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Antonio_Bay

02-14-2007, 03:50 PM

Ok, I've tried going back and reading Salem's Lot a few times but I find it incredibly slow. I'm midway through and nothing of much interest has occurred. I'm going to cheat and watch the movie instead.

Anyone else given up on a book??

Threadkiller

02-14-2007, 03:55 PM

The Sound and the Fury. That book gave me such a headache. Oh, and Foucalt's Pendulum. In both cases the writing style was just too offensive to my fragile little mind.

Don't get me wrong, I like to think I can read and appreciate Shakespeare so I'm up for a literary challenge. But those two books just came across as unreadable crap the authors wrote to gratify their own egos. Maybe it's just me.

FanGirl

02-14-2007, 04:14 PM

Jason_Brown

02-14-2007, 04:34 PM

whatthefuckistheinternet

02-14-2007, 05:46 PM

Mort by Terry Pratchett, gotten half way through it about 7 times but never finished it.

Omaru

02-14-2007, 06:48 PM

The title escapes me but it's a Star Wars EU book about Han Solo and Chewie, they were evading someone at the beginning and then agreed to take a shipment of something when they landed for repairs, I just never got into it.

02-14-2007, 07:00 PM

BizarroPunisher

02-14-2007, 08:47 PM

I will say that Salem's Lot is incredibly slow in the beginning, but once it gets going its good. I was about to give up on it, but my friend convinced me to push on through. It's kind of like Dusk 'Till Dawn where it's not a vampire movie until the last half hour.

I couldn't get through the Stand, Insomina and the Fig Eater.
I finished Salem's Lot and feel exactly the same about it. There are only a couple books I can think of right now, but I know there are many more. Anyway, the books are Spock: Messiah and some Star Trek book written by Shatner that I picked up for $1. Both were pretty good books, but I just got out of reading altogether. Hannibal (by Thomas Harris) got me back into reading, and now I'm on Red Dragon.

ratm1966

02-15-2007, 12:58 AM

Queen of the Damned. I don't even think I made it through 25% of the book before I just had to quit reading it.

phit_demon

02-15-2007, 07:09 AM

now I'm on Red Dragon.
That's one of my favourite novels.
Fuck Clarice Starling, Will Graham is the cojones!

boobookittyfuk2007

02-15-2007, 12:39 PM

I bagged Anne Rice's "Memnoch the Devil" about half-way through. Dull, dull, dull, dull, dull.

I finished Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum", and found it ultimately worthwhile, but it took me about two years of stopping and starting to get there.
I finished "Memnoch the Devil", but failed to read "The Tale of the Body Theif" so there were parts missing that I didn't really catch onto because I missed a book. I found it to be an ok book, but not as good as the rest of the series had been.

Jason_Brown

02-15-2007, 03:48 PM

I finished "Memnoch the Devil", but failed to read "The Tale of the Body Theif" so there were parts missing that I didn't really catch onto because I missed a book. I found it to be an ok book, but not as good as the rest of the series had been.
I quite liked "Body Thief". It plays a bit like "Interview" or "Lestat" in reverse, with Rice having great fun describing Lestat's adjustment to the physical and perceptual changes involved with being human again.

I commend your fortitude in finishing "Memnoch".

Omaru

02-15-2007, 06:30 PM

Han Solo at Star's End?

I'm 97% certain that's the one.

02-15-2007, 08:24 PM

I'm 97% certain that's the one.

That's the first book I can remember my mom reading to me when I was kid... 1977-78... somewhere in there. It's a good book- you ought to finish it.

BizarroPunisher

02-15-2007, 09:09 PM

That's one of my favourite novels.
Fuck Clarice Starling, Will Graham is the cojones!
Yeah, he does kick major ass so far. He's a hell of a lot more interesting anyone I've read about in the series (except Hannibal, of course). I'm about 150 pages in and loving every second. It'll be a while until I finish it, though, since I only read when I get free time (mostly at school, occasionally at home). I'll watch the movie when I'm done with the book. I'm kind of questionable about the flick, because on one hand, it's Brett Ratner (X3 sucked so hard I choose not to acknowledge it) but on the other hand it's Edward Norton (who's excellent in just about anything).

