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    Marcia

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    Jane Austen is incredibly boring, in my opinion. I don't see why in school we're forced to read her work as "literature." Characters I couldn't care less about involved in uninteresting situations. I don't know, maybe it could work as satire were it at all funny, but it's not.

    Apologies to Jane Austen fans.
    Marcia, Feb 22, 2004
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    Maljonic

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    The thing is it's supposed to be sort of satire; she deliberately made the characters pompous and annoying to put a point across, it's just a bit too much in P and P. I read Emma twice a few years ago and I didn't mind that at all, it was pretty funny.
    Maljonic, Feb 22, 2004
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    Marcia

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    I know Emma was supposed to be funny, but to me it was more "eh" funny than "ha ha" funny and not worth it.

    Perhaps I'm just too shallow to appreciate the subtleties of humor :wink:

    Actually, though, I read Austen many years ago. Maybe I'd appreciate her more now that I'm older. Something similar happened to me with The Red Badge of Courage. The first time I read it I found it so boring I couldn't finish it. Then I read it again when I was older and enjoyed it very much. Maybe I should also try rereading Moby Dick, which is the other book that bored me so much I couldn't finish it.
    Marcia, Feb 23, 2004
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    Maljonic

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    I've got Moby Dick in my Bathroom, I used to read it in the bath, but since I started going to the gym all the time and having showers there I don't have a bath at home very often. I got about halfway through, then a dramatizasion of it with Patrick Stuart as Captain Ahab was on TV, it was great but I have no insentive to finish the book now. :)
    Maljonic, Feb 23, 2004
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    iamagoblin

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    my mate Tim at work just got the Battlestar galactica set and is doing copies of it for rather a good price the naughty little scamp.... :flame:


    Youv'e gat Moby Dick in your bathroom Mal?!! :shock:
    no wonder you can't get in the bath!
    [​IMG]
    iamagoblin, Feb 23, 2004
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    Maljonic

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    How rude :)
    Maljonic, Feb 23, 2004
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    monkey moejo

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    obsured
    monkey moejo, Oct 7, 2004
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    monkey moejo

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    apsilutaly ludercrus
    monkey moejo, Oct 12, 2004
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    Maljonic

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    I've been reading nothing but 'Aliens' books for the past month and a half, someone gave me 9 of them and I've read 5 so far... they are good but I'm looking forward to reading something else soon. :)
    Maljonic, Oct 12, 2004
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    monkey moejo

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    do they give u nightmares
    monkey moejo, Oct 14, 2004
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    Maljonic

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    I have had a few dreams with aliens in them, but they weren't really nightmares; I was usually fighting and destroying them :)
    Maljonic, Oct 14, 2004
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    monkey moejo

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    cool but when u read horror books it might be diffrent
    monkey moejo, Oct 14, 2004
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    Maljonic

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    I've read hundreds of horror books, the Alien books are horror books, but I don't usually get nightmares anyway. ;)
    Maljonic, Oct 14, 2004
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    monkey moejo

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    i never really read much
    monkey moejo, Oct 14, 2004
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    markkkk

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    bored of the rings book (parody of famous lord of the rings)
    markkkk, Apr 14, 2005
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    grimaster

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    im reading "His Dark Materials" which is a compalation of amber spyglass and subtle knife and the northern lights by Philip Pullman, its a bit to harry potterish for my liking :x
    grimaster, May 24, 2005
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    grimaster

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    has anyone read it?
    grimaster, May 24, 2005
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    Maljonic

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    Not me, I might do in the future though. :)
    Maljonic, May 24, 2005
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    grimaster

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    read

    you got to read the secret diary of adrain mole aged 13 and 3 quarters. i'ts very funny :lol:
    grimaster, Jun 5, 2005
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    Maljonic

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    Re: read

    I have read that, a very very long time ago... :)
    Maljonic, Jun 6, 2005
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