Suggested reading

[Faceplant]

ok oprah.

[MAC]

Dude I still have your copy.
Do I get a gold star?

BTW anyone who enjoyed the movie is a ______

for 500 points and a chance at the bonus round fill in the blank.

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Don't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

[Deadpool]

I heard it was a good book from a buncha military types. I will pick it up soon.
I saw the movie. I somewhat enjoyed it. I saw it as a satire. Somepeople thought it was just another action movie.

[Koliedrus]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by RogueWarrior:
it would be very cool if we all read it again and then we could could discuss it at some length.
[/quote]

What the hell http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif It'll take more time to find than to read again.

If public flogging of the father for the crimes of the son are at issue, I'm in favor.

[gone~away]

ill take a little look at the library (if i remember http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/frown.gif)

im in http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[Dog Breath]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by theMAC:
Dude I still have your copy.
Do I get a gold star?

BTW anyone who enjoyed the movie is a ______

for 500 points and a chance at the bonus round fill in the blank.

[/quote]

Trekkie?
Gimme ma 5 hunded pointz biatch!

I will see if the local book store has it. If not, Amazon.com!

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Woof.
If it's so sick, why are you laughing?
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[Koliedrus]

Done. You start.

[Wil_Freak]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Faceplant:
ok oprah.[/quote]

<font face="tempus sans itc" color="white"> Are you making fun of suggested reads ma boi??

Why I outta take you out back and learn you good..

the one thing I used to d oath the forums and appreciated doing was a new suggested read every few days, posting txt or Doc files of what i was usggesting..

where do you think the resources section of my siste came from??</font>

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Whatever doesnt kill me, is only going to leave a scar (http://www.wils-psychosis.com)

[Koliedrus]

Easy there, Wil. Flame elsewhere.

Have you read it? Seen the movie?

Please, I beg each and every one of you to refrain from making comparisons between the screen version and the mind version. When you read a book, you paint an image inside your mind. When you watch a movie, someone else paints an image on the surface or your mind.

It's not that difficult to pick up a book and fall into it. The words that the author chooses will compliment your perception and will allow you to see from someone else's mind.

Imagine for a moment that you have been frozen for centuries and awakened in the distant future. The political structure you were used to has morphed. Technology has augmented physical and mental abilities by leaps and bounds.

Did I just paint a picture inside your mind?

Get the book. I'll be happy to share the images and thought it gave me.

Go!


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[VenoM]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Faceplant:
ok oprah.[/quote]

<FONT COLOR="Red">LOL</FONT c>

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[FallenAngel]

<FONT COLOR="limegreen">can i still get an 'A' if I go rent the movie and fake it during the oral report ?</FONT c>

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And one time at band camp...

[skalie]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by FallenAngel:
<FONT COLOR="limegreen">can i still get an 'A' if I go rent the movie and fake it during the oral report ?</FONT c>

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Is that like pretending to swallow?

[FallenAngel]

<FONT COLOR="limegreen">something like that ... takes alot of skill to make them think you really did it ... http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif </FONT c>

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And one time at band camp...

[Koliedrus]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by FallenAngel:
<FONT COLOR="limegreen">can i still get an 'A' if I go rent the movie and fake it during the oral report ?</FONT c>

[/quote]

I tried that in 7th grade with "The Illustrated Man" and got ripped to shreds on the details. On the upside, my teacher died of kidney failure half-way through the year.

Bastard. He video-taped the oral reports and played them back to point out faults.

I'd better stop here before I start making associations to "The Wall".

In short, no. The book and the movie are two seperate works. One does not accurately represent the other.

[Goatboy]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>It is, in my humble opinion, one of the most important philosphical treatises on morality in the future[/quote]

<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#ff0000">Fucking awful.

Tripe interspersed with 3 page ramblings of Heinlein's skewed totalitarian and fascist morality.

I remember feeling embarrassed for the man when I first read this knowing that everyone would be laughing at him for his transparant morality manifesto he inserted into the book.

Don't read it unless it is to save someone's life and even then, think hard about doing it.</FONT>

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A closed mouth gathers no feet

[Koliedrus]

AHA! Goatboy has just inadvertently provided incentive.

"Don't read this..." has the opposite effect more often than not.

It was written for prepubescent boys seeking adventure in the stars. Perhaps the real analysis shouldn't center on the storyline, but on the intent.

I read it for the first time as an adult. Since it was written by an adult, I haven't the advantage of ignorance that youth provides.

Goatboy, you seem to know it well. Trash it at will but do so with specifics. I would be interested in reading a convincing argument from you instead of a drive-by review.

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[Goatboy]

<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#ff0000">Less chance of being hit in a drive by.

I agree that the books target audience were boys looking for 'adventure amongst the stars'

I also think that the book is dated, but good for it's era.

It is in no way, shape or form is it an 'important philosphical treatises on morality in the future'. (http://www.asylumnation.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/002106.html)

He was obviously clumsily inserting his own skewed victorian values into the book. Beyond those occasional forays into bad taste, I thought the book was good. It was and perhaps remains, the premier example of the armed forces - science fiction genre.

Read with tongue in cheek and a hand full of salt.

</FONT>

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[MAC]

I'll start by addressing the core of Goatboy's comment.
Leonardo Davinci didnot paint with an airbrush.
Nor did the Wright Bros use carbonfiber to built and airplane chasis.
Heinlein started with what he had.
I think your reading a lot into that.


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[Goatboy]

<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#ff0000">There are so many things wrong with that line of reasoning I'm not sure where to start.

Are you sure you don't want to rephrase it?</FONT>

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A closed mouth gathers no feet

[MAC]

Have at thee

I'l never learn if no one will teach

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[Time Slipping]

<FONT COLOR="TimeSlipping">I think that trying to portray morality in the future is an excisise in futility. As values change. We can only impose what our minds can accept onto the vision of the future. Could you see a 15th century Spaniard understanding the moralities of today? I can't. Oh well. Fuck it. Someone will disagree.</FONT c>

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"Those who seek my life will be destroyed
They will go down to the depths of the earth
They will be given over to the sword
and become the food of the jackals"

[MuffyTheVampyreLayer]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by theMAC:
Dude I still have your copy.
Do I get a gold star?

BTW anyone who enjoyed the movie is a ______

for 500 points and a chance at the bonus round fill in the blank.

[/quote]

Fucktard???

Anyway... Read it, several times, loved it. Heinlein is god.

[MAC]

Muffy gets the 500 theMAC points (redeemable at your local theMAC)
Now for the Bonus question.

Name three other heinlein books.


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[MuffyTheVampyreLayer]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by theMAC:
Now for the Bonus question.

Name three other heinlein books.
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This is too easy... Job, the moon is a harsh mistress, space cadet.

[MAC]

Congrats Muffy
You win all the rice-a-roni you can eat.

and a fun filled all expese paid trip for two to your mail box.

Thanks for playing name that heinlein.


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[Koliedrus]

From my shelf, I watched Brown General bite into a roach this morning. She offered up the carcass as food for her brood and moved away with her ranks in the direction of the wasp nest. Before she left, she regurgitated into my jar to provide me with nutrients.

We need fireflies for the next phase.

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[Deadpool]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Koliedrus:
From my shelf, I watched Brown General bite into a roach this morning. She offered up the carcass as food for her brood and moved away with her ranks in the direction of the wasp nest. Before she left, she regurgitated into my jar to provide me with nutrients.

We need fireflies for the next phase.

[/quote]


In the name of Allah, what was that.....



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Fuck you I wont do what you tell me. -RATM