FanGirl

02-15-2007, 09:33 PM

I read Interview With a Vampire all the way through. I picked up Lestat and got about 3/4 through and then read the first 1/4 of Queen of the Damned. I think what aggravated me the most is her lack of planning and continuity. I stopped after that. Never made it to any of the others.

phit_demon

02-16-2007, 09:28 AM

I'll watch the movie when I'm done with the book. I'm kind of questionable about the flick, because on one hand, it's Brett Ratner (X3 sucked so hard I choose not to acknowledge it) but on the other hand it's Edward Norton (who's excellent in just about anything).
See, what you do there is watch Michael Mann's Manhunter, and ignore the deplorable Red Dragon.
Everyone's happy! :D

http://www.follow-me-now.de/assets/images/Manhunter-Filmplakat.jpg

boobookittyfuk2007

02-16-2007, 12:04 PM

I am almost done with Ayn Rands' "Atlas Shrugged" finally. And I recommend it for anyone who has the time to commit to it. It is a great read about aulturism and a society that rewards the slackers and poo-poos on the man who makes his own fortune. I liken it to the Paris Hiltons of the world versus the Bill Gates of the world. In the fact that one fortune is honestly earned and the other handed to the person.

Threadkiller

02-16-2007, 12:27 PM

I think you meant "altruism". Bill Gates is a much more prolific altruist than Paris Hilton will ever be.

boobookittyfuk2007

02-16-2007, 02:05 PM

Yes thank you for the correction. I agree.

Antonio_Bay

02-16-2007, 02:53 PM

I also never finished Order of the Phoenix. I barely got through Goblet, so, looking back I’m not sure why I began reading Phoenix. I think I got caught up in all the Potter hype at the time of publication.

BizarroPunisher

02-16-2007, 11:04 PM

See, what you do there is watch Michael Mann's Manhunter, and ignore the deplorable Red Dragon.
Everyone's happy! :D

http://www.follow-me-now.de/assets/images/Manhunter-Filmplakat.jpg
I can't seem to find a copy of that yet. Oh well, I guess I'll worry about that after I finish the book.

freetoaster

02-18-2007, 10:57 AM

http://www.hcw.be/artikel/artpics/F3437.jpg

I didn't finish it, and now I can't even find it.

Zens7s

02-20-2007, 11:28 AM

There are very few on my shelf I have not read all the way through. The one that sticks out is The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy. I don't care for his writing style and that book is where I realized it.

Benjininja

03-02-2007, 02:39 PM

I got about half way through The Birth of Tragedy before I stopped and realized it made no sense to me. I started Beyond Good and Evil and it's much clearer.

BizarroPunisher

03-03-2007, 12:07 AM

I just got a shitload of books (27 to be exact) at a resale shop recently for under $2. Among the many books that I'll never read are:

Helter Skelter
Danse Macabre, The Drawing of the Three, The Dead Zone, and many other Stephen King books
Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby
Dunn's Conundrum
This Side of Paradise
Mystic River
First Blood (did anyone know that the first Rambo flick was based on a book?)

and some others I'll probably never even open. Oh well, it's still nice to have them.

phit_demon

03-03-2007, 08:08 AM

First Blood (did anyone know that the first Rambo flick was based on a book?)
Yeah, and it's supposed to be a cracker. I haven't read it yet though. Enjoy!

Antonio_Bay

03-03-2007, 03:01 PM

First Blood (did anyone know that the first Rambo flick was based on a book?)

He's less a hero, and more a killer in the novel.

Zens7s

03-05-2007, 02:32 PM

I liked This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald. It's a pretty quick read.

fearevil

03-14-2007, 08:01 AM

I never finished the bible thought it was to preachie!

Zens7s

03-14-2007, 08:42 AM

I never finished the bible thought it was to preachie!
I have never thought that. My Bible tastes much more like Apples than Peaches.

Wait, I wasn't supposed to eat the apple. DARN IT! I ALWAYS fall for that one before I get past the first chapter.

Aaron

03-14-2007, 10:25 AM

I think I got caught up in all the Potter hype at the time of publication.
Ha! Gayyyyyyy

Antonio_Bay

03-14-2007, 11:15 AM

Ha! Gayyyyyyy

What?! I thought this book was the best in the series yet:

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/Harry_P.jpg

:D

phit_demon

03-14-2007, 07:04 PM

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/Harry_P.jpg
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet! :D

vicar

04-02-2007, 05:27 PM

I found "Body Thief" to be one of AR's more readable ones, though that could be 'cause I drank a lot the year I read it. "Witching Hour" rocked for the first two-thirds, then fell to crap, and I could never get far in "Taltos".

