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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 07:14
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Well its been awhile since i started a truly random topic, so here goes. I just finished reading The Catcher in the Rye, and for the first time i actually enjoyed reading one of the "classic" novels that you always have to read in school. So it prompted me to start this topic. Which classic books have you most enjoyed. As I stated earlier I enjoyed The Catcher in The Rye, and reading Greek mythology in the Odyssey had its interesting moments as well. Also A Tale of Two Cities was good for about two chapters in the very end, but was a drag the rest of the way. -------------------- Guaranteed to blow your mind. Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 | Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 07:20
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I read the cathcer in the rye not long ago, but when I had finished it, i was feeling great. i don't know if that was because I really liked the book, or because I was happy I wasn't like the lead in that book. I also like reading Greek mythology, especially the Aeneis. caesar, though boring now and then, is very interetsing as it gives me insight in how my ancestors lived. Anybody here read "1984" by george Orwell? Now that' a book I'll remember the last sentence of all my life. EDIT: lazarus? are you dutch by any chance? [ Saturday, March 11, 2006 07:22: Message edited by: Mc 'mini' Thralni ] -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 07:34
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One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Odyssey, Homer Hamlet, Shakespeare The Call of the Wild, Jack London Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll Candide, Voltaire Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert Pierre et Jean, Guy de Maupassant Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 08:00
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quote:Yeah, I read it for my English Lit assignment this term. Got an A for comparing it to Brave New World. I felt the ending was awesome. -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 08:06
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Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson Doctor Faustus, Thomas Mann The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy Paradise Lost, John Milton The Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, T.S. Eliot Kim, Rudyard Kipling Tristram Shandy, Laurence Sterne Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain Go Down, Moses, William Faulkner (story collection, his least depressing work) The Thousand and One Nights, Scheherezade? Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway I seem to count as 'classic' anything that is both famous and older than 50 years or so. Sort of like with cars, I guess. There are quite a few more recent works that I figure will count as classics in time. [ Saturday, March 11, 2006 08:12: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 08:08
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quote:The part I enjoyed most was the bit where he [SPOILER]explained how he "killed" his mother.[/SPOILER] Other than that, the book over-exaggerated some bits. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 08:10
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quote:I'm actually reading brave new world now. Its also good, but quite weird. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 09:09
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I must admit that T.S. Eliot was one of the last names i expected to see on these lists. His constant allusions to books I haven't read go right over my head, but I suppose if you HAVE read them, it would be more enjoyable. Besides that most of the books here that I've read were pretty good. No Thralni I'm not Dutch. And yes, Holden is most deffinately a head case, and his cynicism is probably simultaneously the most enjoyable and annoying thing about the book. Edit: Spelling [ Saturday, March 11, 2006 09:13: Message edited by: Lazarus ] -------------------- Guaranteed to blow your mind. Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 | Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 09:12
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Then how did you come to the username "lazarus" is you're not Dutch? -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 09:16
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Lazarus was a biblical character who was raised from the dead, and I've seen his name used to symbolize an understanding of death (theres some T.S. Eliot for you Trinity!!!) Basically hes back from the dead, as am I. -------------------- Guaranteed to blow your mind. Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 | Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 09:23
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Ah. lazarus is "being extremely drunk" in Dutch. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 09:31
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quote:The expression came from that biblical character, but I'm not sure how... (Anyway, on the complete other side of it, Lazarus is an extreme good song by Chimaira. Sorry this is off topic, shouldn't have sad it. Bad Snafta...) -------------------- There are 400 words in the dictionary that begin with "self" and only 8 that begin with "fellow". When in doubt. . . mumble. Posts: 150 | Registered: Saturday, August 20 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 09:37
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quote:I don't recall that bit... Was it right near the end... after he describes them playing a board game? And Brave New World is good, but not great, IMO. It's nowhere near as effective at portraying Dystopia as 1984 And SoT: I prefer Marlowe's version of the Faustus story. Sure, it's a play, but it kicks arse. [ Saturday, March 11, 2006 09:38: Message edited by: Nikki xx ] -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 10:23
