Saturday, April 28, 2012

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

Adda: The greatest combination of religion, politics, military, and humanity.

BW: The ending illustrates how blind devotion to (any) religion can be self destructive.



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Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card

Adda: Petra found her vagina and grew up to be boring.

BW: It was great to view Peter as a person rather than a bully.

Two Pennies Up






Speaker for the Dead by (one of the greatest writers ever!) Orson Scott Card

Adda: A combination of classic science fiction that illustrates humanity as well as probable relations with other sentient beings.

BW: If you haven't read this book, there is something wrong with you.

Two Pennies Up







The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

Adda: A very scientifically advance novel for the time.

BW: Part science fiction, party horror, and yet another stab at the "ignorance of the general population."

Two Pennies Up

 

The War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells

Adda: Underneath the science fiction and alien invasion is a stab at the ignorance of the general public.

BW: The novel also displays the ideas (in the time period) of "modern" technology.


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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Adda: A wonderful illustration of when a publisher rushes an author to finish the book.
BW: Good story, bad writer.


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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Adda: Essentially the same story as the Hunger Games.

BW: Kind of like if you paint your walls without paint thinner and you can kind of see the old paint as the new paint peels off of it.

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Adda: If I were put in a death match where my life and my family are at risk, the last thing I'd worry about is which boy to fall in love with.

BW: Kind of reminds me of another trilogy, oh yeah "twilight!"


These Pennies are so bad not even NASA wants them.






White Fang by Jack London

Adda: Raw, animalistic, violent, and innocent.
BW: The life of white fang keeps your interest throughout the entire novel.


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A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Adda: This was on the bestseller list?
BW: He said "teets"


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The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick

Adda: The concept of precognition and reinvented world without crime is creatively developed.

BW: A great futuristic novel written in the old days of the 1940's.


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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Adda: A touching novel about immigrants suffering and trying to survive in the cruel capitalism of America.
BW: There are no lions in this book.


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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Adda: ...
BW: see previous post



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Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Adda: I appreciated the humorous description of how earthlings live in the introduction.
BW: Restaurant at the End of the Universe sucked.




Two Circular Copper forms of Currency that earthlings desperately need in the thousands.




Choke by Chuck Palasomethings

Adda: Chuck clings to perversion and shock value in the desperate attempt to create an original novel.



BW: You lost me at anal beads, Chuck.











No Pennies, Just my Glare.

Bhagavad Gita

Adda: It's a wonderful view of the world, people, the soul, and love.

BW: I am not trying to convert you to a cult.

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