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Amazing, amazing book. can't put it down
2010 - What are you Reading? - Page 11
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
Amazing, amazing book. can't put it down | ||
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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
And stop posting gigantic book covers while not giving any hint as to what the book may be about. This thread would have a point if the posts contained something valuable, even a one-sentence review. But what we have here is just garbage. This thread should be closed. | ||
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
On June 29 2010 20:46 HnR)hT wrote: People, stop posting books that everyone is supposed to have read in school. It makes you look like a retard. And stop posting gigantic book covers while not giving any hint as to what the book may be about. This thread would have a point if the posts contained something valuable, even a one-sentence review. But what we have here is just garbage. This thread should be closed. Seriously, out of all the terrible threads in "General", you're complaining about the one about books and reading? It may come as a surprise to you, but there are other countries, where not everyone reads the same books you did in school. | ||
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n11/n56907.jpg) | ||
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538
Hungary3932 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront.jpg/200px-AllQuietOnTheWesternFront.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Remarque_Im_Westen_nichts_Neues_1929.jpg/200px-Remarque_Im_Westen_nichts_Neues_1929.jpg) At a measly 200 pages it's a very powerful book. A very personal, touching, yet down-to-earth, cold, calculating and digusting take on war. Not your average "war is bad, ok?" presentation. It makes it even more interesting that he was on the german side of the war (WW1). It was banned and burned in the Nazi Germany, and I can certainly see why: no propaganda ever would motivate a young man to enroll into the army after reading this. I'd certainly recommend it if you don't dislike war novels. Now I'm starting (continuing) Thomas Harris' Hannibal, so far its shaping up to be a decent pulp/thriller. ![[image loading]](http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s245/blacklady_76/hannibal33cv4.jpg) I havent read any other book in the series, and while I dont feel the need for it a 100 pages in, I wonder if the rest are any better/worse. Did anyone read these books? Which ones would you recommend, if any? | ||
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Mjolnir
912 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/07-old-breed.jpg) One of the most sobering accounts of war I've ever read. I honestly think everyone should read this book - especially politicians. It's stark honesty, nothing more. No self-indulgence, no silly heroism, no pretension, just the way things were as seen through the eyes of a combat marine. It has been called the greatest military memoir ever written and is on the USMC suggested reading list. ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZIKb3kwBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) Alexander the Great is the man. Period. An in-depth look at the man, the myth, the legend, his life and impact, as well as his political and military triumphs. Did I mention Alexander the Great is a total bad ass? I'd love to see a general/king/politician ride into combat with his troops - leading the charge - these days. I suspect if one was expected to, there would be far fewer wars. ![[image loading]](http://joiedemoi.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-road.jpg) One of the best novels I've ever read. Some of my friends thought it was boring, I thought it was riveting. There are so many aspects of this story that speak to us on so many levels. The book is better than the movie, and far more grim. My penchant for apocalyptic imagery may have been what got me interested in this book but my interest in the way the world works, what drives people, and whether morals are subjective or objective, kept me from putting it down. | ||
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sCuMBaG
United Kingdom1144 Posts
On May 20 2010 10:55 Belgo wrote: ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eitlJxlNL._SS500_.jpg) that one really sucks. tried it once, and abandoned it. they tried to force me in school, but i took an F over reading it. On April 15 2010 04:40 Ghardo wrote: ![[image loading]](http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5749/51ppjozeaglsx500.jpg) hahah : ( you wish  me too... | ||
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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
On June 29 2010 20:50 Sadistx wrote: Seriously, out of all the terrible threads in "General", you're complaining about the one about books and reading? It may come as a surprise to you, but there are other countries, where not everyone reads the same books you did in school. The difference is, those other threads that are "terrible" don't have the potential to be much better. In this age hardly anyone outside of the third world would not have heard of, say, George Orwell. If you don't know, or cannot find out for yourself, what are the universally agreed-upon classics of a given literary tradition, those books "everyone is supposed to read or have read," then regardless of where you are from in the developed world you are an idiot. | ||
CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
hT, there are more classics that could have been read in school than most people have the time to read. unless you studied english lit | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
It's true this thread isn't great but that's more to do with it being one of those threads where everyone posts but nobody reads. It'd be nice if we could get some kind of discussion going about the books. | ||
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jwuN9GCeL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg){kind=icon} very interesting history book about the crusaders, muslims and knights templars during the middle east campaign and subsequent crusades in europe. | ||
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SoL[9]
Portugal1370 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.cultura.dequalidade.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/A-Odisseia-capa2-198x300.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YhrLAYLQ8So/SwrRz1a4DRI/AAAAAAAAI00/XIvWopWNsbs/s1600/The+Left+Hand+of+God.jpg) Amazing book i cant wait for the second one! | ||
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sTromSK
Slovakia77 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg20127002.000/mg20127002.000-1_300.jpg) This book just gave me a lot of interesting facts about ants and their complex societies. How is an ant programed and why they are so effective organisms. And its well written. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ![[image loading]](http://www.ateism.nu/images/Surely%20Youre%20Joking%20Mr%20Feynman%20by%20Richard%20Feynman.jpg) Great book about the life of a famous physicist and Nobel price laureate R. Feynman. Nice style of writing, funny and inspiring content. | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.teachsam.de/deutsch/d_literatur/d_aut/mann_th/mmf/covers/cover_mann_th_buddenbrooks_bg.jpg) I study German literature and this is just one of those classics you need to have read before the end of your studies. Great book. | ||
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A3iL3r0n
United States2196 Posts
On June 29 2010 22:10 Orome wrote: + Show Spoiler + I study German literature and this is just one of those classics you need to have read before the end of your studies. Great book. Thomas Mann is the bomb, yo. You might want to try Death In Venice if you haven't read it already. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Death_venice.jpg/200px-Death_venice.jpg) In the mean time, I'm going to read the one you posted. | ||
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lindrup
Denmark115 Posts
![[image loading]](http://blog.lib.umn.edu/puot0002/glbt4403/the_average_american_male_a_novel.large.jpg.png) It's actually my third read through, and I absolutely love this book! NSFW viral ad for the book: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
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drp223
United States170 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/drp223/CarlinLastWords.jpg) Its good and sad because i miss him a lot but still funny. | ||
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HyruleanTubist
United States189 Posts
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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
On June 29 2010 21:54 Orome wrote: What does that have to do with anything hT? This is meant to be a thread for people to share what they're reading right now, not what they think classic literature is. Not to mention that 95% of what's been posted in here wouldn't qualify as classic literature anyway. It's true this thread isn't great but that's more to do with it being one of those threads where everyone posts but nobody reads. It'd be nice if we could get some kind of discussion going about the books. Then one would need a thread with no pictures allowed. Making a book thread filled with pictures of covers is absurd. I mean can't anyone else see that? It's ironic, considering books stand for a dying culture of words and letters, while the need for bright images and the sensual stimulation they represent is symptomatic of the new culture of techno-propaganda, psychological conformism and instant gratification. If you think about the meaning of what we see here in this thread, you ought to be saddened by it. Plus, the domination of images simply makes it hard to read. | ||
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