BOP TILL U DROP

11-12-2007, 08:27 PM

wow this thread is pretty old......

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

grapes of wrath is one book that i own and have tried to finish so many times because its one of those most recommended books, but i always put it down and forget about it. picture of dorian grey is a good book, but i keep having to start over because i stop reading it and try to finish like a year later. needless to say, i haven't finished it. i can't get past the part where his girlfriend kills herself.

phit_demon

11-12-2007, 09:09 PM

i can't get past the part where his girlfriend kills herself.
You may want to put a spoiler alert on stuff like that, since not everyone has read it, myself included.

BOP TILL U DROP

11-12-2007, 10:46 PM

oh my gosh. i'm sorry.

phit_demon

11-12-2007, 10:48 PM

oh my gosh. i'm sorry.
It's cool, but just be aware of it in future. :)

By-tor

11-12-2007, 10:49 PM

oh my gosh. i'm sorry.No biggy. At least you don't immediately get your feelings hurt and start being shitty. Have a Jagerbomb, yet?

BOP TILL U DROP

11-12-2007, 10:56 PM

nope. i dont have anyone to drink with:(

phit_demon

11-12-2007, 11:01 PM

nope. i dont have anyone to drink with:(
A lonely hot chick who wants to drink? It's like a dream I once had...

BOP TILL U DROP

11-13-2007, 12:50 AM

A lonely hot chick who wants to drink? It's like a dream I once had...

"dear penthouse forum,"

BlueRoster

11-20-2007, 07:48 PM

I couldn't get through the Stand, Insomina and the Fig Eater.

It took me three tries to get past the first 100 pages of The Stand...I kept losing interest. Finally, on the third try, I just made myself keep reading and I ended up loving it. Its now one of my favorite books.

I've never been able to get through The Gunslinger (or any other fantasy book for that matter w/ the exception of The Hobbit and the Harry Potter novels). Something about the fantasy genre turns me off...I just can't identify...

By-tor

11-20-2007, 08:59 PM

I've never been able to get through The Gunslinger ...For the love of Odin, try again. Once you get to this...
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670032557.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
you're hooked. Read them thru 3 decades. Yeah......I fart dust.

phit_demon

11-21-2007, 05:33 AM

A lot of people take the "trudge through The Gunslinger to get to the good stuff" stance, but for me the first book was the very reason I kept reading. In many ways it's my favourite of the seven books.

By-tor

11-21-2007, 12:16 PM

Yeah, I think it's a cop-out, too. I loved all the books. But, I think this was my favorite....
http://www.liljas-library.com/img/other/DT5_full.jpg

Czaple

11-21-2007, 02:41 PM

Yeah, I think it's a cop-out, too. I loved all the books. But, I think this was my favorite....
http://www.liljas-library.com/img/other/DT5_full.jpg

Agreed. After being away from the series for the longest time, Wolves of the Calla brought me back into the fold. When I started reading Calla, book VII was just being released, so I had the pleasure of reading the last three books straight through, with Calla being a phenomenal launching pad.

By-tor

11-21-2007, 03:04 PM

Yup. Nearly the same scenario for me.

phit_demon

11-21-2007, 03:22 PM

Yup. Nearly the same scenario for me.
Ditto, and Calla does have the strongest start of the lot. The opening scene in the town hall is phenomenal.

Also, Callahan's story of what happened to him after Salem's Lot scared the shit out of me. I still see low men everywhere whenever I walk through public places.

BlueRoster

11-22-2007, 01:37 AM

See...I hear all these things about how great these books are and how they reference all the other King works I like so much...but I've tried reading Gunslinger at least 3 or 4 times and I can never get into it...maybe I should try it one more time...

On a different note, I started reading The Stand again. It's been like a year since the last time I read it, so I figure I'm due to read it again. It's one of those books that, if it never ended, I would just keep reading and reading and reading...I just love the world that he creates. Same goes for the Harry Potter books...just love that world.

You guys have any books like that?

phit_demon

11-22-2007, 01:40 AM

Harry Potter books...

You guys have any books like that?
No, thankfully I have no books like Harry Potter. ;)

Czaple

11-22-2007, 01:54 PM

On a different note, I started reading The Stand again. It's been like a year since the last time I read it, so I figure I'm due to read it again. It's one of those books that, if it never ended, I would just keep reading and reading and reading...I just love the world that he creates. Same goes for the Harry Potter books...just love that world.

