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7488411 No.7488411 [Reply] [Original]

My Dad asked for the martian for christmas. What's a better book similar to the martian i can get him instead?

>> No.7488419

>>7488411
He asked for the martian, get him the martian.
Don't be a pretentious faggot.

If you want to get him another book, fine, but at least get him what he asked for.

>> No.7488420

It's an alright book, ignore the /lit/ circlejerk. If he wants it give it to him.

>> No.7488423

>>7488411
Just get him what he bloody wants, smartass.

>> No.7488424

2001: A Space Odyssey

>> No.7488426

>>7488411
The Bible.

>> No.7488432

Journey to the Center of My Ass

>> No.7488444

>>7488411
just give him the martian, you little shit

>> No.7488450

>>7488411
Get him the book, but present it with a Christmas card subtly and smugly berating his literary tastes.

>> No.7488455

>>7488411
Give him a piece of your mind followed by the finger.

>> No.7488461

Holy fuck I'd be real mad if I specifically asked for something and my neckbeard son got me something he prefers instead

>> No.7488472

Get him Neuromancer in addition to the Martian. Say "Y-yeah, I thought th-this might be a g-good follow up." It'll show that you were thinking about him and he'll still get the book he wants.

If someone did that for me I would get completely giddy, even though everytime someone has given me a book because "they thought I'd like it" I just feel like now Im obligated to read this shit and tell him I liked it.

>> No.7488489

Fuck books. Wake him up in the morning with a BJ.

>> No.7488505

Bad idea, OP. should've asked this before the imgur/reddit holiday invasion.

>> No.7488513

>>7488505
>I hate all books that aren't at least 100 years old do I fit in yet guys? XD

>> No.7488522

>>7488513
If you read them, you'd get why they're pushed so hard around here.

>> No.7488524

Get him the book he's asked for, or he'll be disappointed.

Also buy him Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's a much better book, and still has all the hard science to satisfy him if he's into that stuff.

>> No.7488527

ham on rye

>> No.7488530

>>7488411
give him the Martian, but take a dump on it before you giftwrap the box.

>> No.7488544

>>7488505
The Martian us pure shite and everyone who likes it is a Pleb and should an hero but OP should just give his dad what he asked for.

>> No.7488752

>>7488505
What's the cause of this invasion?

>> No.7488965

>>7488752
a /lit/ top 100 books chart got a couple hundred thousand upvotes