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quote:Ooh. Drakey, I think your next round of custom titles should come from Candide. You know somebody here wants to be The Woman with Only One Buttock. My list: The Thousand and One NightsFahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)The Land of Oz (L. Frank Baum)Hamlet, Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)Faust (Goethe)Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)Animal Farm (George Orwell)Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 10:41
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I'm currently reading The Handmaid's Tale. It's really SCARY, because you can see how everything in it could really happen. -------------------- Do not underestimate the power of the mechanical pencil. Join the Dark side. We have cookies. Played in: Fiddler on the Roof Bye Bye Birdie "Hey, Patrick, feel this random pipe. It's squishy"-Nils Posts: 834 | Registered: Thursday, July 8 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 11:35
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quote:No, I think it was closer to the middle. I think he was writing about the memory in his journal. EDIT: Or possibly telling the story to Julia. [ Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:36: Message edited by: St. Ashby the Martyr ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 12:45
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quote:It scared me too. Read the "historical notes" at the end. It's actually part of the story, although it may not be readily apparent. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 12:55
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By Lazarus: quote:I had a hamster named Lazarus... one day we found him rigamortis, so we put in the oven for a while and he revived...</REMINISCING> -------------------- Hamsters + Slingshot = Fun Times Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 13:06
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quote:Don't egg him on... and besides, the title would only work for about 10% of the community (and that's probably overestimating the gender ratio). Anyway, my favorite classics (mostly stuff that was required reading but turned out to be good): -Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie -Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury -The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Can't remember much else right now... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 13:18
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My favorite classic list: 1. 1984 by George Orwell 2. Animal Farm by George Orwell 3. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (I love Dystopia stories. I read Brave New World, but I like George Orwell more.) 4. Beowulf (I've thought about making a scenario on this one) 5. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (a pain in the butt to read, but i love the story) 6. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien. (Is this a considered a classic?) -------------------- When the portal to Upper Avernum starts to blow, first dump a bucket of water on it. Then run like hell. We're all heroes! Hamsters and rangers everywhere, rejoice! Wait.... wrong game. Posts: 154 | Registered: Wednesday, December 12 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 13:48
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By My Name Rhymes With Orange: quote:ANYTHING by Tolkien should be a classic... he pretty much defined fantasy as we know it. However, he overreaches a bit in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales for the whole epic thing. -------------------- Paraphrase of Turin in Narn I Hin Hurin: "Augh! I married my amnesiatic sister!" (Falls on his sword). Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 13:49
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It's much easier for me to be reminded of books I loved by reading all these lists than to actually remember them without prompting: One Thousand and One Nights The Iliad; The Odyssey 1984 Hamlet The Wizard of Oz The Lord of the Rings Is Flowers For Algernon a classic? I loved that one. [ Saturday, March 11, 2006 17:25: Message edited by: wz. As ] -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 14:04
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Relato de un náufrago by Gabriel García Márquez Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare Those are my favorites, I know there are more but I can't think of any other right now. Btw, I hated, strongly hated Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 15:31
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By wz.As: quote:Wasn't that a short story. A good one nonetheless. EDIT: By Rei: quote:Ugh. Usually I don't hate Shakespeare, but for some strange reason I strongly disliked this play. I liked Hamlet or MacBeth better. -------------------- Divorces are made in Heaven. - Algernon (The Importance of Being Ernest) [ Saturday, March 11, 2006 15:34: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Saturday, March 11 2006 15:53
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Factoid of the minute - L Frank Baum wrote the Land of Oz after visiting the World's Fair in Chicago. I've been a fan of Verne, Orwell, London, Pohl, Asimov, and many more. My attention wanders though, and devotion to an author is fleeting. I'd rather find something new and obscure, eschew the pop or classic pop, until it all becomes mushy and same. Currently I consider classic to include such nonsense as Chabon and Fforde, oh and especially James. She is hot. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |