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[Seven]

I've seen it online. Could be a spoof, I didn't check. But I'm sure it's out there.

I don't expect it's really that different from similar inflammatory stuff. Just popularized.

That's true and I am generally against censorship, but in this case you have to look at it very carefully IMO. Given the history behind it, it would be a huge call to make it available just like that.

 

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[Seven]

I'm reading Heart of Darkness just now. Good stuff. Ah.. imperialism..

 

[Enron]

In Belgium I'd say most of the people who read it are neonazis hoping to get their thoughts confirmed by a book from someone who they believe to be the greatest mind in the history of man. There are few things sadder than a neonazi who does not even understand the ideas of Hitler though.

Yeah, I'm sure there are plenty of people here in the states and elsewhere who read it for similar reasons. Though plenty of other read it for purely educational or interest based reasons.

Is it not widely available in Belgium? You can find it easily in the states. We don't ban books widely much these days.

 

[Bjerknes]

I'm currently reading Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse by Peter Schiff.

 

[Martin]

That's true and I am generally against censorship, but in this case you have to look at it very carefully IMO. Given the history behind it, it would be a huge call to make it available just like that.

To be honest with you I could see myself reading it for the same reason as I would have for reading scripture. Pure curiosity, expecting a freakshow.

 

[Seven]

Yeah, I'm sure there are plenty of people here in the states and elsewhere who read it for similar reasons. Though plenty of other read it for purely educational or interest based reasons.

Is it not widely available in Belgium? You can find it easily in the states. We don't ban books widely much these days.

I'm sure I could get it somehow if I wanted to, but it's supposed to be banned. Which all in all is a bit of a dodgy affair, I must admit.

 

[Seven]

To be honest with you I could see myself reading it for the same reason as I would have for reading scripture. Pure curiosity, expecting a freakshow.

Oh no doubt, I'd read it myself as well.

 

[mikhail]

You read the world's most hated book, but can't spell the title correctly?

I'm guessing he didn't read it auf Deutsch.

 

[mikhail]

More importantly he didn't say if he liked it, if it was good.

It's supposed to be pretty dire; a lot of ranting. I've never been that curious to be honest.

 

[Red]

It's pretty tough reading.

Some of it is interesting, though, primarily how his political views developed when he was staying in Vienna and Munich.

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

mother night - kurt vonnegut

good read, surprise sad ending, although i should have seen it

 

[Enron]

The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

 

[Henry]

what do you think of it? I must say I enjoyed those books a lot when I was 12/13, despite being between the ages where you only understand the obvious storyline and the when you completely understand the "other" storyline

 

[king Ale]

I finally decided to finish One Hundred Years of Solitude but there still is the same problem. I can't survive the first 100 confusing pages full of similar names

 

[Lion]

Read The count of Monte Cristo once again. What a classic!

 

[Henry]

I finally decided to finish One Hundred Years of Solitude but there still is the same problem. I can't survive the first 100 confusing pages full of similar names

haha, i know exactly what you mean! I had the same problem. But it's quite a good book

Read The count of Monte Cristo once again. What a classic!

:thumbs: one of my favourite books of all time.

 

[Enron]

what do you think of it? I must say I enjoyed those books a lot when I was 12/13, despite being between the ages where you only understand the obvious storyline and the when you completely understand the "other" storyline

I liked it a lot. The undertones written in the story make it so interesting to me. It's way more than a children's story. I've started the second book and I enjoy it was well.

But because I had already seen the movie I picture the uncle that wants to kill god or religion or whatever as James Bond.

 

[Henry]

hahaha! I still haven't seen the movie, is it worth seeing? and yeah, they're definitely more than children's books!

 

[Enron]

It's not bad, different than the book in a few ways but still not bad.

 

[Henry]

i'll have to check it out then. maybe i'll start a download now.