Broke 0 #1 February 28, 2006 I read this book a little while ago, but I feel it is such a crapfeast that everyone should be warned. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King It sucked. I was watining for some king of pay off, but it was just one long drawn out let down. I like his prior to getting run over books better.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlkskycam 0 #2 February 28, 2006 Not lately but I remember once hurling "Interview With a Vampire" up against the wall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #3 February 28, 2006 I'm in the middle of "Timequake" by Kurt Vonnegut right now... It's wierd... but overall it's not bad (kind of funny actually.) I usually don't make it through very bad books... Take "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad as well as several other old school british writers getting paid by the page... I made it about half way through that book.Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #4 February 28, 2006 I did the same thing with Mists of Avalon. Makes a good paper weight though..."Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #5 February 28, 2006 I one time had a crappy translation of The Devine Comedy, and put it away after canto 13 of paradiso. I have since found a better copyDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #6 February 28, 2006 Not since my book group ended. That was the last time I felt obliged to finish books I didn't like."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namgrunt 0 #7 February 28, 2006 IT TAKES A VILLAGE BY SHILLARY KLINTON ..59 YEARS,OVERWEIGHT,BALDIND,X-GRUNT LAST MIL. JUMP VIET-NAM(QUAN-TRI) www.dzmemories.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #8 February 28, 2006 How To Win An Argument On Dropzone.com's Speaker's Corner Forum <----------------sucked! I should be shot for my incredibly lame sense of humor Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #9 March 1, 2006 It took you 79 cantos to decide the translation was bad? I can't read Battlefield Earth all the way thru either... Read half... throw it across the room... find the other half a few months later (the paperback binding split) read it to completion..."Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegreekone 0 #10 March 1, 2006 I usually don't make it through very bad books... Take "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad as well as several other old school british writers getting paid by the page... Quote Scott, I apologize in advance for not letting this slide, esp. since I like your posts. That said, Conrad was polish and he chose to write in english despite the fact that it was his third language. Granted, he is extremely rigorous in that he doesn't spell it out at all, but he is anything but long winded. Matter of fact, he is one of the tightest writers, ever. I will be the first to admit that he is not for everyone, and the novel "Swecret Agent" is nothing like what it implies..but it's great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Icon134 0 #11 March 1, 2006 Quote I usually don't make it through very bad books... Take "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad as well as several other old school british writers getting paid by the page... Quote Scott, I apologize in advance for not letting this slide, esp. since I like your posts. That said, Conrad was polish and he chose to write in english despite the fact that it was his third language. Granted, he is extremely rigorous in that he doesn't spell it out at all, but he is anything but long winded. Matter of fact, he is one of the tightest writers, ever. I will be the first to admit that he is not for everyone, and the novel "Swecret Agent" is nothing like what it implies..but it's great. I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thegreekone 0 #12 March 1, 2006 QuoteQuote I usually don't make it through very bad books... Take "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad as well as several other old school british writers getting paid by the page... Quote Scott, I apologize in advance for not letting this slide, esp. since I like your posts. That said, Conrad was polish and he chose to write in english despite the fact that it was his third language. Granted, he is extremely rigorous in that he doesn't spell it out at all, but he is anything but long winded. Matter of fact, he is one of the tightest writers, ever. I will be the first to admit that he is not for everyone, and the novel "Secret Agent" is nothing like what it implies..but it's great. I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lindsey 0 #13 March 1, 2006 How exactly do you mean "bad" I need to pull out my "bad" Anne Rice books again....heh. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thegreekone 0 #14 March 1, 2006 I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Don't forget that Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" was the inspiration behind Coppola's Apocalypse Now Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. I tried to get through HOD twice before I got it and was able to make it through. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Icon134 0 #15 March 1, 2006 Quote Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. Well... Yeah... but um... I'm wierd... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Samurai136 0 #16 March 1, 2006 Quote I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Don't forget that Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" was the inspiration behind Coppola's Apocalypse Now Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. I tried to get through HOD twice before I got it and was able to make it through. Solzhenitsyn takes several readings, also. I don't think I've ever met anyone who read Solzhenitsyn's work outside of a required reading course. I picked We never Make Mistakes for a high-school independent-reading AP english class. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thegreekone 0 #17 March 1, 2006 Solzhenitsyn takes several readings, also. I don't think I've ever met anyone who read Solzhenitsyn's work outside of a required reading course. I picked We never Make Mistakes for a high-school independent-reading AP english class. I feel absolutely pedestrian having chosen Mailer's "The Executioner's Song". The only russian writers that I have read are Dostoyevsky and Gogol. Solzhenitsyn sounds pretty cool though, esp. since he gets compared to Dostoyevsky. Will definitely check him out. BTW, speaking of books that inspire movies, Scorsese's short in New York Stories (about artist Lionel Dobe)was inspired by Dostoyevsky's letters to his secretary/lover. i GUESS HE COULD NEVER WRITE UNLESS HE WAS IN THE JACKPOT (damn caplock), espcially from gambling. He always had to be in "crisis". