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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The unreadable #131480 08/13/2004 4:44 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK The trend of the 'ergodic' thread in the Q&A forum got me thinking: Which are the (generally well-regarded) writers/books you find difficult or impossible to read, and why? I'll kick off with D H Lawrence - all that passion in so few pages gives me palpitations! And I'm with Jheem in that I have never been able to get through Moby Dick. cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The unreadable shanks 08/13/2004 4:44 PM Re: The unreadable tsuwm 08/13/2004 5:06 PM Re: The unreadable jheem 08/13/2004 6:03 PM moby dick Alex Williams 08/13/2004 6:07 PM Re: The unreadable TheFallibleFiend 08/13/2004 6:33 PM Re: The unreadable clockworkchaos 08/13/2004 7:19 PM Re: Too [sic] the Lighthouse?! AnnaStrophic 08/13/2004 7:30 PM Re: unreadables Coffeebean 08/14/2004 1:14 AM Re: unreadables jheem 08/14/2004 1:19 PM Re: eternal, golden braid Buffalo Shrdlu 08/14/2004 1:40 PM Re: sortes Hofstadterij jheem 08/14/2004 1:52 PM Re: The unreadable TEd Remington 08/13/2004 7:08 PM Re: The unreadable Bobyoungbalt 08/15/2004 4:10 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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