"Sickening. Demented. By the time you get to the dog-raping scene, you know this is something different. A Must read for the cyberpunk generation!"
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"You remember that study that said something like half of America hadn't read anything longer than a TV Guide synopsis in a year? Books like this are why."
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Best seller. Nothing can get through this book. Army is using it as bullet proof vests. President is having his nuclear bomb shelter lined with copies. Now selling in bulk.
(I'm stealing this next quote from Mr. Card)
"I'd rather watch the names erode off tombstones" than read this book.
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Although intended as contemporary fiction, this book is now popular amongst the assisted suicide community as reading it causes instant death. Needless to say, I didn't read it.
Perfect gift for the ex-spouse.
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"Everything you wanted to know about the author's beliefs, expressed through monotonous dialogue between two-dimensional characters."
"I'm the author's friend, and I'm doing him a favor by praising this book. It's good. If you don't believe me, go buy the book and see for yourself!"
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This is a real one from the autobiography of Nevil Shute, "The most exciting book about an engineer you'll ever read!"
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Plot based on old stories as told by tea leaves.
Hi. My name is Lenny. I like this book. It makes me sit taller.
A real page turner. She loves me, she loves me not; she loves me, she loves me not; she loves me....
Handy for hunters and hikers. More compact than a roll of toilet paper.
This book has really leveled things out in my life. It fits perfectly under my desk leg where the foot fell off.
This book is the ultimate macho man detector - if he can rip it in half with his bare hands, you've got a real macho man. (Wimps can bench press it.)
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"Big enough to kill bugs! A great secondary use to those of us who don't want to hire an exterminator!"
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I look forward to the author's meteoric rise. In fact, I'll contribute heavily to any program that involves launching him into space. Preferably sans spaceship.
This book made me ponder the details of library science. Specifically, I'm hoping there are ways to encourage paper to rot prematurely.
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A book so bad that even vanity publishers wouldn't accept it. It really had to be self-published.
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I loved this book! Well, it was pretty good. OK, I guess. It could've been better to say the least. It was average...OK it was horrible.
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Notice: If your purchased this book without a cover, you missed the best part.
(of course, if they didn't have the cover, they couldn't be reading that comment. It's sort of a paradox, if you think about it.)
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The book perfectly captured the confusion and angst of my teenage years
I laughed, I cried, I fired my agent
This book is easily recyclable, makes a great gift to blind friends, and the pages are numbered correctly
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I am a firm believer in the rule that every book deserves to be read at least twice. Once by the author and once by a skllled editor (usually a long-suffering relative of the author). I also firmly believe that there are appropriate exceptions to every rule. This is one.
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This novel has made of me a true believer in slavery and fascism as positive forces. At least, I'm now convinced by the very fact that this book was published that the free market has failed us utterly and it's time to enforce some discipline on the whole enterprise.
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The Dialog was written well, especially so for the mime character.
A standard for all text books.
Larry Moe and Curly's cautionary tale about the plight of an Ostrich Farmer about to lose his farm at the hands of an industry giant who uses 'small folk' to produce amusements for children. The Farmer faces threats of aerial bombardment by the dangerous yet cute flying antler circus. L M and C run around and desperately try to catch the dirty bombs in pails before the Ostriches are pelted and utterly demorilized.
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You should let this book age like a fine wine. Or vinegar.
This is a book best reserved for special occassions, such as Armageddon or when you find out that your accountant has been embezzling. It'll make those problems seem trivial in comparison.
An extremely powerful book -- I'd estimate 3.7 therms upon complete combustion.
Some have judged this novel suitable only as fish wrap. I think it prudent to qualify this by stating that it depends entirely on which kind of fish.
It is the thought that there might've been books like this in the collection that gives some small measure of solace as I mourn the loss of the library at Alexandria.
Remember when I warned you after this author's first book? Well, see! I told you not to encourage him.
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The one advantage I can imagine from having finished this book is that I no longer have trouble pronouncing words like Mrpxp!vnckjvr. In fact, all words sound like Mrpxp!vnckjvr to me now.
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(Scopatz, "inferno" and "drum solo" blow me away! I'm desperate to write the books to deserve those encomiums!)
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