I wish I remembered more about why I hated it so deeply, but I do trust my memory of discomfort and loathing. ![]() Ballard holds a special place on my bookshelves. I don't read a whole bunch of it, but I don't have a problem with it per se. If there was an editor within 50 miles of that thing, I'll eat my shorts. When done, I immediately went out and bought two hamsters and a cage so that something could rip that book apart and pee on it. After being hounded by my sci-fi-inclined friends for years, I read Robert Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land. The Guardian's Stuart Evers has written a very, very funny article about "the good side of bad books." It's a hoot, and you should read it now.īut then you should come back here and tell us about the one (or two) novels that made you want to set yourself on fire, punch yourself in the face, or question why you learned to read in the first place. OK, enough of looking at book covers for a day or two. ![]() ![]() But I thought it might be fun to re-publish a favorite post and ask again: what book do you really hate?) (I'm on vacation this week, so posting will be limited.
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