tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post8911756185492776106..comments2023-07-04T12:07:08.503-04:00Comments on The Modesty Writers Guild: spin magazine book clubUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-60773829983317637172008-06-16T15:12:00.000-04:002008-06-16T15:12:00.000-04:00i love brave new world; it's one of my favorite bo...i love brave new world; it's one of my favorite books. i love books about dystopian societies. it's often been compared to 1984, but 1984 is about a governmentally-forced dystopia-- brave new world is perhaps more chilling in that it describes a dystopia that all the members want-- a life of pleasure, albeit meaningless.<BR/><BR/>i have also read veronika decides to die and i also enjoyed that xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688293893046665297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-46601976670723713352007-12-04T13:41:00.000-05:002007-12-04T13:41:00.000-05:00you're pretty sexy.you're pretty sexy.ness*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06015000149302872672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-19487544616770301572007-12-04T13:39:00.000-05:002007-12-04T13:39:00.000-05:00you're pretty sexy.you're pretty sexy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-74159806662608534862007-11-27T21:49:00.000-05:002007-11-27T21:49:00.000-05:00Just got Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited...Just got Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited which includes insights, interview and more...I'll let you know how it goes.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500083901789596251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-19686374093569389762007-11-26T16:44:00.000-05:002007-11-26T16:44:00.000-05:00I'm definitely reading this book, I was going to g...I'm definitely reading this book, I was going to get it tonight but they don't have any copies in at the library. My friends have read this for their english class and really liked it, it sounds great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-61133641998942078372007-11-26T13:24:00.000-05:002007-11-26T13:24:00.000-05:00Someone in one of my classes did a presentation on...Someone in one of my classes did a presentation on this book...and there was a related book they presented that was very interesting, but I can't remember it.<BR/><BR/>And I can't wait for your own masterpiece to come out...anxiously awaiting itdanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02256896559168417626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-77365644657829473952007-11-25T18:24:00.000-05:002007-11-25T18:24:00.000-05:00Brave New World has long been one of my favorite b...Brave New World has long been one of my favorite books, and I find it frightening/startling how so many aspects of the book have been made manifest in modern society.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I equate "soma" to the various "prescription" drugs that the world has become so dependent upon. We have pills to make us artificially happy, more "social", calm "anxieties", etc. Diseases are invented/concoctedLexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03202566928355470700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-40015726098111056952007-11-25T15:15:00.000-05:002007-11-25T15:15:00.000-05:00I'm actually reading BNW in school right now. I to...I'm actually reading BNW in school right now. I took note of your views when I was re-reading the chapters I had just finished, it helped me understand some aspects of the book better. (It helped with the class discussions that we have in class, too). Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-8741744658954235002007-11-25T12:25:00.000-05:002007-11-25T12:25:00.000-05:00I'm completely sold on reading this book...and I'v...I'm completely sold on reading this book...and I've been looking for a good read lately too. So thanks for the recommendation. <BR/><BR/>"Not to mention the fact that Huxley is a master of the English language and I'm naming my first born anything after him."<BR/><BR/>Oh that's brilliant. =)<BR/><BR/>~ShannonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-58322542238920554632007-11-25T01:14:00.000-05:002007-11-25T01:14:00.000-05:00I'd actually been considering reading this book fo...I'd actually been considering reading this book for awhile, and I suppose your recommendation pushes me over the edge.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920217654172575530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-4880046518449998332007-11-25T00:38:00.000-05:002007-11-25T00:38:00.000-05:00i've been thinking about building up my library co...i've been thinking about building up my library collection and read more books before the school year's over. i've also been waiting for your selection. this book sounds so interesting, and i would love to read it. i will definetly watch out for it.<BR/><BR/>thanks.Kenyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892014606569231332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-86450692563353333672007-11-24T03:14:00.000-05:002007-11-24T03:14:00.000-05:00ps. I see Veronika Decides to Die is on your favo...ps. I see Veronika Decides to Die is on your favorite books list.<BR/>That is one of the best books I have ever read. I was surprised to see it on there. Most people haven't even heard of it. I guess books like that are really only interesting to those fascinated with philosophy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-31905098317552392182007-11-24T03:11:00.000-05:002007-11-24T03:11:00.000-05:00I also read this book in high school for my englis...I also read this book in high school for my english class. We then had to pick a topic and write a research essay on anything to do with the book. I wrote some eight pages on cosmetic surgery and how superficial our society is today. Your book choice along with some of the other things you've written about this leads me to believe we have some of the same views on this topic. It'd be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-47005224291150845972007-11-24T00:18:00.000-05:002007-11-24T00:18:00.000-05:00Brave New World! Love this book, and frankly, it's...Brave New World! Love this book, and frankly, it's a bit scary how much of Huxley's predictions have come true. <BR/><BR/>See: (ignorance is bliss, excess commercialism, brainwashing, promiscuity, a lack of emphasis on history, etc.) <BR/><BR/>I love this book and 1984 as well, but I must admit that they do frighten me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-52183740688236367822007-11-23T23:42:00.000-05:002007-11-23T23:42:00.000-05:00I'm definitely getting this book. I was considerin...I'm definitely getting this book. I was considering it when I read Meg's description, and then you said it was the Doors of Perception guy...<BR/>I'm currently quite obbessed with Jim Morrison, so I'm very excitedt to read this :) <BR/>-andreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-987417973807360152007-11-23T16:24:00.000-05:002007-11-23T16:24:00.000-05:00dude just want to say that i love love love love l...dude just want to say that i love love love love love the Lost Songs cd. my fav on there so far is 'enjoy the silence'.evLanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574833856068168900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-66321503721791105292007-11-22T22:15:00.000-05:002007-11-22T22:15:00.000-05:00y do u sign u're signiture as estaban? i'm not get...y do u sign u're signiture as estaban? i'm not getting that one . . . is it an inside joke or sumthin?<BR/>- KatieevLanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574833856068168900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-13740341370438749782007-11-22T00:40:00.000-05:002007-11-22T00:40:00.000-05:00Incase Modesty readers don't know, Stephen is also...Incase Modesty readers don't know, Stephen is also writing a novella.<BR/>Yay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-24680184505514735842007-11-21T21:52:00.000-05:002007-11-21T21:52:00.000-05:00i havent read this book, but the your description ...i havent read this book, but the your description of it does remind me somewhat of 1984. I enjoyed 1984 so much i might want to try Brave New World. also from your description V for Vendetta came to mind. that was one incredible movie. anyone who has read Brave New World, is it anything like either of those two stories?guard my dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141020383472565083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-13709376700662170212007-11-21T20:44:00.000-05:002007-11-21T20:44:00.000-05:00I had to read that book in grade 10, along with 19...I had to read that book in grade 10, along with 1984 by George Orwell, and I didn't really like it very much. I found some parts really interesting, but it was mostly kind of boring to me. I think part of the reason may be because I never fully understood the book. <BR/>And I still haven't quite figured out how to say Lenina.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com