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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:33 pm
by Megatron
Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:If we had compulsory military service, I would be dishonourably discharged within a week. Political correctness and such.
But I thought you were a tough guy? Are you saying you're just some redneck?

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:28 pm
by atoga
Spaghetti & Pulsar Activating Meatballs?

What's the deal with Dune? Is it actually good? Or something? Extricate.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:42 pm
by Kashluk
Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote: If we had compulsory military service, I would be dishonourably discharged within a week.
And if we had compulsory military service, I would kick your ass, like omg *literally*.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:19 pm
by Dan
atoga wrote:What's the deal with Dune? Is it actually good? Or something? Extricate.
It's pretty good. It's also one of those books that takes only a few days to read.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:03 pm
by Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude
Your opinion of books must be horrible because I've read atleast half of those books and I wouldn't call them the best of anything. Recycled toliet paper for the whole lot.
::Sigh:: Your taste in books is of lower quality then 99% of the posts here.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:10 pm
by Blargh
*winces*

Needlessly harsh, Phil. :drunk:

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:29 pm
by Spazmo
Dune is completely fantastic sci-fi, but Clancy is pure airplane reading. I liked his novels when I was twelve to fifteen because they had helicopters and guns and shit but they're not actually that great.

Just read some goddamn Vonnegut, you candyasses. Especially you, atoga.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:31 pm
by atoga
I already have, you goddamn French Caucasoid.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:39 pm
by Spazmo
Well, read more, you dirty damn hippie. And then go read some Douglas Coupland, who is also cool.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:39 pm
by atoga
Dude. I've read virtually everything by Douglas Coupland (including most of his short stories and what not).

You've gotta wake up pretty early in the morning to get one over old atoga.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:58 pm
by Kashluk
Spazmo wrote:Dune is completely fantastic sci-fi, but Clancy is pure airplane reading. I liked his novels when I was twelve to fifteen because they had helicopters and guns and shit but they're not actually that great.
My thoughts exactly. I have this huge brick of a book in my shelve called Rainbow Six and I loved it a few years back :dance: But lately, when I've tried to read Clancy in bed I've usually fell asleep before I got past page 12.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:14 pm
by Spazmo
I've always thought that Clancy's novels are VERY VERY good for young people or for foreigners trying to learn English. They're very simple stories, so they're easy to understand, but the English in them is very good, so that anyone trying to learn English gets a solid feel for the language and how to use it by reading that kind of stuff. I spent my youth (well, I'm still in it, but my earlier youth) reading pretty crappy books (well, I still do read pretty crappy books, but... shut up), and even though they weren't great literature, my English is much better than that of many other people my age so I can fake being well read.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:49 pm
by Nicolai
I read Goosebumps books when I was younger. B)

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:40 pm
by Kashluk
Well I guess that was kinda obvious since you're a total OH SHIT I HEAR THE ICE CREAM TRUCK!!!!!111!1111oneone to begin with :salute:

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:48 pm
by Naked_Lunch
Hey, don't be knocking Goosebumps. They scared the shit out of me when I was younger.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:50 pm
by Spazmo
I liked how the first two chapters would always end with a total scare! But then it'd just be the protagonist's bratty kid brother/sister... every time.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:51 pm
by Blargh
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Fucking oath, that made me laugh like a SHARK. :drunk:

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:25 pm
by Nicolai
Yeah, they were extremely formulaic.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:12 pm
by Megatron
I liked it best when the kid might have to see a psychiatrist after telling his parents he saw a monster or whatever and at the end of the book he kills it with sunshines and lollipops and then his parents are like 'oh fuc-' and die.

I liked shivers better they were more realistic. Or mabye that halloween street or whatever. But not fucking animorphs.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:21 pm
by Nicolai
I've read all the Animorphs books. :sadblinky: