Auron555:
I read Lord of the Flies in seventh grade...

Where do you go to school? Those standards are much higher than my school was, I read it in 10th grade honors english

The Count of Monte Cristo, either when

I also read Ender's Game, but thought most of the stuff outside of the video game and the military tactics was kind of dull.

I was surprised, however, at how good I found Manta's Gift by Timothy Zahn. His books are usually decent to good, but Manta is another one I reread every so often, along with Fallon's A Sword for the Immerland King, Zahn's Midnight Train to Rigel and some other book called Beyond the Hanging Wall. All highly underrated pieces of fiction.

The whole rallying of the Malkieri in Knife of Dreams, Lan being badass for a chapter or two.

a book called among the enemy really got me into the story and i really loved it

PedroSteckecilo:
I've never read Enders Game but I'm not dumb enough to insult it.

Personal favorite moment in literature? That's a tough one, rarely has a book come down to one moment of awesome but the ending to Barry Hugharts "The Bridge of Birds" where the mystery is solved and everyone gets a happy ending was awesome. That or the climax of The Sign of The Four with the Steamlaunch Chase.

I gotta agree with you on the Sign of the Four. I totally forgot about that part. I'm going to have to give it another rea.

Xiado:
Amber Spyglass: God is a senile old man and his regent angel is the maniacal and evil badguy. That made me feel warm inside.

Are you an atheist or just enjoy religious-related irony like I do? Because I haven't met anyone else with my penchant for religious irreverence, and it would be nice to know that I'm not alone.

Phase_9:

Xiado:
Amber Spyglass: God is a senile old man and his regent angel is the maniacal and evil badguy. That made me feel warm inside.

Are you an atheist or just enjoy religious-related irony like I do? Because I haven't met anyone else with my penchant for religious irreverence, and it would be nice to know that I'm not alone.

Both! And you can also be secure that Philip Pullman has the same view

Xiado:

Phase_9:

Xiado:
Amber Spyglass: God is a senile old man and his regent angel is the maniacal and evil badguy. That made me feel warm inside.

Are you an atheist or just enjoy religious-related irony like I do? Because I haven't met anyone else with my penchant for religious irreverence, and it would be nice to know that I'm not alone.

Both! And you can also be secure that Philip Pullman has the same view

I didn't know the guy, but it's good to finally meet a fellow irreverent jerk!

Phase_9:

Xiado:

Phase_9:

Xiado:
Amber Spyglass: God is a senile old man and his regent angel is the maniacal and evil badguy. That made me feel warm inside.

Are you an atheist or just enjoy religious-related irony like I do? Because I haven't met anyone else with my penchant for religious irreverence, and it would be nice to know that I'm not alone.

Both! And you can also be secure that Philip Pullman has the same view

I didn't know the guy, but it's good to finally meet a fellow irreverent jerk!

He's the author

1. All of the 1001 Arabian Nights. Its like the great grand daddy of stories.
2. The false narrator twist introduced by Agatha Christie in the Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
3. The Storm Scene from King Lear.
4. All the Dr Manhattan scenes from Watchmen.

And it's not really 'in literature' but I love the moment where you open a book and get a sniff of that paper smell.

All the plot twists and anything Artemis did in the Artemis Fowl series.

i just finish reading the bfg for the first time in about 12 years. i loved the bit where he explains what all the different people of the world taste like.

i also love the part in a darkling plain (part 4 of the hungry city chronicles) by philip reeve where hester walks into that town and just kills a few people and i was just thinking "hester is a badass"

also the bike incident in a scanner darkly

Xiado:

Phase_9:

Xiado:

Phase_9:

Xiado:
Amber Spyglass: God is a senile old man and his regent angel is the maniacal and evil badguy. That made me feel warm inside.

Are you an atheist or just enjoy religious-related irony like I do? Because I haven't met anyone else with my penchant for religious irreverence, and it would be nice to know that I'm not alone.

Both! And you can also be secure that Philip Pullman has the same view

I didn't know the guy, but it's good to finally meet a fellow irreverent jerk!

He's the author

I know he's the author. I was using the term to indicate that I've never personally met him.

When Oscar Wilde wrote:

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The climax in the Picture of Dorian Gray.

Woah.

Oscar Wilde is amazing.