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  1. USTopGun47

    Favorite Future Utopia Work

    I love Brazil! Terry Gilliam is great. He's so out there....his Fear and Loathing adaptation (i think) is incredible....but in large part owing to Depp. I think Brave New World is definetly one of the best. Of course, it lacks torture and a highly repressive regime. Haha. But like. A...
  2. USTopGun47

    Favorite Future Utopia Work

    OK, so we've all read them. They're a rife hallmark of 20th century literature: novels about futuristic, totalitarian-uptopia. What is your favorite (or top 3 favorites)? [I'd have to say my favorite is 1984...with Anthem right behind it]
  3. USTopGun47

    The "Death" Thread

    The closing scene of Lars Von Triers' Dancer In the Dark. The most heartbreaking death scene, ever.
  4. USTopGun47

    Shoot a new topic: fav female character!

    For me, Esther Greenwood from The Bell Jar takes all awards
  5. USTopGun47

    Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace

    Is there going to be a new book for June? :)Robert
  6. USTopGun47

    John Steinbeck: Of Mice And Men

    ohhh yeah. it's the most heart-breaking. de acuerdo.
  7. USTopGun47

    Book of the Month Jul-Dec 2004

    One more Russian - Lolita ?
  8. USTopGun47

    Best opening Scene/Sentence/Word?

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
  9. USTopGun47

    John Steinbeck: Of Mice And Men

    Ehhhh....I put Grapes of Wrath at the top of the list with Of Mice and Men just behind
  10. USTopGun47

    What do you do with a book you've read?

    Return it to the library.
  11. USTopGun47

    the book you cannot drop after you start the fist page?

    the play our town by wilder. that stage manager. just hooks you.
  12. USTopGun47

    do you keep a book list?

    not really. but i'll just try and make lists every once in awhile and remember.
  13. USTopGun47

    How many authors have you read?

    wayyy beyond count
  14. USTopGun47

    When And Where Do You Read?

    All around the house. Any free moments, wherever that may put me.
  15. USTopGun47

    Classics that disappoint

    Catcher In the Rye (Please....don't stone me) Moby Dick
  16. USTopGun47

    Suggest just one book to read.

    Como Agua Para Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
  17. USTopGun47

    Charles Dickens

    Dickens rocks my socks off. Tale of Two Cities is my favorite, with Great Expectations coming in a close second.
  18. USTopGun47

    Ernest Hemingway

    Ha! The suicide collection is a great idea! LoL that's HALERIOUS. I love Hemingway for the most part. I really dug The Old Man and the Sea, reminded me a lot of Steinbeck. The only thing I didn't care for too much was The Sun Also Rises. For Whom the Bell Tolls is definitely my...
  19. USTopGun47

    Who is your favourite author, and why?

    This is way too difficult. Alive narrows it down - Leon Uris
  20. USTopGun47

    Fav Poets

    I must say Sylvia Plath, Randall Jarrell, John Keats, Pablo Neruda, Emily Dickinson, and Dylan Thomas.
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