Bookburnings

[bookish_dragon]

In general, I don't support book-burnings. Because, yeah, I might not like the books, but it's too close to censorship for me.

Regardless, I have had books I would have cheerfully used to kindle the fireplace, had we not had gasheating. Despite that, and inspired by this thread on the SDMB, I pose the question:

What book would you want to burn, no matter what reason? For sake of argument, you only get to burn the copy you own yourself. ;)

Comments

[mellinore.livejournal.com]

My general principle.

If I simply could not read the book, or had a real struggle to finish it, it's fair game.

They fall into three categories.

Books I own and would burn.
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams. I got 200 pages in and gave up.
The Da Vinvi Code by Dan Brown. Finished somehow.

Books I don't own, but would burn if I did.
The Illuminatus Trilogy. I managed to read book 1, then gave up.
Stranger in a Strange Land.

Books I'd consider buying a copy just to burn,
Nothing comes to mind just yet.

So there it is.

I'm sure there are others, but this is the worst of them. So far, nothing's made it into the worst-of-the-worst category; I can't say I'm unhappy about that. (Unless you want to count certain so-called fanfics that are, imho, just excuses for the writers to get off with themselves.)

[yattara.livejournal.com]

Meh, with the fanfics (I'm guessing Rose bloody Potter and the entire Hogwarts Expsoed-series?), I'd rather set fire to the typists' computers. Stop them from writing even more and plagueing us with them.

And you know my stand on Stranger in a Strange Land, given that I am the one who lent it to you. ;)

[mellinore.livejournal.com]

Right on both fanfics.

And of course I knew what you think about Stranger... but life would be so dull if we agreed about everything all the time, love.

:P

[yattara.livejournal.com]

It would be fun...as long as you followed my taste.

That's women's prerogative, to have her every whim obeyed. ;)

[bubonicwoodchuk.livejournal.com]

Eragon.

[elcalion.livejournal.com]

I'd have to say 'Middlemarch', George Eliot. I hated that book. That said, last time I tried to read it was in Year 8 (so nigh on nine years ago now) for an assignment and I didn't manage to make it through, so perhaps I should try and reread it before going straight to burning.