Worst book you have ever read

Joe Fist

Troubador

General

28 Mar 05

rbmorris

Vampyroteuthis

Infernalis

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31 Mar 05

Originally posted by ChessNut
I started "Atlas Shrugged" by good ole' Assimov. Just couldn't get into it.

Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand. I thought the concept was ok, but it didn't need to be so long. I got the point after the first couple of hundred pages. No need to keep beating me over the head with your point.

~~STANG~~

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Moves: 10805

01 Apr 05

Originally posted by rbmorris
Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand. I thought the concept was ok, but it didn't need to be so long. I got the point after the first couple of hundred pages. No need to keep beating me over the head with your point.

...mmmmmm, pawns.

mosquitorespect

Not Royalty

Not in a palace

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Moves: 29298

01 Apr 05

Originally posted by seraphimvulture
Being the inspiration for this thread, I'll copy and paste my post from the Godfather 1 vs. Godfather 2 thread:

Forget the movies. Has anyone read the new The Godfather Returns book by Mark Winegardener? It is... BY FAR.... the WORST book I've ever read in my entire life. I've never even seen a movie I hated as much as this book. There are lite ...[text shortened]... it. Completely. The Godfather 3 was The Godfather 2 compared to this freakin' thing.

-Kev

However, the original Godfather book by Mario Puzo is a great read (I know this doesn't really belong in this thread...)

mosquitorespect

Not Royalty

Not in a palace

Joined: 07 Jun 04
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01 Apr 05

Originally posted by shavixmir
Oh. Did he write: Do andriods dream of robot sheep, by any chance?

So, what's that got to do with Atlas shrugged?

Man you lot are doing my head in.

Do androids dream of electric sheep? is a fantastic book by Philip K. Dick, one of the best sci-fi's I've ever read.

I really need to understand the point of this thread better.

murrow

penguinpuffin

finsbury

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01 Apr 05

good book, man.
not as good as PERFUME by patrick suskind.
you have to shout PERFUME so everyone knows how good it is.

worst book: how to give your queen away by murrow murrowski.
man i wish i'd never written that book

mosquitorespect

Not Royalty

Not in a palace

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Moves: 29298

01 Apr 05

I remember not being able to get throught the first chapter of Trillions by Nicholas Fisk at Primary school. Other than that I recently tried to read The Ides of March and Point Counterpoint and gave up because they were too dull

rwingett

Ming the Merciless

Royal Oak, MI

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01 Apr 05

Originally posted by jeo321
Moby Dick without a question.

I agree with this. If it had been pared down a couple hundred pages it would have made an excellent short story. But it was a bitterly painful experience having to read the whole thing.

Moldy Crow

Your Eminence

Scunthorpe

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01 Apr 05

Might as well piss off as many people as I can with my first post in a while - The Hobbit was the worst piece of tripe ever to be writen . I keep hearing the "L.o.Rings" trilogy is much better , but I can't bring myself to read anything by J.R.T. after that glorified piece of butt-floss (Hobbit) .