NES Week will be next month, this I promise.
This is (Fictional) Book Week!
Have a favorite book? Maybe a play in book form? Favorite character?
Take that character, find yourself an image of them (drawing or actor), change your name and avatar.
We should know what to do.
If you can't find an actor, find an image of the book itself, but change your name to the characters name. Obviously it'd be preferred if you found an image from a movie or show based on the book.
You can choose anything from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to Shakespearean work... or if you wanna stir up some controversy, use the Bible (not recommended.)
Use this thread for general discussion of literature. :)
BIG NOTE: WE ARE NOT INCLUDING MANGAS/COMIC BOOKS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/FAN FICS IN THIS. USE COMMON SENSE, IT MUST BE FROM A PUBLISHED AUTHOR.
ALSO: IT MUST BE FROM SOMETHING THAT WAS A BOOK FIRST.
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One of my favorite books comes from when I was younger, then a movie was made of it. Holes, by Louis Sachar. It's a book about a boy who is wrongly convicted of stealing a pair of shoes from an orphanage that once belonged to famous athlete Clyde "Sweetfeet" Livingston. Stanley believes in a curse that was set on his family because of his "No-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather". Because of his conviction, he goes to Camp Green Lake... a work camp for boys.
I'm too lazy to get into this synopsis, but it was a great book. It was the first book I ever read voluntarily, and the namesake of my email addresses since the 6th or 7th grade (caveman6620).
Someone find me a picture of Guy Montag.
Quote from: Mystic on March 13, 2010, 11:46:32 PM
Someone find me a picture of Guy Montag.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Image002Guy.jpg)
Mack, can we keep this in Power On? Not alot of us venture to The Arts, and it's just one thread.
Quote from: Caveman on March 13, 2010, 11:52:32 PM
Mack, can we keep this in Power On? Not alot of us venture to The Arts, and it's just one thread.
No.
I found one I like. Epic book.
NOTE: Try to find something that was originally a book. A book based on a movie/game/etc doesn't count. Literature based on Halo, for example, is no bueno.
BOOK FIRST.
Hi.
Quote from: Caveman on March 14, 2010, 12:03:23 AM
NOTE: Try to find something that was originally a book. A book based on a movie/game/etc doesn't count. Literature based on Halo, for example, is no bueno.
BOOK FIRST.
Like Fahrenheit 451? :3
Quote from: Guy Montag on March 14, 2010, 12:08:09 AM
Like Fahrenheit 451? :3
I dunno. Was that a book first?
Thou shall move this topic back to Power On.
Hello, friends
So, uh... talk about books.
Quote from: Caveman on March 14, 2010, 12:08:55 AM
I dunno. Was that a book first?
Yes. Bradbury is a writer above all else.
Books are pretty cool, but not as good as movies and TV. I like how you can get any books online nowadays.
What is "The Walrus" and am I supposed to be seeing a mans face?
The Walrus is is the other half of The Carpenter. Everyone knows that.
Quote from: Caveman on March 14, 2010, 12:08:55 AM
I dunno. Was that a book first?
I ought to smack the poop out of you.
I'll be Lina Mayfleet.
Quote from: Drizzt Do'Urden on March 14, 2010, 12:11:17 AM
Hello, friends
darn, you took the name AND pic I was gonna use....
Oh, well. We shall see who is the true Drizzt!
Come, Guenhwyvar!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2927160624_af2c746cae.jpg)
Quote from: Drizzt on March 14, 2010, 12:51:26 AM
darn, you took the name AND pic I was gonna use....
Oh, well. We shall see who is the true Drizzt!
Come, Guenhwyvar!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2927160624_af2c746cae.jpg)
Fuck you, I was here first. Don't make me get Cattie-Brie to kick your ass. I called dibs in chat.
And actually, I am more surprised that someone knew about him, let alone wanted him as well.
Quote from: Drizzt Do'Urden on March 14, 2010, 01:23:41 AM
intercourse you, I was here first. Don't make me get Cattie-Brie to kick your ass. I called dibs in chat.
And actually, I am more surprised that someone knew about him, let alone wanted him as well.
I am too, I'm not really mad, but if you really want, I'll change my name.
but this Avy is so cool ;__;
Quote from: Drizzt on March 14, 2010, 01:39:26 AM
I am too, I'm not really mad, but if you really want, I'll change my name.
but this Avy is so cool ;__;
No, I'm already changing mine. I was originally going to be F'lar anyways.
Problem, Literature Fans? :trollface:
But really, this character is for nostalgic purposes only. That, and most other books I liked, I couldn't remember the names for. :(
I have decided to be an epic hero. From like 500 BC. Oh yeah.
Too many choices... broad topics fail.
I love Lord of the Flies. My favorite character would probably be Ralph or Simon, but Piggy has better avatar pictures.
