Jaqen the FatManderly Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 In a similar vein, I think Atlas Shrugged is probably one of the worst books I've ever read. Agree or disagree with Rand's views, you can't deny that it's a lousy plot and a bloated, self-indulgent book. When I was in high school I always thought about entering one of those essay contests on The Fountainhead, but then I would read excerpts from it, and I just couldn't bring myself to read the dang thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen the FatManderly Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Billy Budd, by Herman Melville. My English class decided this was the worst book ever. This is the first comment in the thread that is shocking to me .... Billy Budd, Sailor is better than Moby-Dick and a small fraction of the size. I recommend it frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yagathai Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Clive Cussler's "The Chase". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_%28Clive_Cussler%29 Clive was never a master of prose, but either he's grown senile or he's outsourced his writing to a pack of half-feral Bangladeshi orphans. This was seriously probably the worst non-self-published novel I've ever read in my entire life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox And Hound Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I would have to pick James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". Too bad I had to take a test on that book, because that meant I had to suffer through the whole thing. Also didn't like Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea". Old man and a little boy in a boat. I remember pages and pages describing the old man's hands. Did I care? not at all. I know they probably have redeeming qualities, blah blah blah. I couldn't stand them and would probably scratch out my own eyes before reading them again. I did like a lot of the books already listed, including Catcher in the Rye and Kafka's Metamorphosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigTEA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Wow, I was talking to someone I had not seen in YEARS and he and I always talked books. I could not remember what the books I used to read but they had to do with a guy named Hawk Hunter and lots and lots of Jets. I did a search on google and it brought me here. The Wingmen books were so bad and cheesy they were good. I loved them. I have read every single one..and I still have them. Crazy cover art and all. We also used to bet that Clive Cussler and Mack Maloney where really the same guy...guess not. I always had a picture in my head of this guy sitting next to his type writer in his robe and underwear, sipping a Scotch and laughing his ass off as he wrote them. After reading his little blurbs on his website I think my little mind picture was right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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