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Post by Aegis on Sept 6, 2005 21:54:14 GMT -5
Currently reading Moneyball
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Post by NeoEllis on Sept 27, 2005 22:46:25 GMT -5
Hamlet for English class, but just out of the blue I decided to read I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream. Very much recommend. It's just a short story, so if you have fifteen minutes or so, I'd go ahead and read it. The very end is just great, I got shivers reading it, and I already knew how it ended. www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/ellison/ellison1.html
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Post by Cygnus X-1 on Sept 28, 2005 19:54:35 GMT -5
Damn. That is good.
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Post by Craze on Oct 6, 2005 21:02:30 GMT -5
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
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Post by Cygnus X-1 on Oct 16, 2005 14:27:54 GMT -5
Just finished reading the Scarlet Letter- it's boring, yes, but it gets somewhat interesting about halfway through. but I don't really recommend it.
I am now reading Lolita (as part four of my Russian literature binge) and it's absolutely delightful. I highly recommend it.
And I'm soon to be forced to read Catcher in the Rye.
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Post by Craze on Oct 24, 2005 16:12:59 GMT -5
Read the first two chapters of OldBoy (YESH!) Will be reading that and maybe Daa! Daa! Daa!
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Post by Cyrus on Nov 2, 2005 22:41:46 GMT -5
Finished "Musashi". Man that was a good book, took me a little too long but school got in the way.
Now on to "A Clockwork Orange".
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Post by Craze on Nov 10, 2005 22:41:28 GMT -5
I stopped reading I, Robot midway. Horrible book.
Reading To Kill A Mocking BIrd
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Post by Cygnus X-1 on Nov 15, 2005 18:03:15 GMT -5
TKM is probably the most heartwarming novel I've ever read. And Harper Lee was a one-hit-wonder, too.
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Post by NeoEllis on Nov 28, 2005 17:18:31 GMT -5
Just finished The Lotus Sutra for my World Civilizations class, being a religious text, it was pretty heavy handed and well stocked with dogma - not my cup of tea. Still, I did find some of the themes and ideas interesting.
Now moving on to Plato's Republic, again for World Civ. Republic, of course, is not a religious work but one of philosophy and ethics, so I'm finding it a much more interesting and easier to get through. I've only read 15 pages or so, but I'd recommend it thus far.
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Post by Craze on Nov 28, 2005 18:39:48 GMT -5
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
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Post by Cyrus on Dec 5, 2005 21:16:52 GMT -5
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Post by NeoEllis on Jan 11, 2006 16:05:08 GMT -5
Starship Troopers
I'm about 3/4th of the way through the novel now, and I have to say, even though it's been a very interesting and well written read, the book's reputation as fascist propaganda is not undeserved. Eventually you realize that the plot is minimal and only one character is ever given the opportunity to develop. The rest of the book is mostly a vehicle to tie together a series of sermons on the righteous and unimpeachable perfection that is military dictatorship. Blah.
Powersuits are hella cool, though.
Anyway, if anyone else has read this work, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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Post by Craze on Jan 11, 2006 21:38:56 GMT -5
The Reivers by William Faulkner
It's required reading, but I still find it interesting, especially since I'll get to see my classmates reaction to Faulkner's complex writing style.
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Post by Cygnus X-1 on Jan 13, 2006 17:14:33 GMT -5
Sula by Toni Morrisson.
Excellent, excellent book. It's probably the only really good book we've read in Am. Lit., (Catcher in the Rye is for emo faggots) and I'm deffinately going to read more books by her.
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