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2nd October 2007, 1:30pm
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#31 | | Y'wid tho...
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by Bunnylingus  Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe.
Easy to read, engaging, sweet and a bit mental in places. | Ah! Loved that even liked the movie. 
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2nd October 2007, 1:41pm
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#32 | | Kurwa
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by MarkMono Fear & Loathing is normally a fairly good shout. | Nah. I know too many people who like "stories".
It's for this reason I haven't recommenededededdded Bukowski
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2nd October 2007, 2:04pm
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#33 | | Registered User Editor
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by MarkMono Time Travellers Wife was dogshit
I love Catch 22, but it seems to drag in the middle of the book for a lot of people. Homers Odyssey would, I imagine, produce an similarly mixed reaction across the board.
Fear & Loathing is normally a fairly good shout. | You realise that I have a degree in English Literature?
I'm not asking you to reel off the Western canon, or even show me how predictably 'beat' you are.
I asked for books accessible to the general public, not just your crazy little niche of pseudo intelligentsia.
Oh, and get off the internet and read some books that aren't quite such painfully obvious "I'm well read! No, really, I am!" examples. | 
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2nd October 2007, 2:06pm
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#34 | | RapechApel
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I just choked on my soup.
Never seen the movie tbh!
Oh, the last family in england, its a great book, based around a labrador looking out for his family.
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2nd October 2007, 2:13pm
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#35 | | Better not to err
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by triggerhappy You realise that I have a degree in English Literature? | Who cares?/Why is that in the slightest bit relevant? Quote:
Originally Posted by triggerhappy I'm not asking you to reel off the Western canon, or even show me how predictably 'beat' you are.
I asked for books accessible to the general public, not just your crazy little niche of pseudo intelligentsia. | I got that. I've never encountered anyone who hasn't at least passably enjoyed Fear and Loathing. Quote:
Originally Posted by triggerhappy Oh, and get off the internet and read some books that aren't quite such painfully obvious "I'm well read! No, really, I am!" examples. | Do you have any idea who you're talking to? you don't appear to be directing your points at me in any meaningful or relevant way.
Or are you, as appears, childishly peeved at me for not liking the same book as you?
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2nd October 2007, 2:15pm
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#36 | | Athiest Otter
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Call Me Elizabeth, by Dawn Annandale. Puts alot of things into perspective.
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2nd October 2007, 2:17pm
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#37 | | RapechApel
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*goes to get popcorn*
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2nd October 2007, 2:22pm
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#38 | | Registered User Editor
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Originally Posted by MarkMono Who cares?/Why is that in the slightest bit relevant?
I got that. I've never encountered anyone who hasn't at least passably enjoyed Fear and Loathing.
Do you have any idea who you're talking to? you don't appear to be directing your points at me in any meaningful or relevant way.
Or are you, as appears, to be childishly peeved at me for not liking the same book as you? | No, I just think you're an asshole.
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.
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 - I can sort the shite writing from the good. | |
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2nd October 2007, 2:27pm
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#39 | | Registered User Editor
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Originally Posted by MarkMono Do you have any idea who you're talking to? | I forgot to say. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
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2nd October 2007, 2:35pm
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#40 | | we hope that you choke
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I don't see how having an English degree (or not) makes your opinion on popular literature any more or less relevant than anyone else's.
I'm one year shy of having an English degree and last time I checked that didn't make me any kind of authority on whether a book was good or not.
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2nd October 2007, 2:45pm
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#41 | | Kurwa
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All a bit harsh from triggerhappy there.
The Time Traveller's Wife is shit
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2nd October 2007, 2:47pm
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#42 | | ShakingTheDisease SuperMod
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by MarkMono Who cares?/Why is that in the slightest bit relevant? |
You don't value education?
Explains a lot.
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2nd October 2007, 2:53pm
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#43 | | WillShock&Appall
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Originally Posted by MarkMono Or are you, as appears, childishly peeved at me for not liking the same book as you? | Calm down the both of you! All Mark meant was that was his best pick from HIS choice of books - maybe not your percpetion of what is easily accessible to everyone.
Chill, things are taken too seriously on these boards...*wanders away to county thread and smiles*
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2nd October 2007, 2:57pm
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#44 | | we hope that you choke
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Another book I just thought of - Mr Vertigo by Paul Auster. It's just a great wee story, nothing life changing or serious but a really good read.
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2nd October 2007, 3:01pm
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#45 | | assault and flattery Editor
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Originally Posted by djtoast You don't value education?
Explains a lot. | But subjectivity is objective!
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