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Started by Slarti, May 10, 2004, 09:02:19 PM

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Slarti

May 10, 2004, 09:02:19 PM
i'm about halfway through, and it's so cool that i want to throw up.

gnimbley

#1
May 10, 2004, 10:29:14 PM
Quote from: Slartibartfasti'm about halfway through, and it's so cool that i want to throw up.

I started that book four times. The first three times I put it down and (months later) when I picked it back up I couldn't remember what was going on so I started over. The fourth time I finally got it. And it is one of the coolest books ever written.

Huh? Did somebody say something?



Must have been the breeze.

illusion

#2
May 11, 2004, 06:33:57 AM
This is by far one of the best books in the entire world.
Absolutely brilliant and cynical.

Slarti

#3
May 11, 2004, 10:41:25 PM
i loved the lack of plot. it reminded me of RAW. (btw, i finally got Illuminatus! and am going to start reading it soon).

Den Sorte Dragen

#4
May 11, 2004, 10:44:14 PM
I only saw a part of the movie once.......buffalo soldiers reminded me very much of it
negative....negative.....negative................;type O negative................negative............;negative

gnimbley

#5
May 11, 2004, 11:29:07 PM
Quote from: Slartibartfasti loved the lack of plot. it reminded me of RAW. (btw, i finally got Illuminatus! and am going to start reading it soon).

Actually, it has a tremendous amount of plot. It is just in an absurd format. Every scene for the first two thirds of the book is told at least three different times, and from different perspectives. They are just not in a linear order. Even the pieces of the scenes are not in linear order. A bit of this scene merges into that, interrupted by this one over there, crashed into (literally) by another.

The last third of the book is linear - a normal novelistic timeline - but by then your mind is no longer thinking linearly and you don't notice for a long time.

The novel breaks all the rules, is brilliantly sarcastic, has probably influenced more writers than any other 20th century novel, and is one of the most difficult things to read in English literature. I loved it once I caught on. Very chaotic. You all will love it.

My favorite book of all time.

Slarti

#6
May 12, 2004, 12:27:57 AM
that's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"

Slarti

#7
May 12, 2004, 10:55:11 PM
YOSSARIAN LIVES!

MedeoPlusPlus

#8
May 12, 2004, 11:03:47 PM
Quote from: Slartibartfasti loved the lack of plot. it reminded me of RAW. (btw, i finally got Illuminatus! and am going to start reading it soon).

I just started rereading Illuminatus. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't make more sense the second time- it really does.
1. e4             e5
2. Bc4           Bc5
3. Qf3           Ne7
4. Qxf7++

chaosgraves:agentoferis

#9
May 12, 2004, 11:08:18 PM
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
sorry... I needed to do that
Constitution?!?!? Isn't that a D&D stat.

chaosgraves:agentoferis

#10
May 12, 2004, 11:08:39 PM
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
sorry... I needed to do that
Constitution?!?!? Isn't that a D&D stat.

chaosgraves:agentoferis

#11
May 12, 2004, 11:09:04 PM
sorry... I needed to do that
Constitution?!?!? Isn't that a D&D stat.

Bella

#12
May 12, 2004, 11:19:04 PM
Quote from: chaosgraves:agentoferis
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
sorry... I needed to do that

Why?
just like in a dream
you'll open your mouth to scream
and you won't make a sound

you can't believe your eyes
you can't believe your ears
you can't believe your friends
you can't believe you're here

Bella

#13
May 12, 2004, 11:19:21 PM
Quote from: chaosgraves:agentoferis
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
sorry... I needed to do that
Why?
just like in a dream
you'll open your mouth to scream
and you won't make a sound

you can't believe your eyes
you can't believe your ears
you can't believe your friends
you can't believe you're here

chaosgraves:agentoferis

#14
May 12, 2004, 11:20:06 PM
Quote from: SssBella, Oracle of Doom
Quote from: chaosgraves:agentoferis
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
sorry... I needed to do that

Why?
Quote from: SssBella, Oracle of Doom
Quote from: chaosgraves:agentoferis
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
Quote from: Slartibartfastthat's true. i just reallized that. the way the timeline is fucked up is awesome.

i reallllly love disrupting class in school by standing up randomly and screaming " I SEE EVERYTHING TWICE!!!!"
sorry... I needed to do that

Why?
because
Constitution?!?!? Isn't that a D&D stat.
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