NordicMindset: The Lord Of The Flies

NordicMindset 10.28.14	recs please, as well as anything related to lord of the files
SeaAnemone 10.28.14	decent book but there's far better in high school mandatory reading heart of darkness omg and fucking melville
Snake. 10.28.14	check catcher in the rye
NordicMindset 10.28.14	what genre
deathschool 10.28.14	Heart of Darkness has an interesting premise, but good God is it boooooring.
ExplosiveOranges 10.28.14	Spoiler Alert: Piggy gets crushed by a rock. Also, list is good.
MrSirLordGentleman 10.28.14	Also, book is a classic
NordicMindset 10.28.14	goddammit mandarins
ExplosiveOranges 10.28.14	Oh, and Jack dicks out and tries to get the boys to murder Ralph. Simon dies too.
emester 10.28.14	great book. Starting Dante's Inferno in class tommorrow
deathschool 10.28.14	EO, what the hell, dude?
emester 10.28.14	Simon doesn't just die, he has the flesh striped from his body in chunks
ExplosiveOranges 10.28.14	And his body is washed out to sea. Sorry!
Ryus 10.28.14	dammit EO. good book though.
ChoccyPhilly 10.28.14	Quality book, mate. Way better than Of Mice and Men, which is what I had to do for 2 years in english class
SharkTooth 10.28.14	Lord of the Flies is just a really dull read until the final chase scene
ExplosiveOranges 10.28.14	"Way better than Of Mice and Men" No.
SharkTooth 10.28.14	No.[2] Of Mice and Men was awesome wtf are you talking about?
emester 10.28.14	We just finished up Albert Camus' The Stranger in class. pretty awesome novella
Ryus 10.28.14	reading the odyssey in my 9th grade english class, its p dope
SharkTooth 10.28.14	Grapes of Wrath is better though
zakalwe 10.28.14	When I was 14 and read I didn't appreciate it. Read it recently with my eyes dimmed with adult cynicism and it knocked me socks off.
deathschool 10.28.14	Explosive-O, you don't get to have a legitimate discussion after your antics itt.
SharkTooth 10.28.14	fucking Catch 22! one of my all time favorite books
NordicMindset 10.28.14	i already got to simon's murder, but... the rest... also i learned that The Offspring wrote "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" about the book. wut
deathschool 10.28.14	Catch 22 is amazing, but idk what school has it as required reading.
Mongi123 10.28.14	The Road man. One of the best books I've ever read during high school and in my life in general. But LOTF is awesome too. It's honestly so fucking chilling and a fantastic allegory.
Ryus 10.28.14	the road [2] holy fuck is that book amazing
SharkTooth 10.28.14	Because it's a good hong tam thread
emester 10.28.14	I read the road in 8th grade. I think I was a bit too young to appreciate it
ExplosiveOranges 10.28.14	The Hobbit.
Ryus 10.28.14	read the road that year too, some of the vocabulary i had to look up but damn it messed me up, chilling book to say the least
Ryus 10.28.14	confederacy of dunces btw
deathschool 10.28.14	My favorite required reading was probably Poisonwood Bible, but I skipped out on quite a few books (as far as school assigned was concerned), and my school didn't assign a lot that I found out others did.
PappyMason 10.28.14	'We just finished up Albert Camus' The Stranger in class.' Whoa, I'm seriously impressed by that. Camus is a great writer.
SharkTooth 10.28.14	"but idk what school has it as required reading." it wasn't a school wide thing, I was just lucky enough to have a teacher wrap a lesson around it
emester 10.28.14	Night by Elie Wiesel what a book
ExplosiveOranges 10.28.14	Native Son was aight. Night is also chilling as fuck.
SharkTooth 10.28.14	Huckleberry Finn is another all time fave of mine btw
Mongi123 10.28.14	Some books in high school I read I hated because I was being forced to read them and couldn't read them at my own pace. Like The Great Gatsby and Brave New World.
ExcentrifugalForz 10.28.14	then the guy moves to his families old estate then he thinks he hears rats in the walls then he finds a secret tunnel in the basement then he goes down there with his friends then he realizes his families long hidden secret then they find him in the throes of canibalism
emester 10.28.14	Probably was the only book that brought me to tears
SharkTooth 10.28.14	"Night by Elie Wiesel what a book" that was middle school for me
Ryus 10.28.14	1984, fahrenheit 451, the book thief, 100 years of solitude, siddhartha
deathschool 10.28.14	Great Gatsby was good, but didn't really blow me away. Been thinking about re reading it.
NordicMindset 10.28.14	I had to read a bunch of short stories last year
emester 10.28.14	@Shark same here but it still resonates with me hard
Ryus 10.28.14	hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is also classic
PappyMason 10.28.14	I really enjoyed my American literature module for my English Literature A-level. Some of the book and authors I read for those classes/essays were phenomenal. Also Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' is a great novel that doesn't get too many mentions. I also love Raymond Chandler's writing style.
Mongi123 10.28.14	I just re read Lord of the Flies recently and it was amazing. The next one on my list is to re read Animal Farm which I loved but would prob love even more now. When I'm done reading the fourth Harry Potter book I'll get to that one. Aside from what is considered essential literature, love me so good ol Goblet of Fire :D
Ryus 10.28.14	invisible man[2] holy shit i love that book
emester 10.28.14	its crazy how you look back at in class reading as a chore, but once you revisit that book you realize just how brilliant it is
ExplosiveOranges 10.28.14	1984, holy fuck.
