If I never hear the title "Confederacy of Dunces" again, I'd be very happy. That is the only book I can think of ever having read that I truly couldn't stand.

/ and I've read Battleship Earth. Ugh

I'll go with "Johnny Got His Gun" and "Slaughterhouse-five". I'd delete "Lolita" and add "The World According to Garp".

Good. There's no reason to make a movie out of that book.

Books are better than movies.

I would add Blade Runner because so much of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? occurs inside the protagonist's head.

Levi Pants. Why?

EnviroDude: Levi Pants. Why?

Something from the Old Testament, I think.

shivashakti: Yeah, I have to agree with some of the other posters.... What's so great about "A Confederacy of Dunces?"

I know I read it. Don't remember it that much.

Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that were offenses against any criteria of taste and decency, reels and reels of perversion and blasphemy that stunned my disbelieving eyes, the shocked my virginal mind, and sealed my valve.

AzDownboy: Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that were offenses against any criteria of taste and decency, reels and reels of perversion and blasphemy that stunned my disbelieving eyes, the shocked my virginal mind, and sealed my valve.


Some people just can't get into New Orleans. Not their fault.

The Dune miniseries on SciFi was, I think, a very good adaptation of Dune. Same thing with Children of Dune, which was an adaptation of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune.

I thought Fight Club was done well for a book with so much internel dialog.

and no Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

Cuchulane: That is the only book I can think of ever having read that I truly couldn't stand.

You have poor taste in books. What else can I say?

Seriously, it's a near perfect manuscript. If he hadn't committed suicide, he'd be one of the greats, no doubt.

They would have to change the book a bit, and make some of the characters seem less like stereotypes.

/How about a Goon movie instead. Better stereotypes.

Came here to complain if the Tristam Shandy adaptation wasn't on the list, happy to see it's there. Absolutely hilarious movie that needs more love.

dutchoven69: doglover: Cuchulane: That is the only book I can think of ever having read that I truly couldn't stand.

You have poor taste in books. What else can I say?

Seriously, it's a near perfect manuscript. If he hadn't committed suicide, he'd be one of the greats, no doubt.

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All of this. It is perfect. I've read some pretty funny books, but none have made me laugh half as hard as this one.

Hoopy Frood: I can't remember any characters from A Confederacy of Dunces that I didn't hope would get punched. The only reason I read it all the way through was because the cover had some quip about how funny it was, and I figured I just hadn't gotten to that part yet.

I feel sorry for what went so wrong in your life.

Maybe some people just don't like New Orleans. I think I heard a lot from them after Katrina.

I think the main problem here is that people can't read outside of their genre.

Personally I cannot STAND science fiction and I cannot read enough fantasy with magic and swords. But, as the author of Ender's Game noted, the only REAL difference between the two genres is fantasy has trees on the cover and sci-fi has bolts. So when I find myself in a sci-fi book, I can put away my preference and read the words the author wrote. Same for murder mysteries, biographies, and even magazine articles.

Some people can't turn off that switch. They read a book that starts with a fat man assaulting a police officer with a lute string and they're just "This is bullshiat." and don't judge it fairly.

Those same people would see a group of poor black women holding a semen stained bed sheet with "WORKERS UNITE" written on it in shoe polish in a movie and laugh hysterically until they shat their pants if said movie was in their comfort zone. They probbaly read a lot of one kind of book and enjoy those immensely.

Adaptation kind of counts.

TappingTheVein: I'll also add Watchmen.

I'm pretty glad Watchmen *isn't* there. It certainly looked like the comic. That's about it, though.

Harry_Seldon: Still waiting....

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The list is incomplete without "The World According to Garp."

Cuchulane: If I never hear the title "Confederacy of Dunces" again, I'd be very happy. That is the only book I can think of ever having read that I truly couldn't stand.

/ and I've read Battleship Earth. Ugh

Different strokes. As soon as I finished it, I flipped back to page one and started over again. But, I've spent a lot of time in New Orleans.

what_now: Good. There's no reason to make a movie out of that book.

Books are better than movies.

I would say that it would make a great movie, but then I read the Wikipedia entry (new window) about the attempts to make it into a movie. I like John Goodman, and I can see why they would pick him, but he's totally not right for the part; he has the look, but isn't slothful enough. Belushi would have been slothful enough, but his parts always scream, "look at me, I'm an attention whore," which would be out of character for Ignatius. The line "... John Waters was interested in directing an adaption starring Divine as Ignatius..." almost made me puke.

Msol: TappingTheVein: I'll also add Watchmen.

I'm pretty glad Watchmen *isn't* there. It certainly looked like the comic. That's about it, though.

Have to disagree with you- lots of people never thought it could be adapted-but it was done so very beautifully. There were only a few minor changes- one line that should have been said to vedit- and the SQUID subplot. But the changes made sense for the movie audience.

A Confederacy of Dunces is the perfect book if your inherently annoying and aggressively oblivious.
Books with leads like Igantius appeal to a certain type of dip.

FourBlackBars: A Confederacy of Dunces is the perfect book if your inherently annoying and aggressively oblivious.
Books with leads like Igantius appeal to a certain type of dip.

You're not supposed to identify with him, you know. He's the protagonist in the loosest sense of the word. If you DO identify with him, I can see why you hate the book.

Last of the Mohicans is an unreadable book but excellent movie.