Dear Literature Forum,

[lord_carbo]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

- No Russian books like The Brothers Karamazov. They're too dry.

Yeah screw you, too bad you're stripping yourself of Vladimir ****ing Nabokov. Lolita is the exact opposite of dry: it plays with words eloquently and frolics into the unorthodox masterfully. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is also pretty cool. Both are definitely high up in my recommendations.

Picture of Dorian Gray, perhaps? I really do like that book.

[ShastaTwist]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

Screw me?

I already read The Brothers Karamazov.

[All_That_Chaz]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

There's something very wrong in recommending Lolita to Shasta.

[rade0110]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

Jack Kerouac is an awesome writer. Also, Sometimes a Great Notion is a great read.

[lord_carbo]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

Screw me?

I already read The Brothers Karamazov.

Well I never read that. I just know that Crime and Punishment is great.

There's something very wrong in recommending Lolita to Shasta.

It doesn't eulogize pedophilia.

[mead1]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

House of Leaves

do it

[Tokzic]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

house of leaves

things that aren't house of leaves

i wonder what you should pick

[All_That_Chaz]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

It doesn't eulogize pedophilia.

I took a class on it, I know what it's about, lol. But for the same reason Nabokov is lampooning the reader, I must show caution when suggesting that book.

[infinity.]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

For my English class, we have been assigned to pick a book to read. I really want to impress my teacher with my brilliance by reading a good novel.

Here are the requirements:

- It must be over 300 pages in length.
- I can't have read it before.
- It must have a plot.
- No Russian books like The Brothers Karamazov. They're too dry.

Impress me, FFR.

Stranger in a Strange Land.
It's science fiction, and has always been my favorite book.

[lord_carbo]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

Breaking news oshi--

Number one reason why you should read (and enjoy) Lolita or Crime and Punishment:

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.co...ave-in-common/

This is the greatest thing to happen to me ever. My two favorite fiction books (and one of my favorite nonfiction books) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

I have good taste.

(Atlas Shrugged is supposedly pretty cool too, but I've never even touched it.)

[All_That_Chaz]

Re: Dear Literature Forum,

Does reading The Holy Bible make you stupid or do stupid people read The Holy Bible?