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Some examples Ellestra Send a noteboard - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM
From the classics:
W?adys?aw Reymont Ch?opi - The Peasants And he got Nobel for that.

From SF:
L. Ron Hubbard Battlefield Earth I understand why that man had to start a whacko cult - he certainly couldn't write.

From fantasy:
Elizabeth Haydon Rhapsody books. Lots of good ideas thrown in at random till you want to bash your head on the wall.
Evolution, just like gravity, works even if you don't believe in it.

Stupidity doesn't hurt but it kills.
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1927 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1330 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1327 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1370 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1209 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1219 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1206 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1130 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 663 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 712 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 1241 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 1350 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 1200 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 686 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1140 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1308 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 700 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 1289 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1260 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1150 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1284 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1230 Views
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Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1120 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1193 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1216 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1192 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1251 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 732 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1304 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 746 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1220 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1303 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1224 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1397 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 705 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1155 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1315 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1212 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 718 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 664 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1208 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 723 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1228 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1240 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 691 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 719 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1229 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 639 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 701 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1081 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1256 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1281 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1195 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1190 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 631 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1178 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1227 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1363 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1186 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1231 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1229 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1235 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1409 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 1117 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1245 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1255 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 650 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1150 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1493 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1580 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1309 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1162 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1167 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1188 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 703 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 675 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 641 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1235 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1128 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1113 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1160 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 1100 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1156 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1241 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1113 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1197 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 705 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 696 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1082 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 676 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1192 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1104 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1253 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1087 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 724 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1135 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 673 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1170 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1310 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1210 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 711 Views
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