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Frigidus wrote:but now that it's become relatively popular it's suffered the usual downturn in coolness.
Skittles! wrote:Also, another book that just came out a few months ago
-The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins..
I would think some people would of heard of this book. I really like it, also, the last time I checked, it was the #1 best seller in Australia. Quite a good argument too.
qwert wrote:Can i ask you something?What is porpose for you to open these Political topic in ConquerClub? Why you mix politic with Risk? Why you not open topic like HOT AND SEXY,or something like that.
qeee1 wrote:I think Catcher speaks a certain truth, that has not found such beautiful or genuine expression anywhere else in literature, and to dismiss it because the main character is too angsty is a great tragedy. It's like dismissing Don Quixote for being too detatched from reality. Salinger's other works are also great, but Catcher is truly his master piece.
AndyDufresne wrote:Ah, one of my favorite authors...Joseph Heller.
I loved Catch-22...it was one of the few books I ever actually laughed out loud while reading.
And many other Heller books are pretty good, but I always smile when I think of Catch-22.
--Andy
CrazyAnglican wrote:17th Century novel "Tom Jones" (incredibly long, but funny if you can
hang with it)
"The Sun Also Rises" (hey this character makes no sense, oh okay he's
drunkhe makes sense now!)
Robert L. Asprin's Myth Adventures series: (Great humorous fantasy /
stay away from the Myth inc.
stuff not quite as good)
Anything by Raymond E. Fiest (probably the best fantasy writer you've
never heard of, can't recommend him
enough, especially his collaborative
works with Janny Wurts) Start with
"Magician: Apprentice" and its three rift
war saga sequels to set the stage, but
then go nuts! Hector if you played D&D
you will see him playing in a world very
similar.
J.R.R. Tolkien of course
and if you are receptive to Christian ideas anything by
C.S. Lewis (Hey, I'm an Anglican did you really think I wouldn't recommend him) put him on your must miss list if not. I highly recommend "The Screwtape letters" and "Mere Christianity"
I'll probably read "The God Delusion". Thanks for the recommendation.
hecter wrote:[ I also find that few people know that the Narnia series is christian. I find that odd.
flashleg8 wrote:To btwonmeggy: I'll check out "Ficciones" by Jorge Luis Borges as well, I see from Amazon its a contemporary twist on Don Quixote (which I liked) so I'll give it a bash - though not in the original Spanish unfortunately!
btownmeggy wrote:Go ahead and learn Spanish. It's easy, and I mean REALLY EASY. It'll open up a whole new world.
flashleg8 wrote:btownmeggy wrote:Go ahead and learn Spanish. It's easy, and I mean REALLY EASY. It'll open up a whole new world.
Trying at the moment to learn French (my fiancé’s French). It's hard, and I mean REALLY HARD (because my accent is atrocious [Glasgow] Everyone thinks I'm German).
flashleg8 wrote:btownmeggy wrote:Go ahead and learn Spanish. It's easy, and I mean REALLY EASY. It'll open up a whole new world.
Trying at the moment to learn French (my fiancé’s French). It's hard, and I mean REALLY HARD (because my accent is atrocious [Glasgow] Everyone thinks I'm German).
btownmeggy wrote:flashleg8 wrote:btownmeggy wrote:Go ahead and learn Spanish. It's easy, and I mean REALLY EASY. It'll open up a whole new world.
Trying at the moment to learn French (my fiancé’s French). It's hard, and I mean REALLY HARD (because my accent is atrocious [Glasgow] Everyone thinks I'm German).
French is stupidly difficult. I speak two other Romance languages, and have been working on learning French for years now, but it's not really coming to me. It's orthography and grammar are both very illogical and... contrary.
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