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what books shouldn't anyone read?

cesare said:
Reading one is fine, for the experience. Reading more than one is superfluous, they're all variations on the same plot. Ditto Dick Francis.
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I must admit, and to be fair to John Grisham, I did like 'The Chamber', although the film was nowhere near as good as the book and even Grisham himself considers it his least favourite adaptation.
 
"Understanding Hegel" by gorski
"God and the New Physics" by phildwyer
"The Elements of Tact and Diplomacy" by editor
 
Since Rand has already been cited, can I nominate anything by Paul Coelho? I dragged myself through Veronika deserves to die or whatever its called and my eyes were bleeding by the end. What a loads of old fucksocks that book was. :mad:
 
I advise against reading the bible and the koran. These books seem like harmless fun at first but they give people funny ideas.
 
November said:
I advise against reading the bible and the koran. These books seem like harmless fun at first but they give people funny ideas.
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On the contrary, I think everyone should read them. It's certainly what made me an atheist. I'm constantly surprised at how little Christians in particular know of what's actually in the Bible.
 
The Iron Heel by Jack London is a great idea for a book terribly executed, there's one decent bit about the labour theory of value that he probably wrote first and liked so much that he decided "I could write a whole book of this shit", and realising that he couldn't meandered off into a shitty cop-out of an ending.

Also, whatever book the last 2 pages of the "What books should everyone read?" thread have been about (Hayek?) sounds pretty unconvincing.

:)
 
yield said:
The Celestine Prophecy what a pile of pants... Give me those hours back!
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My partner, who's no reader of thick books with no pictures in 'em, said of the CP, "Jesus, if you didn't have that shit figured out back in your hippie days, there's probably no hope for you."

The book I'd recommend giving a wide berth is The Vascular Healing Plants of the Eastern Boreal Forest. It's not nearly the page-turner the title would suggest.
 
Blagsta said:
the difference is that Jonti doesn't continually ruin threads with his feuding
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This is characteristically one-sided. How could I expect anything else from you? From this post anyone would think that butchersapron never engages in feuds and nor do you, yet the evidence suggests otherwise.

Nice smear job btw.
 
nino_savatte said:
This is characteristically one-sided. How could I expect anything else from you? From this post anyone would think that butchersapron never engages in feuds and nor do you, yet the evidence suggests otherwise.

Nice smear job btw.
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peanut butter baby, yeah :D
 
You're very kind, froggy (and I'm a very naughty boy)
chainsaw cat said:
but Editor also wrote "How to be Grumpy" which was authoritative to say the least.
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I don't really need any tips, but this does sound like a cracking read. Where can I get a copy, please?
 
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