On June 13 2015 23:03 Zergneedsfood wrote:
sir, i pick and choose books by cover :3
sir, i pick and choose books by cover :3
That's because American covers are so ugly and only special books get good ones.
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maybenexttime
Poland5452 Posts
On June 13 2015 23:03 Zergneedsfood wrote: Show nested quote + On June 13 2015 22:05 AndreWiles wrote: On June 13 2015 16:13 Surth wrote: gonna read some Raymond Chandler again, hell yeah. As for fashionable nonsense - according to wikipedia noam chomsky, richard dawkins and thomas nagel all like it. if thats not a bad sign i dont know what is. It's best to judge books by their content. sir, i pick and choose books by cover :3 That's because American covers are so ugly and only special books get good ones. | ||
Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On June 13 2015 02:42 Paljas wrote: Show nested quote + On June 12 2015 04:22 Jerubaal wrote: I didn't know you were an English major. I'm not sure I can trust you anymore. You're probably into the deconstruction shit. people with latin signatures cant be trusted Aut disce aut discede. | ||
farvacola
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On June 13 2015 23:25 maybenexttime wrote: Show nested quote + On June 13 2015 23:03 Zergneedsfood wrote: On June 13 2015 22:05 AndreWiles wrote: On June 13 2015 16:13 Surth wrote: gonna read some Raymond Chandler again, hell yeah. As for fashionable nonsense - according to wikipedia noam chomsky, richard dawkins and thomas nagel all like it. if thats not a bad sign i dont know what is. It's best to judge books by their content. sir, i pick and choose books by cover :3 That's because American covers are so ugly and only special books get good ones. Check out our medieval fantasy books if you want to throw up at the sight of hideousness. | ||
Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Surth
Germany456 Posts
On June 13 2015 22:05 AndreWiles wrote: Show nested quote + On June 13 2015 16:13 Surth wrote: gonna read some Raymond Chandler again, hell yeah. As for fashionable nonsense - according to wikipedia noam chomsky, richard dawkins and thomas nagel all like it. if thats not a bad sign i dont know what is. It's best to judge books by their content. Judging books by their covers is the most important skill in the world. Without it, youd have to read ayn rand before calling her a slutcat. | ||
farvacola
United States18819 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On June 14 2015 08:23 Surth wrote: Show nested quote + On June 13 2015 22:05 AndreWiles wrote: On June 13 2015 16:13 Surth wrote: gonna read some Raymond Chandler again, hell yeah. As for fashionable nonsense - according to wikipedia noam chomsky, richard dawkins and thomas nagel all like it. if thats not a bad sign i dont know what is. It's best to judge books by their content. Judging books by their covers is the most important skill in the world. Without it, youd have to read ayn rand before calling her a slutcat. Not a fan of 1920s art deco? | ||
dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On June 14 2015 01:25 farvacola wrote: Harry Potter is good. Perhaps my glasses aren't thick enough. If you judge Harry Potter fairly, and by fairly I mean in its genre, it's a very, very good book. | ||
Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
prisoner of Azkaban is by far my favourite HP book also, the fourth one beat out Storm of Swords to win the Hugo that year | ||
Yuljan
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I miss the time when I could pick up any hugo winner and enjoy the book... | ||
bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
get behind me satan | ||
Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On June 15 2015 02:01 Yuljan wrote: Honestly hugos are pretty worthless nowadays. Cant really trust any female writers winning over male writers there, since their judgements are no longer based on quality. I miss the time when I could pick up any hugo winner and enjoy the book... I don't know what the point of this sentence is, so I'm going to side-eye you for the rest of eternity. | ||
Jerubaal
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On June 15 2015 03:20 Jerubaal wrote: Could be misinterpreting, but I think he's saying that he's skeptical whenever a woman wins because it might be for publicity or whatever you want to call it. Which is a pretty shitty situation all around. Shame it's not like the old days, when only deserving writers like McCaffrey, LeGuin, and Cherryh could get a Hugo. | ||
Jerubaal
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