http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books Just another bbPress community en-US Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:58:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-52108 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:38:23 +0000 JSKanga84 52108@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I've read bits and pieces of books like that before, but I doubt I've gone through the whole book that way. Or I have and I just haven't realized it! http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-45912 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:33:06 +0000 ninjaduck 45912@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I just want to say that I love Douglas Adams' book 'Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency' and have read the whole thing, but never in one go. I start off ok, manage a few chapters, put it down to do something, pick it up later at a random page and start reading. Having done this about 5 times, I guess I've probably read every page now, just in the wrong order.<br /> I also read things backwards - not usually new books, but books I've read before or newspaper and magazine articles.<br /> Does anyone else do that?<br /> Or am I just special? http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-45178 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:28:59 +0000 busy clippers 45178@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ the folks on the frontier cain't spell fur shit, so all scrabble's hard &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif&quot; title=&quot;:D&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; <br /> Hulk Hogan - don'tcha just love how his real name is Terry? It reminds me of &quot;A Boy Named Sue.&quot; (or Sued for Divorce)<br /> <br /> Flight of ideas, anyone?!??!?! &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif&quot; title=&quot;8-O&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> EDIT: I also don't read asylum or jail memoirs. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-45172 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:54:25 +0000 Anonymous 45172@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <strong>Books That I Will Never Read*</strong><br /> <br /> Any book in which the main character is getting her groove back<br /> Any book in which the author is too lazy to invent characters, instead making up nonsense about real people (&quot;Michaelangelo: Secret Agent&quot;...<em>NO!</em>)<br /> Any book in which children learn to be wizards<br /> Any book which is a modern sequel to a classic. (Tom Jones: The Day After...<em>NO</em>!)<br /> Any book in which persons carve out a hardscrabble life on the frontier <br /> Any novelization of a film.<br /> <br /> There will be more. Someone said to me today, &quot;Cormac Macarthy is the best American novelist writing today,&quot; so I may have a rant coming up about that.<br /> <br /> <br /> <em>*unless someone issues a fatwah against me, in which case I will probably have to read everything just to keep from climbing the walls</em></blockquote><br /> <br /> gussie, does that mean hulk hogan's autobiography is a possibility for you?<br /> <br /> p.s. who plays hard scrabble on the frontier? http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-45168 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:43:49 +0000 busy clippers 45168@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <strong>Books That I Will Never Read*</strong><br /> <br /> Any book in which the main character is getting her groove back<br /> Any book in which the author is too lazy to invent characters, instead making up nonsense about real people (&quot;Michaelangelo: Secret Agent&quot;...<em>NO!</em>)<br /> Any book in which children learn to be wizards<br /> Any book which is a modern sequel to a classic. (Tom Jones: The Day After...<em>NO</em>!)<br /> Any book in which persons carve out a hardscrabble life on the frontier <br /> Any novelization of a film.<br /> <br /> There will be more. Someone said to me today, &quot;Cormac Macarthy is the best American novelist writing today,&quot; so I may have a rant coming up about that.<br /> <br /> <br /> <em>*unless someone issues a fatwah against me, in which case I will probably have to read everything just to keep from climbing the walls</em> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-43410 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:39:11 +0000 amyl_nitrate 43410@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <br /> I personally love all the Harry Potter books, I also love fantasy of all kinds, the classics, children's books and any decent general fiction or reality books that take my interest. But I dont generally read crime or chick-lit, I dont like it. dosnt mean noone else can though....</blockquote><br /> <br /> I don't like chick lit either. My mum reads that stuff and whenever I look at the back they all sound the same to me so I always struggle to find her something new as a present unless she mentions a specific title or author. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif&quot; title=&quot;:?&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; Other than that I'll read any book that sounds interesting to me. I'm not one to stick rigidly to a select few genres or books targeted at my age group. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-42930 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:48:18 +0000 Crazy_in_a_box 42930@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Love that, thats a fantastic story. and how brave was she to learn to read after everyone else in the class had moved past that.... http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-42591 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:58:34 +0000 Anonymous 42591@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ my current boss somehow got overlooked all through school when growing up... she couldn't read... even in fourth and fifth grade... (10, 11 years old) she somehow hid it for years.