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I can't multi quote at work, no idea why, so I am not going to quote anyone but reference posts.
I think everyone should read John Dos Passos USA trilogy. It is a classic piece of American literature that hardly any one looks at. He was more skilled author then Hemmingway and Fitzgerald and is the equal of Joyce. I love Hemmingway and Fitzgerald, I had a great class in college on the Paris in the 1920's and read a good amount of their work. It was all good but Dos Passos blows them out of the water. Harry Potter 1 and 2 are ok. The books get significantly more complex and dark starting with the third book. I did not like the seventh book. It was far too long and I really didn't need to spend so much time reading about Harry and his friends camping issues. I wanted the book to occassionally show us what was going on at Hogwarts and thought that the Epilogue was poorly written. I think that the Bronte sisters wrote some of the worst books I have ever read. They were boring, tedious, and there were hardly any likeable characters. The movies were not much better. I too love young adult books. The Christian Science Monitor just had an article on the five young adult series that kids should be reading and I bought the first book for all the series. Well not, Hunger Games, I already read that one. Robert Cormier is a genius. The books he wrote are amazing and I think it is a shame that kids do not read more of his work. Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series was far better then Dresden. The characters were more complex, the environment was more dynamic, and the over all story line moved along at a much better pace. The first book was slow but builds a nice bit of background knowledge that make the rest of the books that much more enjoyable. My Kindles are all some varient of the main characters names. I have not read anything by Jane Austen. I have no idea how I got through high school without reading her but I did. I read a lot of other stuff though. Babylon 5 is better then any of the Star Trek series. I own every James Bond novel. |
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I guess that Austen resonates for me, because it seems like the only relationship examples I ever had, growing up, were couples where one is rude and the other is silly. Austen makes comic hay of that dynamic, and I enjoy the chance to laugh at it instead of just crying. There's a whole chicken and egg question there which is interesting. Is the silly a coping mechanism for the rude, or is the rude a coping mechanism for the silly? Austen seems to think they both exist alone, and find each other somehow. Is this true? Also, am I personally a silly person or a rude one? I detect both of them in myself, at different times, and I'm not sure which one I dislike the most.
Also, I like Lydia the best. I know she's supposed to be the bad example, but she's also the one that refuses to be constrained. I wish they all had the strength to run away and get laid. |
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I'm also of Irish heritage, and I have to admit, I can't stand James Joyce. Actually, I don't care for a lot of "literary" books, although I do enjoy some -- Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. As far a Stephen King: I really liked Cujo and Dolores Claiborne, but I didn't care for The Stand. I also despise Koontz. Another confession: I really like a lot of the books written for young adults, including the Twilight Series (well, except for the last book). One more confession: I enjoyed the Hobbit, but could only make it half way through the rest of the LOTR series. It got very monotonous after awhile. |
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Ooh! That's a good one. Lord of the Rings confession: I can't stand all the poems and songs and excessive world-building. I don't care about the elf heritage. Just get back to the ring stuff, stop telling me what everyone sits around and eats and talks about in Rivendell for freaking forever.
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All my male friends lament about the "love scene" between Frodo and Samwise, lol.
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The Sam Frodo stuff just screwed with the pacin of the movie. It dragged as soon as you went to the two of them. I dragged the pace in the books as well but I could skim through it easily enough.
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GRR Martin could stand some serious editing as well.
I liked Tom, maybe a bit long but I liked that part of the book. |
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![]() 1. Love Star Trek but...like Star Wars more! Babylon 5 ![]() ![]() 2. To address the "classics are meaningless" comment: Some books are not read for entertainment, but enlightenment or information. While the classics may be dull and no longer fun, some serve an important purpose in educating the populace. Someone mentioned Orwell's 1984 as being boring. While I vehemently disagree (I couldn't put it down), I respect the opinion on its "entertainment value," but I hope we can all recognize how profoundly important that novel was and still is as a warning to mankind. Once you give up your personal freedoms and liberties, good luck getting them back! 3. I do agree that unlike 1984, some classics just don't hold up when viewed in a modern lens. For example, Catcher in the Rye is very much a "so what" book now. Anyway, just my two cents. |
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