06-16-2004, 12:24 PM | #1381 | |
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Interesting translation; not a - don't quite know how to word it - "smooth" English translation, but I liked it. I got the sense that he was more trying to bring out the nuances and connotations than to just make it "smooth" English, which I appreciated.
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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 Ã¥ â„¢ 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! |
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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 Ã¥ â„¢ 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! |
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06-16-2004, 09:55 PM | #1383 | |
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06-17-2004, 07:03 PM | #1384 |
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Halfway thru Dune ...
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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 Ã¥ â„¢ 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! |
06-17-2004, 07:57 PM | #1385 |
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i am reading indiana jones and the unicorns legacy
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06-18-2004, 12:29 AM | #1386 | |
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And more importantly, is there anyone I haven't bugged to read Dune?
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06-18-2004, 09:03 AM | #1387 | |
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After that it's Memoirs of a Geisha I think. |
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06-18-2004, 10:21 AM | #1388 |
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At the moment I'm diving back into Churchill's A.H.O.E.S.P.-II: The New World (have left it alone for a while, and will now finish it). Same thing with PD James' A Mind To Murder. Will also begin to read Vonda N McIntyre's The Crystal Star (since I've begun again to read my SW-books).
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06-18-2004, 02:40 PM | #1389 | |
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06-18-2004, 08:58 PM | #1390 |
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finally finished children of dune... what a great book!
i have a lot of thoughts on it but too little time picking up the next one this weekend
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06-19-2004, 02:53 PM | #1391 |
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I finished Dune and resurrected a thread on it over in the sci-fi/fantasy book forum ...
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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 Ã¥ â„¢ 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! |
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I tried, BoP, I tried ... (see Dune thread) Just picked up Milton's Paradise Lost, etc. - I love the line: Quote:
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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 Ã¥ â„¢ 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! |
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06-19-2004, 04:43 PM | #1393 |
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Somewhat inspired by Bloomsday, I picked up James Joyce's Ulysses. Second try, first one was more than 10 years ago. I may be able to finish it this time.
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I also love the parts where:
Enjoy reading it, RÃ*an. I'm currently reading a novel called Spartan by an italian novelist called Valerio Massimo Manfredi. Anyone heard of that novel? |
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06-19-2004, 10:31 PM | #1395 |
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thanks, Beren I read your spoiler- looks interesting!
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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 Ã¥ â„¢ 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! |
06-20-2004, 01:05 AM | #1396 | |
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Just finished the Dune series. Tried Kavalier and Klay but it didn't take. Has anyone read it? I didn't get past the setting of the opening chapters. Should I press on? Note: Ten years to finish Ulysses.... Homer would like that. Never finished that Ulysses either.
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06-21-2004, 12:28 PM | #1397 |
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1/3 of the way through Brothers K. But...Its 782 pages long, so that still means about 500 pages left!
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nein... Ich bin *Herr* Kartoffelkopf.
Just started Cloudsplitter...
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06-25-2004, 04:14 PM | #1399 |
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I just read Big Fish by daniel wallace
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Seabiscuit (on cd in the car)
And still Brothers K.
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