<br /> <br /> at some point, teachers discovered this and she was put on a fast track to get literate. she told me the FIRST book she wanted to read was wuthering heights! i don't know why, i don't think she remembers either. she worked so so hard and finally finished it. she laughs when she tells this story... that wuthering heights was really the first book she ever read. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-42550 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:46:35 +0000 Crazy_in_a_box 42550@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Yeah I think if I was ten years old I'd probably enjoy Harry Potter.<br /> <br /> I find it strange that adults who would never normally read at all are suddenly to be seen reading HP books.<br /> <br /> What's that all about?</blockquote><br /> <br /> but shouldnt it be commended, despite the fact you arnt interested or dont like or hate Harry Potter or those damn pastel covered chick-lit books, that it is getting people reading?! They are enjoying reading books - good books or bad books - but books all the same. <br /> <br /> I personally love all the Harry Potter books, I also love fantasy of all kinds, the classics, children's books and any decent general fiction or reality books that take my interest. But I dont generally read crime or chick-lit, I dont like it. dosnt mean noone else can though.... http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-42540 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:01:06 +0000 Anonymous 42540@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Yeah I think if I was ten years old I'd probably enjoy Harry Potter.<br /> <br /> I find it strange that adults who would never normally read at all are suddenly to be seen reading HP books.<br /> <br /> What's that all about?</blockquote><br /> <br /> As Terry Pratchett said - &quot;Fantasy is like an exercise bicycle for the mind. It doesn't geyt you anywhere, but it exercises the muscles that do.&quot; http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-41578 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:48:20 +0000 whatonearth 41578@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Hmm well I started reading Harry Potter when I was 12 and have read each one and I'm now 21...but I've always enjoyed reading so does that somehow make it better? Whatever. I love Harry Potter and as much as I resisted when the films first came out, at the moment I enjoy it all and I'm just sad the series is over. Apart from the films. So there you are.<br /> <br /> Er, as for disappointments...I started reading The Ruby In The Smoke by Philip Pullman a few years ago after reading His Dark Materials and I was very disappointed by that. As for 'grown up' books, I'd say The Trial by Kafka, I never finished that. I didn't finish A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man either, but I think that may have been partly due to ignorance/uni pressures. Tristram Shandy is at this moment lying next to my bed, less than 100 pages in, although again I think I really need to give it another chance and allow myself to settle down with it for a few hours.<br /> <br /> Oh and Lord Of The Rings, of course. I gave up during The Two Towers (I think) when it just started getting interesting as Mordor was in sight, and then Faramir or whoever it was showed up, or someone anyway, and the next 100 pages were all about the history of that family or whatever, I can't even remember now, and I just thought sod this for a game of soldiers and put it back on the shelf. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-41444 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:59:49 +0000 amyl_nitrate 41444@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I've re-read all of those too. There's one that's been lying around on my floor for weeks now (a special gold book with the missing chapters and characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory it's so cool you must read it). The Witches is my favourite. <br /> <br /> Cherish the masters and embrace the new talent I say. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-41441 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:45:40 +0000 Saturn 41441@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ What's wrong with Roald Dahl?<br /> <br /> If you are going to read Children's books read the master &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif&quot; title=&quot;;-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-41397 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:15:00 +0000 amyl_nitrate 41397@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Yeah I think if I was ten years old I'd probably enjoy Harry Potter.<br /> <br /> I find it strange that adults who would never normally read at all are suddenly to be seen reading HP books.<br /> <br /> What's that all about?</blockquote><br /> <br /> My mum. She never ever read books even at school until she read the Harry Potter books. Now she's always reading those womeny books with the pastel covers you find in supermarkets and WHSmiths. <br /> <br /> I thought the film Da Vinci Code sucked so last thing I'm going to do is read the book. Harry Potter &quot;roxors the big !!!1111!!111!!&quot; I like reading children's books when they are good. A Series of Unfortunate Events is particularly good and there are two new Worst Witch books that's been published in the last three years that I'm wanting to read. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-thread-of-unread-books#post-41273 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:57:59 +0000 Saturn 41273@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Yeah I think if I was ten years old I'd probably enjoy Harry Potter.<br /> <br /> I find it strange that adults who would never normally read at all are suddenly to be seen reading HP books.<br /> <br /> What's that all about?