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EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah Send a noteboard - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM
Don't know why my response was so childish/plain incorrect. More sensibly, yes, I was exaggerating, Chaucer merely felt like it took as long to read properly as Ovid or (gods forbid) Pliny or Homer. Because the latter examples are all of two dead, foreign languages, of which one has a different alphabet (though that is irrelevant really). Chaucer is meant to be in my native tongue and it still doesn't make sense.

So, please forgive me some hyperbole?
Does the Devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?

What difference does it make after all? Anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what's heaven? What's Earth? All in the mind.
This message last edited by IndigoAjah on 07/09/2009 at 03:42:04 AM
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1977 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1374 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1376 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1425 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1265 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1269 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1252 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1175 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 684 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 737 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 1294 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 1392 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 1250 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 710 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1194 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1356 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 723 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 1338 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1307 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1197 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1332 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1298 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1287 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1181 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1248 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1263 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1245 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1309 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 760 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1352 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 771 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1267 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1350 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1280 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1442 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 734 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1205 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1366 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1261 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 744 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 687 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1259 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 749 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1281 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1289 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 717 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 747 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1279 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 677 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 727 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1130 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1313 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1340 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1260 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1245 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 659 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1235 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1269 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1414 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1244 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1280 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1277 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1284 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1456 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 1161 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1294 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1301 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 686 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1198 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1545 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1630 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1356 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1213 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1210 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1237 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 728 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 704 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 667 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1287 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1185 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1160 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1212 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 1152 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1218 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1294 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1165 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1244 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 729 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 720 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1128 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 704 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1285 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1149 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1302 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1139 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 746 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1188 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 699 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1218 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1367 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1261 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 737 Views
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