Rereading Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott.
What are you reading? (Literature)
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Woaaah! Lucky bastard!
King Lear must be my favourite Shakespeare play! How was it?Hehe! You're a Red-ish Senior Member now!
I've not seen KL yet, I think it comes to town in late February - early March of 2011. I cannot wait, plus we read it next year so it'll be really valuable to have seen this before-hand.
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in order of persistence:
blood meridian - cormac mccarthy
the women - tc boyle (what a lousy title…)
vinland sagas ('cause their progeny raised me)
go rin no sho - musashi, eh?
wassermusik - tc boyle (german)
das parfum - patrick suskind (german, hangul)
the road - cormac mccarthy (hangul)
the histories - herodotus
physics and philosophy - werner heisenbergthere'd be lots more samurais if i could've included an unforgiveable quantity of manga. forgot my german and only know the hangul alphabet, so those'll take a while.
hope you liked the stand. i read that, the soong dynasty and battle royale each in a day. stories are better than food but maybe not pubs. i read one piece volumes six to whatever chapter it was that shanks stopped the war in about a week. the reason i picked it up again was that i heard by chance he'd shown up with such flash. when i'd previously stopped at volume five, wow, did i stop reading before it kicked in.
:D
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Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett.
Its a real shame this wasn't part of a trilogy or perhaps just a little longer.
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I finished off James Clavell's Shogun the other week, fantastic book. I'm preparing to start up Tai-Pan.
Also rereading the Robotech novels on the side.
And a bunch of comics.
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Just Finished reading Heresy looking very forward to the sequel
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I'm reading the second book in the Septimus Heap series: Flyte by Angie Sage.
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Lowry's Under the Volcano
the horrors of alcoholism, depression and the human mind
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I'm quite an odd person, in the sense that I can totally avoid things like the plague from ancient views I adopted as a kid. Be it food, sports, author etc.
Now one of plagues was none other than Terry Pratchett. I've avoided his many books for years until a few days ago when I stumbled upon a book he did with a rather decent author called Neil Gaiman.
Its great, and even better I've opened up another author to add to my extensive, if not biblical collection. If all goes well his entire series will carry me until march…
...then I can finish off Steven Kings books.
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bunch of assorted shit including
The Making of the English Working Class
The Keynesian Revolution in the Making
History of the Russian Revolution
The Prince (which is really fun)
The Dark Tower IV: Wizards and Glass
and Dan Brown's new book (I have to buy it first). Me and some friends have a competition going where who ever grinds through it last pays for the next couple of pub trips. -
Dan Brown - the worst writer of the 21st century
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Do we even consider Dan Brown and Stephanie Meyer as writers.
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A book about the German Civil Code and one about the history of the law.
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The Shining, one of Stephen King's many masterpieces…
And Jane Eyre in english class, which pisses me off because I'm reading like fifty pages a night
and I have better stuff to do than read about a boring little girl. Everyone says it gets better, though. I just have no patience for fat classics… -
I have better stuff to do than read about a boring little girl. Everyone says it gets better, though. I just have no patience for fat classics…
be glad it's not something by nathaniel fucking hawthorne or that awful woman who wrote "ethan frome".
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I'm reading Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Also, I'm trying to read Equal Rites but keep getting interrupted by my English class. Also Roadside Picnic.
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I´m reading Les misérables and Notre dame de Paris borthby Victor Hugo.
I´ve alreadyread them once but I like those books =)And I really liked Jane Eyre, it can be a little boring in the beginning though.
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1984, A Clockwork Orange and The Handmaid's Tale.
All dystopian novels, for English Lit
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I hate how fast I go through books.
When its silent and a little dark I can stare at a page and absorb the text in a dream-like, yet blistering fast state. (Though it really does have to be silent)
Not many people I know can do that…
Anyone here?
As for the book: Currently waiting on a handful of Pratchett books to arrive.
