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.
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It was actually easier to list my top ten favorite books of all time than I thought it would be.
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The Rum Diary was disappointing. The Curse of Lono was much better.
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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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My real list.
22/04/2010 03:36:11 PM
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Crossroads? Really?
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This is quite difficult.
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It is very impressive.
23/04/2010 01:36:24 AM
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I'll try.
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This is difficult.
22/04/2010 06:51:00 PM
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Red Mars
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Off the top of my head, I'd say these:
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I thought I would see a little more Malazan, more SoIaF......... *NM*
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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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