BF3s Book Club

2010-11-15 16:39:21

#451

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5613|London, England

cpt.fass1 wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
RTHKI wrote:
"watch"
Google it.
Can't unsee something, DO NOT WATCH.

Spoil sport.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-11-15 16:43:16

#452

cpt.fass1: The Cap'n Can Make it Hap'n; +329|6951|NJ

JohnG@lt wrote:
cpt.fass1 wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Google it.
Can't unsee something, DO NOT WATCH.
Spoil sport.

He's probably more likely to go see it now..

My girl was all about the twilight series... So I"m very ashamed that I read the first book, only on the Thrown. But it was the most horrible piece of dribble I've ever read. Decent cover art though.

Look at the lemonparty website.

Last edited by cpt.fass1 (2010-11-15 16:45:33)

2010-11-17 17:28:52

#453

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6361|eXtreme to the maX

i r smart now

Fuck Israel

2010-11-17 17:32:57

#454

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6752

LoL

2010-11-21 15:26:29

#455

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,741|6992|Cinncinatti

The Hobbit
interpreter of maladies

2010-11-21 15:35:02

#456

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

i actually cheekily re-read the hobbit during last year instead of reading 'grown up' stuff for my course and enjoyed it 10x more. tolkien is pretty damn amazing.

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2010-11-21 15:49:00

#457

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6361|eXtreme to the maX

Interesting, I like Tolkien a lot but don't think its great literature, its fun to read though.
There's a general disdain for Tolkien in hi-lit circles.

Fuck Israel

2010-11-21 15:55:39

#458

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

no, there really isn't. tolkien in academic circles is a god. not for his fantasy, of course. tolkien was one of the great old/middle-english scholars of our time, he has written absolutely seminal pieces of criticism on norse sagas and epics such as beowulf, and has studied their mythology to death. hence why it was so easy for him to invent an engrossing and believable 'legend' around middle-earth - he just re-used archetypal stories from old danish legends and whatnot. he was also one of the great philologists of the 20th century-- an academic discipline that is basically dead nowadays because of its intense difficulty and cross-displinal, comparative nature. i'd say tolkien was on par with nietzsche when it came to philology. his fantastic understanding of ordinary words and their etymological root is another strength he used in his fantasy: all those completely cohesive, working languages he invented? all stem from old-english germanic roots or indo-aryan forms. absolutely impeccable.

my tolkien professor was a direct student of tolkien's great proteges at oxford, marsden and shippey, so i kinda inherited a lot of her enthusiasm. tolkien studies, incidentally, are really fucking difficult. some of the toughest academic work i have had to do. old english is a real riot.

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2010-11-22 12:54:29

#459

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6728|Kakanien

serious question: is it worth reading the great gatsby?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-11-22 13:02:40

#460

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

is a ferrari a fast car?

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2010-11-22 13:05:27

#461

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6728|Kakanien

Uzique wrote:
is a ferrari a fast car?

i take that as a yes. what about to kill a mockingbird?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-11-22 13:31:03

#462

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6971

cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
Uzique wrote:
is a ferrari a fast car?
i take that as a yes. what about to kill a mockingbird?

pretty good book. the narrative was more of a recollection of events than through the eyes of a seven year old. nevertheless a good book.

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2010-11-22 14:12:45

#463

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
Uzique wrote:
is a ferrari a fast car?
i take that as a yes. what about to kill a mockingbird?

not so much

the thematic scope is altogether more limited, more periodical, and more socio-culturally narrow

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2010-11-23 03:44:40

#464

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6728|Kakanien

Uzique wrote:
cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
Uzique wrote:
is a ferrari a fast car?
i take that as a yes. what about to kill a mockingbird?
not so much

the thematic scope is altogether more limited, more periodical, and more socio-culturally narrow

is that a no or a it's not great but you should have read it once?

what about hemingway? recommendations?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-11-23 04:14:49

#465

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6971

cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
Uzique wrote:
cl4u53w1t2 wrote:

i take that as a yes. what about to kill a mockingbird?
not so much

the thematic scope is altogether more limited, more periodical, and more socio-culturally narrow
is that a no or a it's not great but you should have read it once?

what about hemingway? recommendations?

It's a good read if you're really into civil rights and jim crow laws during the 1930s. The books main theme is pretty much don't judge people on their color of their skin or rumours you heard from others (boo).

Farewell to arms by hemmingway is pretty good from what ive heard from a friend. old man in the sea is boring as shit though.

2010-11-23 04:18:42

#466

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6361|eXtreme to the maX

I liked 'The Old Man and the Sea', haven't read it for ages though.

Fuck Israel

2010-11-23 08:37:02

#467

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

cybargs just stop fucking talking. 'old man in the sea', boring as shit, hahahaha.

every classic is worth reading at least once cl4uyasgawera, dontcha know? you seem to pride yourself on being 'well read' and 'well watched', so why are you asking such dumb questions? is hemingway worth reading? i'm sure it wouldn't kill you to read one book by one of the greatest american prose stylists of all time.

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2010-11-23 08:58:54

#468

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6728|Kakanien

Uzique wrote:
you seem to pride yourself on being 'well read' and 'well watched'

kekekekekek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-11-23 09:25:41

#469

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6971

Uzique wrote:
cybargs just stop fucking talking. 'old man in the sea', boring as shit, hahahaha.

it just dribbled on and on and on about an old dude who misses a boy while hes out in the ocean and he's getting fucked by mother nature. i found it boring so kthnxbai.

edit: hemingway started to drink way too much in his later years.

Last edited by Cybargs (2010-11-23 09:27:12)

2010-11-23 11:32:12

#470

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

haha oh cybargs. yeah a bit of wikipedia critique really covers why his last books were such shit, eh!

'old man in the sea', as you call it, is one of his best works. it's immense.

and yeah it was just about a "boy whilst he outs in the ocean getting fucked by mother nature" just like Ulysses is just about "a man walking around dublin for a few hours having a bit of a think"

STOP FUCKING TALKING

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2010-11-23 11:39:06

#471

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

nostromo - 3/10

i mean it's alright but all its about is some dumb silver mine in a country i've never even heard of. b o r i n g.

oh and conrad really lost his talent for writing after his first few books. anything over 100 pages and boy does he ramble on!

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2010-11-23 11:40:23

#472

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

the waves - 2/10

fuck me. i mean honestly, fuck me. NOTHING HAPPENS. just a bunch of kids growing up with boring, average lives.

virginia woolf really shoulda kept to diary writing and letters. and cooking for her man. he could write. but not this shit.

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2010-11-23 11:40:54

#473

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

a la recherche du temps perdu - 1/10

literally. puke. 1000 pages of a guy lay in bed having a nap. the nazis should have burned this book.

proust is a fucking idiot.

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2010-11-23 11:52:50

#474

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6728|Kakanien

franz kafka - das schloß

a guy trying to get into a castle. he never even gets near it. don't waste your time on this "book"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-11-23 11:58:17

#475

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6725

hahahahaha

pretty sure kafka drank way too much as well. or something.

Last edited by Uzique (2010-11-23 11:58:31)

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