all bad was Giraffe. About a young man's obsession sexually as much as sensually a giraffe. If I were to tell you too much more you might be afraid to read it. And if I were to tell you I enjoyed it, you might have an unsavory opinion of my tastes (one of them anyway) in literature.
I enjoy variety in my written art as much as I enjoy diversity in music and visual presentations. All mix and make for a very interesting slant on life.
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Response 14 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:28) * 3 lines
i define "unsavory tastes" as being a predilection for milton friedman... all else requires a look (in spite of native "provincialism", and "squeamishness")... have read neither of these books, but will look them over, and get back with you... thanks...
(being irish, of course, predisposes fanaticism... it's inbred)
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Response 15 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (12:48) * 1 lines
Vox--is that Nicholson Baker? The phone sex conversation? I rather liked that book...
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Response 16 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:48) * 3 lines
yes.
Have you read Damage? I preferred that.
He also wrote Fermata which is an interesting tale with bizarre transgressions of reality.
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Response 17 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (01:23) * 2 lines
Ever read Geek Love by Catherine Dunn?
If you can find it, you oughta read it, Stacey.
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Response 18 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (11:06) * 1 lines
I give it a looksee
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Response 19 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (22:09) * 1 lines
Never read Damage, Stacey, but everyone raves about The Mezzanine. Unfortunately, my library doesn't have it, so I'll probably never read it...
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Response 20 of 109: kay (kay) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (13:07) * 2 lines
Two worst books. 1] the clock work orange. didn't even watch the movie.
2] the thornbirds. thought i was crazy for a while becausei was told it had to be good it was a best seller.
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Response 21 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (21:08) * 1 lines
Yeah, that happened with my book club. We read something by Anne Tyler-- "Breathing Lessons" I think--and it sucked, but hey, the Pulitzer Prize Committee can't be wrong....
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Response 22 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Jan 22, 1998 (18:46) * 2 lines
*chuckle*
oh, to be esteemed for no good reason!
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Response 23 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Thu, Jan 22, 1998 (18:46) * 1 lines
yeah, sonny was a lucky guy...
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Response 24 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Jan 23, 1998 (21:11) * 1 lines
LOL!
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Response 25 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (19:05) * 5 lines
hey nick...
remember when we were chatting (I was chatting you were listening) about reading children's books when you need to?
Completely wrong topic but I wanted to get it out before I forgot...
"The Bridge to Terabithia" is one of the best books ever written --- children's or not.
I think you would enjoy it... and WER, I think you would too.
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Response 26 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (23:13) * 2 lines
Stacey, why don't you just make me one big list
o' stuff to read, and e-mail it to me?
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Response 27 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (23:13) * 1 lines
ok... but you know how bad I am about follow thru!
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Response 28 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (23:13) * 2 lines
(thanks for the tip..."terabithia" was wonderful...
half in love with julia edmunds myself...)
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Response 29 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (10:00) * 4 lines
I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
I've read it numerous times
Truly memories that stay with me...
(little scattered this a.m.)
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Response 30 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (16:21) * 2 lines
Don't know of which you speak, Stacey...
*grin*
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Response 31 of 109: Tommy (CotC) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (17:04) * 2 lines
Hey, WER, go check out
contacts
and maybe also Fnord.
Topic 10 of 57 [books]: The worst book ever
Response 32 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (17:48) * 2 lines
hey tommy! you guys preggo yet?!?
*yikes*
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Response 33 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (17:52) * 1 lines
they're shooting for the middle o' next month...
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Response 34 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (18:19) * 2 lines
should I say anything about not "spending it all in one place"?
(probably not)
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Response 35 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (18:31) * 1 lines
probably not...
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Response 36 of 109: Doug Larue (doug) * Sun, Apr 5, 1998 (07:35) * 83 lines
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Topic 10 of 57 [books]: The worst book ever
Response 37 of 109: patricia S. (Amelia) * Tue, Apr 14, 1998 (20:55) * 1 lines
Someone here trashed "Moby Dick"!! I am appalled! :) Actually, I love "Moby Dick". I have also read quite a few BAD books..."The Bridges of Madison County" takes the cake though. Yikes!!! My mom made me read it and I will NEVER forgive her.
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Response 38 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Apr 14, 1998 (23:50) * 2 lines
Did you read Catcher in the Rye?
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Response 39 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Apr 16, 1998 (23:37) * 1 lines
(*gasp*) I think you're in the wrong topic, Terry....
