04-04-2005, 03:43 PM | #221 |
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I'm reading Foucaults Pendulum. In Norwegian, I tried in english, but that was a bit to hard. Really like the book, but it's strange. Maybe the hardest read I've ever done. And I don't remember more than half, about all the diabolic writers and stuff like that. But it's really genius
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The axes hewed Forlong as he fought alone and unhorsed; and both Duilin of Morthond and his brother were trampled to death when they assailed the mumakil,leading their bowmen close to shoot at the eyes of the monsters. Neither Hirluin the fair would return to Pinnath Gelin, nor Grimbold to Grimslade, nor Halbarad to the northlands,dour-handed Ranger. Those that would not return home, page830-831, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, The Return of the King |
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Maybe I'll read it ironically some time. Darn, I was hoping Thomas Hughes would be like the Roald Dahl of Victorian times, but I guess not eh?
(Is the main character a Gary Stu... you know... a male self-insert character or the embodiment of what the author views as the ideal pesron?) EDIT: Because the main character and the author have the same first name. What I really want now is a new and excellent Arthurian legend. I've read all different kinds of Arthurian legends, from literary epic to cheap crap, and with all manner of plot lines and characters. My favourites are ones where Arthur becomes king (at any point in the book), Kay and Gawain are respected, and the Lancelot-Guenevere thing is not the central plotline. (I really hate that plot line but it can be tolerable, even good, in the hands of a good writer.) Is "I am Mordred" by Nancy Springer good Strider8? That has been on my 'to read' list for a while now. Maybe I'll go to the library before Swedish class today.
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Read Harry Potter books 3-5 over the last 2 weeks, and am in the middle of the Iliad. Go Hektor! (I like how he complains that his wife takes care of the horses before taking care of him ) Suck it up, Achilleus! Take a hike, Paris, you twit!
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The axes hewed Forlong as he fought alone and unhorsed; and both Duilin of Morthond and his brother were trampled to death when they assailed the mumakil,leading their bowmen close to shoot at the eyes of the monsters. Neither Hirluin the fair would return to Pinnath Gelin, nor Grimbold to Grimslade, nor Halbarad to the northlands,dour-handed Ranger. Those that would not return home, page830-831, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, The Return of the King |
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04-11-2005, 07:49 AM | #227 |
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Currently reading an anthology of French poetry. Great stuff!
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OK, just finished Princess Bride - or at least the story part of it (I skimmed thru the "notes") - hilarious! But what in the world happens at the end? (I got the 30th edition) What's with this faceless guy and falling off the cliff and a c-section?!?!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
04-12-2005, 03:19 AM | #229 |
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I am currently reading nothing... looking for suggestions I just finished Revenge of the Sith, I like books like... Beowulf, Di Vinci Code, Lord of the Rings(duh), books by Alex Garland, works by Edger Alan Poe, Dean R. Koontz, most "Classic" litterature like Catcher and the Rye, and James Joyce... So anyone got any good books they read lately that might be interesting!?
I was thinking of buying Memoirs of a Geisha, the Book of Genji, or House of Leaves. Anyone know anything good about these?
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04-12-2005, 07:34 AM | #230 |
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If you liked the Da Vinci Code, I suggest reading Umberto Eco
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Well I finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It's seriously one of the best books I have ever read. Ever. I recommend it to all.
It was moving and sad, and also beautiful and hopeful. It also had some awesome laugh-out-loud moments.
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04-12-2005, 01:12 PM | #233 |
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Indeed, though he can be a bit hard to get into.
Currently reading The Saga of Harald Hårfagres and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and just borrowed Crossroads of Twillight, the first book in Brook's Shannara-series, Asimov's Foundation and a few short-stories.
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04-12-2005, 03:05 PM | #234 |
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I've been reading some Clancy, but I'm basically re-reading the entire Dune series by Frank Herbert... that should occupy me for what? Like a couple months or so...
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The Plague by Alexander Camus. Don't anyone mention dead rats to me...
In Lit class we finished "The Taming of the Shrew" (Shakespeare) and are moving on to "Much Ado About Nothing" (mainly because we are going to see a Shakespeare production and our teacher's going to briefly introduce us to it first). Then we read Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy.
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04-12-2005, 04:48 PM | #236 |
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i am currently reading, by douglas adams
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04-12-2005, 04:49 PM | #237 |
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Mercutio,
You might want to find a copy of PLAGUE by Edward Marriott (originally titled THE PLAGUE RACE in the UK by Picador UK 2002) to read alongside Camus. I promise it will keep you awake long after the lights are out!!! and just think of all those lovely terroristic applications of bioweapons technology of the Cold War era.........
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Oh, Tess is good - you just want to scream at some of the characters sometimes, tho!
Finished 2 small books by an author I've wanted to read for awhile, Fredrich Buechner - Telling Secrets, and The Magnificent Defeat. He has an interesting definition of the Christian meaning of faith - "Faith is the word that describes the direction our feet start moving when we find that we are loved." Still working thru the Iliad - great book! King Lear is next.
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04-12-2005, 07:16 PM | #239 |
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Finished Life of Pi yesterday. Brilliant book! Could've sworn there was a thread for it somewhere...:/
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