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August 9th 2008 11:54
Favourite Book and Why in Under 10 Words.
Give your favourite book, and say why in ten words or less.
Favourite book: A Clockwork orange.
Reason: Incredible mastery of English coupled with complex themes and morals.
Give your favourite book, and say why in ten words or less.
Favourite book: A Clockwork orange.
Reason: Incredible mastery of English coupled with complex themes and morals.
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Comment by Ahmed
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Little Green Foosballs
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Reason: AWESOME STORY.
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Favourite: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman [short stories] by Haruki Murakami (in particular, the short story "Tony Takitani")
Reason: Murakami is genius!
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Celebration of the English language and tribute to human strength.
Comment by Lilla
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How about;
Book: Every single book I ever read,
Why : Because the ability to read is the greatest luxury we posess (besides hot showers)...
Lilla ....
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Why: Epic. Breathtaking human drama. Full review HERE.
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Why: Humanity in a perfect world that turns upon itself.
Comment by Leonard Marlborough
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To pick one, it would have to be The Unbearable Lightness Of Being by Milan Kundera.
reason:
boldness of narrative examining our internal nature and external fact
I'll let someone else have a go at Midnight's Children and The God Of Small Things. And also Catcher In The Rye and Slaughterhouse Five. Maybe I'll be back...
Actually Brenton, don't you think that The Unbearable Lightness Of Being is the best book title ever? (closely followed by The God of Small Things).
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One word:
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Comment by Brenton
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Ahmed - I love this series and read it installment by installment.
Lilla - Very good choice.
Damo. I had a lecture on Coral Island for a writing course and they said Golding was a teacher who used his undrestanding of the anarchist tendencies of kids to subvert the traditional 'boys own' lit.
Leonard - I prefer 'A Stingray Bit My Nipple!' but Unbearable lightness is a very good title.
Comment by Damo
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Sounds like the teacher did not like Golding much.
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Golding said; Bullshit - they turn into bloody animals. As they did in LOTF.
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Comment by Damo
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Anyway there are plenty of other more important literary influences in the book.
It just sticks with me because of density of the information, influence and the way Golding uses a lot of unwritten implications to tell the story. All in a short and easy to read novel.
Comment by Bryn
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Reason: Utterly enthralling saga using a sublime mastery of magic realism.
Comment by Ann 2
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Fave: any Tom Clancy novel with characters Jack Ryan and/or John Clark. Among those my fave would have to be Without Remorse but it changes every time I reread the collection.
Reason: Clancy is a genius. Realistic feel with great blockbuster action.
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"Tender is the night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Timeless and in-depth study of human nature--beautifully written.
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Yossarian is a complete nut... just like me.
and anything by Carl Hiaasen...
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Nomad - BRILLIANT piece of work there, love it.
Comment by Anonymous
Reason: Fabulous story painted with vibrant images and exquisite language.
Great topic!
Comment by JohnDoe
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A Psychologic mind game, subversively humorous and ferociously intelligent, The Dice Man is a tightly written, bravely worded examination of social restraint, cultural programming and human nature. (Oops thats more than 10 words, but in the novels spirit of non-conformity its appropriate.)
PS - Lord of the Flies may well of won out if Brenton had not already cited it.
Comment by Mountain Fog
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My very first fave book, and with the following, who could blame me;
"See Dick and Dora. Dick and Dora run. See Dick on the sea shore. See Dora by the water."
Ohhhh the memories.... of Grade One..
since then, I have been able to read novels made up of polysyllabic words!
Thanks Dick! Thanks Dora!
cheers
fog
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The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Religion and human nature have never been discussed so perfectly.
Comment by Jason King
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Adventure and history on the high seas and Oh So Clever!!!!
And Dianna G is on the money with Abhorsen!!
OOoh - and just to cheat - anything by Tad Williams because he is god.
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Flies was suggested by Damo not I,
These are all on my to read list.
Comment by D. Armenta
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Just too damn many good books out there!
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(non-fiction)
It exposes the truth about the murder of Pope John Paul I, the Vatican Bank and mafia corruption.
Excellent read, incredible information and bound to depress any Catholic still believing that the Vatican is beyond reproach.
cheers
fog
P.S. A small teaser; The Vatican Bank owned a prophylactic company!
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Comment by D. Armenta
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Brenton--if you enjoyed A Clockwork Orange, you'll enjoy early Vonnegut. That is, if you haven't already.
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