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Harfoots are literally described as “browner of skin” by Tolkien so I have no idea what you are talking about.

Honestly of the 4 major dystopias, I gotta say this one might be my least favorite. The themes are a little too on the nose, and kinda simplistic (the book is basically 200 pages of convincing the reader that TV bad, books good).

Also, it seems like everyone really misses the point of this book. This book is not about censorship. This book is about anti-intellectualism. The important part isn’t that the books are being burnt, it’s about why they’re being burnt, and who is doing the burning. The censorship is just a plot device to show the values society is trying to impart on itself. 1984 is a better example of a dystopia about true censorship.

Nonetheless, I still think it’s an important book, and an incredibly easy read. It can be knocked out in an afternoon by a middle schooler no problem.

How are these being chosen and is there any order? Curious when we’ll be getting to some of the good ones like Lolita, Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World, Beloved, Grapes of Wrath etc? It’s just been YA type stuff so far. Also, is it just things banned in the US? What about books banned from places like USSR (Master and Margarita, Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, etc). Sorry for all the questions.

Lovecraft is awesome if you want some short stories. Call of Cthulhu, Colour out of Space, and Rats in the Walls area my personal favorites.

Only a matter of time before striking becomes illegal. Nothing is going to happen unless a general strike happens among all industries.

All in English because I’m an Anglo moron who only speaks one language.

Crime and Punishment (Ready translation)

The Stranger (Ward translation)

Ficciones

Literally anything by Hermann Hesse (maybe my favorite author)

Yeah I realize now that my comment was a tad more aggressive than it was meant to be. I think there’s some value in Day’s stuff. He gives some interesting perspective and analysis on Tolkien. You just need to remember to take nothing of his as fact.

Nothing David Day writes should be given any credibility. He made stuff up, like, all the time. Treat it as fan fiction.

This and Homage are his two best imo. His fiction is a little too on the nose and heavy handed.

It’s literally the most basic and textbook form of allegory you can find in literature. There’s absolutely no depth to it at all.

Orwell paraded as a socialist which is why he knew who were true leftists and who weren’t. Dude was a narc of the highest order, and a traitor to the cause any way you look at it.

Which is true in real life too so I don’t see the issue. Think of climate activists and how they’re treated in the US. Or those supporting socialist policies like right to housing or food. They are treated as an absolute joke, just for wanting to do the right thing at the expense of those in power.

If I had to pick a character who does the right thing more often than anyone, it’s probably Hermione.

Ok there’s a bit here I disagree with.

1. I feel like one of the messages I got out of HP is that chosen family means more than given family. Such as when Harry gets sweater from Mrs Weasley and nothing from Dursleys

2. Just because slavery exists in the story, doesn’t mean it’s treated positively. There’s an entire revolutionary movement for them in one of the books and Hermione is active in it. And Hermione is often a pretty safe moral compass.

3. No defense of the Goblins, this one is pretty bad.

4. Again, just because this idea exists doesn’t mean it’s supported. In fact, the bad guys are the ones always supporting it so it’s pretty clearly a villainous idea.

Your arguments remind me of the illiterate folk who claim that Lolita supports pedophilia when the opposite is true. Just because something is present in a story doesn’t mean it’s presented as a good thing, or something worth supporting.

For the record, I do not support JKR and kind of wish HP would fade into obscurity, even if it was a defining moment of my childhood/generation.

It is when you start assuming non-bigots are bad people because of what they look like.

No bookclubs for men around me. My guy friends don’t read books, and all the women are in woman only bookclubs, or just exclusively read YA fantasy garbage that I’m not interested in.

I have the Leaf 2 and would highly recommend. Works great, and is much better for your eyes. I use it every day.

My dude is about to become a Scooby Doo villain

Prose, themes, character arcs, plot are the essential building blocks of a novel.

All 4 of these are important for a book to be a masterpiece, with plot being the least important.

First of all, I’d say that In a Silent Way birthed Fusion more than this album, but Bitches Brew was probably more influential.

Also, Davis was also hugely responsible for modal jazz with Kind of Blue. An absolute landmark record and probably the biggest turning point in jazz.

You have no idea what you’d do when you’re a day away from starvation for weeks at a time.

Unless you’ve been there, in which case, ignore me.