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I know. If I could forget the whole book and read it again though I wouldn't hesitate to do so. I also believe that in one of the interviews in the back of the books he said that me might do more books in that universe.spartan231490 said:
I'm actually reading Death Troopers right now. It's okay. Better than the regular Star Wars books.ThatLankyBastard said:
Just finished I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak earlier this week. Loved it, would recommend it even though I felt the ending was cheesy, but I still loved the characters, premise, and of course plot.
This is the post that made me stop lurking and arsed me into posting something. Continue reading it and you'll get it that Holden is not a jerk, just out of touch from our concept of reality and it's norms. Books, movies, games, and all art really, is not only about liking the character, the setting, the period it was made in and stuff like that, it's about the message it's conveying, what that piece of art is trying to tell you by the characters, setting, period, motifs and style the author is using, all these things together try to pass on to you, the reader, a message, or an emotion, or jsut something. And that's all what most of the art's about. I'm not gonna get into l'art pour l'art right now. All in all Salinger is widely praised as a notable writer and for laying out some interesting ideas on the "scene" in his time, and in my opinion it is justified.Dimensional Vortex said:
A lot of people have that problem with Dostojevkski and realism in general. The point of all these back stories is in immersion and conveying all possible sides to the story there are, so as to remain objective as much as possible. French realists did this much better (with Tolstojs ridiculously long sagas being an exception) than the Russians or Ukrainians, because Russian realism (and Ukrainian with Gogolj) didn't really buy in to the whole objective thing, but instead took the concept and used it to try and create surreal immersion and deliver a ton of ideas and messages without you even noticing it.Fiz_The_Toaster said:
With my rant done all I have left to add is that I'm reading Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami and it's damn interesting.
The Collector by John Fowels and Black Christmas by Louis Black. (I ordered 'When will Jesus Bring the Porkchops' but this came instead.)
I love you. Back when I picked up that series, nobody knew what it was. Now, it is everywhere.chromewarriorXIII said:
You know, he said he may write a fourth one, and he sold the rights for a movie.
