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Andrea J
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Hi everyone,
Well I guess everyone has a few kid books they like to pick up occasionally, what are yours?
Here are some of mine:
Treasure Island
Young Samurai Series
Ender's Game
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Einstein2.0
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Hi Andrea J, welcome to the forum
I too like some children's books:
The world of Sophie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Next to that, I really can only think of literature and worse...
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Theboss
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Sophies world is a childrens book?  Well ok I read that when I was a child but I always saw it as an adult book. But for me a lot of old classics: Robin Hood White tooth King Arthur and the knights of the round table The three musketeers Tom sawyer Treasure Island Nobody's boy Gullivers travels Robinson Crusoe David copperfield Richard Lionheart Journey around the world in 80 days Ben Hur I got all of those in a neat collection =D _________________ The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. - Frank Herbert Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein Knowledge is a powerful weapon, but only when its user can wield it.
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Einstein2.0
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Yeah, for me it is... But well, I normally read books slightly more complicated than "adult" books.
Journey around the world in 80 days is also one of my favorite books, but nowadays I seldom read children's books, so I don't really know that much of them
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Theboss
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Yea, these days I mostly read scientific books and if I have time Mythological books or dystopia novels. Or anything that sounds cool.
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Einstein2.0
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Yea, me too, but I think our conception of "sounds cool" is slightly different...
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Theboss
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Well Icebergs sound cool
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Einstein2.0
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Yeah, but I think that something like "Principia Mathematica" sounds cooler...
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Theboss
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But liquid nitrogen sounds waaaay cooler _________________The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. - Frank Herbert Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein Knowledge is a powerful weapon, but only when its user can wield it.
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Zero
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Twilight  No, but I am a Dr Seuss fan.
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Einstein2.0
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How can one possibly like Twilight??  It has no literary quality and the story sucks!
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Zero
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Well it isn't any worse than the soaps a lot of people watch on TV.
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Einstein2.0
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Yeah, but they're rubbish too...
What self-respecting person watches soaps like people (teenagers) watch Twilight?
And I definitely wouldn't want to read the script of a soap in book form...
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Zero
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Well someone once described the Twilight series as the twinkies of the book world, and I think that is about right. Except I'd guess twinkies are slightly better.
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Theboss
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Soap scripts are awesome if you read the summaries Bob marries Karin and find out that she is his long lost dead sister. Bob dies and Hank marries Karin and finds out that she is his mother. Bob turns out not to be dead and is shocked to see Hank with Karin, but Karin finds out that she is gay and marries Jessica. Bob kills Hank, finds out that he was his son and then kills himself. Karin blames herself and kills *cliffhanger* _________________The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. - Frank Herbert Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein Knowledge is a powerful weapon, but only when its user can wield it.
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