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RKDelpiero:
I can recommend Don Quixote. I've read it about 5 times now and it's still a great read. Even it's glaring digressions and it's breaking of the fourth wall go down well. The Histories is a good read if you're into that sort of thing.
I haven't read any contemporary literature lately, and I don't plan to. I'm okay with the classics, even if sometimes it can be trying to feng shui a ball of tangled string.
Dimmukane:
--- Quote from: mrjoegangles on 18 Feb 2008, 16:08 ---
--- Quote from: Shreazla on 18 Feb 2008, 15:06 ---Ok, here's some completely random, and, by most people, unheard of series that are quite good.
Series: Anne of Green Gables
Book: Pride and Prejudice
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Unheard of! Are you for real?
I challenge you to find a girl who hasn't read Anne of Green Gables. I think thats a requirment for puberty.
And Pride and Prejudice? Honestly. Pride and fucking Prejudice is unheard of. You have got to be shitting me.
And I appoligize if I sound rude and boorish but to hear two great works of English Literature insulted by having someone imply that they arn't staples of any gradeschoolers education is insulting to me and anyone else who actually graduated from their 6th grade English Class.
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There are one of three things going on here. One, they're being sarcastic. Two, they're not in the same school system as you are. I never had to read either of those books for any of my english classes, although I have heard of them. They were both 'summer reading' books and since Pride and Prejudice is one of the longer ones, barely anybody chose to read it the one summer it was on the list. Three, Shreazla may still be in high school and possibly not realized how much of an impact Pride and Prejudice had since most of his classmates didn't read it. I think option two is the most realistic.
Just take it easy, man. Not everybody on these forums went to the same school.
Border Reiver:
I've got a reasonably large library and film collection so:
Books
Peacekeeper - The Road to Sarajevo - Lewis MacKenzie ; The true to life adventures and misadaventures of Canada's best known general, and the man who lead and/or participated in a very large number of UN peacekeeping missions up to and including the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. Funny, sad and filled with descriptions of people trying to do their best in very trying circumstances for a lot of people that just don't care.
Shake Hands with the Devil - Susan Orm, writing for Romeo Dallaire. Now a movie, this is a disturbing look at the UN peacekeeping system and its failure in Rwanda and the effect on this man. I've spoken with both Generals Dallaire and MacKenzie, both are excellent speakers and writers. Peacekeeper is much more light hearted, and Shake Hands will leave you very disturbed.
The Flashman Series by George MacDonald Fraser - Ever suspect that the heroes of yesteryear weren't quite as snow white or heroic as they are protrayed in the history texts? This impeccably researched bit of historical fiction confirms your suspicions, as Victorian England's hero, Sir Harry Flashman rogers, weedles and toadies his way through most of the major campaigns of the 19th century, but only because he's too much of a coward to face the scandal of being found out. If you can read these and not laugh you have no sense of irony.
The Gaunt's Ghosts series of novels by Dan Abnett. Nice, light sci fi set in the worlds of Warhammer 40K - requires no knowledge of the game to understand. Excellent characterizations and tightly written. Good books to read while on the bus.
Movies
Casablanca - seriously one of the best movies ever. Well acted, tight script, excellent characterizations. There is a reason this movies tends to make everybody's Top 100 list...
The Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Heroes 2 of the best war movies of all time. One quite serious (and also a decent book), but so chock full of so much action you'll just keep watching. (bonus points if you can tell where Donald Duck is)
Horror of Dracula Somewhat dated (1958) but extremely well acted by the ever popular Christopher Lee, and the underated Peter Cushing. The final death sscene for Drac in this movie is quite intense.
Evil of Frankenstein - forget any sympathy for the doctor, he's a real cold hearted bastard in this one. As an aside, the monster's makeup was considered so horrifying in 1957 when this movie came out that no one would eat with the actor during lunch....
Tremors - its just a damn fun movie, especially if you'd ever seen the TV series Family Ties
The Blues Brothers - my favourite film of all time. Its got everything - car chases, damn fine musical numbers, comedy, gun fire and two guys making sure that the Illionois Nazis get what's coming to them.
Enjoy
mrjoegangles:
--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 22 Feb 2008, 07:50 ---
There are one of three things going on here. One, they're being sarcastic. Two, they're not in the same school system as you are. I never had to read either of those books for any of my english classes, although I have heard of them. They were both 'summer reading' books and since Pride and Prejudice is one of the longer ones, barely anybody chose to read it the one summer it was on the list. Three, Shreazla may still be in high school and possibly not realized how much of an impact Pride and Prejudice had since most of his classmates didn't read it. I think option two is the most realistic.
Just take it easy, man. Not everybody on these forums went to the same school.
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Going to the same school has nothing to do with it. I just used it as an example of how widely known those books are and how often they are used in High School Curriculums. If u went to ANY middle/high school in a english speaking country you would have heard of them. And don't worry, I was taking it quite easy. All I did was introduce him to my friend Mr Sarcasm in the hopes that he would perhaps see the error in this ways. If I hadnt been taking it easy I would have used my buddy Mr Insult and perhaps his wife Mrs Ethnic Slur. I think I showed amazing personal fortitude refraining from such tactics in the face of such blatent stupidity.
Liz:
--- Quote from: mrjoegangles on 18 Feb 2008, 16:08 ---I challenge you to find a girl who hasn't read Anne of Green Gables. I think thats a requirment for puberty.
And Pride and Prejudice? Honestly. Pride and fucking Prejudice is unheard of. You have got to be shitting me.
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I have not read Anne of Green Gables.
Looks like you lose this one.
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