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Umm, yeah. jh Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM
That's one of my all-time favorite books. Of course it's slow; Dostoevsky is always slow. However, I suggest reading it again. No, scratch that. Read The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor again. It's Dostoevsky's crowning achievement in denouncing Russian communists, and very prophetic. Then go read the story right before that about the peasant boy torn apart by dogs. If you like that, go back and read the book because it has gems of ideas buried in a narrative that is on its face somewhat trivial.

Regarding Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, I know it has become standard fare in the realm of hyperbole to say "one dimensional characters," but technically his characters (or anyone else's) are "two dimensional" if you are trying to put them down.


This is the part I don't understand. I was being nice when I said they had any dimension at all. but that's only since the plot elements they are can be more or less upset. Can't see that they have any other
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 2126 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1501 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1513 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1586 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1402 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1413 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1375 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1319 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 758 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 808 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 1432 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 1551 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 1389 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 785 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1351 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1497 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 795 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 1486 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1492 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1336 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1475 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1442 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1418 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1307 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1417 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1385 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1389 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1447 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 843 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1526 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 840 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1400 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1487 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1448 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1592 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 806 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1339 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1512 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1407 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 822 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 750 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1393 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 824 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1454 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1440 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 788 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 824 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1422 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 755 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 813 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1276 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1453 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1505 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1396 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1386 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 734 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1364 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1404 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1559 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1400 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1431 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1408 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1414 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1596 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 1293 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1423 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1431 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 760 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1332 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1693 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1768 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1484 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1355 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1350 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1355 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 801 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 785 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 736 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1434 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1344 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1296 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1334 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 1305 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1366 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1424 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1316 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1385 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 823 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 801 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1261 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 777 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1430 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1285 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1456 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1273 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 821 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1337 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 769 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1357 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1525 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1406 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 811 Views
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