I hear "Battlefield Earth" is 1200+ pages of unadulterated garbage. Written by L. Ron Hubbard (yes, the same guy who wrote the infamous "Dianetics", and the same which was made into one of John Travolta's worst career moves). Supposedly he's such a poor writer that it took him 1200 pages to express what should have been done in 400 or less and in such an inferior manner that I won't even begin to waste my time on that book. When I was a teenager, I recall oogling over the sheer size of that tome thinking I would work my way up in terms of # of pages for book completions: it took a lot out of me to commit to finishing really long sci-fi novels. By the time I'd thought I'd worked up the nerve to take a crack at it, someone broke the news to me.
I started this Nora Roberts book 'Purity In Death' and it nearly made me fall asleep. This chick has a new book on the shelf every day it seems. I think she should take a step back and collect her thoughts.
those books are good, but the teachers destroy them. they go into so much depth that you dont appreciate it anymore. they quiz you/test you and make you write essays and you grow to hate the book.
yeah...i know what ya mean..one time we were told to make inferences about an author from his writing..and somehow she got the idea the author was gay...we were all like "whoa..you're reading way to much into this..."
teachers make reading no fun...
Love is a very powerful force, especially when its formed into a coherent beam of death.
I read 'The Einstein Papers' a long time ago. I have always been fascinated by Einstein, and I thought this book might be a good science fiction regarding his Unified Field Theory. Instead, I was served a very poor story by a rookie who seemed to have no idea what this theory was about, or how science fiction should be written. The plot was weak, the dialogue amateurish and the climax and ending complete crap. Thankfully I don't buy books, but check them out from the library instead. If you ever come across this one, don't even worry about picking it up from the shelf.
"Every positive integer is one of Ramanujan's personal friends."—J. E. Littlewood.
I bought this coz it was on sale, but it was bad, I could not get into it, and it was set out like Pulp Fiction, the end at the beggining and the beggining at the end kind of thing and flash backs and stuff to get through everything. It was just so all over the place I could not get it.
I persevered with it though and after reading it three times and getting a bit more understanding each time, now I know what it is about, but still don't think it was a very good book.
It won the Booker Prize though which is a big deal isn't it?
Sean Kelly said this in post #5 : Great Expectations?
To Kill a Mockingbird?
Fahrenheit 451?
Tom Sawyer?
I can't image finding classics such as these "boring"..
Agree 100%. To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorite books, and books don't get greater than Great Expectations... and plays like The Crucible, Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman (and so on)
Though I'll give 5 yawns to Jane Austin myself. Studied Emma in school, and read all of her books around that time to try and understand her a little better. Well, I can see their appeal, and I got high marks on all my assessments related to Emma.... but her books still aggravate me.
Though I guess that was her intention
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
I started this Nora Roberts book 'Purity In Death' and it nearly made me fall asleep. This chick has a new book on the shelf every day it seems. I think she should take a step back and collect her thoughts.
-HECK!
I agree, Nora Roberts DOES need to collect her thoughts.... she's one of those authors who just put down something on paper with a not-so-original plot.... boring.................
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
Publilius Syrus
Last semester I had to read the Awakening. It's a "classic" about a women's journey to freedom and away from the society that oppresses her. The title seems a little ironic, since it is the only book I have ever been reading and fallen asleep mid-sentence. Everyone in our class fell asleep, I even caught my teacher dozing off. No one liked the book. Although it was only about 150 pages long, it took more than a week to read. ZZZZZZZZZZZ....... Sorry if anyone loves that book, I'm not insulting you, just stating what happened to me.
Kevin: Remember that one time when I ate those napkins?
Me: (laughing) Yeah.
Kevin: That was funny. Do you remember what made me do it?
Me: I'm pretty sure you just said, "Hey, watch me eat these napkins".
Kevin: (laughing) Yeah, that sounds about right.
01-07-2004 01:11 AM
Ironic that it's called "Awakening", isn't it?