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Response 40 of 109: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 17, 1998 (16:27) * 1 lines
we hope so anyway!
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Response 41 of 109: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (20:57) * 3 lines
the worst book ever, without a doubt, is Catch 22.
:-)
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Response 42 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (22:07) * 1 lines
Ha ha! I think you're in the wrong topic, Mike! :-) (And you obviously have never read "The World According to Garp".)
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Response 43 of 109: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (09:29) * 4 lines
did anyone else like Catch 22? I thought it was the most awful thing I'd ever been subjected to. no story. no real characters to get a grip on. nothing. just garbage, written by that prat Heller, who admitted that he just wrote down a load of old pants and it didn't really mean anything.
hee:-)
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Response 44 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (12:47) * 1 lines
I loved it! But then I've got a thing for old pants. :-)
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Response 45 of 109: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (18:56) * 2 lines
i found the bit about the crab apples funny at first, but then it didn't have a point, which took away from it a bit, I thought.
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Response 46 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (23:32) * 1 lines
Nothing in the book had a point. I think that was the point. Insane times, and all that.
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Response 47 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (16:26) * 2 lines
yeah, i liked "catch 22"
(a lot)
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Response 48 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (22:05) * 1 lines
How ya been, Nick?
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Response 49 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Wed, Jul 29, 1998 (16:19) * 2 lines
pert near good
(okay... and you?)
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Response 50 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (22:02) * 1 lines
Good; busy summer. What have you been doing with yourself? Do your entrepreneurial activities keep you from getting on the computer? (Or do you have your nose stuck in a poetry book?)
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Response 51 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (17:47) * 4 lines
been doing kind of the primitive living thing
(spent the past few weeks in a cabin (uh, shack) in
the middle of nowhere... no computer, no phone...
pretty cool, all in all)...
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Response 52 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (18:41) * 5 lines
Cool, Nick, I've done that from time. I spent 3 months in a log cabin in
the Oregon wilderness, with a clear mountain stream running by. I had a
wood cook stove, and had to fetch water in a bucket. No ethernet, no
electricity, not even a notebook on this outing. These kinds of
experiences can be very renewing!
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Response 53 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (19:08) * 1 lines
Just ask Ted Kaczinski and the guy who shot up the Capitol building...
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Response 54 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 3, 1998 (10:05) * 2 lines
No, Autumn, that *that* kind of renewal, more like Henry David Thoreau at
Walden Pond!
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Response 55 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Tue, Aug 4, 1998 (22:44) * 1 lines
Ah...speaking of Thoreau, did you happen to hear about him plagiarizing "Walden" from his aunt? I read that her diaries turned up and revealed that he had excerpted whole chapters from her work.
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Response 56 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Aug 5, 1998 (05:20) * 2 lines
Another icon shattered.
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Response 57 of 109: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:16) * 3 lines
BOOM!
I have no idea about the worst book I ever read - if it was that bad there's no way I wouldv'e finished it.
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Response 58 of 109: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (06:15) * 1 lines
Mein Kampf. and no, I did not finish it.
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Response 59 of 109: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (06:16) * 1 lines
the NECROMICON is a close second. I did not finish it either.
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Response 60 of 109: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (13:04) * 1 lines
didja attempt the Silmarillion?
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Response 61 of 109: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (17:35) * 3 lines
I read it and I liked it. But then, I'm a fan of the series.
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Response 62 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (22:05) * 1 lines
We won't even talk about Melville, Faulkner or Hemingway.
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Response 63 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (22:05) * 1 lines
Or Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Response 64 of 109: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (04:48) * 4 lines
I liked Hemmingway. one out of four isn't bad. Actually there are a lot of good authors. Right now we are in the golden age of literature. there are more new
authors being published now than at any time in history.
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Response 65 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:12) * 1 lines
That is because there is more trash fiction than ever. Bestsellers don't equal literature IMO. Authors like Danielle Steel are murdering too many trees!
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Response 66 of 109: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:48) * 1 lines
I happen to like everything that Danielle Steele has ever written. There's no accounting for taste.
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Response 67 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:57) * 1 lines
My point exactly! There should be accountability! :-)
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Response 68 of 109: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (00:25) * 1 lines
I'm perfectly willing to listen to them on tape, and save trees.
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Response 69 of 109: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (10:54) * 6 lines
have you guys seen the new "e books?" they are electronic, book sized
tablets for storing and reading. i think levenger is selling them
www.levenger.com
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Response 70 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (11:08) * 4 lines
Yep, inevitable. $499.
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Response 71 of 109: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (14:17) * 1 lines
Oh boy! I'm going to have to try one of those.
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Response 72 of 109: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (21:18) * 1 lines
Do any books go straight to audio, or does a tree always have to die first?
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Response 73 of 109: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (04:29) * 1 lines
Too weird!
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Response 74 of 109: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Sun, Feb 17, 2002 (01:19) * 5 lines
Hi all
Possum Perkins would have to be my most boring book. It is about an Australian girl and her pet possum in an outback town. Although I read it for Year 8 English I clearly remember there being only one vaguely interesting segment, where the girl and her father have an argument. For boredom I give it 8/10.
Rob
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Response 75 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Feb 17, 2002 (01:24) * 1 lines
Proust is my top boredom candidate. Soecifically, "Remembrance of Things Past." I read it for a college course. I'll sneak out quietly before everyone hurls invectives at me again. This was the one book I willingly gave away just to get rid of it.
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Response 76 of 109: Samm Blob (AlFor) * Sun, Feb 17, 2002 (16:06) * 3 lines
I was supposed to read Green Days By The River by Michael Anthony (a Trinidadian author) for my CXC "O" Level exams. It is the only literature book I have ever been assigned in high school that I never finished. All I remember about it was that it was utter TRIPE!
I also read Miguel Street by V.S. Naipaul which was GREAT! Because of that book, I also read The Mystic Masseur by the same author. That was also GREAT! BUT when I tried to read Guerrillas, I quit at chapter 2 or 3.
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Response 77 of 109: Sam Blob (AlFor) * Sun, Feb 17, 2002 (16:10) * 1 lines
After reading several Stephen King novels without much major concern, I read Night Shift, a collection of his short stories. It is the only book I have ever burned. It is evil.
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Response 78 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Feb 17, 2002 (18:38) * 1 lines
I'm with you on Stephen King. I also am appalled that parents let their kids watch the movies of his books. No wonder we have a violent society. We have become oblivious to horror.
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Response 79 of 109: Sam Blob (AlFor) * Mon, Feb 18, 2002 (20:43) * 1 lines
I don't know... The Shawshank Redemption was O.K. ...
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Response 80 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Feb 18, 2002 (20:49) * 1 lines
i know this is a book conference but i saw this movie and it was great. did you see the movie? how does it compare to the book?
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Response 81 of 109: Samm Blob (AlFor) * Tue, Feb 19, 2002 (21:03) * 1 lines
I was talking about the movie. I have not read Different Seasons, which is another collection of Stephen King's short stories. These include "The Body", on which the movie Stand By Me is based, and "Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption", the basis of the movie The Shawshank Redemption.
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Response 82 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Feb 20, 2002 (18:25) * 1 lines
sorry i misunderstood.
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Response 83 of 109: Jeb Charleu (jebcharleu) * Sun, Sep 1, 2002 (05:02) * 1 lines
I really hated The Light That Failed by Kipling. I thought it was misogynistic and somehow seemed to be full of authorial self-pity.
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Response 84 of 109: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Mon, Sep 2, 2002 (21:10) * 4 lines
"misogynistic and full of authorial self-pity"
just like the way it sounds...
(guess nixon's not alone)...
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Response 85 of 109: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Sep 2, 2002 (23:48) * 1 lines
Have you read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius?
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Response 86 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct 3, 2005 (16:31) * 1 lines
Ancient Kentucke Inscriptions by Jim Michael. It is so seriously full of falsehoods and non-data that it should never have left his desk.
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Response 87 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 4, 2005 (23:55) * 1 lines
And he couldn't even spell Kentucky.
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Response 88 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Oct 5, 2005 (19:26) * 1 lines
*HAHAHAHAHAHA*
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Response 89 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct 6, 2005 (18:58) * 3 lines
*Falling on the floor laughing*
Yeah it is an artsy way they think the ancienct Celts spelled it. Just another of the pipedreams being foisted off on the innocent public. One guy said the only thing he'd use it for was toilet paper but the paper wasn't good enough. That about sums it up.
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Response 90 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct 7, 2005 (10:25) * 1 lines
Them' gol durn ancient Celts.