Wait, I got a better one. :D
...FANFICS COUNT DAMMIT
Quote from: Piggy on March 14, 2010, 08:54:15 AM
Too many choices... broad topics fail.
I love Lord of the Flies. My favorite character would probably be Ralph or Simon, but Piggy has better avatar pictures.
If they're not broad, people don't participate. Better to have more options than less.
The Count... has arrived.
Quote from: Caveman on March 14, 2010, 11:15:23 AM
No.
It's a fictional piece of literature, albeit a terrible one on the internet.
Quote from: Pokemaster Ian on March 14, 2010, 01:24:48 PM
It's a fictional piece of literature, albeit a terrible one on the internet.
Revised rules for intercourse head.
Must be from a book. A book you can get at a library or buy in a book store OR OTHERWISE READ THE OLD FASHIONED WAY.
Must be from a published author.
Book must be the origin - no books based on games/movies/etc.
Use common sense.
I'm surprised no one chose Marvin.
Lol, books.
how lame
IMO
Screw it, I'm back to my other character.
And on that note,
TRA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I did it guys. I found the character I want to be.
I guess the point to all of this is to try to ACT like our chosen characters?? You think? :P
And you all thought I made this name up.
doiwin
Well hi told you guys you never would've guessed. Best book I've been forced to read
ever.
Quote from: Caveman on March 13, 2010, 11:54:24 PM
/me braces for flop week.
: ( COME ON BACK TO POWER ON YOU GO.
Don't make me sick myself on you.
I don't have to lift a finger.
I still win.
Quote from: Guy Montag on March 16, 2010, 10:35:57 PM
I still win.
You win nothing.
'Cause this weeks a flop.
'Cause no one goes to The Arts.
This week is but since no moderator/administrator will move it we might as well make the best of it.
So, what's the best book you've ever been "forced" to read? Were you forced to read the one in your avatar?
My favorite book I was forced to read was Fahrenheit 451, the ending was crap though imo.
I also liked the idea of Lord of the Flies, but it didn't really suck me in.
Quote from: JrDude ♦ on March 17, 2010, 02:30:28 AM
My favorite book I was forced to read was Fahrenheit 451, the ending was crap though imo.
I still need to finish that. I have it in my house somewhere but I have too much to keep me occupied to have any interest in it.
Also speaking of poopty endings pay it forward has the worst ending of any book I've been forced to read ever.
Quote from: George Babbitt on March 17, 2010, 12:12:24 AM
This week is but since no moderator/administrator will move it we might as well make the best of it.
So, what's the best book you've ever been "forced" to read? Were you forced to read the one in your avatar?
F451 easily. I loved it. Huck Finn was pretty good too. Oh oh oh...The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm was intercourse ing awesome. Good times.
Yes I was, and I'm glad.
Also, F451's enging was good.
...I don't get forced to read books, they get taken from me! But the best world I've ever visited was Valdemar, the setting for close to thirty different books. Take a look at it!
I've been "forced" to read a lot of great books. Lord of the Flies wasn't one of them, but we did end up reading it my Sophomore year, too. Fahrenheit 451 was good, so was 1984, and Catch-22. Anthem was okay, but I liked The Giver better (although wasn't forced to read the latter). I've been "forced" to read plays lately, and I really did enjoy Long Day's Journey into Night and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Am I the only person in existence who wasn't forced to read Fahrenheit 451? Through I'm hardly ever satisfied with endings; mainly books. I always try to forget it and blur the ending with another memory
...Sadly it's worked before too. Almost every time.
Speaking of which spoilers from re-reading Babbitt's ending again ending:
[spoiler] I really really intercourse ing hate this ending now ever since being forced to re-read it for a few chapter quiz's and a test. It's completely horrendous; Now I know this book is pretty much anti-religious until the very end and It's suppose to be a religious type theme but intercourse that -_ It had the perfect "This is what happens in real life; Get over it." Type of feel to it until the end. Myra lives? His son marries? He gets this all by converting into christ? And Verona marries someone that isn't Babbitt? Bull poop.
There's probably a ton of better ways to finish it off that KEEP It's unique theme. Ah well. I just needed somewhere to vent about it[/spoiler]
Also holy poop at the mention of the giver. I totally forgot about that book; My 5th grade teacher read that to us during lunch. Hated some parts liked others but I honestly slept through some parts.
Quote from: George Babbitt on March 17, 2010, 10:42:27 PM
Am I the only person in existence who wasn't forced to read Fahrenheit 451? Through I'm hardly ever satisfied with endings; mainly books. I always try to forget it and blur the ending with another memory
...Sadly it's worked before too. Almost every time.
Speaking of which spoilers from re-reading Babbitt's ending again ending:
[spoiler] I really really intercourse ing hate this ending now ever since being forced to re-read it for a few chapter quiz's and a test. It's completely horrendous; Now I know this book is pretty much anti-religious until the very end and It's suppose to be a religious type theme but intercourse that -_ It had the perfect "This is what happens in real life; Get over it." Type of feel to it until the end. Myra lives? His son marries? He gets this all by converting into christ? And Verona marries someone that isn't Babbitt? Bull poop.