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #11 March 1, 2006 Quote I usually don't make it through very bad books... Take "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad as well as several other old school british writers getting paid by the page... Quote Scott, I apologize in advance for not letting this slide, esp. since I like your posts. That said, Conrad was polish and he chose to write in english despite the fact that it was his third language. Granted, he is extremely rigorous in that he doesn't spell it out at all, but he is anything but long winded. Matter of fact, he is one of the tightest writers, ever. I will be the first to admit that he is not for everyone, and the novel "Swecret Agent" is nothing like what it implies..but it's great. I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thegreekone 0 #12 March 1, 2006 QuoteQuote I usually don't make it through very bad books... Take "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad as well as several other old school british writers getting paid by the page... Quote Scott, I apologize in advance for not letting this slide, esp. since I like your posts. That said, Conrad was polish and he chose to write in english despite the fact that it was his third language. Granted, he is extremely rigorous in that he doesn't spell it out at all, but he is anything but long winded. Matter of fact, he is one of the tightest writers, ever. I will be the first to admit that he is not for everyone, and the novel "Secret Agent" is nothing like what it implies..but it's great. I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lindsey 0 #13 March 1, 2006 How exactly do you mean "bad" I need to pull out my "bad" Anne Rice books again....heh. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thegreekone 0 #14 March 1, 2006 I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Don't forget that Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" was the inspiration behind Coppola's Apocalypse Now Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. I tried to get through HOD twice before I got it and was able to make it through. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Icon134 0 #15 March 1, 2006 Quote Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. Well... Yeah... but um... I'm wierd... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Samurai136 0 #16 March 1, 2006 Quote I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Don't forget that Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" was the inspiration behind Coppola's Apocalypse Now Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. I tried to get through HOD twice before I got it and was able to make it through. Solzhenitsyn takes several readings, also. I don't think I've ever met anyone who read Solzhenitsyn's work outside of a required reading course. I picked We never Make Mistakes for a high-school independent-reading AP english class. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegreekone 0 #12 March 1, 2006 QuoteQuote I usually don't make it through very bad books... Take "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad as well as several other old school british writers getting paid by the page... Quote Scott, I apologize in advance for not letting this slide, esp. since I like your posts. That said, Conrad was polish and he chose to write in english despite the fact that it was his third language. Granted, he is extremely rigorous in that he doesn't spell it out at all, but he is anything but long winded. Matter of fact, he is one of the tightest writers, ever. I will be the first to admit that he is not for everyone, and the novel "Secret Agent" is nothing like what it implies..but it's great. I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lindsey 0 #13 March 1, 2006 How exactly do you mean "bad" I need to pull out my "bad" Anne Rice books again....heh. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thegreekone 0 #14 March 1, 2006 I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Don't forget that Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" was the inspiration behind Coppola's Apocalypse Now Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. I tried to get through HOD twice before I got it and was able to make it through. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #13 March 1, 2006 How exactly do you mean "bad" I need to pull out my "bad" Anne Rice books again....heh. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegreekone 0 #14 March 1, 2006 I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Don't forget that Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" was the inspiration behind Coppola's Apocalypse Now Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. I tried to get through HOD twice before I got it and was able to make it through. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #15 March 1, 2006 Quote Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. Well... Yeah... but um... I'm wierd... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #16 March 1, 2006 Quote I stand corrected... I still had a hard time getting into it.. But I did make a concerted effort... cause I made it about half way through... Don't forget that Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" was the inspiration behind Coppola's Apocalypse Now Finally, most people never read a Conrad book unless they have to. I tried to get through HOD twice before I got it and was able to make it through. Solzhenitsyn takes several readings, also. I don't think I've ever met anyone who read Solzhenitsyn's work outside of a required reading course. I picked We never Make Mistakes for a high-school independent-reading AP english class. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegreekone 0 #17 March 1, 2006 Solzhenitsyn takes several readings, also. I don't think I've ever met anyone who read Solzhenitsyn's work outside of a required reading course. I picked We never Make Mistakes for a high-school independent-reading AP english class. I feel absolutely pedestrian having chosen Mailer's "The Executioner's Song". The only russian writers that I have read are Dostoyevsky and Gogol. Solzhenitsyn sounds pretty cool though, esp. since he gets compared to Dostoyevsky. Will definitely check him out. BTW, speaking of books that inspire movies, Scorsese's short in New York Stories (about artist Lionel Dobe)was inspired by Dostoyevsky's letters to his secretary/lover. i GUESS HE COULD NEVER WRITE UNLESS HE WAS IN THE JACKPOT (damn caplock), espcially from gambling. He always had to be in "crisis". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #18 March 1, 2006 QuoteI read this book a little while ago, but I feel it is such a crapfeast that everyone should be warned. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King It sucked. I was watining for some king of pay off, but it was just one long drawn out let down. I like his prior to getting run over books better. man that book sucked. had a friend i trade books with pick it up off my shelf and i told him to just drop it and run away, run far away. luckily i bought at a half price store. i'll definatly be taking it back next time it trade in some used books. after that i'm afraid to read his new one.diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
