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Crome Yellow
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:18 am
by ZachWeiner
Just finished this excellent book by Aldous Huxley.
I will, sheepishly, admit that I thought it was going to be a sci fi piece. The only other book I'd read by Huxley was Brave New World.
I move that we have a rating system for this board.
I've give this book 5 out of 5 oops-sorry-I-had-sex-with-your-mom smileys.
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:28 am
by Laneth
Since this is the case, could ye edit the oops-sorry-I-had-sex-with-your-mom smiley so that we have a "half-oops-sorry-I-had-sex-with-your-mom smiley"?
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:09 am
by Lethal Interjection
I went back and read A Brave New World. It did not hold up for me at all. While 1984 got better as I got older, Brave New World did not.
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:53 am
by Frostbite
Hey buddy, you get your opinion out of here, because Brave New World is pretty "dope" as the kids these days say.
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:02 pm
by Osiris
"Kids these days" - what the hell would they know? as us "old folks" say.
1984 is great - grim and forboding. Brave New World isn't in the same league.
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:08 pm
by mountainmage
They're both great, end of story!
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:13 pm
by Jesster
mountainmage wrote:They're both great, end of story!
Needed a spoiler warning.
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:23 pm
by mountainmage
Spoiler Alert: 1984 and Brave New World are both books written by men!
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:31 pm
by LordRetard
mountainmage wrote:Spoiler Alert: 1984 and Brave New World are both books written by men!
When will we ever surpass the modern obsession with the Dead White Male?!
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:39 pm
by Edminster
LordRetard wrote:mountainmage wrote:Spoiler Alert: Moby Dick isn't about whale-hunting!
When will we ever surpass the modern obsession with the Great White Whale?!
Probably when it stops having an interesting opening.
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:40 pm
by mountainmage
Re: Crome Yellow
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:27 am
by LordRetard
I would never say anything like that, Melville is one of my favourite authors! One of these days I even intend to finish that book.