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Old 03-06-2009
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What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

OK there are a million classics out there so who can get to all of them ?

Not me.

For example, and relating to some frequently mentioned around here:

Anything Heinline (sp?)
Anything Jane Austin
Anything russian
War and Peace (could not get past the bulk poundage)
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

Tokugawa Iesayu, by Sohachi Yamaoka. Too long to even begin.

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Old 03-06-2009
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

Daddio how would you know if you've never read it?

I don't understand how someone is supposed to answer this question...
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Old 03-06-2009
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

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Daddio how would you know if you've never read it?

I don't understand how someone is supposed to answer this question...
Yeah me too...
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

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Daddio how would you know if you've never read it?

I don't understand how someone is supposed to answer this question...

books that have some sort of large appeal, comonly regarded as great be it in popular circles (Stephen King), literary circles (Bronte, Twain, Homer) or whathaveyou.

ones you have just never gotten around to or maybe even never plan to
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

Hmm, in my case, i would answer "All of them", because i didn't actually have to, you know, read them....
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

You could use it as a list of classics or highly recommended books you want to read, I suppose.

I can think of a few:

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Don Quixote
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

Okay.

Goodnight Mister Tom comes to mind, the film was good.
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

I've always wanted to read Dune... just never seem to get around to it
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

How To Make Love Like A Porn Star.


I kid.


Crime and Punishment, Don Quixote, Moby Dick, etc. etc. I need to read more of the classics.
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

I've tried to read Gravity's Rainbow maybe three times, and I just fucking hate Pynchon's style. And this is coming from a guy who finished Finnegan's Wake, no problem.
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

I have not yet read War and Peace. I own it...One day, though. One day.....
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

Started but never finished Ulysses by James Joyce. Boring, boring, boring.

Same with Philip Roth.
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

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I've always wanted to read Dune... just never seem to get around to it
It's not only worth reading but really the first four books of the series are all excellent.
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Re: What are some of the best books you NEVER read ?

Defending the US Constitution by Barack Heusein Obama
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