he's got a point a bar of Chocolate is AT LEAST marginally better than a shit sandwich

The Book is far superior. I still cannot believe they ACTUALLY DID THE HOLLYWOOD ENDING that he takes the piss out of in the book. I mean COME ON.

the Film is a Poor copy of the book. Or even the Audiobook (although I listened to the RC Bray version not the Wil Wheaton one - and apparently the RC Bray version is superior - it was excellent)

I'll add a counterpoint. Andy Weir came up with an amazing plot and is a great researcher, adding in incredibly detailed and satisifying science and engineering, but is a bad writer. The book is terribly written. Clunky and clichéd. And Mark in the book is an annoying jerk. I love the movie. I would say skip the book.

Some get away with it because they’re good in other ways as well. Winning cures everything.

Thought I was going to love Never Let Me Go from all the positive reviews and the concept but damn it was a slow, annoying burn. I probably had high and fixed expectations.

>since the person is prone to saying that they learned from life experience while all I have is a college education

I stopped right here. That person is not necessarily looking to find out, or to change their minds or to get a new perspective on why people do hobbies they do not, that person is looking to put you down, perhaps due to their own insecurity about their own education when compared to yours. Keep that in mind. You do not owe them any justification or rationalization.

> but for the love of God, why would anyone feel good about not reading books?

anti-intellectualism and also trying to turn lack of ability (maybe to focus) into a voluntary choice which validates it. Happens a lot also with exercise or food choices. People taking care of their bodies in ways which makes them happy can get a lot of criticism from others who choose not to do, that or believe exercise and healthy diet is a good thing.

> A book is basically a whole gym full of equipment ready to be used.

Well, not all books are the same and even great books, people can get there and not use that equipment.

You should stop thinking of random things that words call to mind and read the actual meaning of them. If you're just trolling then please leave, I want an honest discussion.

One of my favourite books.

Clarity??

'The first thing "polysemous" calls to mind is Polyphemus.'--Whoops, I just implied that you're a very tall creature with only one eye; suppose that sort interpretation is inevitable when one doesn't write clearly.

The editors have now closed this correspondence.

I’ve only listened to the audiobook, and can’t imagine how the paper book describes a certain aspect of how a certain character communicates. It’s absolutely primed for audiobook.

Agree with the audiobook rec on phm - and I absolutely hate audiobooks. I only did this book on audio by fluke but I'm so glad I did

Probably. The question is, if they end up being popular enough to stick around. The basic evergreen genres we have are not here because it was decided on them, but because they just work well by default. Even in the hands of less talented authors the frameworks of romance, mystery, adventure, thriller and drama work well enough to create engaging texts. If you are doing something unconventional it is a lot harder to get the same results. Additionally it’s harder to selchtet premise.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. I don’t care for YA but had to read something for Bingo. Liked the first one so much I read the second and watched the show on the Netflix.

I don't start reading books expecting I'll dislike them. But I do read classics and sometimes go into them expecting it could be a difficult read, and then be positively surprised. An example of that was To kill a mockingbird, which I found to be a total pageturner.

The book is amazing. First few lines and I’m laughing. Goes into his thoughts a bit more.

God that book was stupid, I worked out the 'twist' four pages in, and the culprit right after the first murder, and I never guess any endings as I actively try not to.

I remember learning that the author took a big break in the middle of writting it. Like he didn't know where it was going or what to do. This could just be, I need to finish this type of ending.

Read the book and then realise how stupid they made the film. Especially the ending.

YES!

It is actually one of the few adaptions where I suggest the movie first and then the book. Because while it is a fairly faithful adaptation. And most the problems that he overcomes are in the book, what isn't in the movie is his internal logic on how he solves them. PLUS all the other obstacles that he has to overcome.

You're not alone. I remember being really irked by the last few chapters and how all of Huck's character development seemed to get tossed out the window

Watching planeswalkers navigate through SAO worlds and 1930s and cats was cool.

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then it got jesus-y

I think you said that it's what makes a 'good' reader, like skip if you want but it's not something someone has to learn to make them 'better' at reading for enjoyment. That's where the sticking point is. It doesn't make you better, and it doesn't make you worse. That's what rubbed me the wrong way about your comments.

ppl didnt like red queen, but i actually liked it! i mean i know it's not pulp fiction or whatever but i like it for what it was. stopped feeling so invested with the series tho im just talking about book 1 hahah

The book is actually very, very good. Very enjoyable.

In terms of copyright, you should be fine. I assume that all these letters were written in the 1940s and never formally published before. If so, then by virtue of being works that were created before 1978 and never published before 2003, the copyright on them in the US has expired. Even if they were, you could likely claim protection from the Fair Use doctrine, since it's for a historical and educational purpose.

That being said, it would be in good taste to try and get the blessing of the authors or (more likely) their surviving descendants.