The best book is ???
Hullepupp
29-12-2005, 16:56
Tell me ... I think the bible cause its fantasy , science fiction, love and horror together at once...
Drunk commies deleted
29-12-2005, 16:58
Hop on Pop.
It's so tragic, the way they hopped on pop.
Tell me ... I think the bible cause its fantasy , science fiction, love and horror together at once...
It lacks in humor a bit though, and takes itself much too seriously.
Madnestan
29-12-2005, 17:00
It lacks in humor a bit though, and takes itself much too seriously.
It's just shit. Read LOTR instead.
It's just shit. Read LOTR instead.I think I'd probably prefer Discworld novels. But I'm sure I'll get around to LotR eventually.
Wildwolfden
29-12-2005, 17:13
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Ashmoria
29-12-2005, 17:16
pffft the bible is a crappy collection of short stories. it wouldnt make the grade on a god fanfic site.
my fav is lord of the rings but only if you skip all the stupid poetry (its not unlike the bible that way)
im also fond of the count of monte cristo and great expectations.
Ashmoria
29-12-2005, 17:28
Call of the Wild by Jack London
now thats a damned good book. and no crappy poetry tossed in!
Shoot the Tiger
29-12-2005, 17:36
It lacks in humor a bit though, and takes itself much too seriously.
What about the bit where the servant girl is so surprised to see Peter at the door that she forgets to let him in?
The Bible is good,
the Bible is great,
it's just so true,
and so hard to hate.
From a fiction point of view 'The Bible' is a great set of books.Its got everthing, sex ,violence, betrayal.Its central character 'GOD' is an absolute sadist in the funniest ways.(think of humans being a corss between 'Lemmings' & 'Worms' and 'God' the player).What ever you do though, do not take it seriously.
Madnestan
29-12-2005, 18:00
The Bible is good,
the Bible is great,
it's just so true,
and so hard to hate.
The bible was shit,
the Jesus was fat,
so I ignore that shit bit -
it's as simple as that!
What about the bit where the servant girl is so surprised to see Peter at the door that she forgets to let him in?I can't say I remember that particular bit.
I'm not saying it's utterly devoid of humor though, just that it could do with a lot more.
The bible was shit,
the Jesus was fat,
so I ignore that shit bit -
it's as simple as that!
Why you insulting my believes? do you want to start a flaming match?
I don't insult your beliefs...
Shoot the Tiger
29-12-2005, 18:11
I can't say I remember that particular bit.
I'm not saying it's utterly devoid of humor though, just that it could do with a lot more.
fair enough
The Emperor Fenix
29-12-2005, 18:51
The Gormenghast Series of course, by Mervyn Peake
"Mervyn Peake is a finer poet than Edgar Allan Poe, and he is therefore able to maintain his world of fantasy brilliantly through three novels. It is a very, very great work . . . a classic of our age."-- Robertson Davies
"[Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience."-- C. S. Lewis
"This extravagant epic about a labyrinthine castle populated with conniving Dickensian grotesques is the true fantasy classic of our time."-- The Washington Post Book World
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. It is quite funny.
Icon by Frederich Forsyth is great. So are a lot of his other books and they always have great endings. The bible if read in a non-religious sense is a bit like LOTR. A bit of everything, good and evil, God and devil,good guys always win, romance, battles/destruction (when God leveled a few cities. But reading it in a non-religious sense is not the point it is supposed to be taken as the word of the creator of the universe. btw i am not a christian but do believe that no one should make a mockery of others beliefs.
Wildwolfden
29-12-2005, 19:10
now thats a damned good book. and no crappy poetry tossed in!
agreed 'White Fang' is good too the two books cross over
Randomlittleisland
29-12-2005, 19:26
Tell me ... I think the bible cause its fantasy , science fiction, love and horror together at once...
Are you kidding?
It starts in a fairly rambly way with far too much unnceccessary backstory, the main character doesn't even enter until halfway through and then he's killed off nearly straight away. The ressurection was frankly 'deus ex machina' incarnate and, the final mistake, rather than ending it there on an high note it then rambles on and starts talking about the end of the world and everyone dying!
Overall, the tone is a bit moralising and preachy, the plot feels contrived at times and the length of it makes it very hard to remember the characters' names.
Hullepupp
29-12-2005, 19:30
Are you kidding?
It starts in a fairly rambly way with far too much unnceccessary backstory, the main character doesn't even enter until halfway through and then he's killed off nearly straight away. The ressurection was frankly 'deus ex machina' incarnate and, the final mistake, rather than ending it there on an high note it then rambles on and starts talking about the end of the world and everyone dying!
Overall, the tone is a bit moralising and preachy, the plot feels contrived at times and the length of it makes it very hard to remember the characters' names.
:D ...very cute definition...
Randomlittleisland
29-12-2005, 20:20
The Bible is good,
the Bible is great,
it's just so true,
and so hard to hate.
OMG! It rhymes! It must be true!
Wildwolfden
30-12-2005, 13:04
OMG! It rhymes! It must be true!
and rubbish :rolleyes:
Jello Biafra
30-12-2005, 13:09
5 off the top of my head:
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Desperate Measures
30-12-2005, 22:34
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. Epic, brutal, humorous, sad... perfect.