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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:43 AM Original message |
What is the worst book ever written? |
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lilymidnite (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Coma |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. the entire Left Behind series and all spin-offs of it. |
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NicoleM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Word. |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Love Story" by that one guy. |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 11:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Isn't that supposed to be about Al & Tipper G? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard |
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LDS Jock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 02:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
60. I tried to read that |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Probably Cujo |
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ThreeCatNight (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. A Confederacy of Dunces |
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Commendatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. Ron Guidry's autobiography |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Contact" by Carl Sagan |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. "Johnathan Livingston Seagull" |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Hey, now, that book is FUNNY! |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It made me hungry for roast Seagull. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Mmmmmm... |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. The Bridges of Madison County! |
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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hear hear! |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Shouldn't have even qualified as a "novel" |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. The author was the dean of a business school. |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Oh God! |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. Ulysses |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I feel almost the opposite from you. |
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mobuto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Try Finnegan's Wake |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. I second that. |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Many of his other novels? |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. The last 25% of just about everything Stephen King has ever written |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. "Flight to Lucifer: A Gnostic Fantasy" by Harold Bloom |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. " The Kindness & Humanitarian Qualities of Republicans" |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. Atlas Shrugged n/t |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I didn't make it past page 3 on that one. |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. 3 long years and I doubt I will ever finish it lol n/t |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. No, "The Fountainhead" was worse. |
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Kathleen04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 01:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
59. I actually found that book to |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Anthem blew as well |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 01:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. no kidding - it sucked! |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. Any Book By Ann Coulter or Sean Hannity |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Or Rush Limbaugh. He is too drugged now to write, but. . . |
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toddzilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. the bible |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Actually, the sermon on the Mount may be the best progressive |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You got it. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Agreed. Here are the Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount) |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. but those last 3... |
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mobuto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. The Bible, as literature, is one of the great works |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I disagree. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
56. agreed |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Anything by L. Ron |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. I actually liked "Battlefield Earth" |
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mobuto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. Mein Kampf isn't non fiction |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I hadn't thought of philosphy as not being non-fiction. Then "Das Kapital" |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
37. "Gravity's Rainbow" |
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carols (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Good call! Very, very bad! |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. At what school are freshmen given _Gravity's Rainbow_? |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I didn't mind "Crying of Lot 49" |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Pynchon was never a prof (as far as anyone can tell) |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. For some reason I thought he was. |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
40. Illuminatus |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Gasp! |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. well - I didn't like them |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
45. Oh, so many.... |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. The Bible seems to be the source of much conflict and tension. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
65. its the first book that popped into my head also |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. Fiction |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. fiction? 3001 |
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AlFrankenFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
53. "See, I Told You So!" |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
57. Even worse than Stephen King is... |
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Kathleen04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
58. Heart of Darkness... |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Heart of Darkness can't be read quickly |
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Kathleen04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Yeah you're right.. |
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LDS Jock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
61. Anything by V.C. Andrews |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-04 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
70. Anything by Hannity or Ann Coulter |
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