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I tend to juggle books quite a bit, but the main enchilada for me this fall is
Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow
adorable so far :3
better than Vineland, on par with Crying of Lot 49, but I am not that far yet. I do love Pynchon's tongue and/or ear for prose.
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Gravity's Rainbow was extremely confusing for me. I'll probably get around to reading it eventually, though.
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I bought a book of poetry in prose by Charles Baudelaire
(I knew him only by name, and his literary class as well, ..)
my friend told me that Charles Baudelaire is similar to Jean Paul Sartredo you guys think they look alike ? (as they write)
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Gravity's Rainbow being confusing for you might spawn from the fact that Pynchon is an incredibly over-verbose and pretentious writer with a knack for writing about incredibly dull topics that, naturally, get blown out of proportion as THE MASTERPIECE OF A GENERATION by the press.
Still reading Under the Volcano right now, by the way.
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finished moby dick last week.
eagerly awaiting the release of sarah vowell's 'unfamiliar fishes'. -
I had an extra hour and a half of time today and got pretty far through Equal Rites. I love Pratchett :wub: .
Also, in English class there's a bunch of girls (and a few guys) that were saying that they hate reading and haven't read anything in quite a few years. It's frankly disgusting. These are the same people that spend every minute of their lives texting and shit like that.
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I had an extra hour and a half of time today and got pretty far through Equal Rites. I love Pratchett :wub: .
Being one of his earlier books, Equal Rites is written in style that is yet to become the reknown Pratchett style, a style in the works so to say. I was quite surprised after reading this book after completing the Death cycle.
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One Piece. Other stuff. Just finished re-reading I Am the Cheese. Currently re-reading Dragon of the Lost Sea by Laurence Yep.
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The portion of the population who thinks READING IS BORING can literally just be thrown alive into a pit of flames for all I care.
I don't care who you are; there can be no doubting that you're boring and a waste of atoms if you can't appreciate writing in any form.
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To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the classics I always meant to read. Doing well so far.
I actually haven't read 1984, Lord of the Flies and a few other classics o_o in due time. -
À la recherche du temps perdu.
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Crime and Punishment.
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Ive been reading "Under the Dome" by none other than the greatest horror writer Mr. S. King. lol. i havent picked it up in awhile but im about 1/4 of the way into it. Its really good.
Also another good book.. if your looking for a series is "Uglies" followed by "Pretties" "Specials" and "Extras". there really great.
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Sten Nadolny - The Discovery of Slowness
Great book.
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Gravity's Rainbow being confusing for you might spawn from the fact that Pynchon is an incredibly over-verbose and pretentious writer with a knack for writing about incredibly dull topics that, naturally, get blown out of proportion as THE MASTERPIECE OF A GENERATION by the press.
Still reading Under the Volcano right now, by the way.
Sorry you feel that way chap, but personally I'm loving this.
I picked up Cat's Cradle too. Fun stuff.
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Trying to get through the Towers of Midnight right now. Wish me luck. Also, need to get back on 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' and 'Blindness.'
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I finished Under the Volcano earlier today. The ending was so god damn depressing; I mean, I saw the ending coming the moment I read the first few pages of the book, but it was still pretty damn powerful.
I'm on the fence in terms of what book I should read next. My list is compiled of a nice little variety of genres: Sons and Lovers, A People's History of the United States, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, At the Water's Edge; however, it's pretty difficult to narrow it down. I'm leaning towards Hardy or Zinn right now.
@raj:
Sorry you feel that way chap, but personally I'm loving this.
I picked up Cat's Cradle too. Fun stuff.
Pynchon just gives me poor vibes. Perhaps someday I'll be able to appreciate his works more.
Cat's Cradle… Vonnegut, yes? I've read SH-5 and Bluebeard, which I enjoyed to an extent. Cat's Cradle has always been on my list, assuming it's as good as those two.
