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babylonsister
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Tue Apr-17-07 07:20 AM Original message |
Has anyone read Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"? |
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Raven
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Tue Apr-17-07 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, I have. |
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Astrad
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Tue Apr-17-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes it was amazing. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Apr-17-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes. Just finished it. I kept seeing it brought up at DU. |
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Orrex
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Wed Apr-18-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Rosebud is the sled |
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WCGreen
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Fri May-04-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just read it a couple of weeks ago... |
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pitohui
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Fri May-11-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. i just read it, a bit of an oft told tale, this is ground covered before many many times |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Fri May-11-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I loved A Canticle for Leibowitz TOO |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Fri May-11-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Felt the same. More spoilers. |
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pitohui
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Sat May-12-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. yeah agreed (spoilers still being discussed, folks, open with care) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon May-14-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I don't he did that to sell out |
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pitohui
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Mon May-14-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. maybe you're right |
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Orrex
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Tue May-22-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Do you really believe that that was his motivation? (SPOILERS) |
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pitohui
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Wed May-30-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. you read that as a story about providence rewarding resourcefulness? |
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Orrex
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Mon Jul-23-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It's a science fiction tale |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. by your description it is not a science fiction tale |
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Orrex
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Holy moley. The post-apocalypse has been a sci-fi staple for centuries! |
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pitohui
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Wed Sep-19-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. ok here's the deal |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Fri May-11-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. it is beautifully written |
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pitohui
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Sat May-12-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. certainly it is well written and worth reading |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue May-15-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I didn't like the writing, personally. |
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oldgrowth
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Sun May-20-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. Great book A+ writing |
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silverlib
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Sun May-20-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Help me - book club assignment on this book...(and spoiler?) |
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hamerfan
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Fri May-25-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Not to be flip, |
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hamerfan
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Fri May-25-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Okay, that was flip, |
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silverlib
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Sat May-26-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Both were good... |
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Orrex
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Sat May-26-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Forgive me, but I believe that you missed an opportunity there... |
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pitohui
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Wed May-30-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. "a boy and his dog" is how my husband summed it up in 5 words |
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elehhhhna
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Mon Jul-23-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. I preferred Oryx & Krake, but I generally avoid futuristic apocolyptic stuff |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. oryx and crake was a much more sophisticated tale |
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Orrex
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "oryx and crake is genuinely science fiction" |
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pitohui
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Wed Sep-19-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. by the standard of a published science fiction writer albeit in a decade past |
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Orrex
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Thu Sep-20-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You seem unable to disagree without attacking |
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pitohui
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Thu Sep-20-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. you are not making a serious argument |
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Orrex
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Thu Sep-20-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. A very brief list of non-science-fiction books |
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bikebloke
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Fri Aug-03-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Pesthouse by Jim Crace |
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dannofoot
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Wed Sep-19-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. Loathed it. |
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Redneck Socialist
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Wed Sep-19-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just finished it yesterday. Stunning and haunting |
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pitohui
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Wed Sep-19-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. "of a thing which could not be put back" |
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Orrex
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Thu Sep-20-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Is it possible, in your view, that someone somewhere might like the book because it's well written? |
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pitohui
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Thu Sep-20-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. plot is the skeleton of story and on that basis it is not well written |
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Orrex
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Thu Sep-20-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. PKD's further thoughts on the matter |
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hiphopnation
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Tue Nov-13-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. half way through |
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