*Spoiler below for The Stand and DT, but if it helps...*

Would it help you do know that the 'walkin' dude' (Randall Flagg) is an incarnation/reflection of the man in black whom Roland is chasing through the desert? The Stand was one of his few fuck ups in an otherwise successful campaign of destroying all that was good in the universe.

BlueRoster

11-22-2007, 04:54 PM

*Spoiler below for The Stand and DT, but if it helps...*

Would it help you do know that the 'walkin' dude' (Randall Flagg) is an incarnation/reflection of the man in black whom Roland is chasing through the desert? The Stand was one of his few fuck ups in an otherwise successful campaign of destroying all that was good in the universe.

Yeah, I knew that, it's what makes me want to keep trying. I think I'm convincing myself (with some help from yall) that I need to give The Gunslinger one more shot...

phit_demon

11-23-2007, 12:41 AM

I think I'm convincing myself (with some help from yall) that I need to give The Gunslinger one more shot...
Well, it's less than 250 pages, so it shouldn't take you more than a day or two, then you'll be in the clear. I really enjoyed it though, so it breezed by in no time. If you don't like reading something it can feel like a chore.

marksiwel

11-23-2007, 01:26 AM

Half way to not finishing "Dizzy City" (its a tad too long to getting to the point)
Alot of Phillip S. Hoffman books
I started this Cristopher Moore book, but lost it
I have started just leaving books on the subway I will never finish, it gives someone a book, and lets me let go of a book (also will help save on packing costs)

ZBarclay

11-23-2007, 01:14 PM

It took me three tries to get past the first 100 pages of The Stand...I kept losing interest. Finally, on the third try, I just made myself keep reading and I ended up loving it. Its now one of my favorite books.

I've never been able to get through The Gunslinger (or any other fantasy book for that matter w/ the exception of The Hobbit and the Harry Potter novels). Something about the fantasy genre turns me off...I just can't identify...

For the love of all that is holy, read the Dark Tower series...OR stop calling yourself a fan...just kidding...well only kind of... :D

Antonio_Bay

11-23-2007, 04:10 PM

All this Dark Tower talk is making me wander if its worth checking them out. I just dread having to read through a continuous story for 7 books, each the size of of door stops.

BlueRoster

11-23-2007, 09:03 PM

...OR stop calling yourself a fan...just kidding...well only kind of... :D

Better be kidding...nobody questions my allegiance to King ZBarclay, nobody!!!
("Nobody calls me chicken Needles, nobody!"--10 points to the first one who knows where its from...):D

11-23-2007, 09:10 PM

...("Nobody calls me chicken Needles, nobody!"--10 points to the first one who knows where its from...):D

Waaaay too easy...

http://images.movie-gazette.com/revimg/back-to-the-future-ii.jpg

ZBarclay

11-24-2007, 02:07 AM

All this Dark Tower talk is making me wander if its worth checking them out. I just dread having to read through a continuous story for 7 books, each the size of of door stops.

It's definitely worth it. And honestly, they are all pretty fast reads considering their size.

Better be kidding...nobody questions my allegiance to King ZBarclay, nobody!!!
("Nobody calls me chicken Needles, nobody!"--10 points to the first one who knows where its from...):D

Can I cash in my points to buy a Flux Capacitor? - That's my way of agreeing with you jk.

phit_demon

11-24-2007, 02:23 AM

All this Dark Tower talk is making me wander if its worth checking them out. I just dread having to read through a continuous story for 7 books, each the size of of door stops.
You should just read the first one for starters, and if you don't dig it after that, no harm. That way you're only commiting to 250 pages.
Trust me though, if you like The Gunslinger, you are going to wish there was more than 7 books, it's just that good!
("Nobody calls me chicken Needles, nobody!"--10 points to the first one who knows where its from...)
Come on, you're going to have to try harder than that.

http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/2/9/6/9/14139692-14139694-large.jpg

ZBarclay

11-24-2007, 02:33 AM

You should just read the first one for starters, and if you don't dig it after that, no harm. That way you're only commiting to 250 pages.
Trust me though, if you like The Gunslinger, you are going to wish there was more than 7 books, it's just that good!

I would even get a little more involved than the first book before making an ultimate decision. Everything unfolds so much and gains depth. The story starts out wonderfully in The Gunslinger, but is not even a hint of what it will become.

phit_demon

11-24-2007, 02:42 AM

The story starts out wonderfully in The Gunslinger, but is not even a hint of what it will become.
True, but the whole "books the size of doorstops" thing really comes into play after it.