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I'm on the fence in terms of what book I should read next. My list is compiled of a nice little variety of genres: Sons and Lovers, A People's History of the United States, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, At the Water's Edge; however, it's pretty difficult to narrow it down. I'm leaning towards Hardy or Zinn right now.
I love Thomas Hardy, and either Tess or Jude the Obscure are my favorite novels of his. If you haven't read either you need to read both.
Also, don't read these if you don't feel like wanting to kill yourself afterward.
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Currently reading Bret Hart's Auto bio Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling and John Dies at the End by David Wong.
Also recently finished To Kill a Mockingbird for the fifth time and I still love reading it.
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Ah yes Atticus is such a pimp.
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I am reading a book called The Fire Thief based off Greek Mythology. (No. Not the lighting thief) As well as I just finished the 2nd book in the Leviathan Series, called Behemoth
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I've been wanting to read the russian masters (Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky,..) for quite some time now. So I started reading Solzjenitsyn's "The goelag archipel", and haven't read anything like it untill now, it's great.
Seeking infinity, with all my affinities.
Finding truth, like a falling fruit, my ultimate finality.
Inside my being, the outside, all things; the finite leads the way.
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Last week, I started reading Fall of Giants by Ken Follet. It uses a lot of the same storytelling elements that he used in Pillars of the Earth: Binding characters together who at first have nothing in common. Instead of the Dark Ages, it takes place during World War I, which is a welcome change for me. It's gotten a lot of flak from his fans, but I'm liking it so far.
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Started reading the Lord of the Rings series, with Fellowship of the Ring. Up to page 103; bit boring - Gandalf is a bit more bland than I'd hoped, but I'll reserve full judgement until I get further into the book.
Also somewhat started The String of Pearls, which is the original Novelisation of the story of Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I suppose, despite the fact that I don't like crossing series between books, I'll read it AFTER I finish Fellowship, then continue with the LOTR Series.
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I've tried so many times to make it through Fellowship, but I don't think I've ever made it past halfway, I've always grown tired of it.
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I've tried so many times to make it through Fellowship, but I don't think I've ever made it past halfway, I've always grown tired of it.
Yeah I tried to read it before and it was very boring. Even 100 pages in it is very boring. A Reviewer friend of mine told me it has pretty bad pacing, he said it's just like 'walk a bit, rest a bit, eat a bit' etc, but I wanna find out about these Black Riders.
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It gets better. Trust me.
"Bobby, I'm going to ask you to do two things I hope you'll never have to do again. Tape the Cowboys game, and get me an apron." - Hank Hill
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Dey see me trollin' dey hatin'
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I've been wanting to read the russian masters (Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky,..) for quite some time now. So I started reading Solzjenitsyn's "The goelag archipel", and haven't read anything like it untill now, it's great.
From what I've read of Tolstoy (pretty much just The Death Of Ivan Ilyich) he's not bad. I've also read Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, it's quite good if a bit lengthy. It's a hard one to read in big chunks.
Nearly done with Chronicle Of A Death Foretold (which I was surprised to find out that I enjoyed) and recently started Frankenstein. Since I got my extended essay topic on Harry Potter approved, I'm continuing my rereading and marking of the first book.
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I'm not really good at reading books till the end. Currently reading: Jonathan Strange & mr Norrell, Bleak House, The Catcher in the Rye, Vellum, World without end, Wheel of time 12. (12th in finnish edition, around 5. in the original), Primeval and other times, A Suitable Boy, The Fourteen sisters of Emilio, Harjunpää ja pyromaani, Harjunpää -Väkivallan virkamies, Voyager, Hiroshima.
Most of them I'm around halfway through. For some reason, I can still remember what's happening in them all. -
I've also read Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, it's quite good if a bit lengthy. It's a hard one to read in big chunks.
I actually read the entire book in two days so idk. Anyway I am impressed with how perfectly he conveys the feelings of the murderer - I seriously felt a bit disturbed (read it at age 12) now i am trying to read it in Russian.
