Poll
Question:
goose
Option 1: Not often.
votes: 6
Option 2: Occasionally.
votes: 9
Option 3: Regularly.
votes: 3
Option 4: Three at a time.
votes: 2
Option 5: Only for school.
votes: 13
I love literature.
Not even for school.
Unless it's history or science, of course. Those are subjects I actually enjoy and have a deep interest in.
Occasinally.
I'm going to be perfectly honest; seldomly do I read novels. I really should and I don't depise reading like most. It's just I never find time to do so, and with college here, the reading I will most likely be doing will be for class.
Three at a time. Currently working on reading The Catcher in the Rye for the third time, finishing up 'Salem's Lot, and I'm about half way through Firestarter.
Quote from: Kaz on August 28, 2007, 06:35:50 PM
Three at a time. Currently working on reading The Catcher in the Rye for the third time, finishing up 'Salem's Lot, and I'm about half way through Firestarter.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who think The Catcher In The Rye is an amazing book, and those who think it's a piece of shit. psyduck;
I happen to associate myself with the latter.
I'm reading Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon (it's fucking 1100 pages, going to take me another month or so), a Lovecraft anthology (one of my new favorite authors), and Idoru by William Gibson.
Srsly, check out Brotherhood of The Rose by David Morrell.
I read it two years ago for English, and it was amazing.
it's about espionage and stuff.
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on August 28, 2007, 06:39:59 PM
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who think The Catcher In The Rye is an amazing book, and those who think it's a piece of shit. psyduck;
I happen to associate myself with the latter.
I'm reading Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon (it's fucking 1100 pages, going to take me another month or so), a Lovecraft anthology (one of my new favorite authors), and Idoru by William Gibson.
I'm not really a big Lovecraft person myself.
Also yes, a lot of people seem to think I'm crazy for loving
The Catcher in the Rye. It's currently my favorite book, and has been since about November of last year. I can't really explain why, either.
I'd say regularly.
But screw school books, they usually suck. I just listen in on others in the class the day after a chapter is assigned. all I need to know powerofone;
Honestly, only for school.
I guess I'd just prefer to spend my free time playing video games and hanging out with you fags. navi;
I should more often. edumacate;
Unless it's Harry Potter, I don't read by choice. And seeing Harry Potter is over, I won't be reading by choice for a LONG LONG time.
I like to read the occasional suspence and romance novels.
Only when I have to.
Only when I need to for school. The only thing I really read are video game and other pieces of technology reviews I print out.
Never. Maybe like one book a year just because of school.
I prefer to use my time playing games, working on videos, and hanging out with you dudes.
Not often at all. burned;
You guys need to have more appreciation for literature. argh;
Quote from: Kaz on August 29, 2007, 07:17:02 AM
You guys need to have more appreciation for literature. argh;
Fiction sucks.
Quote from: Lawlz on August 29, 2007, 03:30:52 PM
Fiction sucks.
Yeah, the general concept just pisses me off. argh;
Quote from: Commodore Guff on August 29, 2007, 04:05:28 PM
Yeah, the general concept just pisses me off. argh;
inosrsly
Quote from: Lawlz on August 29, 2007, 04:30:53 PM
"great" literature is shit
all of it
A lot of the stuff they make you read in school is, yeah. Like Of Mice And Men (most things by Steinbeck, actually), The Catcher In The Rye (although some would disagree)... I honestly don't know how these books (along with everything else I read freshman year) came to be known as amazing literature.
But go try reading other authors, that aren't necessarily hailed as being great classics.
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on August 29, 2007, 04:48:45 PM
A lot of the stuff they make you read in school is, yeah. Like Of Mice And Men (most things by Steinbeck, actually), The Catcher In The Rye (although some would disagree)... I honestly don't know how these books (along with everything else I read freshman year) came to be known as amazing literature.
But go try reading other authors, that aren't necessarily hailed as being great classics.
name something
I'll torrent an e-book of anything good you suggest. If I like it, I'll buy it. If I can't find a torrent or some sort of download for it, I won't bother at all.
Quote from: Lawlz on August 29, 2007, 04:30:53 PM
"great" literature is shit
all of it
How so?
What about normal literature?
Who even said anything about "great" literature?
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on August 29, 2007, 04:48:45 PM
Like Of Mice And Men...
what's wrong with it
How can someone not enjoy Of Mice and Men?
Also Lawlz, there's no point in listing off books to you, because you don't like reading anyway. You'll just turn down everything.
You're kinda like a rock when it comes to getting you to enjoy something that isn't a video game. caterpie;
Every now and then.
What the hell, you liked Of Mice And Men, too? psyduck;
Lawlz, go try something by Lovecraft or Neil Gaiman or Umberto Eco, and when you feel up to it read Against The Day by Pynchon... or anything else by Pynchon.
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on August 29, 2007, 05:48:16 PM
What the hell, you liked Of Mice And Men, too? psyduck;
Lawlz, go try something by Lovecraft or Neil Gaiman or Umberto Eco, and when you feel up to it read Against The Day by Pynchon... or anything else by Pynchon.
Steinbeck is great.
Quote from: Scarecrow on August 29, 2007, 05:50:12 PM
Steinbeck is great.
Indeed he is. He happens to be my favorite author, actually.
Have you read Cannery Row? If so, remember Doc? I'm related to him. spam;
Quote from: Scarecrow on August 29, 2007, 05:50:12 PM
Steinbeck is great.
I'll give you East Of Eden and maybe one or two others, but most of the stuff of his I've read, I've disliked.
Regularly. I love reading. Have any of you read Carl Hiaasen's stuff? It's just amazingly entertaining.
I also like books like Freakonomics and Blink, if any of you have read them. Reading about other countries is good, too. I read a book called Confucius Lives Next Door, which talks about Japan, and it was a really great read. It wasn't like fact after fact, it was just some average dude talking about when he went to Japan for a few years. (He spoke Japanese, of course.)
Quote from: BSS on August 29, 2007, 07:46:44 PM
Regularly. I love reading. Have any of you read Carl Hiaasen's stuff? It's just amazingly entertaining.
I also like books like Freakonomics and Blink, if any of you have read them. Reading about other countries is good, too. I read a book called Confucius Lives Next Door, which talks about Japan, and it was a really great read. It wasn't like fact after fact, it was just some average dude talking about when he went to Japan for a few years. (He spoke Japanese, of course.)
He sounds familiar, name a book by him.
Quote from: Pelelol on August 29, 2007, 08:12:39 PM
He sounds familiar, name a book by him.
Strip Tease, which was of course later made into a movie called "Striptease."
Only for school.
Quote from: Pelelol on August 29, 2007, 08:12:39 PM
He sounds familiar, name a book by him.
I just read Strip Tease and Skinny Dip by him. He also did that kid's book Hoot, though.
Quote from: BSS on August 29, 2007, 08:15:15 PM
I just read Strip Tease and Skinny Dip by him. He also did that kid's book Hoot, though.
I think he was on my reading list a while back. Never got around to it though.
Occasionally... It's usually for school, but sometimes I read for my own enjoyment.
Right now, I'm reading The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. It's actually a pretty interesting read. It's all about what the world would be like if humans were to suddenly vanish from the face of the Earth, and how long it would take for it to heal back to pre-industrial levels.
I also read the Harry Potter books sometimes.