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The worst books you've ever read (pg. 3)
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
- 1984: When even kinkiness in the woods becomes a political act, you know the book is just one giant rant against a specific idea without a solid theoretical background. I kept waiting for the "good part", until I noticed I was already on the last page.
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Admit it, you just disliked the book for linguistic reasons because of the newspeak crap. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
Admit it, you just disliked the book for linguistic reasons because of the newspeak crap. |
And you read my review, didn't you? :tongue2 |
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| Moongoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by Happymess
You should've read the warning. =D
http://i51.tinypic.com/t6bhx1.jpg |
I actually started reading it knowing it was bad, disgusting, sick and depraved, i just didnt realise it was THAT bad, disgusting, sick and depraved.
Its like watching a porn video that was described to you as "slightly kinky", risqué perhaps but safe enough that you can watch it with your significant other, but when you go trough it you realise what you actually got was the sickest of german and japanese collaboration, full of octopus rape and eating.
Its like going to a friends place for a "bad movie night" and instead of Plan 9 from Outer Space, which is so bad its good, especially when drunk and among friends, the host puts on Battlefield Earth, in which case everybody immediately goes home and never speaks to that person again. Ever.
Its just much worse that one expects it to be, and i didnt expect it to be any good at all.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
And you read my review, didn't you? :tongue2 |
Someone needs to write a review of your review. I only remember posting some bullet points, but i could totally pad that out to a few pages if a need to do so should come up one day :D |
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| Lira |
| There's a part about titties being awesome. I like that bit. |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
And you read my review, didn't you? :tongue2 |
No, what review? :conf:
So I was right? lol, you're so ridiculously predictable sometimes. :p :haha:
Edit: I agree, btw. 1984 sucks hard. For other reasons than newspeak imho, but still. |
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| Domesticated |
| Authors: the only people Lira can stomach being mean to. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Authors: the only people Lira can stomach being mean to. |
:D
Actually, not authors, but their books/ideas. I believe we should be kind to one another and extremely harsh with the things we say.
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
No, what review? :conf:
So I was right? |
It's in my sig, and I gave that reason precisely because it's the one I feel the most comfortable about (as I happen to be a specialist). But, even if Orwell's knowledge of language was flawless, I'd dislike 1984 because I thought it was too one-sided. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
:D
Actually, not authors, but their books/ideas. I believe we should be kind to one another and extremely harsh with the things we say. |
That works well on paper, but people's opinions are often the dearest thing to them. Attack a man's opinion and you attack him. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
That works well on paper, but people's opinions are often the dearest thing to them. Attack a man's opinion and you attack him. |
I'm painfully aware of that.
I've recently drifted away from an otherwise good friend, whom I've known since high school, because for years he failed to convert me to the religion I described above in "Nosso Lar". He'd try to convince me and I'd politely turn down the invitations to join him and whatnot. He'd engage in philosophical debates with me and I'd try to make my point in as sensible a manner as possible. His insistence, however, became increasingly hostile and he started criticising me for not living the way his ideology demanded. In a way, being a complete atheist despite all his efforts were the fiercest attack to his way of living, it seemed, so I thought it would be better to just let him live his own way. |
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| Moongoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
He'd try to convince me and I'd politely turn down |
This is where you were wrong. You turn him down politely, once. The second time he tries to convert you you slam your fist on the table and set some frim ground rules. If he still doesnt listen and tries to pull that the third time you take a page from the ancient romans book and rent a couple of lions for an hour or two. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
Also, Da Vinci Code wasn't that bad imho. It has a lot of weaknesses, but was reasonably entertaining and well written. |
I wish I could find that article where a professor of English language rips apart the intro of the Da Vinci Code almost line by line. The book is a terrible piece of writing - it was practically the text-book example of ty prose stylistics while I was at university. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
This is where you were wrong. You turn him down politely, once. The second time he tries to convert you you slam your fist on the table and set some firm ground rules. If he still doesnt listen and tries to pull that the third time you take a page from the ancient romans book and rent a couple of lions for an hour or two. |
Maybe. He did try to control his proselyting urges, though. That's why the whole process must've taken from 3 to 4 years. |
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