Give a hoot, read a book

Post by **Segaholic2** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:09 am

Michael Moore is a big fat fag, and I would kick his ass around town without thinking twice if I ever met him.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:24 pm

Yeah, but you are from Texas.

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:00 pm

Segaholic2 wrote:Michael Moore is a big fat fag, and I would kick his ass around town without thinking twice if I ever met him.

Post by Bo » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:41 pm

Banned.

Moore would sit on NT, anyway.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:44 pm

Anyone like Pat Conroy?
Right now I'm reading The Lords of Discipline. It's pretty good, but The Great Santini was way better, yet the movie sucked.
Of course, it's just for summer reading, bleh...

Chaos Control · Post by **Chaos Control** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:34 am

The last book I've read was something called Golem in the Gears.

WhoopA · Post by **WhoopA** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:41 am

Xanth series. Hell yeah.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:15 am

I recently read "I, Robot" after watching the movie. In all honesty the plot has nothing to do with the book, but there are a couple of nods back to the work by Asimov. The NS-4s and NS-5s are hints back to the NS-2s in "Runaway Robot." Also the scene where Smith is looking through all the identicle robots just to find one was ripped straight from the book. Lanning was in the movie and the book, but he was a lot different in the book.

The movie wasn't too bad (anyone expecting anything other then a shoot-em-up was only kidding themselves), but it certainly could never fit in Asimov's universe. Yeah, after the killer robots try to take over the world, we stop them, and then hand it to them on a silver platter and all is good. Oh yeah, and anti-robot sentiment in the book was a pretty popular stance, not just the ideas of one neurotic cop.

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:56 am

Reading DaVinci Code at the moment, like about half of the first page.... It's good, I'm enjoying it.

Before that, I'd read Witches Abroad by Pratchett, having decided to read each Discworld book in order from the beginning. I skipped Faust/Eric - is that vital? It doesn't look like a main book...

I'm also supposed to be reading Dickens, 'cuz I've subscribed to this fortnightly magazine thing that comes with a different book each time, but I'm only half-way through the first one, Oliver Twist.

I've never read a Potter book.

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:19 pm

I just finished reading Farenheit 451 for school. It was quite entertaining, and I enjoy Bradbury's writing style.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:43 pm

I read that book in one night, heheh. It was weird.

Post by Bo » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:46 pm

I read it in 10th grade Language Arts class. A censored version. On audio tape, which my instructor stopped every three seconds to "analyze". It was too bad; I would've probably liked it otherwise.

Post by **Pepperidge** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:03 pm

I still haven't read Fahrenheit 451. None of my teachers ever covered it in high school, so I guess I should check it out.

Right now, however, I'm reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Unfortuantely, the edition I picked up seems to have more introduction explaining the different editions of the book and the consequences under which it was written than actual story content. I probably shouldn't have bothered reading all that....

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:14 am

I skipped Faust/Eric - is that vital? It doesn't look like a main book...

'Tis. Rincewind and The Luggage are freed from the Dungeon Dimensions, and go on a journey to the Tezumen Empire, through Hell, and end up on a remote tropical island, where they are summoned to the UU at the beginning of Interesting Times. It's part of a series and a very good read, although a little short.

Post by **Popcorn** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:25 am

I'm currently reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. It might be the best book I've ever read, but I don't know for sure yet. It's technically sci-fi, since it takes place in the future (both before and after some kind of apocalyptic event), but its setting is never really dwelled upon, just mentioned, alluded to-- it's a really soft, clever, witty, pretty book. Everyone read it now.

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:03 pm

j-man wrote:
I skipped Faust/Eric - is that vital? It doesn't look like a main book...
'Tis. Rincewind and The Luggage are freed from the Dungeon Dimensions, and go on a journey to the Tezumen Empire, through Hell, and end up on a remote tropical island, where they are summoned to the UU at the beginning of Interesting Times. It's part of a series and a very good read, although a little short.

Right... 'cept now I don't have to read it.

I saw a new line of Discworld books in there on Staurday. They're like those alternate Harry Potter "serious" covers they do for selfconscious adults. I'll have to hand it to the blurb writers for being able to summarise these books and avoid the humour. My vote for "Pointless Product of the Decade".

Chaos Control · Post by **Chaos Control** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:33 am

WhoopA wrote:Xanth series. Hell yeah.

The book was awesome. I've read a bunch of 'em!

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