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Paul, why would you suggest a book you don\'t understand, or suggest books simply because they are the hardest ones you have tried to read.

I don\'t understand.
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I just began reading Germinal by Emile Zola, here is a link to the wiki plot summary of it.  It is his masterpiece and I have been getting into French history more lately, it is one area I never delved into.

Germinal- Emile Zola
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Too fat for a tandem bike, and too drunk for a Mountain Bike...taste the fear.
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I try not to read.  I\'d much rather write.
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well this thread has inspired me to get back on the reading horse...also it\'s a bit of a resolution of mine

anyway, i \'m 66 pages into high fidelity and i\'m loving it already

2 chapters into infinite jest...only 950 pages to go...better be **** good
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take a big bite of the fruit of your labor
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Trust. It is.
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Paul, why would you suggest a book you don\'t understand, or suggest books simply because they are the hardest ones you have tried to read.

I don\'t understand.

EXACTLY what I was thinking.
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The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sagethicket. "Vamanos amigos," he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintscraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight.  --Eli Cash
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Because he\'s Paul **** Ryan....
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Free me from vices, free me from fear.. Free me from anything that keeps me from here.
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Just trying to find people who have read them. I get the general premise, but I\'m always up for someone who can do a better job of explaining them.

Plus, just because I didn\'t understand them didn\'t mean I didn\'t enjoy reading them, and she was asking for any good books. I think they are some of the best I\'ve ever read. I wouldn\'t keep trying with them if I didn\'t. Hence, they apply to this topic.
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"i heard that after he crossed the finish line he proceeded to wrestle down and pin a full sized grizzly bear"- ds673488

"if i listened to the distance on repeat, i\'d be wearing yellow jerseys like a motherfucker" - zuke
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Paul, why would you suggest a book you don\'t understand, or suggest books simply because they are the hardest ones you have tried to read.

Some of my favorite books are also some of the hardest reads I\'ve had.
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Apartheid: A policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination.
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tyzack, that\'s basically the point I was trying to make :thumbsup:
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"i heard that after he crossed the finish line he proceeded to wrestle down and pin a full sized grizzly bear"- ds673488

"if i listened to the distance on repeat, i\'d be wearing yellow jerseys like a motherfucker" - zuke
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Childhood\'s End by Arthur C. Clarke

I remember reading this years ago and being blown away.

On a related note:

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Arthur C. Clarke\'s weird science fiction novel Childhood\'s End could soon be a movie directed by Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don\'t Cry, and the upcoming Stop-Loss). Peirce says she\'s attracted to the challenging themes of Clarke\'s 1953 novel, but she\'ll have a hard time turning it into a big-budget movie. The novel inspired songs with the same title by Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd, but it\'s probably too dated for 21st. century audiences. More details after the jump.
Here\'s a good synopsis of Childhood\'s End:

Aliens come to our planet in gigantic spaceships that blot out the Sun over all the major cities. If you\'ve seen V or Independence Day you\'ve seen this ripped off. The Overlords, as the visitors are called, take over the world without a shot being fired and set about reforming Earth society into a utopia. They keep themselves hidden for the first fifty years of their rule because of they just happen to have horns, bat wings, and barbed tails; but that\'s no problem because humans have "progressed" so far under the Overlords\' rule that they quickly get used to their masters\' devilish appearance. What man doesn\'t realize is that the Overlords are not there to help Earth become a perfect world, but to act as midwives as the children of Earth spontaneously mutate into superbeings who will ultimately merge with an entity called the Overmind and destroy the planet in the pro

It sounds super trippy, and Clarke already mined it for the plot of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Peirce says the movie\'s draft script deals with big ideas, like whether humans can accept alien saviors who look like the devil. But it also has cool-looking space travel and a visit to the aliens\' homeworld, so she\'ll need at least $70 million to make this thing. That, in turn, means she needs backing from Universal and a big star. I\'d love to see Peirce make a science fiction movie, but maybe she could adapt something newer?

http://io9.com/342599/boys-dont-cry-director-tackles-trippy-scifi-classic
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Shock Value
by John Waters


Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & Genesis
By Dave Thompson


and knowing that Dave isn\'t reading this thread, even though he should

Scar Tissue: The Story of the Dick That Refused to Fall Off By Anthony Kiedas
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Childhood\'s End by Arthur C. Clarke

I remember reading this years ago and being blown away.

wow, that sounds really good!
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I\'m rereading On A Pale Horse by Piers Anthony.
Excellent book and start to an awesome series.
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I read kite runner, because we had it lying around the house. It was pretty good. a fast read. I dont really like reading about children getting **** though.
Ive got this thing were I dont enjoy watching movies or reading books about child abuse. Good thing there was only one instance of it in this book. or else I would have put it down.
 

I\'m in the middle of tainspotting now. I have never seen the movie, the book is interesting. more when I\'m done.

hows the infinite jest going zuke?
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