Kyle? wrote:Of mice and men is one of the most depressingly boring books i've ever had the misfortune to endure (sorry, read).acid hippo wrote:
Err, basic plot ish I suppose. 20s depression, farm workers, chasing the american dream sort of thing? Did a bit about Steinbeck whilst reading TGOW, figured it's loosely based on himself? Something of the sort, I'm not too sure. A mate of mine studied it TWICE at school. In year 10 and then year 11. Whilst I read Lord of the Flies and then Frankenstein
It's on my 'to read' list!
SpoilerShowIt's boringly obvious, you can tell the retard is gonna get whacked about 30 pages in.
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I don't really think that that is the whole point of the book though. In fact as it becomes more and more clear that it will happen throughout the book you feel more of the sort of impending doom that George and guys like him generally felt through the depression anyway. How George handles the whole Lennie situation is more the focus of the story than Lennie's death.
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Night .acid hippo wrote:brilliant! I think that's really good. i'd definitely do that if i was a writer.skalpel wrote:Yeah Steinbeck put a lot of himself into his fiction work, my friend was telling me recently that he'll often stick himself in his stories as a random stranger anonymous person who epitomises certain things he liked about himself .
fantastic book. currently re-reading american psycho. then going to read the sequel of less than zero, 'imperial bedrooms'Arfa's Left Foot wrote:All I have on my 'to read' list at the moment is 'Less Than Zero'.
but i said i was going a minute ago, so i best before i get engrossed into any conversations about books.. as much as i'd love to
night all
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nightacid hippo wrote:brilliant! I think that's really good. i'd definitely do that if i was a writer.skalpel wrote:Yeah Steinbeck put a lot of himself into his fiction work, my friend was telling me recently that he'll often stick himself in his stories as a random stranger anonymous person who epitomises certain things he liked about himself .
fantastic book. currently re-reading american psycho. then going to read the sequel of less than zero, 'imperial bedrooms'Arfa's Left Foot wrote:All I have on my 'to read' list at the moment is 'Less Than Zero'.
but i said i was going a minute ago, so i best before i get engrossed into any conversations about books.. as much as i'd love to
night all
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The Sleep is for Pussies rank is given if you spend more than one entire night on the forum from before midnight until the sun starts coming up. Then you've earned it.Kyle? wrote:How come i don't get a night owl thingy?
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Aaahhh, i see.skalpel wrote:The Sleep is for Pussies rank is given if you spend more than one entire night on the forum from before midnight until the sun starts coming up. Then you've earned it.Kyle? wrote:How come i don't get a night owl thingy?
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I have done that at least twice but nobody else was on at the time.skalpel wrote:The Sleep is for Pussies rank is given if you spend more than one entire night on the forum from before midnight until the sun starts coming up. Then you've earned it.Kyle? wrote:How come i don't get a night owl thingy?
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I think the latest/earliest i've gone to is 4:30 AM. I do have stuff to do during the daytime.Mifune wrote:I have done that at least twice but nobody else was on at the time.skalpel wrote:
The Sleep is for Pussies rank is given if you spend more than one entire night on the forum from before midnight until the sun starts coming up. Then you've earned it.
Gazidis Out!
Forget Giroud, sign Lewandowski
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I've seen you emerge at around 5am-ish and post something but ALF & BGD are generally solidly posting from midnight until 4am-ish which is why they earn it. You'll probably get one soon enough though.Mifune wrote:I have done that at least twice but nobody else was on at the time.skalpel wrote:
The Sleep is for Pussies rank is given if you spend more than one entire night on the forum from before midnight until the sun starts coming up. Then you've earned it.
The Secret Ingredient wrote:me eitherKyle? wrote:How come i don't get a night owl thingy?
i'm sick of the bat signal now but don't really want a night owl either i guess i better do something stupid and post it on youtube
There's so many different things you could have already without needing to do anything stupid on youtube!
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does it count if the sun is rising in india about nowskalpel wrote:The Sleep is for Pussies rank is given if you spend more than one entire night on the forum from before midnight until the sun starts coming up. Then you've earned it.Kyle? wrote:How come i don't get a night owl thingy?
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If you are in India, then yes!The Secret Ingredient wrote:does it count if the sun is rising in india about nowskalpel wrote:
The Sleep is for Pussies rank is given if you spend more than one entire night on the forum from before midnight until the sun starts coming up. Then you've earned it.
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Going to bed now anyway .skalpel wrote:I've seen you emerge at around 5am-ish and post something but ALF & BGD are generally solidly posting from midnight until 4am-ish which is why they earn it. You'll probably get one soon enough though.Mifune wrote:
I have done that at least twice but nobody else was on at the time.
Got to get up a 7:30 for 9 o'clock lecture.
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Good luck.Mifune wrote:Going to bed now anyway .skalpel wrote:
I've seen you emerge at around 5am-ish and post something but ALF & BGD are generally solidly posting from midnight until 4am-ish which is why they earn it. You'll probably get one soon enough though.
Got to get up a 7:30 for 9 o'clock lecture.
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If i lie and say i'm in Japan, can i have one now? (weirdly, my IP adress says i'm in Birmingham, but i'm actually in Cardiff)skalpel wrote:If you are in India, then yes!The Secret Ingredient wrote:
does it count if the sun is rising in india about now
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Enjoy your new rank.The Secret Ingredient wrote:anyway back onto books on the book thread
Anyway.. I'm going to be purchasing a book of every single essay written by Orwell probably tomorrow. If I go missing for a while, you now know why.