Principia Discordia

Principia Discordia => Literate Chaotic => Topic started by: Iason Ouabache on July 13, 2009, 05:56:21 PM

Title: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Iason Ouabache on July 13, 2009, 05:56:21 PM
http://shopping.aol.com/books/best-sellers

PS: You rage, you lose.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: LMNO on July 13, 2009, 06:00:26 PM
Must... control... fist... of death....
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Pope Pixie Pickle on July 13, 2009, 07:03:46 PM
you know, 2 of them I wouldnt call someone an intellectual backwater for reading....

but the rest :x
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Cain on July 13, 2009, 07:10:25 PM
Bible - meh
Gone with the Wind - meh
Lord of the Rings - getting better
Harry Potter - meh
The Stand - probably my favourite book of King's, but not top 10 material at all
Da Vinci Code - oh where to start with this piece of plaigarised crap...
To Kill A Mockingbird - now we're talking
Angels and Demons -  :x
Atlas Shrugged - Capitalist Ubermensch Crushes Socialist Lackey Running Dogs!  Also large enough to commit suicide with, which some find a blessing
Catcher in the Rye - again, better

Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Eve on July 13, 2009, 07:51:06 PM
:|

:x

:cry:


To Kill a Mockingbird and the Catcher in the Rye are the only redeeming parts of that list.


(ETA: i unashamedly <3 lotr and hp, but still wouldn't include them in this particular top ten.)
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 13, 2009, 08:31:47 PM
I loved Lord of the Rings when I was a kid.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: the last yatto on July 13, 2009, 08:51:54 PM
I wonder if Campus Crusade for Cthulhu is having another book burning rally this month
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Kai on July 14, 2009, 07:37:06 PM
To Kill a Mockingbird was the only one on there I thought actually fit.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Richter on July 14, 2009, 08:17:30 PM
Quote from: NotARealFurby on July 13, 2009, 08:51:54 PM
I wonder if Campus Crusade for Cthulhu is having another book burning rally this month

"I'll disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire
Destroying anyone's writings or point of view, regardless of how bent, wrong, or out of line it is, is a bad thing to do, IMHO.   
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: LMNO on July 14, 2009, 08:21:04 PM
Even as satire?
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Requia ☣ on July 14, 2009, 08:24:01 PM
I am not seeing the same list at all.

The one I get starts with a Michael Jackson biography.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Brotep on July 21, 2009, 07:13:18 AM
Quote from: Richter on July 14, 2009, 08:17:30 PM
Destroying anyone's writings or point of view, regardless of how bent, wrong, or out of line it is, is a bad thing to do, IMHO.   
Unless it's really funny.  Which makes it okay.


Well hey, a Malcolm Gladwell book is on the list now.  I object to that less violently than that other stuff.  However, "Cook Yourself Thin" is also on the current list.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Soylent Green on July 22, 2009, 09:09:00 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 13, 2009, 07:10:25 PM
Bible - only on here because of the massive amounts of christians in the world
Gone with the Wind - meh
Lord of the Rings - getting better
Harry Potter - good, but not even close to top 10 quality
The Stand - see above
- removed for stupidity -
To Kill A Mockingbird - personally hated this book, but it deserves a spot close to top 10 for its fame
- removed for stupidity -
Atlas Shrugged - honestly, loved this book, even though it was long as fuck.  :| Despite my love for it, not top 10 material.
Catcher in the Rye - better, probably deserves a spot.



I edited with my opinion.

Will post my personal list when I find my keyboard and don't have to use an on screen one.

Quote from: Mumia Vending Machine on July 14, 2009, 08:17:30 PM
Quote from: NotARealFurby on July 13, 2009, 08:51:54 PM
I wonder if Campus Crusade for Cthulhu is having another book burning rally this month


Destroying anyone's writings or point of view, regardless of how bent, wrong, or out of line it is, is a bad thing to do, IMHO.   

I agree.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: BADGE OF HONOR on July 22, 2009, 07:07:12 PM
I've thrown away a book because it was so badly written.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Richter on July 22, 2009, 07:27:03 PM
Throwing away a book as a way of saying you don't like it or want it taking up your space is one thing.  Buring a book strikes me as a way of saying the viewpoints you don't agree with or find harmful should be destroyed, erased from the record, stricken from every obelisk, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.  I'm with Voltaire in the fact that I will disagree plenty with what people say, but I entirely support their right to say it.  Maybe there are some that it should happen to.
Books are much like guns though, they are both fundamentally inert until some fool decides to pick them up and make use of them.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on July 22, 2009, 07:29:24 PM
It's not my fault. The books were asking for it.
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Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: LMNO on July 22, 2009, 07:40:20 PM
...Well, at least 2/3rds of them were.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on July 22, 2009, 07:54:21 PM
No really, I fell down the stair and accidentally into the pile of burning books, I swear Officer!
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/805169637_e3fbd0e08f.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: the last yatto on July 22, 2009, 11:59:50 PM
example: say take our current target audience,
get a bunch of spags to dress up in robes and burn a bunch of copies of principia discordia
(which could just be blank pages with the yellow cover)

what do you think reactions would be?
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Brotep on July 27, 2009, 02:31:33 AM
Quote from: Der Ballschlager on July 22, 2009, 07:27:03 PM
Throwing away a book as a way of saying you don't like it or want it taking up your space is one thing.  Buring a book strikes me as a way of saying the viewpoints you don't agree with or find harmful should be destroyed, erased from the record, stricken from every obelisk, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.  I'm with Voltaire in the fact that I will disagree plenty with what people say, but I entirely support their right to say it.

I tend to agree.

QuoteBooks are much like guns though, they are both fundamentally inert until some fool decides to pick them up and make use of them.

So, censorship ≈ gun control?  Interesting...

Quote from: la neige cône on July 22, 2009, 11:59:50 PM
example: say take our current target audience,
get a bunch of spags to dress up in robes and burn a bunch of copies of principia discordia
(which could just be blank pages with the yellow cover)

what do you think reactions would be?


I would laugh.
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on August 03, 2009, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Ratatosk on July 22, 2009, 07:54:21 PM
No really, I fell down the stair and accidentally into the pile of burning books, I swear Officer!
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/805169637_e3fbd0e08f.jpg?v=0)

"I accidentally the whole Library at Alexandria. Is that bad?"
Title: Re: Ten Books to Read Before You Die
Post by: Soylent Green on August 03, 2009, 07:16:26 PM
Quote from: Broken AI on July 27, 2009, 02:33:56 AM
does deleting an ebook count?


I just imagined a group of people in a circle frantically deleting thousands of copies of secular books and then yelling things like "TAKE THAT HAWKINGS! BLAST YOU RICHARD DAWKINS! PRAISE GOD!" while onlookers pass by.........


....


Now I really want to do that  :lulz: