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Uzique wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

Outside of school given books (Lord of the flies etc..) the only books, as in proper books, I have actually bothered to read is Lord of the rings. It's true. I'm not a book person, I should read more but I don't. It's down to the simple fact that I grew up hating books/fiction because of the shit they used to make us read in school and how the teachers would analyse books and poems in the most ridiculous way, it really put me off.

Most books that are worth reading are meant to be analysed and understood for deeper meanings. It's not 'ridiculous', you're clearly a part of the demographic that is happy reading 5-words-per-sentence Jeremy Clarkson and considering that as 'enlightening literature'. Proper books... Lord of the Rings? Did you even understand the allegory before watching the films? These book threads make me rage.

Nah, I don't try to put myself across as a guy that reads enlightening literature by giving examples. I know what I am when it comes to lit. When I said proper books, I meant as in reading outside of the classroom, reading a full book and not a Journal or a Magazine or something like that. Not proper as in "I think it's proper cos it's intelligent, unlike other books which aren't proper cos they're unintelligent"

I actually never really paid attention to the films until I started reading the book (talking about lord of the rings).

And I still find it ridiculous, I had uninspiring middle aged women teachers for most of my school life. They really killed alot of things for me. Ranging from Art to English lit. It's just how some people are, it's not that I didn't understand or appreciate, it's that I simply didn't like it.

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2009-07-11 09:47:32)

I remember reading Jurassic Park (Crichton) years ago, and then thinking how vastly different it was from the movie.

KingCheese wrote:

Lai wrote:

Roomba wrote:

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the whole series is good)

Damn, how could I forget that. It is probably thé most epic modern work. However, I do not think the whole series is good, in fact I particularly disliked the later added (fourth) chapter ("Mostly Harmless" I think).

Mostly Harmless was the fifth in the series I'm pretty sure, the fourth was "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish."  But I do agree that Mostly Harmless isn't the best in the series.

I originally heard it as a joke: it was a five book trilogy. The original series stopped with the third book Life, the Universe and Everything.  So I don't know if the last two were after thoughts or what. All in all, the entire series was easy to read and very imaginative. I re-read them every so often. I keep forgetting various parts and it's good for a laugh. RIP Douglas Adams.

1. 1984 G. Orwell.
2. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, including the rest like So Long and Thanks for all the Fish and Mostly Harmless etc.
3. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

LaidBackNinja wrote:

Uzique wrote:

Intelligent and mature? Like all the pseudo-intellectual fuckers that list 1984 and other cliché-classics that they were made to study in high-school for their age-16 exams? Or do you mean the other group of people that read Stephen King and Tom Clancy recycled-borefests, nicely filling that stereotype of casual-reader that bases their book tastes much in the same way an apathetic listener would base their music-tastes from the 'Top Albums' chart? There are no intelligent readers on BF2s, and the proof for that lies in the fact that no single member has mentioned James Joyce in 2 entire pages of contribution.

Oh please.
I listed both 1984 and Stephen King in my list. But guess what? I study English at university. I've read James Joyce. Tom Stoppard. All those "real" authors. I've written endless essays on them - but I still don't like them. I can't even be bothered to make a list of them. I quite liked Heart of Darkness, the Red Badge of Courage, The Things they Carried, but simply not well enough to place them in my top 3. Does that make me unintelligent? I think not, good sir.

Well then I pity your incredibly poor taste, "good sir".

Anything by Michael Crichton, sphere, timeline, jurassic park  (I haz signed copy of the lost world)
Tom Clancy is good as well, but sometimes drags on.
Catch 22 was chillingly hilarious
LOTR

and I did like the harry potter books (engage flame suit)

Fat_Swinub wrote:

uzique tell me if i should read uylsses

Why do you need me to tell you? You won't get it, anyway.

how does James Joyce compare with the satirical wit of Jim Davis?

can't believe i missed discworld et al of my list

Fat_Swinub wrote:

uzique is cool because hes like "hah you FAGGOTS dont even read james joyce" then he gets called out on it and is like "errr i dont actually read james joyce"

Err, I do read James Joyce - his novels, poetry and political prose - but I'm not a "fanboy" of his works, i.e. you're not going to wind me up by trying to "call me out" on it. How exactly are you hoping to go about winding me up by talking to me about James Joyce anyway? Pretty ridiculous, your technique is absolutely terrible. The reason I (joke-mockingly) said that this thread isn't a legitimate 'top books' thread without Joyce is because his novels are generally considered to be the best examples of 20th century literature by the canonical establishment. Nothing to do with my personal preferences.

Nineteen Eighty Four
The Grapes of Wrath
The DaVinci Code 2: Revenge of the Illuminati Zombies

Uzique wrote:

Intelligent and mature? Like all the pseudo-intellectual fuckers that list 1984 and other cliché-classics that they were made to study in high-school for their age-16 exams? Or do you mean the other group of people that read Stephen King and Tom Clancy recycled-borefests, nicely filling that stereotype of casual-reader that bases their book tastes much in the same way an apathetic listener would base their music-tastes from the 'Top Albums' chart? There are no intelligent readers on BF2s, and the proof for that lies in the fact that no single member has mentioned James Joyce in 2 entire pages of contribution.

Wow, you're a bit of a prick aren't you?

Ever considered people put 1984 because they actually like it
I cant actualy believe someone's trying to be elitist about fucking books.

Gawwad wrote:

It's Uzique.

He sounds like a 12 year old with a thesaurus to me.