Anybody read a good book lately?

phattymatty · April 30, 2007, 03:50:39 PM

i actually can't believe it was even published. i wouldn't use it as toilet paper.

Rome · April 30, 2007, 03:54:17 PM

Quote from: phattymatty on April 30, 2007, 01:38:37 PM
finished The Road yesterday and apparently am in the minority because I don't see why it's so great.

Don't feel bad.

I asked Chris Steuber what he thought of the book and he hated it too.

rjs246 · April 30, 2007, 03:55:22 PM

I'm not going to get into an argument about it. Matt and I usually have different tastes in shtein like this. (Speaking of, I finally read it and The Celestine Prophecy sucks balls. So badly written that it was basically unreadable.)

Basically comedies (movies) are the only forms of non-booze entertainment that we usually agree on.

Of course, I'm not sure how one of the least dense, 300 page books ever can be drawn out or repetitive, but what do I know?

phattymatty · April 30, 2007, 04:03:52 PM

i was joking about the toilet paper part but it just wasn't interesting to me, or moving at all actually. to his credit i guess there's not a whole lot you can do with two people just walking for months.

phattymatty · April 30, 2007, 04:06:05 PM

***spoiler***

we ate beans. then walked. then we built a fire. then walked. ooh, a person. lets eat, build a fire and camp and then walk. afterwards we'll maybe eat something out a can and then maybe sleep by a fire. then walk some more, of course. etc. etc. the end.

PoopyfaceMcGee · April 30, 2007, 04:07:08 PM

Well... he can certainly display some breathtaking prose.

rjs246 · April 30, 2007, 04:07:23 PM

Quote from: phattymatty on April 30, 2007, 04:03:52 PM
i was joking about the toilet paper part

Don't explain your jokes to me, mister.

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but it just wasn't interesting to me, or moving at all actually.

That's really the difference. It was very moving to me. A father who knows he's going to die basically using every second of his life and every ounce of his strength to preserve his son's life for as long as possible... YOU HEARLTESS DICKHOLE!

PoopyfaceMcGee · April 30, 2007, 04:08:24 PM

You're so fatherly, rjs.

rjs246 · April 30, 2007, 04:09:57 PM

I know. You should see me kick my dog. It's got the tenderness that only a father could exibit.

SunMo · April 30, 2007, 04:10:32 PM

i punched my daughter in the face last night for looking at me funny

PoopyfaceMcGee · April 30, 2007, 04:14:18 PM

The younger one, or the older one?

phattymatty · April 30, 2007, 04:15:11 PM

Quote from: rjs246 on April 30, 2007, 04:07:23 PM
That's really the difference. It was very moving to me. A father who knows he's going to die basically using every second of his life and every ounce of his strength to preserve his son's life for as long as possible... YOU HEARLTESS DICKHOLE!

yeah what a great dad. preserve your kid's life until you die just so he can die right after. alone and scared. father of the year.

PoopyfaceMcGee · April 30, 2007, 04:16:11 PM

I'm enjoying this discussion.

SunMo · April 30, 2007, 04:17:59 PM

Quote from: FastFreddie on April 30, 2007, 04:14:18 PM
The younger one, or the older one?

i don't remember, i was drunk.

it could've been my wife actually.

whoever it was, they won't be looking at me funny anymore.

Rome · April 30, 2007, 04:18:47 PM

Imagining myself in the man's shoes is exactly why the book was so disturbing. Faced with that sort of choice, what would you do? End it quickly while the boy was sleeping or fight to live as long as possible?

In a very real sense, he's asking humanity to consider making the same choice. Do we annihilate ourselves in a brief moment of insanity or do we learn to live with each other in relative peace? At least that's the question I took away from the book.