There's probably a ton of better ways to finish it off that KEEP It's unique theme. Ah well. I just needed somewhere to vent about it[/spoiler]
Also holy poop at the mention of the giver. I totally forgot about that book; My 5th grade teacher read that to us during lunch. Hated some parts liked others but I honestly slept through some parts.
You actually
can choose the ending to The Giver, since they basically leave it up to you to interpret.
I always prefer darker endings, though. I
like happy endings more, but I
prefer the darker and more realistic endings. Like the original Cat on the Hot Tin Roof versus the movie or second version of act III. I liked the latter better, but I preferred the original. The last lines were my personal favorite part of the book. Although I liked a lot of the lines that they gave Big Daddy in the movie, wish they included them in the book.
The Sun Also Rises (great last lines), 1984 (at first shocking, but then predictable), Long Day's Journey into Night (again, great last lines), A Separate Peace (I cried at end)... All preferable endings, in my opinion. Those are just a few of the books that I was "forced" to read that I can think of at the moment with the sadder endings.
I would have liked to see more with The Lord of the Flies. Ended too abruptly, in my opinion. I wanted to see how each of them adjusted and if they ever went back to being "normal" again.
Best book that I've been forced to read? That's definitely got to be The Catcher in the Rye.
Favorite book I've been forced to read is probably "Things Fall Apart." I wasn't ever assigned Catcher or 451, but read them both anyway.
Oh! How about The Pearl?!
AWESOME.
Kidding of course.
But... I liked The Pearl... it has an awesome ending...
Also, I wasn't forced to read Fahrenheit 451 either, I just picked it up because it looked interesting.
Quote from: Caveman on March 19, 2010, 10:50:44 AM
Oh! How about The Pearl?!
AWESOME.
Kidding of course.
Yeah this.
Also, favorite book I've been forced to read is Les Miserables... I should probably change my name to Javert again...
Quote from: Piggy on March 18, 2010, 05:17:54 PM
You actually can choose the ending to The Giver, since they basically leave it up to you to interpret.
I'm actually talking about the book overall. Some parts of that book were great but I could honestly not grasp it into the life of me.
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I always prefer darker endings, though. I like happy endings more, but I prefer the darker and more realistic endings. Like the original Cat on the Hot Tin Roof versus the movie or second version of act III. I liked the latter better, but I preferred the original. The last lines were my personal favorite part of the book. Although I liked a lot of the lines that they gave Big Daddy in the movie, wish they included them in the book.
When it comes to book endings I'm usually somewhat satisfied with what
doesn't throw the theme away. But I do like realistic endings. Fantasy endings also work well but it really depends on the book.
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other stuff
You guys are actually giving me a lot of books I'm getting interested in.
BOOK WEEK IS CLOSED.
How did you feel about it?
Personally, I feel like it didn't go nearly as well as it should have, but I feel I know why.
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 21, 2010, 10:04:24 PM
BOOK WEEK IS CLOSED.
How did you feel about it?
Personally, I feel like it didn't go nearly as well as it should have, but I feel I know why.
It was very generalized and a watered down version of the original idea. Oh well. Next theme week: Shades of less-than-white. Dibbs on Mother of Pearl!
We should just keep this thread open for general book discussion anyways. This actually got me interested in a few titles myself. It's not like many people post here or hell even discuss books here.
Quote from: Third K on March 22, 2010, 06:20:43 PM
We should just keep this thread open for general book discussion anyways. This actually got me interested in a few titles myself. It's not like many people post here or hell even discuss books here.
I try to discuss books. but . . . well . . . I really like books. I absolutely hated William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury," and I've read it three times. I read it to gain a deeper understanding of the writing outside of the novelty of the prose style in a search for something redeemable about the book itself. Book require something of you much in the way video games do. The require an attention and a dedication to reveal their true worth.
Quote from: BOREDFANBOY on March 22, 2010, 06:45:02 PM
I try to discuss books. but . . . well . . . I really like books. I absolutely hated William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury," and I've read it three times. I read it to gain a deeper understanding of the writing outside of the novelty of the prose style in a search for something redeemable about the book itself. Book require something of you much in the way video games do. The require an attention and a dedication to reveal their true worth.
Generally I suppose I agree with you; Which is why I think that due to the lack of reading unlike gaming we should just go with this thread here with other topics at times.
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 21, 2010, 10:04:24 PM
BOOK WEEK IS CLOSED.
How did you feel about it?
Personally, I feel like it didn't go nearly as well as it should have, but I feel I know why.
Should have been Shakespeare.
Quote from: Guy Montag on March 22, 2010, 09:06:03 PM
Should have been Shakespeare.
Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well...