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Originally Posted by triggerhappy  No, I just think you're an asshole. |
Do you now.
Well, all I can say is that I think its a shame. I always liked you, even respected.
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Originally Posted by triggerhappy And for the record, I thought Fear and Loathing was a pile of shit. So now you have met someone who didn't enjoy it. |
Its my most stolen book (Running at around seven copies now.) and the one I probably recommend to the widest variety of people. It wasn't intended to be some sort of pseudo-queer counterculture bullshit, I'd recommend it as a mainstream book that appeals to a wide audience. Its a road book, and a particularly good example of the genre. It also appeals to both the morons who laugh at the drug bits and the intelligentsia who can appreciate the semi-serious journalistic interrogation of the US of the time.
Feel feel to disagree with my assessment, but the idea that I would be trying to flex my literary muscles by recommending it is almost insulting.
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Originally Posted by triggerhappy Oh, and a final point just because I'm in the mood: check your wording in the final sentence. Maybe that's why it's relevant that I have an English Literature degree |
Checked it, noticed the awkward phrasology, concluded that it was accurate to my normal mode of speech and let it stand. I could say something to the effect of "If my grammar appears so fractured as to be unreadable to you then I would question the validity of your degree." but really, you come off pretty badly here all on your own.
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Originally Posted by triggerhappy I can sort the shite writing from the good. |
And again, the implication that my posts are shite because my grammar isn't perfect is pretty woeful.
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Originally Posted by triggerhappy I forgot to say. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
I can't believe that you actually used that phrase.  |
I meant that you genuinely seemed unaware of who you were directing your comments to from sentence to sentence, think you misunderstood.
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Originally Posted by djtoast You don't value education?
Explains a lot. |
Its not like Elaines in here posting "Toast, I think you're an ass, and its
nothing to do with who my partner is." so treating this as a serious question would be a little debasing to both of us.
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Originally Posted by triggerhappy Mark's suggestions were contrary to the point of the thread, which was to suggest accessible books for general consumption. If he's as clever as he says he is, he'd know those that he mentioned are hardly in the spirit of the thread. |
I only had one suggestion. The other two I
think you're referring to were Micks suggestions, so redirect 2/3 of your ire toward him.
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Originally Posted by triggerhappy Also,"Winner of British Book Awards: Popular Fiction Award 2006." I think that places it firmly in the scope of the question, regardless of whether you and Mark thought it was shit or not. |
Both the eng lit graduates I know are Harry Potter fans as an interesting counterpoint to this.
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Originally Posted by djtoast Mark didn't say that he didn't enjoy it, he said it was shit; that's a qualitative statement. One that would have more merit if it were said by someone with some expertise in evaluating literature. |
So only experts are allowed to post without qualifying their opinions? I thought the Time Travellers Wife was shite, if I was in polite company I would've described it as 'Junk food in book form' but I'm posting on the forum so I'm quite happy simply to describe it as dogshit.
Elaine liked it when she was reading it, though I seem to recall her opinion had dropped vastly by the time she finished it.
And all this over what? I said that I thought a book you liked was shit, not exactly worth all this, but I hope I've clarified enough of your misconceptions (and the odd outright mistake) for you to realise that this is all over nothing.
I'm just going to assume I caught you on a bad day..