NordicMindset 10.28.14	i had to read the lottery by shirley manson this year too
emester 10.28.14	throws rocks at Baron
Ryus 10.28.14	love that one
Ryus 10.28.14	things fall apart--chinua achebe
Mongi123 10.28.14	The Lottery was sweet. Also never read 1984 in school. It wasn't a school wide thing, just a couple classes read that.
NordicMindset 10.28.14	i don't know half of these and when i said recs i meant music recs lol but i guess this works too
PappyMason 10.28.14	'things fall apart--chinua achebe' I need to read that one, really interesting background.
Ryus 10.28.14	oh music is cool too cop shoot cop-ask questions later (industrialish punk) today is the day-willpower (post-hardcore, alternative) grouper-dragging a dead dear up a hill (ambient) black widow-sacrifice (70s prog) as we draw-mirages (metalcore)
Ryus 10.28.14	@PappyMason yeah it's a really interesting book, i definitely recommend it
emester 10.28.14	Black Widow [2]
PappyMason 10.28.14	@Green Baron What kind of recs are you after?
deathschool 10.28.14	Check Look What I Did, The Smith Street Band, and Busdriver. All three have releases from this year!
NordicMindset 10.28.14	stuff like the list
PappyMason 10.28.14	I've actually just started reading Suetonius' 'Twelve Caesars'. I'm looking forward to getting into it, although I'm not too well versed in Roman history.
PappyMason 10.28.14	Cursive - The Ugly Organ Airiel - Winks & Kisses: Crackled No Age - Nouns The Van Pelt - Sultans of Sentiment Moros Eros - Jealous Me Was Killed By Curiosity
Kman418 10.28.14	not one mention of the metamorphosis tfw sputnik doesnt even wallow in existential dread and alienation
NordicMindset 10.28.14	I love existential dread and alienation.
Kman418 10.28.14	then read the metamorphosis
NordicMindset 10.28.14	Okay, I just got to the scene where Roger kills Piggy.
NorthernSkylark 10.28.14	i'll rec you some classic books that revolve around the evil of human beings: joseph conrad - heart of darkness albert camus - the plague lee harper - to kill a mockingbird (well, it is about some evil/ignorant people, but mainly it's a magnificent book, even if you've already read it once in high school) carson mccullers - the heart is a lonely hunter (as the title suggests, it's about loneliness, but it's about so much more, the cruelty of human beings fx., she was good friends with lee harper and the main character reminds me a bit of scout, and tennesee williams, but that's another story) flannery o'connor - everything that rises must converge (a short story, but one of the absolute best. flannery o'connor was a genius) ralph ellison - invisible man (i still have nightmares about that fight scene, jesus christ) oscar wilde - the picture of dorian grey (this is a stretch, but what a stretch!)
Scoot 10.28.14	anything is better than a farewell to arms
PappyMason 10.28.14	I really enjoyed A Farewell to Arms. Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Grey [2] Also Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a great read. John Hersey's Hiroshima is pretty chilling, really short too. If your into short stories, i recently read Henry James' The Madonna of the Future and Other Early Stories. I haven't read too much by James but I enjoyed quite a few of his stories. Elias Canetti's memoirs are quite good as well, 'The Tongue Set Free' was a great read.
zakalwe 10.28.14	Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner Catch 22 - Joseph Heller A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 1984 - George Orwell All absolute classics but Lord of the Flies tops the lot......possibly
emester 10.28.14	After reading The Stranger and his take on Sisyphus, Im pretty curious about Camus. any recs from him anyone can give me?
NordicMindset 10.28.14	The Rush album?
SharkTooth 10.28.14	Also Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a great read.[2] Catch 22 - Joseph Heller[2] A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole[2] "All absolute classics but Lord of the Flies tops the lot......possibly" Lol LOTF really isn't that good these days
zakalwe 10.28.14	Other than the odd archaic term it's lost nothing and says absolutely everything dude.
NorthernSkylark 10.28.14	After reading The Stranger and his take on Sisyphus, Im pretty curious about Camus. any recs from him anyone can give me? pretty sure i just rec'ed the plague by him, check that out
NorthernSkylark 10.28.14	lord of the flies is brilliant, that ending...
climactic 10.28.14	one of the only required reading books from high school i liked
NordicMindset 12.17.14	Reading The Road now, wish me luck Mongo
Mongi123 12.17.14	I actually just started reading that one again. I haven't read that since high school. It's fucking unbelievable.
ChoccyPhilly 12.17.14	i did Blood Brother's in Year 9 english and Drama. It was alright but I preferred my gcse books
BlacKapes 12.17.14	dumbledore dies at the end
ShadowRemains 12.18.14	rings > flies
Mongi123 12.18.14	Never read them actually. Once I'm done reading The Road maybe I'll read them. Seriously though, if any book was deserving of a Pulitzer prize, this was. It's ridiculous.
ChoccyPhilly 12.18.14	I like Of Mice and Men but i'm sick of it after doing it to death for 2 years
NordicMindset 01.05.15	just finished it. Damn,
NorthernSkylark 01.05.15	Since we are talking about novels here, what is everyone's opinion of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men? it's a novella, and it's very good