The Anti-Science Thread

[ISUKyro]

Wow, so many classics that I have not read! Ugg, I really need to set some time aside to just read something enjoyable and get away from the text books from time to time.

[Angie]

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

I'm not a huge fan of Rand's politics, but I really enjoyed this and The Fountainhead. Very thought-provoking.

[isucyfan]

I'll have to grab that!! Is it this?

Amazon.com: Spud: Books: John van de Ruit

Yep, that's it. Another even funnier coming of age book which was written by an ex-Simpsons writer is "I Love You, Beth Cooper."

It will take you back to your high school days, if you dare to go, band nerd. (You know I mean that in the best way possible.)

[Angie]

Joseph Heller- Best book ever: Catch-22
Ernest Hemingway- short stories
Mark Twain- Roughing It
Ayn Rand
Chuck Palahniuk
Tom Robbins
Ernest Shackleton- best adventure story ever: South The Endurance Expedition
Must stop

I forgot to mention Chuck Palahniuk!! He's my favorite modern author (usually I mostly read classics). I've read almost everything he's written - I felt so dirty reading Choke...

Yep, that's it. Another even funnier coming of age book which was written by an ex-Simpsons writer is "I Love You, Beth Cooper."

It will take you back to your high school days, if you dare to go, band nerd. (You know I mean that in the best way possible.)

Oh, I dare.

[isucyfan]

I forgot to mention Chuck Palahniuk!! He's my favorite modern author (usually I mostly read classics). I've read almost everything he's written - I felt so dirty reading Choke...



Oh, I dare.

I've read all of Palahniuk's stuff, too. He blows my mind! I am in the middle of Invisible Monsters right now!

[madcityCY]

I'm not a huge fan of Rand's politics, but I really enjoyed this and The Fountainhead. Very thought-provoking.

LOVED the Fountainhead. I try not to think too hard about Rand's politics beyond the Individualism theme.

regarding the title of this thread, Why must literature be "ANTI-science?"

I also like Invisible Cities, Moby Dick, and the Great Gatsby.

[ISUCyclones]

I forgot to mention Chuck Palahniuk!! He's my favorite modern author (usually I mostly read classics). I've read almost everything he's written - I felt so dirty reading Choke...



Oh, I dare.

The pool thing right? Very disturbing

[balken]

I'm not a huge fan of Rand's politics, but I really enjoyed this and The Fountainhead. Very thought-provoking.

If you have read both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, you must be at least 60 years old or have incredible speed reading skills.

[isucyfan]

The pool thing right? Very disturbing

Are you referencing what happened in "Haunted"? That was disturbing, but what is even more disturbing is just that happened last summer to a 5-year old girl here in the Twin Cities.

[Angie]

The pool thing right? Very disturbing

Is that the one where they're locked up writing short stories? I think that's actually Haunted. You're right - THAT is the most disturbing thing I've ever read. Choke is about a sex addict who goes to restaurants and pretends he's choking to death.

I've read all of Palahniuk's stuff, too. He blows my mind! I am in the middle of Invisible Monsters right now!

I LOVE that book - the road tripping kills me. Good twist ending.

[ISUCyclones]

Are you referencing what happened in "Haunted"? That was disturbing, but what is even more disturbing is just that happened last summer to a 5-year old girl here in the Twin Cities.

Maybe, I've read/own them all. They are all pretty twisted. Been awhile, miss my days in the Corps when I had time to read Now it's all about the numbers

[Angie]

Are you referencing what happened in "Haunted"? That was disturbing, but what is even more disturbing is just that happened last summer to a 5-year old girl here in the Twin Cities.

I had JUST read Haunted in May, and heard about that in July or so. I freaked out when I found out it really happens!!!

If you have read both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, you must be at least 60 years old or have incredible speed reading skills.

LOL - I actually read both of those over the course of a couple weeks or so when I had a REALLY boring job.

[Cyclone62]

English major (lit) here, too. "The Catcher in the Rye" is probably my favorite book of all time - I've read it about 20 times? Love all of Salinger's stuff - also a HUGE Vonnegut fan (R.I.P.).

Can you see my library or something? I have all of Salinger's and Vonnegut's stuff. Haven't read them all, but I have them...

Favorite novels:

To Kill A Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye
What Happened to Lani Garver
The Great Gatsby
Cat's Cradle

Short Stories:

The Canterbury Tales
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Tell-Tale Heart
Slave on the Block

Poetry:

Edgar Allan Poe
Sharon Olds
Billy Collins
e.e. cummings
Dante Alighieri

Plays:

Lysistrata
The Taming of the Shrew
Fences
Death of a Salesman

[Angie]

Can you see my library or something? I have all of Salinger's and Vonnegut's stuff. Haven't read them all, but I have them...

Favorite novels:

To Kill A Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye
What Happened to Lani Garver
The Great Gatsby
Cat's Cradle

Short Stories:

The Canterbury Tales
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Tell-Tale Heart
Slave on the Block

Poetry:

Edgar Allan Poe
Sharon Olds
Billy Collins
e.e. cummings
Dante Alighieri

Plays:

Lysistrata
The Taming of the Shrew
Fences
Death of a Salesman

WOW - right down to the cummings, that's very close to my library. That's kind of scary - haven't read Lysistrata, but I even love the same plays!! LOVE To Kill A Mockingbird and Gatsby.

Have you read Salinger's Nine Stories? Some of the most moving short stories ever - I love "A Perfect Day for Bananafish". Ties in a lot with Frannie and Zooey.

[drum1306]

Love Steinbeck and Vonnegut.