12-22-1999, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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what are you reading right now?
Well that about sums it up?
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05-18-2001, 08:31 PM | #2 |
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Reading any good books?
I just finished up Crichton's The Lost World, and I'll probibally get a John Grisham tomorrow.
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05-24-2001, 08:15 PM | #3 |
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Re: Reading any good books?
Well, I got Jurassic World (JP and TLW combined) and Rainbow 6 instead.
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10-24-2004, 01:36 AM | #4 |
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Uh, is this thread still on its original theme? If so, I'm reading A Wizard of EarthSea by Ursula Le Guin. If not, I feel stupid ;-)
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Not counting my academic readings, the last two months have seen me proceed at a rather slow pace. Off the top of my head:
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident and Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code Eoin Colfer Casino Royale - Ian Fleming The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (yuck) Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood ... and a bunch more that I can't recall right now. Most of my time is otherwise spent with computer programming textbooks and philosophical writings on literary theory.
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10-26-2004, 02:39 PM | #6 |
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The Alchemist. After that (hopefully), book 11 & 12 of Wheel of Time.
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10-26-2004, 03:32 PM | #8 |
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The Allegory of Love by CS Lewis. Tough going for a science major and no middle english to speak of!
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Heh heh... I thought you might be reading something theological.
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10-26-2004, 04:26 PM | #10 |
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Nurv,
This work is about the Court poetry of the Middle Ages. A study of allegory - its rise, development, and fall! On the side, obviously I'm reading TIME, NEWSWEEK, and SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, and professional stuff. But, it's all theology in a way... !
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10-27-2004, 03:03 PM | #11 |
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Aren't all of CS Lewis' books theological (in a way)?
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10-27-2004, 03:24 PM | #12 |
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Lenya,
No. All of Mr. Lewis' books are not theological. He was Professor of Medieval and Renassance Studies at Oxford and Cambridge. He worked on those subjects as a scholar and produced or assisted in the production of technical studies as an on-going matter. I can recall my current reading and the Oxford History of English Literature (excluding Drama) - frequently referred to as the OHEL - off the top of my head. Then there were literary criticism works as well. He is best known for his widely popular fictional works and lay ministry during WWII among the RAF and BBC programs. The Chronicles of Narnia are quite popular and have been made into films and are being made into films. There's a thread for those here at Entmoot also.
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Oh, I had no idee. Thanx
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11-03-2004, 05:11 PM | #14 |
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(Re-)Reading George Eliot - Middlemarch is so long...
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The Brother's Karamazov: Book IV ("Strains") by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and Have His Carcase by Dorothy Sayers
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Is The Brothers Karamazov any good Mercutio?
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The bros. K. is very good, Shelob's hubby!
I liked The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, too - I like all of her books as just fun, light reads, but this is one of the better ones.
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THE WEIGHT OF GLORY by CS Lewis.
Excellent exposition of central Christian beliefs exquisitely well written.
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i am currently re-reading
The Book of Wisdom by Tenzing Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama and also a book on Buddhist Scriptures I found at a second-hand book shop |
11-05-2004, 12:40 PM | #20 |
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Currently rereading LOTR. Just now, I left Frodo with Gildor. It's amazing how many subtle hints to the later parts of the story can be glimpsed on rereading!
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