THE BORE

General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on May 19, 2009, 10:55:12 PM

Title: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 19, 2009, 10:55:12 PM
Let's pick a work of fiction available on Google Books, read it, and discuss it.  Even filthy poors can participate.  Start listing suggestions, and we'll boil it down from there.
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 19, 2009, 11:02:48 PM
My suggestion:

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, by Sax Rohmer
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eric P on May 19, 2009, 11:05:56 PM
The New Adam and Eve by Nathanial Hawthorne

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/haw5410.txt
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eric P on May 19, 2009, 11:06:40 PM
love yellow scare shit

i keep trying to win auctions of sax's stuff on ebay but get sniped.  same with doc savage
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 19, 2009, 11:09:16 PM
is there an online source for pulp magazine scans/etc?
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eric P on May 19, 2009, 11:11:04 PM
that is a very good question but i do not know
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Human Snorenado on May 19, 2009, 11:55:27 PM
i will do some reading if someone picks something, i'm too lazy to go look and figure something out tho.  warning- if i think it sucks i will stop reading it, tho.
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Rman on May 20, 2009, 12:01:24 AM
I'm in.
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: border on May 20, 2009, 12:17:48 AM
http://books.google.com/books?id=BocJx_KiZfsC&pg=PP1&dq=Ayn+Rand&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPP1,M1

Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 20, 2009, 12:22:59 AM
i just found a source for almost every doc savage and the shadow pulp novel ever written, in various formats including pdf and plain text

we could pick one of those based on the outlandish titles

this is my second suggestion
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Akala on May 20, 2009, 01:07:28 AM
The Decameron yo...
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: chronovore on May 20, 2009, 05:13:01 AM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on May 20, 2009, 12:22:59 AM
i just found a source for almost every doc savage and the shadow pulp novel ever written, in various formats including pdf and plain text

we could pick one of those based on the outlandish titles

this is my second suggestion

Please share. :-)
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eric P on May 20, 2009, 12:57:29 PM
walt whitman is the only american poet i like
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eric P on May 20, 2009, 01:09:22 PM
the barbarian?
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Herr Mafflard on May 20, 2009, 01:12:06 PM
Leonard Cohen is Canadian.
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eric P on May 20, 2009, 01:19:17 PM
Quote
On as fruitless an errand our wanderers next visit a Hall of
Legislature, where Adam places Eve in the Speaker's chair,
unconscious of the moral which he thus exemplifies.  Man's
intellect, moderated by Woman's tenderness and moral sense!  Were
such the legislation of the world there would be no need of State
Houses, Capitols, Halls of Parliament, nor even of those little
assemblages of patriarchs beneath the shadowy trees, by whom freedom
was first interpreted to mankind on our native shores.

hawthorne clearly did not anticipate Thatcher in his fantasy
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Oblivion on May 22, 2009, 11:54:12 AM
It's prolly not on google books, but I'm enjoying reading The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins.
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 22, 2009, 12:11:11 PM
Quote from: Oblivion on May 22, 2009, 11:54:12 AM
It's prolly not on google books, but I'm enjoying reading The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins.

That's because you're a filthy librul. Let's read some Doc Savage!
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 22, 2009, 12:24:35 PM
google books? is it free?
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Flannel Boy on May 22, 2009, 04:51:31 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 22, 2009, 12:24:35 PM
google books? is it free?

Yes, but a lot of books are incomplete, with every third or fourth page deleted.
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 22, 2009, 06:18:21 PM
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1006274/Ebooks.rar

right click, save as

it's a collection of doc savage and the shadow pulp ebooks

you'll need this program to read some of the palm doc files:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1006274/FBReaderSetup-0.10.7.exe
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 22, 2009, 08:54:09 PM
Quote from: Malek on May 22, 2009, 04:51:31 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 22, 2009, 12:24:35 PM
google books? is it free?

Yes, but a lot of books are incomplete, with every third or fourth page deleted.

err, well that kinda deflates my interest. Plus, reading books online seems kinda...eh. I'll try it, see how my eyes handle things
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 22, 2009, 09:18:59 PM
you can sort the books out by "full view" (complete) or "partial view" (incomplete)
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: Madrun Badrun on May 23, 2009, 01:10:08 AM
Quote from: Malek on May 22, 2009, 04:51:31 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 22, 2009, 12:24:35 PM
google books? is it free?

Yes, but a lot of books are incomplete, with every third or fourth page deleted.

This is just means we can read more of them!
Title: Re: THE BORE Cheapass Literary Society
Post by: chronovore on May 24, 2009, 11:27:45 PM
Quote from: Father_Mike on May 23, 2009, 01:10:08 AM
Quote from: Malek on May 22, 2009, 04:51:31 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 22, 2009, 12:24:35 PM
google books? is it free?

Yes, but a lot of books are incomplete, with every third or fourth page deleted.

This is just means we can read more of them!

LOL

nau i can readz 25-33% fasters!