Best Novels Yet Written

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by creekster

Has anybody read Kennedy O'Toole, "A Confederacy of Dunces"?

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This is one of the funniest books I have ever read.

I wondered if a warped mind such as mine would be the only one to enjoy it. Knowing you're equally delusional and deluded brings solace to my soul.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Hey, lost time is about sex with more than one female. Hmm, no wonder SIEQ loves it:

Note from cough, cough, wikipedia:

Ha!

To have sex with one female is to have sex with more than one female. You can't dip your toe in the same river twice.

While sexuality is a strong theme, and is treated beautifully, involuntary memory is what ties everything together.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

Ha!

To have sex with one female is to have sex with more than one female. You can't dip your toe in the same river twice.

While sexuality is a strong theme, and is treated beautifully, involuntary memory is what ties everything together.

So how much time should I allocate to reading this encyclopedic work? A month, a year, a lifetime?

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by creekster

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read.

One of the funniest books that I've ever read is called "Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)." It's by Jerome K Jerome.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by Archaea

So how much time should I allocate to reading this encyclopedic work? A month, a year, a lifetime?

Once you get into it (and that takes some patience--there are sentences that go on for whole pages), it warms you up like a cup of (herbal) tea as you look out from your deck into the summer night. It wraps you in beauty.

There are so many layers to ISOLT that it is at first impressive, then stunning, then sublime. I found myself going back to reread passages in wonder and delight. It is very funny at times too.

I read it over the course of a year. Much of that reading was during the summer between semesters (which is how I think of time), and during winter break. It could be read faster, and I have no doubt that you could read it quickly (quickly for 4,000 pages, that is), but I don't think it's best read quickly.

Once you get into it a little ways, you'll know what I mean.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by All-American

I defy any of you to list a story more compelling than Theodore Giesel's Hop on Pop.

I agree with you here. I love that book.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I agree with you here. I love that book.

My brothers read a little bit
Little words like "if" and "it"
My father can read big words, too
like "Constantinople" and "Timbuktu."

I've always thought it interesting that the mom is apparently the only illiterate in the family.


Oh, well...I rather prefer Green Eggs and Ham anyway.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

My brothers read a little bit
Little words like "if" and "it"
My father can read big words, too
like "Constantinople" and "Timbuktu."

I've always thought it interesting that the mom is apparently the only illiterate in the family.


Oh, well...I rather prefer Green Eggs and Ham anyway.

I had never considered the mom as an illiterate. Then again, I've never wondered anything about her.

So, are you a fan of Sam?

I am.

[YOhio]

[quote=creekster;106894]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Has anybody read Kennedy O'Toole, "A Confederacy of Dunces"?

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This is one of the funniest books I have ever read.

I read Confederacy of Dunces in Junior High. I doubt I understood half of it. I need to read it again.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I had never considered the mom as an illiterate. Then again, I've never wondered anything about her.

No, I just meant the kid points out the reading prowess of all the family members, but omits the mom altogether. I think it's funny. Feminist interpretation of Hop on Pop.

So, are you a fan of Sam?

I am.

that Sam-I-Am that Sam-I-Am I do not like that Sam-I-Am!!