A Good Old Fashoned Bookburning - Page 4

Crimson Ghost · 09-11-2008, 01:16 AM

The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion

If there was ever a book that needed to be destroyed, burned, eradicated from the face of the earth, it is this.

Sundae · 09-14-2008, 11:31 AM

5-10 pages I accept, although personally I'd have to read the whole of any book I intended to burn, in case there was a redeeming quality later on.

But one paragraph (Flint's quote from AG)?
Anyone who tosses anything into cum rags (well, not quite anything) after one paragraph watches too much MTV.

Sundae · 09-14-2008, 12:51 PM

I will admit - I would only burn books metaphorically.
But then I don't have an open fire, so there is no temptation to do it physically.

I take the no-hopers (back!) to the charity shop. The really good ones go to my Mum. The amazing ones I add to my stash. Which I have to decimate (at least) before I move

ZenGum · 09-16-2008, 09:02 PM

Tail posting:

Flint: may have invented perpetual motion.

Sheldon: Skip the first two sections of the Silmarillion. They're very abstract. The third bit has lots of specific stories and is good. The fourth bit is also good.

Cicero: Never read any German philosopher whose name starts with "H" or "S".

My burning? The Chronicles of Narnia. Just out of spite.
I was raised free of religion, read the books, got to know them as well as a rabbi knows the Torah, and then learned more about Christianity ... wait a #$%&ing minute ... these books are about religion!!! This bastard hs been smuggling religion into my mind without declaring it! Betrayed! Fury! Burn in hell, Lewis!

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-17-2008, 03:20 AM

I'm a bit surprised it should fall to me to suggest burning the greater part of L. Ron Hubbard's output. Include Dianetics at your option.

X-Lydia tells me she read it on a dare, and says it creeped her out thoroughly. The book seemed the work of an obsessive madman.

And Battlefield Earth the work of an obsessive madman bereft of an editor.

Works not for burning but perhaps for pillorying: the less mature later work of Piers Anthony, particularly his not-juvie work, the stuff that isn't Xanth -- whose proper demographic is readers between nine and fourteen.

Those are also the kids who should be reading Harry Potter, which is literature. Kid-Lit, yes, but literature nonetheless. Ibram, if through some concatenation of circumstances you should become a father, read this to your kids. You may be in the right place in life for that by then.

Sundae · 09-17-2008, 04:07 AM

Oh yes - Battlefield Earth! I'm warming my hands on it already...
I wouldn't burn Anthony's Xanth books. I read them when I was 12-13 and although I despised them (and he had the gall to suggest they were like the Chronicles of Prydain!) they had some saving graces. I liked the idea of how creatures made up of more than one animal were created. I liked the idea of successive waves of invasion/ magic. A couple of others which I can't remember.

Battlefield Earth had no saving grace. Unless you could the size - it worked as a book end on my shelf for a while. But I don't count it, personally.

Number 2 Pencil · 09-17-2008, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Battlefield Earth had no saving grace. Unless you could the size - it worked as a book end on my shelf for a while. But I don't count it, personally.

I think it's unintentionally funny. Jets that work in perfect flying condition after over 1k years? And a bunch of barbarians learn to fly them easily?

It reads like classic pulpy sci-fi adventure from a magazine with a cover that has a giant BEM attacking a screaming lady in scanty clothes who is being saved by a manly man in tights and a ray gun.

Sundae · 09-17-2008, 04:23 AM

Nah. I mean of course YMMV, but I can read Dennis Wheatley and find it funny, but Battlefield Earth? Not enough leaven in that loaf.

Number 2 Pencil · 09-17-2008, 04:27 AM

The fourth book and beyond of any Piers Anthony series are redundant, and as such are a waste of paper.

09-11-2008, 01:16 AM	#1
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion If there was ever a book that needed to be destroyed, burned, eradicated from the face of the earth, it is this. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-16-2008, 09:02 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Tail posting: Flint: may have invented perpetual motion. Sheldon: Skip the first two sections of the Silmarillion. They're very abstract. The third bit has lots of specific stories and is good. The fourth bit is also good. Cicero: Never read any German philosopher whose name starts with "H" or "S". My burning? The Chronicles of Narnia. Just out of spite. I was raised free of religion, read the books, got to know them as well as a rabbi knows the Torah, and then learned more about Christianity ... wait a #$%&ing minute ... these books are about religion!!! This bastard hs been smuggling religion into my mind without declaring it! Betrayed! Fury! Burn in hell, Lewis! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-17-2008, 03:20 AM	#5
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I'm a bit surprised it should fall to me to suggest burning the greater part of L. Ron Hubbard's output. Include Dianetics at your option. X-Lydia tells me she read it on a dare, and says it creeped her out thoroughly. The book seemed the work of an obsessive madman. And Battlefield Earth the work of an obsessive madman bereft of an editor. Works not for burning but perhaps for pillorying: the less mature later work of Piers Anthony, particularly his not-juvie work, the stuff that isn't Xanth -- whose proper demographic is readers between nine and fourteen. Those are also the kids who should be reading Harry Potter, which is literature. Kid-Lit, yes, but literature nonetheless. Ibram, if through some concatenation of circumstances you should become a father, read this to your kids. You may be in the right place in life for that by then. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-17-2008, 04:27 AM	#9
Number 2 Pencil Not too hard, not too soft Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Next to a yapping dog Posts: 75	The fourth book and beyond of any Piers Anthony series are redundant, and as such are a waste of paper. __________________ Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? -Poe Last edited by Number 2 Pencil; 09-17-2008 at 04:35 AM.

09-14-2008, 11:31 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	5-10 pages I accept, although personally I'd have to read the whole of any book I intended to burn, in case there was a redeeming quality later on. But one paragraph (Flint's quote from AG)? Anyone who tosses anything into cum rags (well, not quite anything) after one paragraph watches too much MTV.

09-14-2008, 12:51 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I will admit - I would only burn books metaphorically. But then I don't have an open fire, so there is no temptation to do it physically. I take the no-hopers (back!) to the charity shop. The really good ones go to my Mum. The amazing ones I add to my stash. Which I have to decimate (at least) before I move

09-17-2008, 04:07 AM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh yes - Battlefield Earth! I'm warming my hands on it already... I wouldn't burn Anthony's Xanth books. I read them when I was 12-13 and although I despised them (and he had the gall to suggest they were like the Chronicles of Prydain!) they had some saving graces. I liked the idea of how creatures made up of more than one animal were created. I liked the idea of successive waves of invasion/ magic. A couple of others which I can't remember. Battlefield Earth had no saving grace. Unless you could the size - it worked as a book end on my shelf for a while. But I don't count it, personally.

09-17-2008, 04:23 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Nah. I mean of course YMMV, but I can read Dennis Wheatley and find it funny, but Battlefield Earth? Not enough leaven in that loaf.

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