OT: Bill gates, circa 1984

DarkHorse · #1 January 20th, 2005, 08:18 PM

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StrategiaInUltima said:
Whoa, DarkHorse, you've read 1984 too?

I read it way back in High School (when it was actually 1984 on the Calendar...) but I don't remember if it was required or not. Either way it was interesting, in a slightly depressing way. I always liked that quote, for some reason.

Kamog · #2 January 21st, 2005, 12:21 AM

We were all required to read 1984 in my high school. That was one of the more interesting books we read.

Some of the other books we studied were:
The Crysalids
MacBeth
Of Mice and Men
Death of a Salesman
Lord of the Flies

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 January 21st, 2005, 07:01 AM

The only one I remember is To Kill A Mockingbird. I guess the others were either so bad I supressed the memory or so boring I forgot them. TKAM was...um...Not my area of interest.

And if we're talking books, don't miss Katherine Kerr's Deverry series. I've seen author's try to be epic; to come up with a story that rivals Tolkein. Quite seriously, this one does.

Randallw · #4 January 21st, 2005, 09:20 AM

I had to read "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant". I sort of skimmed though it, looking at all the words as quick as possible but not registering it. I thought I had got the whole book till the teacher asked me about the flashbacks and time changes.

"There were flashbacks and time changes

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Cipher7071 · #5 January 21st, 2005, 11:50 AM

LMAO. Gates looks like he's stoned, if you ak me. At least he didn't start peeling his clothes off or anything. Hey man, who's got the Cheetos?

I remember a lot of stuff we read back in the dark ages. Along with the usual things kids read at that time was "The Fellowship of the Ring." I finished the trilogy sometime afterward. I had to. In fact, it's amazing the number of things I read that have since been made into movies, especially the comic books.

Atrocities · #6 January 21st, 2005, 12:43 PM

I don't get it.

Atrocities · #7 January 21st, 2005, 12:47 PM

Ok I get it now. It was his um, boyish pose for the local 1984 lover boy clubs.

No offense of course intended for those who might take offense.

Renegade 13 · #8 January 22nd, 2005, 03:07 PM

Must we bring politics into this??

Kamog, I too had to read the Chrysalids in school, and in my opinion, it was one of the best books that we had to read. We've also had to read:

-The Chrysalids
-Deathwatch
-MacBeth
-Romeo & Juliet
-King Lear
-Lord of the Flies
-Death of a Salesman (absolutely the stupidest play ever)
-The Grapes of Wrath
-and some more books I can't remember right now.

Raging Deadstar · #9 January 22nd, 2005, 03:22 PM

Dam, sounds like you all got the good books.

At My School in the Uk we had to read:
Romeo and Julliet
Henry V
A Doll�s House
A Taste of Honey
Lamb to the Slaughter
And Too Many Sherlock Holmes stories to remember.

Very few of them are any good IMHO Comapred to what I read normally in my own time. (granted most of it is Science Fiction

)

AMF · #10 January 22nd, 2005, 03:52 PM

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Renegade 13 said:
-Death of a Salesman (absolutely the stupidest play ever)

Wow, really? I always thought it was pretty brilliant. I mean, nowadays, it might be a bit dated, but I thought it was extremely well done. I think if you see the play, rather than just read the book, it has a lot more punch.