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Response 91 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 7, 2005 (16:41) * 3 lines
yup, we get all the flak and worse, we invented soap while the "civilized" Romans were sweating, oiling and scraping. Ewwwwwwww !!
(Terry, this includes you too, y'know!)
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Response 92 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Oct 7, 2005 (19:28) * 1 lines
BUT the romans invented the BATH (ok, anyone can fill a tub with water, but getting the water to flow and heated baths at that)
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Response 93 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct 7, 2005 (23:34) * 1 lines
Me too?
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Response 94 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (02:20) * 1 lines
Yup! From your indo European background you are definitely a soap using Celt. Baths were to sweat in. The Celts used soap and running streams. Winter it must have been pretty rugged out there.
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Response 95 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (02:20) * 1 lines
OH and the Romans never used soap.
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Response 96 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (02:21) * 1 lines
And... they used what is called in archaeology a "communal Sponge" dipped in vinegar to do the wiping. There was no Charmin back then.
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Response 97 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (15:32) * 1 lines
that must've smelt wonderful! (at least they knew vinegar was a good germ killer?)
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Response 98 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (18:15) * 1 lines
Somehow a sponge on a stick used by someone else has little appeal to me. But, those were the GOOD old days !
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Response 99 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (18:16) * 1 lines
as soon as wine turned to vinegar it killed the fermentation ergo it was sterile. Yup it makes good antiseptic if not a good drink.
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Response 100 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (22:01) * 1 lines
see, after i posted the stuff about vinegar, it registered in my thick skull that it was a substitute for toilet paper *ouch*
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Response 101 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Oct 9, 2005 (17:38) * 1 lines
Indeed !!! Pass the sponge might just become a spring theme.
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Response 102 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Oct 9, 2005 (18:34) * 1 lines
this is NOT what i had in mind when i created the bath in inner! *laugh*
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Response 103 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Oct 9, 2005 (18:35) * 1 lines
(wait, did i create the bath there?)
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Response 104 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Oct 9, 2005 (18:35) * 2 lines
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Response 105 of 109: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 15, 2005 (18:15) * 1 lines
Someone did and just in case I am also closing that italic command. I guessed offhand that it was Ree but maybe not.
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Response 106 of 109: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Oct 15, 2005 (18:53) * 1 lines
i think it was ree too.
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Response 107 of 109: christine (tci) * Mon, Apr 24, 2006 (19:46) * 1 lines
i had to read Green Days by the river in form 3 grade(9)..i hate to read...i must say though it was the ifrst book i have ever read to the end without falling asleep once....i had to read The Pearl which i hate...i still haven't read it to the end(only on chap 3) it is oh so boring n stupid...m i need to know it for my upcoming cxc exams in a couple of weeks i don't think i could ever finish readin it
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Response 108 of 109: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, May 2, 2006 (21:37) * 2 lines
I remember seeing the Pearl on my moms book shelf. Every now and then I would pick it up and read a passage, but never read the entire book. I wasn't drawn to it I guess.
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Response 109 of 109: S B Robinson (SBRobinson) * Thu, May 18, 2006 (17:53) * 8 lines
I just attempted to read North by Northanger, or the Shades of Pemberley: A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery by Carrie Bebris. It's the third in her Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery Series. The first 2 books were farily decent, but this one is just awful! The plotting is about the equivalant of what you'd find in a ScobyDoo cartoon (and just about as believeable), and what she does to the personalities of the characters is just criminal!
Now, I know when I read a modern continuation of Austen's works, I'm not going to get anything close to her genius -but really.... if you're going to call your characters Mr. & Mrs. Darcy, you should at aleast attempt to model their behavior after Jane's orignals!
Picture this:
Darcy is arrested on pathetically obvious trumphed up charges (made in an anomous letter, no less, and sent to a county bumpkin of a magistrate)and his instructions to Lizzy when he's to be imprisioned for 5 or 6 months? "Don't visit me." Not "send for our solisitor!", or "send an express to Col. Fitzwilliam!" or even an attempt at reasurance, with a Baldric-like "I have a plan..." (-and trust me, Baldric's capacity for planning is astronomical compaired to this pathically week minded Darcy!) His entire defense? "I didn't do it." I kid you not. And the response by the magistrate? "But rich fancy gentleman like yourself are known to lie." so his plan is to stick one of the richest men in England in the goal for several months -without representation.
anyway... if you're a fan of Jane Austen or like a good mystery, stay far away from this book.
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