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10-24-2009 , 04:55 PM

#2776

Blarg

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Scott Turow is a lawyery subject type guy.

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10-24-2009 , 09:12 PM

#2777

theBruiser500

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ii've looked voer about 20 books "on writing" and am grossed out by how poorly written they are.

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10-24-2009 , 09:20 PM

#2778

ItalianFX

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I'm still reading the Fountainhead. It's finally starting to pick up and get interesting. I just finished the Peter Keating section.

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10-24-2009 , 09:34 PM

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Is there an alien invasion in the second half of The Idiot? Or maybe someone goes on a killing spree? Cause I've just now gotten to part three, and if it doesn't pick up soon I don't think I'll be able to finish it. It feels like one of those MTV reality shows where a bunch of annoying rich kids get together and be annoying and rich with each other, except set in 19th century Russia.

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10-24-2009 , 09:36 PM

#2780

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Is there an alien invasion in the last half of The Idiot? Or maybe someone goes on a killing spree? Cause I've just now gotten to part three, and if it doesn't pick up soon I don't think I'll be able to finish it. It feels like one of those MTV reality shows where a bunch of annoying rich kids get together and be annoying and rich with each other, except set in 19th century Russia.

i personally loved the idiot. but if you don't like it by a fifth of the way through dump it, nothing changes.

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10-24-2009 , 10:04 PM

#2781

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i personally loved the idiot. but if you don't like it by a fifth of the way through dump it, nothing changes.

I don't understand the culture, or how I'm supposed to feel about anything. Like,

Spoiler:

So yeah, I don't really know what's going on. I feel like there's something a lot deeper happening, but I can't really see anything except dudes trying to get some pussy and bitches being crazy.

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10-24-2009 , 11:56 PM

#2782

theBruiser500

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hey i read this a long time ago so i don't remember or understand what you wrote in your spoilers. what i remember is that the book was about The Idiot, someone who was stupid, but because of his child like mentality was content all the time compared to all the other people who weren't idiots but actedl ike jerks and were always strugglgin

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10-25-2009 , 05:34 PM

#2783

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Just got "Positively fifth street" loving it

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10-26-2009 , 05:23 PM

#2784

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Hi all. Has anyone of you read that inofficial sequel-thingy of "The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy"? It's called "And Another Thing" and is from Eoin Colfer. I'm torn between reading and ignoring it.

Reasons for reading it seem obvious:
* Its the next/last part in the Hitchikers' universe.

Why to ignore it:
* Adams is dead, only he should have written it. If at all.
* I havent read a single word from that Colfer guy, but i found out that he writes fantasy books. Thats a strong indicator that he sucks, imo. (I havent lurked this thread, hopefully i'm not writing this to a lot of fantasy fans. If so: sorry.)
* I don't want a happy end. (to be honest, i've forgotten the end of the "Hitchiker's Guide")
* other books to read, ldo.

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10-27-2009 , 12:54 PM

#2785

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Thats a strong indicator that he sucks, imo

is this how you feel about all fantasy writers?....could it possibly be because you dont like fantasy? Ive read quite a bit of fantasy and theres been some damn good writers in that genre imo.

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10-27-2009 , 01:08 PM

#2786

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The standards for fantasy fiction used to be pretty abysmal. Picking up a fantasy novel used to be a pretty bad percentage play indeed. There's probably much more stuff out there now that has reached a higher standard, but if the terrible stuff sold before, I'm sure it's still out there selling again, or still, and turning many people away from what is after all a genre with plenty of potential.

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10-27-2009 , 01:14 PM

#2787

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Have started The Time Traveler's Wife...so far, so good...

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10-27-2009 , 01:37 PM

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started brave new world

enjoyable so far. much more different to 1984 than i expected: there are actually some appealing aspects to living in this dystopia.

that being said, huxley appears to be a terrible prose stylist: it reads like the work of an 18 year old with a broad vocabulary who fancies himself as a poet. thank god there is a lot of dialogue. i didnt notice this when i read the doors of perception.

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10-27-2009 , 01:39 PM

#2789

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SuperMob by Gus Russo...basically an overview of all the major players that merged organized crime and the corporate/mainstream society. Centers around Sidney Korshak, who I became fascinated with after reading "The Kid Stays in the Picture".

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10-27-2009 , 02:06 PM

#2790

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Crossing my fingers that 'The Gathering Storm" is good.

Please do a good job with what Robert Jordan started, Brandon Sanderson.

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10-27-2009 , 02:26 PM

#2791

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this sounds interesting. how good of a book was it? can you expand a bit? thanks

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10-27-2009 , 02:30 PM

#2792

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Currently reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, which has been mentioned a few times in this thread. I'm 400 pages in, and it's honestly taken me this long to really get into it and care about what's going to happen. Maybe it was a mistake moving straight from A Song of Ice and Fire to this. It's not bad, don't get me wrong, but it's not exactly making me ache to read another fantasy book after this.

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10-27-2009 , 02:34 PM

#2793

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That does sound good. Love Mafia books. All that murder and perfidy makes the pages fly by.

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10-27-2009 , 02:38 PM

#2794

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Originally Posted by tmcdmck

that being said, huxley appears to be a terrible prose stylist: it reads like the work of an 18 year old with a broad vocabulary who fancies himself as a poet. thank god there is a lot of dialogue.

Duh, he's British.

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10-27-2009 , 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mosdef

Duh, he's British.

man americans think the british suck.

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10-27-2009 , 03:49 PM

#2796

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Sanderson is superior to Jordan writing wise - not sure about story-telling-wise though.

James

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10-28-2009 , 04:02 AM

#2797

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Originally Posted by livinitup0

is this how you feel about all fantasy writers?....could it possibly be because you dont like fantasy? Ive read quite a bit of fantasy and theres been some damn good writers in that genre imo.

I feel this way about the very few fantasy writers that crossed my way. (very small sample size, to be honest) Don't ask for names, its 15+ years ago.

You said that you read quite a bit of fantasy, anything to tell about Colfer?

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that being said, huxley appears to be a terrible prose stylist: it reads like the work of an 18 year old with a broad vocabulary who fancies himself as a poet.

Maybe because the book was written in the 1930s.

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10-28-2009 , 07:18 AM

#2798

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Originally Posted by CBukowski

Maybe because the book was written in the 1930s.

loads of books were written in the 30s: hemingway was in his prime! i can forgive some stylistic quirks from older books, but bad styling is bad styling.