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June 20, 2011 at 11:19 am (This post was last modified: June 20, 2011 at 11:20 am by Darth.)
(June 18, 2011 at 5:21 am)The Magic Pudding Wrote:
(June 18, 2011 at 3:14 am)tackattack Wrote: ooo the Bible... not kidding
I can save you some time there, the protagonist ends up suffering a painful death.
But don't worry, he gets better.
ARG! YOU RUINED IT. NO 'SPOILER WARNING'! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?!
I have just read through the most tedious book ever "If you read one book this lifetime, this should be the one," they said. Hours of horrific acts, days of degrading rules, pages of petulance, chapters of capriciousness, books of boredom. Finally "a bloke who seems alright", I was rooting for him, and interested in what happens to him, and now you spoil the ending by revealing he dies‽‽‽ Is there not some sort of forum rule disallowing spoilers without a warning?
I DEMAND JUSTICE
I am currently reading a great book entitled The Jesus Sayings by Rex Weyler. The subtitle states:"The Quest For His Authentic Message." The book goes through the gospels and other books that did not make the cut to try to weed out the so called actual sayings of Jesus Christ. I personally don't believe in the existence of Jesus as an historical figure but I find this book interesting in that it also points out the flaws in many of the gospels and even in some of the secular texts that supposedly attest to the existence of Christ such as Josephus. I find it interesting that the author seems learned but when he speaks of other historical figures he emphasizes often that for some of them there is not sufficient evidence that they existed. But when it comes to Jesus he does not use the same criterion, although in my opinion the evidence for the existence of Jesus is just as lacking as those other historical figures he mentions in the book.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
(June 18, 2011 at 5:21 am)The Magic Pudding Wrote:
(June 18, 2011 at 3:14 am)tackattack Wrote: ooo the Bible... not kidding
I can save you some time there, the protagonist ends up suffering a painful death.
But don't worry, he gets better.
ARG! YOU RUINED IT. NO 'SPOILER WARNING'! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?!
I have just read through the most tedious book ever "If you read one book this lifetime, this should be the one," they said. Hours of horrific acts, days of degrading rules, pages of petulance, chapters of capriciousness, books of boredom. Finally "a bloke who seems alright", I was rooting for him, and interested in what happens to him, and now you spoil the ending by revealing he dies‽‽‽ Is there not some sort of forum rule disallowing spoilers without a warning?
I DEMAND JUSTICE
*Gloveslap*
Its all good now; I've added spoiler tags. Whew, that was a close one!
June 20, 2011 at 11:45 am (This post was last modified: June 20, 2011 at 11:54 am by Darth.)
(June 20, 2011 at 11:41 am)Rhizomorph13 Wrote:
(June 20, 2011 at 11:19 am)Stue Denim Wrote:
(June 18, 2011 at 5:21 am)The Magic Pudding Wrote:
(June 18, 2011 at 3:14 am)tackattack Wrote: ooo the Bible... not kidding
I can save you some time there, the protagonist ends up suffering a painful death.
But don't worry, he gets better.
ARG! YOU RUINED IT. NO 'SPOILER WARNING'! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?!
I have just read through the most tedious book ever "If you read one book this lifetime, this should be the one," they said. Hours of horrific acts, days of degrading rules, pages of petulance, chapters of capriciousness, books of boredom. Finally "a bloke who seems alright", I was rooting for him, and interested in what happens to him, and now you spoil the ending by revealing he dies‽‽‽ Is there not some sort of forum rule disallowing spoilers without a warning?
I DEMAND JUSTICE
*Gloveslap*
Its all good now; I've added spoiler tags. Whew, that was a close one!
Not really, you quoted it without spoiler tags, now anyone who clicks show content will get a face full of spoiler!
bit late for me, ah well I won't finish reading it, seems like a load of baloney anyway.
(June 20, 2011 at 6:08 am)The Magic Pudding Wrote: What's the reason for paying for something you could get for free from Guttenberg?
I don't consider paying 0,89 dollars for the complete works of Jane Austen to be that big of a deal
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
(June 20, 2011 at 11:51 am)Kayenneh Wrote: I don't consider paying 0,89 dollars for the complete works of Jane Austen to be that big of a deal
I'm sorry but from what little of Jane Austen I have read, you got ripped off. They should pay you to take it.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
(June 20, 2011 at 1:42 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: I'm sorry but from what little of Jane Austen I have read, you got ripped off. They should pay you to take it.
Ah, as I mentioned in another thread, crappy litterature and movies are my weak point. And so what if you don't approve/like her books, I enjoy it, and it's my kindle, now isn't it?
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
Austen is far from crappy literature. In an era in which we expect worlds to blow up, werewolves to fight vampires for dominion over the earth, and in which the news is overrun with Jihadis and natural disasters, a quiet stroll with Miss Austen can be a balm for the nerves. I read Pride & Prejudice to learn a little more about a girl I liked, and went on to Sense & Sensibility and Emma. There may not be any massive action, but the dialog is actually quite good-snappy at times, and the settings are lovingly detailed.
June 20, 2011 at 6:18 pm (This post was last modified: June 20, 2011 at 6:25 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(June 20, 2011 at 6:04 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Austen is far from crappy literature. In an era in which we expect worlds to blow up, werewolves to fight vampires for dominion over the earth, and in which the news is overrun with Jihadis and natural disasters, a quiet stroll with Miss Austen can be a balm for the nerves. I read Pride & Prejudice to learn a little more about a girl I liked, and went on to Sense & Sensibility and Emma. There may not be any massive action, but the dialog is actually quite good-snappy at times, and the settings are lovingly detailed.
Well, Oscar Wilde did that much better in his plays, and in his prose. Maybe the settings might not be well-described in his plays, but that's what set designers are for, and in The Picture of Dorian Gray, the story (the [likely intentionally] tedious Chapter 11 aside) is amazing.
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