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Writer's Block: Book worms unite!
[Error: unknown template qotd]Just off the top of my head and in no particular order:
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (it doesn't say they all have to be novels!)
- and just because I turned around thinking about what the third one should be and spotted it on my shelf, and it's a book that I love and have read several times: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
If I thought about books I'd read less recently, I'd probably expand the list to include some classics. I did love Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby. Which is funny because I often see both of those on people's worst books lists.
As for the three worst, I don't read crap like Twilight or The Da Vinci Code and I can't include books I haven't actually read. Two that immediately come to mind are:
- A Farewell to Arms. I do not care for Hemingway.
- Prey by Michael Crichton. I see there's a new one now, published posthumously, about pirates. I'm torn - pirates are awesome but Prey was execrable and State of Fear was all about global warming being a hoax by scientists to get more grant money so I didn't even bother to read that one. But Timeline was one of his best! I'll wait until I see some reviews.
And for the third one...
- it's a short story but I'm going to count it - Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut of all people! He's one of my favorite authors! If I'd turned around and spotted Breakfast of Champions or Slaughterhouse Five on my shelf, I'd probably have put those on the good list! (They're on the shelf downstairs - I never really sorted my books after I moved). Anyway, I first read it in 8th grade English class and wrote a scathing essay about the sexism in the story. On the other hand, it's possible I misinterpreted, if this article is correct. I need to re-read the story.
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (it doesn't say they all have to be novels!)
- and just because I turned around thinking about what the third one should be and spotted it on my shelf, and it's a book that I love and have read several times: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
If I thought about books I'd read less recently, I'd probably expand the list to include some classics. I did love Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby. Which is funny because I often see both of those on people's worst books lists.
As for the three worst, I don't read crap like Twilight or The Da Vinci Code and I can't include books I haven't actually read. Two that immediately come to mind are:
- A Farewell to Arms. I do not care for Hemingway.
- Prey by Michael Crichton. I see there's a new one now, published posthumously, about pirates. I'm torn - pirates are awesome but Prey was execrable and State of Fear was all about global warming being a hoax by scientists to get more grant money so I didn't even bother to read that one. But Timeline was one of his best! I'll wait until I see some reviews.
And for the third one...
- it's a short story but I'm going to count it - Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut of all people! He's one of my favorite authors! If I'd turned around and spotted Breakfast of Champions or Slaughterhouse Five on my shelf, I'd probably have put those on the good list! (They're on the shelf downstairs - I never really sorted my books after I moved). Anyway, I first read it in 8th grade English class and wrote a scathing essay about the sexism in the story. On the other hand, it's possible I misinterpreted, if this article is correct. I need to re-read the story.