I actually haven't read any but the first three. Well, most of the first, and all of the other two.
Just curious, what did you like so much about HoD?
Just curious, what did you like so much about HoD?
I'm not usually someone that is big on blatant symbolism, but that's a bit of what I liked about HoD. Everything in the book related to something else, and when you really start peeling back and thinking about everything that was going on, the depth of the book is simply brilliant. I loved the way the trip up the river mirrored the descent into madness, and the way that everything followed this descent. Plus...I mean.... "The horror! The horror!" It's so ambiguous what he was talking about...it really makes you think. Was Kurtz talking about how horrible the things he had done were, or was he talking about the horror of returning to the civilized world? Were the real monsters the people that did the horrible things, or the people that tried to act as if the horrible things were anything other than human nature?
I'm really really drunk right now, so defining it is a bit hard because the intelligent parts of my brain are asleep, but I think I'm kinda sorta getting my point across.
I love the layers in the book, and I love the honest thought that it inspires.
Top 10 favorite books ever.
22/04/2010 04:12:31 AM
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It was actually easier to list my top ten favorite books of all time than I thought it would be.
22/04/2010 04:29:46 AM
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22/04/2010 02:15:05 PM
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The Rum Diary was disappointing. The Curse of Lono was much better.
22/04/2010 02:42:18 PM
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This was hard to do
22/04/2010 06:05:53 AM
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1-6 was easy....7-10 not so much
22/04/2010 07:36:25 AM
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Whoa.
23/04/2010 02:39:05 AM
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I didn't really expect to see it on anyone else's list...
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27/04/2010 09:14:36 AM
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My real list.
22/04/2010 03:36:11 PM
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Crossroads? Really?
22/04/2010 11:16:58 PM
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This is quite difficult.
22/04/2010 03:59:18 PM
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23/04/2010 01:07:10 AM
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It is very impressive.
23/04/2010 01:36:24 AM
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I'll try.
22/04/2010 04:20:53 PM
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This is difficult.
22/04/2010 06:51:00 PM
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Red Mars
23/04/2010 01:03:46 PM
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Off the top of my head, I'd say these:
22/04/2010 08:20:07 PM
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I thought I would see a little more Malazan, more SoIaF......... *NM*
23/04/2010 01:11:46 AM
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Wow, Red Mars?
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I can't do 10 so I will do 15...that's right, deal with it.
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It's going to be hard for me
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