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People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM
I think they're deceived because elements of my political philosophy are close to hers. They don't realize that in certain other fundamental respects, I loath and despise her and what she stands for.

I've never even tried to read any of her books, and have no real inclination to do so given how people either hate them or are obsessive in a creepy way about getting "the world" to hear the message.
You can also write that as "Stalin" *MySmiley*
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 2113 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1495 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1508 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1580 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1393 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1404 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1369 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1307 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 753 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 804 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1421 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1546 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1381 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 780 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1343 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1489 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 788 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1476 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1482 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1329 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1466 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1432 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1409 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1298 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1406 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1373 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1377 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1438 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 838 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1509 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 835 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1390 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1478 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1445 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1582 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 799 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1334 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1509 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1400 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 816 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 745 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1383 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 815 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1446 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1429 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 782 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 819 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1413 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 749 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 808 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1270 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1446 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1497 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1388 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1381 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 730 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1360 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1395 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1548 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1392 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1424 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1399 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1401 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1584 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1284 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1417 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1422 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 753 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1321 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1681 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1760 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1477 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1345 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1338 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1350 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 794 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 781 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 727 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1424 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1335 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1285 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1328 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1298 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1358 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1415 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1309 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1375 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 819 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 795 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1253 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 772 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1417 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1279 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1450 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1261 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 816 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1330 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 763 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1351 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1515 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1391 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 807 Views
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