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  • The Sixth Sense

    9 34.62%
  • Poltergeist

    3 11.54%
  • Evil Dead 2

    3 11.54%
  • The Exorcist

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    This contest would have lost all integrity if Sixth Sense beat Exorcist. Things are as they should be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roden View Post
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    I love The Exorcist too, but the film is not 5% as good as the book.
    Wow, I did not even realize The Exorcist was a book.. That's my stupid thing of the day out of the way.. I'll add it to my reading list after The Stand (just finished Pet Semetary).

    WHAT???!!!!

    : faints :

    do it now! and The Legion, of course, right after The Exorcist - it is even better.

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    Um...


    I didn't know that either.



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    Fuck. It's on position 24 of our Top 100 Novels.

    Yes, you don't have to tell me, I know that nobody fucking cared.

    Fuck my life.

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    Jean, if I were to tell you how many of those novels I haven't read yet, you'd legit never talk to me again


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    You didn't have to read the novels. You and all the alleged thousands of members here could at least have looked through the list, or the discussion.

    I give up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Roden View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    I love The Exorcist too, but the film is not 5% as good as the book.
    Wow, I did not even realize The Exorcist was a book.. That's my stupid thing of the day out of the way.. I'll add it to my reading list after The Stand (just finished Pet Semetary).

    WHAT???!!!!

    : faints :

    do it now! and The Legion, of course, right after The Exorcist - it is even better.
    Roger that! It looks a short read compared to the tomes I've been going through recently, so will try read it soon..

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    Is Legion better than The Exorcist Jean?
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    No.
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    No.. and yes. It's like Alice in the Wonderland vs. Alice Through the Looking Glass. The former is new, fresh, classic, strong, perfect. The latter is more personal, less spontaneous, more intricate, more lyrical. I think The Exorcist is better, but I love Legion more. Same with Alice.

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    Jean, I am making my way through our top 100 now. Enjoyed the creation of the list, and am now enjoying the books from it that I have not yet read. Thank you for organizing the project. Currently reading Watership Down as a matter of fact.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BROWNINGS CHILDE View Post
    Jean, I am making my way through our top 100 now. Enjoyed the creation of the list, and am now enjoying the books from it that I have not yet read. Thank you for organizing the project. Currently reading Watership Down as a matter of fact.

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    Okay, I just Googled Watership Down because I had no idea that that's what it's about. What I had in my mind was the total opposite of a kid's book about bunnies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricky View Post
    Okay, I just Googled Watership Down because I had no idea that that's what it's about. What I had in my mind was the total opposite of a kid's book about bunnies.
    A BOOK ABOUT BUNNYS
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricky View Post
    Okay, I just Googled Watership Down because I had no idea that that's what it's about. What I had in my mind was the total opposite of a kid's book about bunnies.
    It is the total opposite of a kid's book about bunnies.

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    Yeah, Watership Down is not really a childrens' book at all. Yes it has talking rabbits, and it has been made into a cartoon. But, the themes are very much adult, and certain parts are downright brutal. It is a classic exodus story involving rabbits, not the cute bunny cartoon that the above picture suggests. Its a story of strength, bravery, and perseverence told from a unique perspective with some creative mythology and Tolkeinesque inventive language mixed in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricky View Post
    Okay, I just Googled Watership Down because I had no idea that that's what it's about. What I had in my mind was the total opposite of a kid's book about bunnies.
    Wow, me too. I thought it was about war or something
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    See, me too!
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    I thought the same for a long time, but I googled it after The Waste Lands. Then for years I was reluctant to read it, because I knew it was about rabbits. Then, at last, last year I read it and when I was trying to determine which was the best book I read that year (to post in this thread), it competed with The Terror (on which I finally decided, but it was close)

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    I'm still reading through The Exorcist (only do so at night), its definitely scary - though I can't decide if its scary because I saw the movie and is helping with the imagery or because the book is actually scary. Any thoughts? I'm about just over half-way through I guess.

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    I never thought about it as a scary book. It's an intelligent book, deeply moving and very well written... don't know about scary. I was always so overwhelmed with pity while reading that maybe it supplanted the fear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    I never thought about it as a scary book. It's an intelligent book, deeply moving and very well written... don't know about scary. I was always so overwhelmed with pity while reading that maybe it supplanted the fear.
    Yeah, I guess so. I like how it went into detail on the psychological aspects.. now that I think about it, it seems this book might have influenced movies such as Session 9 (vivid description of satanic orgies and split personalities) and End of Days even (the way the devil guy twists the priests head completely around, religious assassins, and other minor points).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    I thought the same for a long time, but I googled it after The Waste Lands. Then for years I was reluctant to read it, because I knew it was about rabbits. Then, at last, last year I read it and when I was trying to determine which was the best book I read that year (to post in this thread), it competed with The Terror (on which I finally decided, but it was close)
    This may be the only occasion were I have read a "classic" book before Jean did. I read it because the author also wrote Shardik (the basis for the bear in The Wastelands), it was mentioned on the first season of Lost, and the cartoon terrified my wife. Actually, for awhile I was attempting to read all the books mentioned or shown on Lost but I got stuck on Fear and Trembling and never finished.

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