The Official Book Discussion Thread

[Ombre]

They also explain the flower pot in the book, which was an awesome part.

[shadowkhas]

I watched the movie and it was hilarious. I don't read and I doubt i'd be willing to read the book, but I'm wondering how the episodes compare to the movie?

The TV show is very accurate to the book. It skips some parts, but what it DOES cover is spot-on. Plus, British actors.

The movie was made specially, and it wasn't supposed to be a copy of the books, and it was meant for a one-off thing.

[HPDarkness]

Anyone read any George Orwell? I love his books.

My favorite is 1984

Excerpt from Chapter 1:

Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black-mustachio'd face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston's own. Down at street level another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC. In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a blue-bottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the Police Patrol, snooping into people's windows. The patrols did not matter, however. Only the Thought Police mattered.

Behind Winston's back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away about pig iron and the overfulfillment of the Ninth Three-Year Plan. The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.

[Locke]

I'm going to have to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next next semester for my Contemporary Lit class, based on what people said that were in the class this semester, it's a really good book, and actually interesting. I've heard of the book (in reality, who hasn't, it's a hell of a well known book, but who has read it?), but anyone else read it?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of my favorite books. It is amazing to read. A bit trippy and hard to follow at times, but by the end you really appreciate what Ken Kasey did.

I'm about 130 pages into Contact Harvest. I think it's a really good book so far, I can't wait to finish it up.

I hated that book. Worst Halo book ever. The beginning was alright, but towards the end it strayed from the game. Many parts make you wonder if the the author had ever played the game...

Books you have to read:
1. Earth Abides
2. Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (Best star wars novel ever)
3. Cell
4. Killer Angels
5. Mouse Tales

[HPDarkness]

Many parts make you wonder if the the author had ever played the game...

>_> It was by Joseph Staten... (the writing director at Bungie)

I liked it a lot.

[Locke]

Many parts make you wonder if the the author had ever played the game...

>_> It was by Joseph Staten... (the writing director at Bungie)

Exactly my point...Many things in the book don't stay true to the Halo universe.

[Kewlkyle64]

Forget it. I can't figure out BBCode.

[JK-47]

Your spoiler tags didn't work out so well there Kewlkyle.

[Kewlkyle64]

I noticed. BBCode... Pfft. Terrible. I just emptied the post.

[JK-47]

The code was right. The problem is this site doesn't have spoiler tags.

[Ombre]

(Please use small text for spoilers, and with proper warning beforehand)

^ That should work fine in place of the missing spoiler bbcode.

[Iron_Forge]

Of all the books I was forced to read in school, 1984 and Lord of the Flies I enjoyed...One of the rare experiences you're forced to do something you otherwise wouldn't, and in the end are glad you had...I also read Caesar this way, and it was worth reading through...

I used to read alot when I was younger, not so much now...I read the Fall of Reach and First Strike a few years back, and couldn't put them down...Haven't bothered with the latest of them though...

Currently going through the Dexter books on the recommendation of a friend...Supposedly they don

[Veegie]

Lord of the Flies was a nice window into the human psyche.
The Mist did a great job of that, too.

[shadowkhas]

Lord of the Flies was a nice window into the human psyche.

Agreed. I also rather like Heart of Darkness. I still haven't read The God Delusion all the way through though, I should just hop out and buy it...

[BEEF!!!]

I'm going to have to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next next semester for my Contemporary Lit class, based on what people said that were in the class this semester, it's a really good book, and actually interesting. I've heard of the book (in reality, who hasn't, it's a hell of a well known book, but who has read it?), but anyone else read it?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of my favorite books. It is amazing to read. A bit trippy and hard to follow at times, but by the end you really appreciate what Ken Kasey did.

I had that for summer reading this year. I unfortunately never got through the whole book due to the fact that I transfered into this school about 2 weeks before it started. I was eager to read this because of all the good things i heard about it. However, I found myself frustrated and having to re-read multiple passages over and over again.
If I had the time though I would love to go back and read through it slowly and more completely.

[Ombre]

I'm eagerly waiting for my chance to read Survivor and Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, has anyone read either of these?

[Dr.Cox]

I always liked Animal Farm...

[CabooseJr]

Tuesdays with Morrie was a great book I read last year.

[gh0570fchurch]

Strong language warning: Coma Therapy by Eric Victorino. He doesn't have licensing for it, so you have to order it directly from him. You can also get a free download for an audio version of it read by him from here. Great book. I met the guy, too.

[Vaati]

Books can burn.
/ignorance


But I have to read To Kill A Mocking Bird whats everyones views on the book.

Agreed, I'm not a fan of books, but To Kill A Mocking Bird was great.

Usually once I get into a book I like it but I usually just hate sitting down and reading a book.