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They actually don't print it anymore so I hope you have it laying around somewhere :p

There you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(novel)

The narrator, high school senior Charlie Decker, details his growing rage against the authority figures which populate his world. He finally snaps and hits one of his teachers with a heavy wrench he had taken to carrying in his pocket; after much wrangling and discussion, the incident was dropped and he was allowed to return to school. His mental problems worsen upon return to school and he snaps during a meeting with the school principal. This time, he storms out of the meeting and retrieves a gun from his locker. After setting the contents of the locker on fire, he returns to his classroom and shoots Mrs. Underwood, his math teacher. The fire sets off an alarm and the school begins to be evacuated. Charlie then shoots another teacher, Mr. Vance, after Vance enters the classroom to tell the students to evacuate. The school empties and the police and media arrive on the scene.

This begins a long discussion with his hostages/fellow students. Among many other things, Charlie says that he honestly does not know why he chose to do these things and claims that if he did know, he probably wouldn't do them. While toying with various authority figures who attempt to negotiate with him, he turns the class into a sort of therapy group, causing his schoolmates to semi-voluntarily tell embarrassing secrets about themselves and each other. Interspersed throughout are narrative flashbacks to Charlie's own unpleasant childhood and adolescence, particularly his horrid relationship with his father, an abusive alcoholic.

He finally comes to the realization that only one of the other students is really being held there against his will: a seeming "big man on campus" named Ted Jones, who is harboring his own unpleasant secrets. The other students attack Jones, leaving him battered and catatonic, and file out of the school. When the police enter the classroom, the now-unarmed Charlie deliberately makes a wild "threatening" gesture and is shot three times. He survives and is committed to an insane asylum, where he finishes telling his tale to whomever he is telling it, saying it is time to turn out the light.
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foreverpsycotic

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Nothing currently, I stopped reading for enjoyment like 5-6 years ago.
Hopefully tomorrow I will pick up this amazing book:
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I have a confession to make - I've read all (yes ALL) of the Harry Potter books. I've read alot of sci-fi/fantasy books in my life, and believe it or not JK Rowling is a very good author. She has an incredible imagination. The movies really don't do the books justice. Very well written. One series that I did read that was very poorly written was the "Left Behind" series. Too bad, because the authors had an excellent story, but a poor grasp on character development.

Eragon was a direct rip-off from Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. McCaffrey created an incredible society revolving around dragons, probably my all-time favorite series of books. I didn't read the Eragon books, only saw the movie. I'm sure the books were better.

Also enjoyed Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series. What an imagination he has!
 
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Ditto on Harry Potter and the Dragon Riders series, Eragon the book was so much better than that turd of a movie they made it into. ;)

I read anything and everything and my house looks like a second hand book shop.
 
DsBetterHalf

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The Pretty Doward
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Currently reading Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson. Second book in the Mistborn trilogy, and incredible! I can't put them down. :)

Zoom - I have been pen-pals with Piers Anthony since I was 10. He lives here in FL. I have read every book he has written, and one of my character suggestions was used in his Xanth novels. And I agree, upon looking at the stories and thinking about it, that it appears Paolini did get a LOT of his ideas from reading McCaffrey. His books are still phenomenally good, though.

IJ - You need to ask Doward about our "breeding books." I probably have enough books to put the local library out of business, LOL.

I never did get into the Harry Potter series. I tried, a couple of different times, but for some reason it just didn't hold my attention.
 
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"Fudge you, butthole!"
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IJ.;1162733 said:
I read anything and everything and my house looks like a second hand book shop.
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That's what I want my house to look like eventually... :D

I've never been much interested in Harry Potter (or Pothead as we like to say)... this whole magician thing... I dunno.

I did enjoy the 'The Dark Tower' Series by Stephen King (who else? :icon_razz)... absolutely love it. I can't describe it... this mixture of western, horror, fantasy... I love diving into this fantasy world. My imagination really enjoys it. Aaah, I wish I had those books here, but they are overseas :(
 
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DsBetterHalf;1162740 said:
Currently reading Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson. Second book in the Mistborn trilogy, and incredible! I can't put them down. :)

Zoom - I have been pen-pals with Piers Anthony since I was 10. He lives here in FL. I have read every book he has written, and one of my character suggestions was used in his Xanth novels. And I agree, upon looking at the stories and thinking about it, that it appears Paolini did get a LOT of his ideas from reading McCaffrey. His books are still phenomenally good, though.

IJ - You need to ask Doward about our "breeding books." I probably have enough books to put the local library out of business, LOL.

I never did get into the Harry Potter series. I tried, a couple of different times, but for some reason it just didn't hold my attention.
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I've read most of the Xanth books, his Bio of a Space Tyrant series, two of the Mode books and his Adept series along with misc others he has written. His books often have a touch of soft porn or incredible violence to them. His Firefly book was just bizarre, and I quit reading his stuff. Underage girls having sex was a common theme in his books, and it made me start wondering about what kind of person Piers is. But I can see why those books are very popular.

Now I bet alot of people on here are going to check out those Piers Anthony books!
 
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IJ.;1162733 said:
Ditto on Harry Potter and the Dragon Riders series, Eragon the book was so much better than that turd of a movie they made it into. ;)

I read anything and everything and my house looks like a second hand book shop.
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I'm hoping they don't make a movie out of Anne's books! She probably won't let them as long as she is alive.

Oh, and the funniest series I ever read was Douglas Adams (RIP) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He helped with the movie, and I think they did a very good job (have it on DVD). So did the BBC when it did as a tv series (have it on tape).
 
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IJ.;1162765 said:
Bella: Felt a bit cheated at the end of Dark Tower after following it for many years :(
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I really liked the ending... it's a true neverending story now... :icon_bigg
 
DsBetterHalf

DsBetterHalf

The Pretty Doward
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Since we all seem to be kind of active in here tonight - does anyone know anything about Anathem, by Neal Stephenson? I got the advanced reading copy, but I don't know if it is part of a series or not. All I know is it is supposed to be hard sci-fi....
 
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