****Official Book Thread****

[Crow]

And creepophobic. You're literally committing genocide right now.

 

[Crossbones]

@Crow ruined a perfectly good thread.

 

[Handicapper General]

 

[TheNextStep]

Old school;
Charles Dickens
Arthur Conan Doyle
John Le Carre
George Orwell

Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” remains my favorite book of all time. I’ve read Homer’s “Odyssey” three or four times. I went through a phase where I devoured O. Henry’s short stories. And, people can say whatever, but I freaking love Shakespeare! Recently read “Catcher in the Rye” and thought it pretty much sucked. His little sister was the only saving grace.

 

[YodasBeast]

This book messed me up when I was a wee lil one.

Remember that one from when I was a kid. Some sad shit. Comes back into my head now and again.

 

[Crow]

Remember that one from when I was a kid. Some sad shit. Comes back into my head now and again.

Not just me then. It's been more than 35 years since I last read it, maybe even 40, and, like you said, the fucker still crosses the mind from time to time. I think the professionals call that trauma or something.

I'm tempted to order a copy.

 

[london raider 2]

Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” remains my favorite book of all time. I’ve read Homer’s “Odyssey” three or four times. I went through a phase where I devoured O. Henry’s short stories. And, people can say whatever, but I freaking love Shakespeare! Recently read “Catcher in the Rye” and thought it pretty much sucked. His little sister was the only saving grace.

You are better than me with Shakespeare.
We had to read it in English Literature classes in school and the book would have his original text on the right hand page with
a modern translation on the left hand page !
So i never really got into it - book was A Midsummer Nights Dream

 

[Darkenblot]

Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” remains my favorite book of all time. I’ve read Homer’s “Odyssey” three or four times. I went through a phase where I devoured O. Henry’s short stories. And, people can say whatever, but I freaking love Shakespeare! Recently read “Catcher in the Rye” and thought it pretty much sucked. His little sister was the only saving grace.

"Catcher in the Eye" sucked. Someone described it as nothing but outdated shock. The description works. When it was released, swearing in books was rare. So it is a dinosaur in that regard.

 

[Handicapper General]

Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books...

 

[Winston Smith]

If it isnt Orwell or Seuss, I havent read it.

 

[Handicapper General]

If it isnt Orwell or Seuss, I havent read it.

if only people today used Seuss books as a how to guide instead of Orwell.

 

[Chris_77]

S.E. Hinton yo.

 

[DonkeyKilla]

if only people today used Seuss books as a how to guide instead of Orwell.

Seuss was a genius but my favorite kids book was Where the Wild Things Are

 

[Madturk]

Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books...

Agree. It had some sexual references in there. My favorites as a kid were Robinson Crusoe, Call of the Wild, Great Expectations, Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Anyone try that app that gives you the crib notes versions of books?

 

[TheNextStep]

Seuss was a genius but my favorite kids book was Where the Wild Things Are

That one and “Flat Stanley” for me.

 

[Darkenblot]

Agree. It had some sexual references in there. My favorites as a kid were Robinson Crusoe, Call of the Wild, Great Expectations, Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Anyone try that app that gives you the crib notes versions of books?

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are all-time great novels.

 

[Darkenblot]

I love Arthurian legend but all the fan groups online are only interested in making every character gay. Instead of actual discussion.

 

[Crow]

 

[Crow]

 

[Chris_77]

Does anyone even care if he finishes now? It would be pretty dumb to change the story from the show at this point no matter how badly it ended.