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Oct 10, 2007 5:07:27 GMT -5
Post by Dragge on Oct 10, 2007 5:07:27 GMT -5
Hey Green (that's you right) you should take the Dracula book and replace it with Django and Shademan. Wouldn't that be great!
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Oct 10, 2007 20:32:57 GMT -5
Post by Pitch on Oct 10, 2007 20:32:57 GMT -5
That's so much like the fate of Aerith in Final Fantasy VII. I've just finished the first disk and witnessed the scene that shocked so many hearts. Well, it didn't really affect me. Although Aerith's theme playing during the battle with a Jenova piece did have some effect on me, but barely. Now why is that? Because everyone talks about what happened openly that it's hard not to know the spoiler. I was thinking something more from something that's actually good. That couldn't have been enjoyed in any case, because it's over-rated crap. ^_^; There's all kinds of stuff like that though. (STAR WARS SPOILER) Can you imagine(or maybe you actually have) watching Star Wars Episode V without already knowing that Darth Vader is Luke's father? I've known about that since before I ever seriously watched the movies... but I can't imagine what that was like when it first came out. I take it this is rather early on in the book? It makes sense. Harker knows how fearsome Dracula is and doesn't want to bring about his own demise so soon, plus Dracula needs to keep Harker around long enough to settle the matter of his going to England, eh. Dragge.. no idea what you mean there.
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Frankenpetey
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Oct 10, 2007 23:28:35 GMT -5
Post by Frankenpetey on Oct 10, 2007 23:28:35 GMT -5
The way the story was sort of stitched together from the main characters' journals was what got me about Dracula the first time I read it. I haven't come across another novel of that era that works quite like that; it adds a lot to a narrative that could have been pretty dry otherwise. Poor ol' Bram Stoker didn't get nearly enough love for that book when it was published. Ungrateful Victorians. Canada Dry: Well, Harker is a professional lawyer, and since the Count is his client he'd remain very formal and decorous. Dracula is a nobleman, not some uncivilized brute, so he'd treat his lawyer and guest with the same formality. Undue informality and poor manners weren't the done thing during the 1800s. Rudeness marked you as one of the lower classes. Mlt Syndrome: Dorian Gray. <3 <3 <3 Yes. An excellent book for the Halloween season. I could go on and on and on...but I'll spare you. It's Wilde's only novel, so I wouldn't say that it's really representative of his writing style, since his plays read very differently. A lot of my acquaintance really dislike it, so I'll be interested to hear your impressions when you do get to it. Doyle could write a hell of a mystery, couldn't he? And I love watching the interactions between Holmes and Watson, all the little personality quirks and irritations. Like the Odd Couple, except they fight crime. They can get a little talky at times, but it makes the action sequences that are there stand out all the more, I think. (Reichenbach Falls, eh?) Hamlet. Dude, hardcore. ;D
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Oct 20, 2007 21:44:35 GMT -5
Post by Dragge on Oct 20, 2007 21:44:35 GMT -5
I have been reading The Great Gatsby now in school and to my surprise I find it to be a very good book. I don't know if I've mentioned this but I've been reading the Merlin Series and it's good to. It's about Merlin in his teen years and how he becomes the magician we all know and love.
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Goopygoo, Lord of the Whilst
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Nov 4, 2007 23:21:59 GMT -5
Post by Goopygoo, Lord of the Whilst on Nov 4, 2007 23:21:59 GMT -5
I love 'Jurassic Park.' Anybody else read it?
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Nov 5, 2007 11:49:51 GMT -5
Post by Staulmaster on Nov 5, 2007 11:49:51 GMT -5
Yes! Yes, I did read it. I even read 'The Lost World'. Of course, I was fair;y young when i did so, so I didn't pay that much attention to all the technical babble and stuff, but now that I'm older, perhaps I should read it again and see how it computes.
Nevertheless, I did find it to be rather more enjoyable than the movie, there's a scene in the book that concerns an aviary that isn't in the movie, which would've been cool to see.
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Sept 7, 2008 9:31:14 GMT -5
Post by mybusterbroke on Sept 7, 2008 9:31:14 GMT -5
I say almost every book in this thread is a favorite of mine. Good to see we all like the same stuff!
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