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Started by Sibling Zono (anon1mat0), October 25, 2006, 05:52:37 AM

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Sibling Spoffish

#15
November 10, 2006, 11:11:16 AM
Just about to begin Thief of Time myself, actually.... :)
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
That way, when you DO criticize him, you are a mile away, and have his shoes.

Sibling Chatty

#16
November 11, 2006, 01:58:27 AM
Reading my teeny tiny Mort.

:-* (You know who you are...)
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Swatopluk

#17
November 11, 2006, 12:44:18 PM
Aaaarg! When will the next Pratchett be available?
Rereading a bit of Lovecraft currently
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Scriblerus the Philosophe

#18
November 14, 2006, 09:49:47 PM
Re-reading Seeress Of Kell by David and Leigh Eddings.
"Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees." --Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

Aggie

#19
November 15, 2006, 03:12:09 PM
Finishing off Jingo, and The Last Hero...

I think The Truth is next up.


;)
WWDDD?

Swatopluk

#20
November 15, 2006, 04:12:20 PM
Quote from: Agujjim on November 15, 2006, 03:12:09 PM
Finishing off Jingo, and The Last Hero...

I think The Truth is next up.
;)

The Truth shall make ye fret!
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

goat starer

#21
November 15, 2006, 05:02:47 PM
just finished Michail Bulgakov - The Heart of a Dog
and Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere

now moving on to re-read Slaughterhouse 5 by kurt Vonnegut
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Best regards

Comrade Goatvara
:goatflag:

"And the Goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a Land not inhabited"

Swatopluk

#22
November 16, 2006, 12:14:33 PM
Just started From Caligari to Hitler, a psychological history of German cinema by S.Kracauer (translated title)
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Duke

#23
November 18, 2006, 03:34:28 AM
I'm reading Othello, War and Peace, The Elements of Style, and The New Yorker Book of Poems.

Good stuff.  ;D


Duke
"Baldrick, you wouldn't know a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and
danced naked on a harpsicord singing Subtle Plans Are Here Again!"
--Black Adder

The Holy Grail Of Signature Quotes: http://hgosq.blogspot.com/

Swatopluk

#24
November 19, 2006, 05:09:14 PM
Yuck, high culture, keep away from me before I get infected ;)

Wikipedia, the book
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Duke

#25
November 19, 2006, 07:48:45 PM
High Culture: I got it from my dad.  :)


Duke
"Baldrick, you wouldn't know a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and
danced naked on a harpsicord singing Subtle Plans Are Here Again!"
--Black Adder

The Holy Grail Of Signature Quotes: http://hgosq.blogspot.com/

Aggie

#26
November 19, 2006, 09:50:26 PM
Quote from: Duke on November 19, 2006, 07:48:45 PM
High Culture: I got it from my dad.

Yah, me too...  :mrgreen:
WWDDD?

The Meromorph

#27
November 20, 2006, 02:53:46 AM Last Edit: November 20, 2006, 03:20:18 PM by Quasimodo (The Meromorph)
I didn't even know you knew his dad!

Ringworld's Children. Larry Niven.
Dances with Motorcycles.

Duke

#28
November 20, 2006, 04:30:18 AM
Oh, just today I adopted a copy of The Great Gatsby. I'll start reading it...eventually.


Duke
"Baldrick, you wouldn't know a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and
danced naked on a harpsicord singing Subtle Plans Are Here Again!"
--Black Adder

The Holy Grail Of Signature Quotes: http://hgosq.blogspot.com/

Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith

#29
November 20, 2006, 11:28:21 PM Last Edit: November 20, 2006, 11:30:04 PM by Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith
Quote from: Duke on November 20, 2006, 04:30:18 AM
Oh, just today I adopted a copy of The Great Gatsby. I'll start reading it...eventually.


Duke

Gatsby--- *bleah*

This was the very book where I concluded the "great classics" were often neither great, nor classic.

If a story is not readable, and does not have an actual plot - WHY is it a "classic"?  And who decided it was "great literature" anyway?

I did slog through it, though (and do I mean slog -- *bleah*! worse than Tolstoy. Only one of 2 people in my participatory english lit class to finish, out of 8 people total.  I only went 1/2 the time, and I was the only one who spoke.  I got an "A" in participation, even though I missed 50% of the classes - I suppose because I was the ONLY participant.  Double-*bleah* for dredging up that particular memory-fragment.  :P ) 

After that class, I finally let go the notion that once I started a book, no matter how bad, I must finish it.  Quite a list of "not finished" by now ...  ::) Life's just too short to waste reading a book you don't identify with. At the very least, it should make you think, even if you don't like it much.  Otherwise, give it a miss...  ;D
Sometimes, the real journey can only be taken by making a mistake.

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