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Anyone read the "original scrolls" version of On The Road?

thoughts on how it holds vs the published?

thanks

http://www.amazon.com/Road-Original-...9866607&sr=8-3

I read it. I liked it. I never read the published version so I can't say how it holds up, but it was a fun read. It was annoying because there are no chapters or paragraphs, so there was no "I'll go to bed when I finish the chapter" or "I'll get off the toilet after this paragraph" but it was a good book.

03-15-2011 , 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jorgejuan

A better thread title might be which books written in the last ten years will be in print in 50. I'm not bothered reading new books, the canon is there and proven and I'm never near a watercooler. I'll get around to these novelties when I'm ancient and they've had a continuous readership. Maugham anyone? Excuse my intrusion if there's a best books thread

I don't understand this, given the huge amount of variance involved in the success of a book. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone will probably still be known in 2047, but that doesn't mean it's an amazing read. And of course many great books will have fallen by the wayside by then.

03-15-2011 , 09:02 AM

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It's harder to sound intellectual if you follow your philosophy though

03-16-2011 , 12:52 PM

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magne87

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Just finished Freedom, and started reading Corrections...I really enjoy Franzens style..

03-17-2011 , 04:55 AM

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Chin Musik

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empire of debt by bill bonner

03-18-2011 , 02:58 AM

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yeah plenty of time to reread the series before July

60% of the way through The Wise Man's Fear and really liking it

finished this a few days ago, it's good but definitely a lot weaker than The Name of the Wind, not all that much really happened in a 1000 page book, the writing was good and it was entertaining, but it seemed like it could have covered everything in 600ish pages

03-18-2011 , 04:11 AM

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the length of encounter with "F" was far too long, imo.

03-20-2011 , 12:56 AM

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tucker max obvs

03-20-2011 , 04:55 PM

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Somebody was on point when they said "The Secret History". It was the best novel I read from the past decade. Certainly will stand the test of time and be regarded as a classic. Should be required reading for every American.

03-23-2011 , 07:25 PM

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For those who like sweeping epics I highly recommend Colleen McCullough's Rome series. It's a well researched historical fiction about the Roman Republic; full of politics, war, and interesting characters. If you like Shogun you will almost for sure enjoy these books. The first one on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/First-Man-Rome...0922437&sr=1-1

03-23-2011 , 07:36 PM

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seconded. The First Man in Rome concentrates on Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and the story continues on down through Octavian. I've only read the first two so far but they are as fine an example of historical fiction as I have ever read. The chapter on Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi is especially well done. But it's not a chick book at all, there are fantastic battles and intrigues and murder and vast information on the way apartment buildings worked in ancient rome and just all kinds of cool stuff.

03-24-2011 , 11:07 AM

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Jonathon Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close might be my nomination for the book of the 2000-2010, for both literary value and historical relevancy.

03-24-2011 , 11:10 AM

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The Road
Against the Day
Motherless Brooklyn
House of Leaves
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Interpreter of Maladies (short stories, but still a book)

ok I'm at 3 out of 6 done on this list, and I got to say, this is a damn good list of best books since 2000. wp vabogee

03-28-2011 , 10:56 AM

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Yep, it is awesome. Also, A Dance with Dragons (George Martin 5th book in Song of Ice and Fire) has an OFFICIAL release scheduled for July 12th. yesssssss

Read both of the Rothfuss books last week, pretty pissed that I have to wait a few years for the 3rd now.

03-29-2011 , 12:06 AM

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Read both of the Rothfuss books last week, pretty pissed that I have to wait a few years for the 3rd now.

Who, exactly, are you pissed at?

03-29-2011 , 11:04 AM

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The illuminati, mostly.

03-29-2011 , 11:13 AM

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Who, exactly, are you pissed at?

Why, exactly, do you have to be pissed at someone to be pissed?

04-03-2011 , 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bottomset

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Originally Posted by sublime

the length of encounter with "F" was far too long, imo.

Yes to both of these, especially what sublime said that's exactly what I was thinking while reading the book. I enjoyed reading it a lot, and I have never read a book (any book, let alone one 1000 pages long) this quickly (c. 2 days and 5 hours), but looking back at it now I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Perhaps my expectations were too high.

I'm curious to see if Rothfuss really will wrap the story up with only one more book. Given how old Kvothe is at the end of book two and how old he is in real life (in the book that is), it seems like a lot of years to fit into one book.

04-13-2011 , 03:08 PM

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the rise and fall of the third reich a history of nazi germany

this basically is the most detailed account of the entire thing. from hitler's rise till the last moments of his life in the bunker. its mesmerizing. just goes to show how much of a boss hitler really was.

reading it feels likes you're reading a novel. you just wont stop rooting for hitler i tell you.

04-13-2011 , 03:14 PM

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I had a different interpretation but it's def one of the best things to read on the subject.

04-15-2011 , 10:25 AM

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the rise and fall of the third reich a history of nazi germany

reading it feels likes you're reading a novel. you just wont stop rooting for hitler i tell you.

uhh...

04-15-2011 , 10:30 AM

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thegoat916's review actually makes me want to read it if it is THAT good

04-16-2011 , 03:10 AM

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Blackwater, The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.

Jeremy Scahill.

04-20-2011 , 01:11 PM

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There seems to be a lot of fantasy geeks in here, so I will mention a fantasy series that does not seem that well known that is great. It is called Malazan Book of the Fallen.

It is a 10 book series (I am on book 6 currently). Each book starts off kind of slow and extremely confusing as to what is going on (thank you google for helping with this), but if you can get through the first half of each book, the author closes every book very strong to the point where I am literally pulling all nighters to finish each book, which is not normally my style.

04-20-2011 , 01:45 PM

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extremely confusing. zurvan has read the entire thing. I haven't yet managed to get through Gardens of the Moon, but the Malazan Reread of the Fallen on tor.com and the malazan wiki is helping. I think it's very well written, it's just that the scope is incredible.

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