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Re: ! Brian Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM
So many people seem to hate Heart of Darkness so much....but god I love that book...in fact it's near the top of my list of all time favorites.

I think this means we can't be friends anymore...shared love of Tool or no.


But what about that shared enjoyment of the erotic?? Doesn't that trump all?!

Srsly though, how did you like Heart of Darkness? Maybe I'll get a fresh perspective.

I suppose I can forgive this one disagreement!

How did I like Heart of Darkness? I loved the scenery, I loved the overall darkness in the book, and the contrasts between the light. I loved how the trip down the river was also a symbollic trip into madness, and of course the end...."the horror" was just brilliant.

The first time I read it I thought it was an amazing book. The symbolism was deep and thought provoking, and there were just so many layers in the book...it was one of the deepest 90 page books I've ever read. In fact....I think I'm gonna read it when I get home tonight.
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1883 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1288 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1290 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1332 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1168 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1186 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1165 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1091 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 646 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 693 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1210 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1243 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1165 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 671 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1098 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1270 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 683 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1248 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1216 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1113 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1239 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1186 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1202 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1088 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1152 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1181 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1152 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1209 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 713 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1209 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 730 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1180 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1258 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1185 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1358 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 687 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1119 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1280 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1168 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 702 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 647 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1173 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 705 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1190 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1198 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 673 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 700 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1192 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 622 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 681 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1043 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1219 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1244 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1163 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1153 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 615 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1140 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1188 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1323 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1145 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1192 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1188 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1189 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1371 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1079 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1207 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1220 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 632 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1115 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1456 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1545 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1276 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1123 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1129 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1151 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 685 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 655 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 625 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1197 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1092 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1071 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1124 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1067 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1119 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1192 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1076 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1160 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 688 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 680 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1045 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 652 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1149 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1065 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1213 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1054 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 705 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1091 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 656 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1131 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1218 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1167 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 694 Views
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