Show Library: Pseudointellectual Books That, in Fact, Suck

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I love Hemingway, but also think Poe was often pretty good. Poe and Faulkner are probably the two most highly rated American authors in Europe, or so I've read a few times, and at least I like one of 'em. Hemingway got severely out of fashion, but he still holds up if you can weather the tide of passing fashion. A writer could do a LOT worse than to read every last one of his short stories.

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I have to disagree about Poe. He is one of my favorites. Youve gotta listen to The Raven read by Christopher Walken.

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That sounds awesome.

I've heard a few readings of Poe, and every one was really fantastic.

[El Diablo]

Boris,

Guns, Germs, and Steel was a boring, poorly written book.

[JuntMonkey]

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Fight Club, How the Grinch Stole Christmas

No explanation needed

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Good call on Fight Club (going by the movie), but sarcasm about the Grinch right?

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You're a retard.

Do you see why?

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Maybe, but either way you're a dick.

[Quinn Warren]

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Thoreau



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Dude, no.

[Green Kool Aid]

Freakonomics isn't supposed to be heavy reading. It's marketed to the mass public and is a very easy read for a non-fiction book.

The Great Gatsby, is in my opinion, by far the most overrated piece of "literature" ever.

[Blarg]

Even if it were, it still deserves reading.

[Stagger_Lee]

Guns, Germs and Steel is garbage - that's three strikes.

Satanic Verses is a tough read - I'm not sure how it offended anyone because I am surprised that anyone bothered to finish it.

[chesspain]

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Boris,

Guns, Germs, and Steel was a boring, poorly written book.

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True, despite the thesis for the book being brilliant.

[Stagger_Lee]

Stephen Hawkings "A Brief History of Time". It takes all of about two chapters to lose most readers - yet it is supposed to be *the* book to explain astrophysics to the rest of us.