I've read this book once and that once was quite enough

[BAYLOR]

I hated Holden Caulfield.

On the Road - Jack Kerouac. Sal Paradise was a whinging, snotty git. Thoroughly unlikeable. The whole story was a meandering mess. I don't know why this is so highly regarded.

I agree, Holden Caulfield is real pile . Ive never read anything by Salinger since.

On the Road , Just could not get into it

Catch 22 By Joseph Heller I absolutely despise this book and even single character it it, Especially that vile little profiteering creep Milo Minderbender .

 

[tobl]

I read Pierre Boule's novel Planet of the Apes almost 30 years ago , I thought it a bit silly . The ending particular, made no sense at all.

Number of the Beast . I heard to negativity about it and avoided it. I might give the new version a try though.

heinlein is always fun

 

[Vince W]

heinlein is always fun

No. No he's not. The Number of the Beast is proof of that.

 

[BAYLOR]

heinlein is always fun

Up to about The Moon Is Harsh Mistress

 

[tobl]

The Belgariad. On recommendations from two friends, I found our tastes were significantly different. Bland, bland, bland.

A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Read this when I was too young for it, I think, and it depressed me utterly. Only required reading that nauseated me to think I had to keep reading.

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. Serviceable thriller with cardboard characters and personable machinery.
the books by tom clancy are a lot on the lenghty side but are quite interesting

Hmmmm ... That's all I'm coming up with off the top of my head.


Randy M.

 

[tobl]

Got about a quarter or a third of the way through one of the Gor books by John Norman, before I literally tossed it in the bin, it was a truly misogynistic piece of c**p!!!!!

i heard about them but never read them. are they really that bad or is the way women are treated you disapprove?

 

[nixie]

Little Women, I never did finish it found it irritating.

 

[BAYLOR]

i heard about them but never read them. are they really that bad or is the way women are treated you disapprove?

I read book one Tarnsman of Gor and it was the most excruciating books I ever read. In not reading John Norman you not missing much. Im not sure but , I think they did a low budget For movies some years ago.

 

[Cathbad]

As a teen, I found the Gor books wonderful!

As an adult, I realize them for what they are - misogynistic trash.

 

[BAYLOR]

As a teen, I found the Gor books wonderful!

As an adult, I realize them for what they are - misogynistic trash.

Well, all I know is I found Tarnsman of Gore to be pretty wretched stuff. A fiend of mine who had read more the books said that they got steadily worse as they progressed.

 

[tobl]

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tom is a bit lenghty but normally fun

 

[Vince W]

Little Women, I never did finish it found it irritating.

I didn't realise that John Norman wrote this one.

 

[Vince W]

As a teen, I found the Gor books wonderful!

As an adult, I realize them for what they are - misogynistic trash.

They are fantasies for 13-year-old boys. At least ones born in the 60s and early 70s.

 

[tobl]

They are fantasies for 13-year-old boys. At least ones born in the 60s and early 70s.

i might try to read them. for what i heard they are not worst than the paladin series by john ringo...

 

[AndrewT]

Use of Weapons by Iain Banks was very difficult for me. I had to force my way through, like doing push-ups. That was the last Banks I tried I'm afraid. Player of Games and Consider Phlebas were somewhat better, though not exactly my cup of tea. I would have to add Titus Groan to the list as well except that I did not finish it. I may have been too young to appreciate it. I bet Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann would make the list but I never tried it. It had a beautiful cover so I knew it must be bad!

 

[Cathbad]

i might try to read them. for what i heard they are not worst than the paladin series by john ringo...

If you believe women are born to be sex slaves to men - and like it - go for it!

 

[Parson]

More of a short story really, but it was a tired old joke with a foreseeable punchline that attempted tragedy and comedy at the same time and failed both spectacularly.

O Henry"s story?! I find it an utterly heart rending tale of true love.

Little Women, I never did finish it found it irritating.

I just listened to a pod cast. "The Weight of Words" from This American Life episode #680 where a young woman found her only sanity by reading this book. I think you'd love to listen to it. It's a story that continues to haunt me. This part of the episode begins about 8 min into the pod cast.

The Weight Of Words - This American Life

 

[Karn's Return]

O Henry"s story?! I find it an utterly heart rending tale of true love.

I suppose call me jaded, but it didn't really hit me that way...

 

[tobl]

If you believe women are born to be sex slaves to men - and like it - go for it!

ouch, don't be mean. in the john ringo books women are not slaves, (well, not to him), and the sex scenes have a point. so i'm curious if the john norman books are gratuitous or have a point, for instance. just because a iread a book doesn't mean i have to aree with everything in the book. Let's not get into philosophy ou moral debates, ok?

 

[nixie]

No we won't get into any debates on morals or philosophy.

The Gor books, I'll hold my hands up and admit I read a few as a teenager. When younger I'd read anything, i even read a few Mills and Boons, the impression I took from the romance books was some woman are idiots who allow men to treat them like dirt all in name of love.
Any book needs to be read with an open mind, curiosity leads us to read all manner of material. Doesn't mean we agree or even like it.
Hands up how many only read Goodkind due to the bad reviews.