I say that. When I started to read it (this Friday) I wake up at 1 o'clock in the morning and usually I go back to sleep if I wake up in the middle of the night but this time I opened the book and I kept reading for hours.
It's about a boy whose I.Q. is 68 and with an operation it gets 185 and more. And the way he is changing and he can understand things and his past and all his fights inside.
Incredible book.
Roland would have understood.
Reading "Jevgeni Onegin" by Aleksandr Puškin at the monent
I am the one I am the one
The godlike terror train
The superior, artificial brain
Feel free to call me Blaine!
And do you agree with this assessment Brice?
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
I just got done reading World War Z. interesting, I hear they are making it into a movie.
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
Well, that certainly moves that book up on my list, then.
And Letti, if you like the book, go out and rent the movie "Charlie" with Cliff Robertson. I don't remember now how close it is to the book, but it's awesome.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Flowers for Algernon won the Hugo award when it was published in 1966. I read it first when it was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction as a novellete, then later when it was expanded to novel size and remain even now as one of its biggest fans. It is simply a GREAT book!
John
I'm just starting it and love the writing so far! Very fast paced.
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I have, too, very long time ago but I remember it well - only the novelette though, not the novel. I have only just learned from Jhanic that there is a novel. I think I'll look for it.Originally Posted by Brice
I have.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
finished watchmen and philosophy today. also finished the killing joke.
onto requiem for a dream
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
I'm listening to it in the car and Dora is reading it at home. We are both loving it. I agree on the writing, it's very well done.
I'm just starting it and love the writing so far! Very fast paced.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I am currently reading Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. Not a bad read, and for anyone that has seen The 13th Warrior, this book is what the movie was based off of. Well, maybe not this book, but this book is the re-write of the ancient manuscript about the true account of Ahmad Ibn Fadlan who became the 13th Warrior when he met a band of Northmen (or Norsemen) on his way some place else.
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
Hm. I don't think the manuscript is real.
I had that debate..with myself..and I couldn't really say if it is real or not. I googled Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, and I guess he was a real person of the time and such. Of course, I haven't researched in depth.Hm. I don't think the manuscript is real.
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
Just finished Black House, and am now starting Blaze
I wasn't that keen on Blaze first time round, but on a recent reread I loved it. I particularly enjoyed the flashbacks to Blaze's childhood - very poignant.
Blaze reminds me of Wolf in some ways.
Slither - Edward Lee
Life is a garden...dig it!
3/4 through The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.
Finished Going to See the Elephant last week.
I'm about 3/4's through both New Moon and A Storm of Swords.
I'm thinking of either reading Order of The Phoenix or World War Z next.
order of the phoenix.
i'm halfway through PoA, so by the time you're ready, we should be able to read it together.
Well, I was going to make that argument for World War Z.
I'm about 1/2 way through The Tomb, the first Repairman Jack novel. Highly recommended.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
back off, daggers. can't you see i'm feeling stabbity?
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