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i saw 1984...... never read that one personally...
Jimbo - i hope your sisters enjoy them and they help to guide them.. they have meant so much to me in my learning
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1984 is an interesting story on totalitarianism. Sorta reminds you of North Korea today.

It's hard to find clean books nowadays. Without love? Pfft. You should just stick to textbooks then. :p
 
jimbo123 said:
Well, even 1984 isn't very clean.
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It's a REALLY small portion that's not. But yeah, you're right.

Harry Potter is somewhat clean.

The Narnia series is 100% clean, I think...
 
Really? There's quite a lot I thought.

Harry Potter, doesn't it encourage magic and sorcery? And is one of the characters supposed to be gay?
 
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Can anyone recommend some books (without explicit sex scenes)?
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Er... most books lack explicit sex scenes. Though I suppose as a general rule you could avoid the Romance section.

jimbo123 said:
Harry Potter, doesn't it encourage magic and sorcery?
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No more than most other books of the fantasy genre.

And is one of the characters supposed to be gay?
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According to the author in an interview, yes. The books themselves are silent on the matter.

Try something by Ray Bradbury. Specifically 'Farenheit 451'. Because it is brilliant.

Alternatively, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee is a masterpiece, as is Phillip K Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'
 
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Muezzin said:
Er... most books lack explicit sex scenes. Though I suppose as a general rule you could avoid the Romance section.
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I read The Girl with Dragon Tattoo trilogy recently. Wow that was really explicit but I had to know how it ends. I like crime/thrillers but they all have this problem. I guess I should read more Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes.
 
jimbo123 said:
Harry Potter, doesn't it encourage magic and sorcery?
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No, it doesn't. Just because those things are in the books doesn't mean that they're encouraged. Magic is just a backdrop for a plot that could have equally happened within any other framework. You might as well say that X-Men comics are encouraging mutation.

And is one of the characters supposed to be gay?
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Only according to the author; it's never mentioned in the books themselves. What, does having a gay character automatically make the books evil somehow? There's a very large cast of characters in the world they depict and when you meet enough people in any setting it can be only so long before you run into one who's gay. There's no message to it, it's just being realistic about humans.
 
Somebody asked me anonymously which character is supposed to be gay. It's Dumbledore. But again, the books themselves, while allowing the notion to make a certain amount of sense, never bring up the fact. They're not hiding anything, it just isn't a subject that pops up in the plot.
 
Have you considered reading lord of the rings? I'm reading the first book and its great. I skim the poems though.
 
Yahya Sulaiman said:
No, it doesn't. Just because those things are in the books doesn't mean that they're encouraged. Magic is just a backdrop for a plot that could have equally happened within any other framework. You might as well say that X-Men comics are encouraging mutation.



Only according to the author; it's never mentioned in the books themselves. What, does having a gay character automatically make the books evil somehow? There's a very large cast of characters in the world they depict and when you meet enough people in any setting it can be only so long before you run into one who's gay. There's no message to it, it's just being realistic about humans.
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It's true that it's being realistic about human but it's mass media influence. I don't know the right words to say this in. You know like how in some movies you see a guy with a cigarette in his mouth before he beats up the baddies? For me that's a negative influence, even if it might be true because it tempts me to take up smoking.

When I was younger, sometimes I used to stay up late and watch films and let's say I caught glimpses of 'adult scenes' which, a young kid especially should never see. That probably affected me a bit. Now, that was late night TV. These days you can find scenes and adverts of an explicit nature by about 7pm! 10 years down the line I dread to think how much worse it can get! Imagine seeing a perfume advert with gay men?

That's just my opinion on mass media. I hope I didn't meander too much.
 
There are no sex scenes in Harry Potter and almost all of the violence is fantastical. Very little cursing. The books are meant to be mostly family friendly yet also appealing to adults. What, is having a gay character who happens to be a noble fellow an automatic endorsement of the practice of homosexuality, even though the story itself doesn't even tell you that he's gay (and the same interview wherein the author said he was also mentioned that he probably doesn't practice and leads "a celibate and bookish life")? By that logic you could just as much call Dumbledore an endorsement of old age, teaching, fondness of chamber music, bookishness and having a broken nose. They're all just qualities he happens to possess. End of story.
 
I swear there was another thread like this..
Classic books tend to be the best ones to stick with (to avoid lovey dovey mushy stuff), like:
Roll of thunder, hear my cry; To kill a mocking bird (as already mentioned); Of mice and men, etc.
Of modernish books, I loved: The curious incident of the dog in the night; Caught in the cross fire (someone falls in love, but no mush..); The mystery of the london eye, among others. Honestly, if you want books that have no mush whatsoever, you should try reading: The Alex Rider series, as well as the Artemis Fowl series ; Jimmy Coates etc.(I know they're aimed at 14 year old boys, but they're awsome(ish)
 
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books

Wensley Clarkson
0 Reviews
John Blake, 2010 - 296 pages

Investigative reporter Wensley Clarkson has spent years researching the most extreme and intriguing cases of women who commit murder, and this gripping collection brings together 20 of his most thrilling true stories. These are the tales of women who challenge our idea of what many still, mistakenly, often think of as the weaker sex. Their characters and backgrounds are as diverse as they are deadly, and their crimes are every bit as shocking as those of of their male counterparts. From the case of the beautiful Diana Perry, who suffered years of abuse at the hands of her husband before taking the matter into her own hands; to Bobby, a woman whose gruesome interest in blood led to one of the most horrific seduction killings ever seen.




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I actually read this. :hiding:I saw it in the library and took it out. There is one chapter that is definitely not appropriate. I know it is not fiction book. It a book I happen to like. 8 out 10 for me. :Evil:
 
jimbo123 said:
It's true that it's being realistic about human but it's mass media influence. I don't know the right words to say this in. You know like how in some movies you see a guy with a cigarette in his mouth before he beats up the baddies? For me that's a negative influence, even if it might be true because it tempts me to take up smoking.

When I was younger, sometimes I used to stay up late and watch films and let's say I caught glimpses of 'adult scenes' which, a young kid especially should never see. That probably affected me a bit. Now, that was late night TV. These days you can find scenes and adverts of an explicit nature by about 7pm! 10 years down the line I dread to think how much worse it can get! Imagine seeing a perfume advert with gay men?

That's just my opinion on mass media. I hope I didn't meander too much.
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Your right. The media can influence us.
 

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