I'm trying to ease it in, inch by inch, like a gentleman. :eek:

ZBarclay

11-24-2007, 01:12 PM

Inch can be plural?! I guess that's why she never called back.

Antonio_Bay

11-25-2007, 04:11 PM

I'm trying to ease it in, inch by inch, like a gentleman. :eek:

Some lube wouldn't have gone amiss. ;)

That Callahan guy, is he in it from the start? I never finished Salem's Lot, and have to intention to anytime soon. Is it vital to have read Lot (or any other book) to understand The Gunslinger?

phit_demon

11-25-2007, 10:45 PM

Some lube wouldn't have gone amiss. ;)

That Callahan guy, is he in it from the start? I never finished Salem's Lot, and have to intention to anytime soon. Is it vital to have read Lot (or any other book) to understand The Gunslinger?
I've never read Salem's Lot, but anything you need to know about Callahan is in The Dark Tower. They are two completely different chapters of his life, so to speak.

Czaple

11-25-2007, 11:45 PM

Is it vital to have read Lot (or any other book) to understand The Gunslinger?

Not really, just filler for the series. In some cases, knowing characters used in the books gives them a bit more history. If King feels he needs to elaborate on the character's past he will, but otherwise most of the relationships to other books fall into the back story category.

Antonio_Bay

11-27-2007, 12:40 PM

Thanks guys. The Gunslinger has been placed on my Birthday/Xmas list.

phit_demon

11-27-2007, 12:45 PM

Thanks guys. The Gunslinger has been placed on my Birthday/Xmas list.
One of us!

One of us!

One of us!

Cuclean

11-27-2007, 02:28 PM

One of us!

One of us!

One of us!

We accept her

We accept her

looking4answers

11-27-2007, 03:58 PM

If I may..take a page from Phit's Book-O-Slang...

"Oh no you dih'ih'!"

Antonio_Bay

11-27-2007, 04:09 PM

Wait, was I just called a girl?

Listen, I dressed up once - just once, ok...

http://www.sectionviiiclan.com/images/uploads/crossdresser.jpg

;)

ZBarclay

11-27-2007, 05:20 PM

Thanks guys. The Gunslinger has been placed on my Birthday/Xmas list.

Woooo hoooo! We turned one...WE TURNED ONE!

phit_demon

11-28-2007, 07:12 AM

"Oh no you dih'ih'!"
Wait, was I just called a girl?
I think ol' Cuclean was quoting Freaks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaks#The_famous_quotation), so Antonio's masculinity is safe. That is if that pic isn't real. :eek:

Antonio_Bay

11-28-2007, 09:58 AM

No, thats not me.

I don't wear dresses in that colour...

phit_demon

11-29-2007, 04:45 AM

No, thats not me.

I don't wear dresses in that colour...
I really hope that's chocolate on the dude's mouth...

ZBarclay

11-29-2007, 01:26 PM

I really hope that's chocolate on the dude's mouth...

Calm down phit, I know post sexual abuse smudged lipstick when I see it...I mean...it's lipstick...that's all I'm saying...it's lipstick.

phit_demon

11-29-2007, 01:30 PM

I mean...it's lipstick...that's all I'm saying...it's lipstick.
Red rocket?

ZBarclay

11-29-2007, 04:10 PM

Red rocket?

Sparkie. Sit. Sparkie. Stay. Sparkie. Don't be gay.

Cuclean

12-01-2007, 01:23 PM

I really hope that's chocolate on the dude's mouth...

Everyone's entitled to their vices.;)

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb146/Cuclean/vlcsnap-3139442.png

BOP TILL U DROP

12-10-2007, 01:01 AM

yuck.

SuzieQ

12-11-2007, 02:33 AM

Tolstoy's Anna Karenina...and Sophie's World. I'd like to think I'll one day read them. I've brought them with me all over the world. They're very well travelled...

Firestone2489

12-15-2007, 08:10 PM

The only book I've really tried to read and never finished was The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. I've tried twice but never followed through.

Czaple

12-15-2007, 10:03 PM

The only book I've really tried to read and never finished was The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. I've tried twice but never followed through.

Blasphemy! You could have said something like Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. That's a worthy one to give up on, and I'm being to think I've gone and done that. :D