Realistic, you may have a point. I happen to be a huge Fantasy/Sci-Fi reader so I lean in that direction anyway.
I liked Roark a lot also, but Dagny was way cooler than Dominique.
Fountainhead had a bit too much of Rand's weird sexuality themes in it as well.
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by Rainswept on Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:18 am
I believe it's time for mankind to set aside the crutch of religion and embrace morality born of reason and truth. Those crutches have long since proven treacherous when the ground gets slippery.
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by Detective TurtleHolmes on Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:12 am
Dickens!
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by Taidje Khan on Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:50 am
Foundation--Isaac Asimov
Watership Down--Richard Adams
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas--Hunter S. Thompson
Lord of the Flies--John Golding (Jim? Jacob?)
Cat's Cradle--Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Meditations--Marcus Aurelius
A Confederacy of Dunces--John Kennedy Toole
Invisible Man--Ralph Ellison
Hiroshima--John Hersey (who wants to have nightmares?)
The 48 Laws of Power--Robert Greene (way better than Machiavelli)
Watership Down--Richard Adams
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas--Hunter S. Thompson
Lord of the Flies--John Golding (Jim? Jacob?)
Cat's Cradle--Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Meditations--Marcus Aurelius
A Confederacy of Dunces--John Kennedy Toole
Invisible Man--Ralph Ellison
Hiroshima--John Hersey (who wants to have nightmares?)
The 48 Laws of Power--Robert Greene (way better than Machiavelli)
R.I.P. George Carlin
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by E.Raser two on Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:30 am
the greatest classic book of every time
The Gospel of FSM by Bobby Henderson ( never read )
The Gospel of FSM by Bobby Henderson ( never read )
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by EarthRise on Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:30 am
Definitely Slaughterhouse V.
[...] the difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, though insuperable by our imagination, should not be considered as subversive of the theory.
-Darwin
-Darwin
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Re: Classic Books
by black bart on Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:25 am
Cap'n Turtlehead wrote:Let's start a list of what we believe to be "classics".
I'll begin, as I am posting the topic. Duh.
Animal Farm
1984
A Catcher In The Rye
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Anything Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, really.
There was a Sci Fi novel set in America which was very much like the Adventures of Tom Sawyer...I'll have to consult my Sci Fi encyclopedia to find it's title.
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Twain
by black bart on Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:59 pm
I've done my research:
Through Darkest America by Neal Barrett Jr (no idea who Neal Barrett senior was).
It is Twain's Huckleberry Finn set in a troubled future when the Mississippi has turned to acid!
Through Darkest America by Neal Barrett Jr (no idea who Neal Barrett senior was).
It is Twain's Huckleberry Finn set in a troubled future when the Mississippi has turned to acid!
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by Detective TurtleHolmes on Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:07 am
That sounds like an interesting book. I shall look it up.
A flap of the wings yesterday means big changes tomorrow.
Let's work together to keep the present inevitable.
So yeah, I went and got a blog.
Let's work together to keep the present inevitable.
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by Taidje Khan on Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:54 am
The Epic of Gilgamesh
'Cause I'm old school like that.
'Cause I'm old school like that.
R.I.P. George Carlin
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by St John the Blasphemist on Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:20 am
A Fall of Moondust - Arthur C. Clarke (even if you don't like sci-fi, this has some great commentary about human nature)
Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre (you may find it boring & uneventful most of the way through, but keep reading & you'll get a big surprise - hint: one of the characters has ulterior motives)
Coming Through Slaughter - Michael Ondaatje (yes, I agree, The English Patient sucked - but The English Patient tames in comparison to this)
Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre (you may find it boring & uneventful most of the way through, but keep reading & you'll get a big surprise - hint: one of the characters has ulterior motives)
Coming Through Slaughter - Michael Ondaatje (yes, I agree, The English Patient sucked - but The English Patient tames in comparison to this)
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Stupidity: What intelligent people wish they had less of.
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by black bart on Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:06 am
St John the Blasphemist wrote: (yes, I agree, The English Patient sucked - but The English Patient tames in comparison to this)
The English National Health Service Patient by Dicky Spleen was a far better read. The chapter where the main character survives for days on a trolley in a hospital corridor is amazing.
Critical Acclaim for the The English National Health Service Patient:
Oh god, please keep me out of hospital!
The Daily Diana Mail
A great book to read while you're on a hospital waiting list as it's 5,000 pages long
The Portsmouth Aaaaaarghus
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by Auntie Blackbeard on Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:46 pm
Childhoods End , Clarke
Lord of the Rings , Tolkien
Lathe of Heaven , Ursula K. Le Guin
Lord of the Rings , Tolkien
Lathe of Heaven , Ursula K. Le Guin
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by Detective TurtleHolmes on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:27 am
War and Peace.
(I haven't read it yet, but I plan to. 3000 pages of small print! How could you not like that?!)
(I haven't read it yet, but I plan to. 3000 pages of small print! How could you not like that?!)
A flap of the wings yesterday means big changes tomorrow.
Let's work together to keep the present inevitable.
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