Archer-man:

No, no dude. Maybe thats the problem. You are thinking in the very tight aspect of the book. Meaningly, your own apreciation of it. I think a great book is not one that is acclaimed, nor the one that has great success.  Awards (Even by your subjective ¨that are worthwhile¨) and critics mean nothing in the end. BEcause the judgement of ¨good, not good¨ is done individually. Which for the sake of this conversation would mean a crapxxorz we are both right, we are both wrong resolution. And nobody likes those

Success, on their own time and genre, is only a spicy thing we give it because theres people behind it and we like to shove what we think in the moment is crap or gold directly in the face of those who make it.

Shakespeare was deemed crap in its time, so did many work from many autors we now consider kings and queens of their genres.  And i know, some of them, arent still the favorite cupcake of man, and thats the way I love it to be.

 

But we cannot be blind to the fact that they are Good.

Bad books are never remembered. You want bad books? Think of the Ray Bradbury poetry book he made. Never heard of it? Yeah, I though so.

I dont like the beatles.

I dont soil my pants at the mention of Goudard.

Picasso is not someone who i would pay to paint my walls.

Ive never buyed anything related to britney spears.

But I can see  their merit through my own biased perception of them as what they set themselves to be. 

 

Simplicity too, does not make something bad.  Sometimes simple things are great things, look into music, in art, in architecture and design, intrincasy may please some people,thats for sure,  because detail in form sometimes conveys what the sentiment or meaning of art could not carry. Sometimes, it engrosses the very powerful meaning of it, yes... most of the time. But not always. And there are powerful atemporal works that are infused of this simplicity.  In the end, and without loosing myself in myself, what i mean is.. Harry potter is great because it moves people. Because it put a thousand times thousand monkeys off of their asses to read something, in a way that talked to them. It did so under the merit of its own form and context.

Look at Hellboy and Invincible. Get where im coming from?

 

Any book that can become the favorite of  one child, one adult and an elderly man/woman in the same time lapse, around a world of differences I believe is worthy of beeing called great.

And star trek and Star wars suck both

I mean! cmon!

Who the hell believes people can go into space?

 

Regards,

Mike

Who the hell believes people can go into space?

Mr. Dubya does. :p

*nods nods*

And you make quite solid points, Mike. As for the value of simplicity and the recognition/greatness relationship (or lack thereof) I have to say I'm in your camp in both accounts.

I mean, just another kid picking up a book at corner store and deciding to read it -and hey, maybe afterwards even start really reading that geography or history textboox- or maybe an old toothless abuelo reading the book and dreaming about whole new worlds in the winter of his life... I mean, that's truly wonrous; something so cool and righteously good no matter how you spell it.

Reading is a truly marvelous hobby. =)


And as for what books have I/do I read...

...

I don't need no durned, hippy books!

*rides General Lee and drives off into the sunset*

YeeeHAW!!!

PS. Like I said, I like Harry Potter and I'm not ashamed to admit it. But then again, maybe it's because I like other children books. Like The Hobbit. =)

Haven't read HP yet even though I got copies on the bookshelf. I kind of figure as my kids get older and start reading it I probably will to.

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H-here, b-bunny, bunny, bunny...

Now, there's a rocking (see: one who rocks.)dad!

Defintely one of the things that hooked me to the written word was my dad's influence. I remember quite right the discussions we had after I read Luis Spota's political saga. It was the bomb.

"Now, there's a rocking (see: one who rocks.)dad! " --El Wally

Does he do it on one of those specially designed rocking chairs?

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Scratchit: But he's a cripple!
Blackadder: He's not a cripple, Mrs Scratchit. Occasionally saying "Phew! My leg hurts!" when he remembers to wouldn't fool Baldrick!

Now now... don't be mean Vkm.. play nice

Rocking Chairs should have seat belts.

There is only so much Rocking an old guy can do.

 

I mean.. Look at Santa Claus!

He must have  arthritis, be an alcoholic and pound on the elfs from time to time from all the stress of rocking too much.

A good example, on the other hand of steady rocking, is Gandalf. But thats because he is a frickin Minigod.

 

Regards,

Mike

I actually have an aversion to rocking chairs now. I spent too much time in them then first 2.5 years of my kids lives. *shudder*

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H-here, b-bunny, bunny, bunny...

You sure it was that?

Cause if that was the reason of your aversion to it, Archer wouldnt like Kung fu, nor would the Wally like eating Onions rare like they where the devil´s apples (read: Ei-Pols).

Maybe the Rocking chair did something to you..Its safe.. We are here..tells us what It did to you..We want to help!

*gives him a little Jwmblade doll for him to point where the bad bad chair made the boo boo*

Or better yet.. maybe you have become in synch with the rocking chairs, and now, you have declared obsolete the past you, and started amputating your past by destroying everything you identify you young years with. Including the chairs...

Jwmblade: CHAAAAAAAIIIIIR!

Chair: *Just sits there*

Jwmblade: No words with your last breath, ei?.. your... CHOICE! HURYAAAA!!!!!one!!!!

*The chair is 0wn3d by Jwm*

*In darkness another chair looks at Jwm, bidding its time, its cape draping in the air with the sound of the air*

Chair2: *Whispering* .. you killed my brother.. Now i kill you!

*Chair2 Jumps thru the wall crashes into kool aid man and dies a horrible kool aid death*

Regards,

Mike

 

Well I think is has to do with the 1.5 years I slept every night in a rocking recliner with one child on each arm. They would only stay asleep if I kept rocking. So every night rock, rock, rock........ I even could rock and sleep at the same time. Now when my butt hits a chair I don't want it to rock.

 

and Mike you are one twisted dude. *mutters those rocking chairs are watching me*

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H-here, b-bunny, bunny, bunny...

Woah! 18months in a rocking chair! Good thing you don't motion sickness.

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Scratchit: But he's a cripple!
Blackadder: He's not a cripple, Mrs Scratchit. Occasionally saying "Phew! My leg hurts!" when he remembers to wouldn't fool Baldrick!

 

If for nothing else, I would love to write a big fat book of stories just so i can have them eternally inscribed in the heart of my lil ones as i read them to them in their innocent young years.

Regards,

Mike

But I do get motion sick rather easily. I think I am still suffering the side effects of that time.

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H-here, b-bunny, bunny, bunny...

Dont worry, itll pass. I never did understood why people get motion sickness and have only recently discovered my brother is prone to it. I didnt knew my dad was claustrophobic neither until about a year back.

Speaking of the unknown, yesterday I read the Red Dragon and Fight club books again. And with my kid nephew about to be born and me getting my house next week, i just might be ready to read some sensible things to share with the kiddo.

God, the next months of my life are gonna be a great journey.

 

Regards,

Mike

 

I kind of look at all of life being a journey. I am still not sure where I am gong but the scenery has been fun most fo the time.

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H-here, b-bunny, bunny, bunny...