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  On 4/10/2013 at 1:37 PM, Ron Manager said:

unfortunately my copy didn't come with the appendix Faulkner later wrote, 'Compson Family: 1699-1945',

 

faulkner just copy pasted wikipedia articles for that part, so you aren't missing much

yeah, it wasn't spectacular. but interesting just to see where he envisaged Jason and Caddy ending up (the latter meeting a somewhat bizarre fate...)

Picked up Dante´s Inferno recently, enjoying it so far. The writing is very visual, I like that.

  On 4/10/2013 at 9:05 PM, plstik said:

Picked up Dante´s Inferno recently, enjoying it so far. The writing is very visual, I like that.

 

It is an incredibly graphic work of literature. I love it. Actually I'm fascinated by any literary depiction of hell or afterlife punishments - so if anybody has any recommendations in that vein, send them along.

did you consider the Tibetan book of death?

finished nevada by imogen binnie, moved on to oryx and crake by margaret atwood.

also moved from prisoner of azkaban to goblet of fire. lol.

  On 4/13/2013 at 8:30 AM, disparaissant said:

finished nevada by imogen binnie, moved on to oryx and crake by margaret atwood.

also moved from prisoner of azkaban to goblet of fire. lol.

 

Love oryx and crake, was the first Atwood I read.

 

Reading Neuromancer, definitely living up to it's reputation.

just finished no country for old men, jesus chris, first time a book has made me cry lol :/

gonna read franz kafka's in the penal colony. any good ?>

  On 4/18/2013 at 7:15 PM, RichieBees said:

just finished no country for old men, jesus chris, first time a book has made me cry lol :/

gonna read franz kafka's in the penal colony. any good ?>

 

If you liked No Country I reckon you'd really enjoy some of McCarthy's other novels, I'm a big fan. Try Child of God if you want a short and fast read like No Country with added backwoods perversity, or Suttree if you want something longer, funnier and just as sad.

 

Kafka's a great choice too. If you like that short story, consider The Trial cause it's similar in tone. Or get his collected short works, you can find editions quite cheaply, he wrote a lot of brilliant sketches and short stories and I think most editions include his most famous story The Metamorphosis too.

  On 4/3/2013 at 4:26 PM, Ron Manager said:

i was debating buying Cloud Atlas the other day... no good? i haven't seen the film.

 

I thought it was medicore at best. Given the choice to undo that decision I would just watch the film.

 

Only 3 hours of my life would have been wasted then.

Edited April 19, 2013 by MadameChaos

the film just looks like The Fountain, basically, but i presume that's not the case. and i shouldn't judge by the cover, but the cast of Cloud Atlas isn't very appetizing...

 

i can't wait to read more McCarthy. i thought The Road was pretty good, but Blood Meridian blew me away. the more i think about it, the more i think it is a true modern-day classic. Suttree and No Country are both very high on my 'buy next' list.

  On 2/13/2013 at 10:08 PM, goffer said:

Just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey

 

now onto

Blue Movie by Terry Southern

 

If you liked it you should follow up with the rest of the series. I just bought 2061 : Odyssey Three after finishing 2010 : Odyssey Two, and really looking forward to the rest of the story.

fuckin yes mate, the 2001 series rules. theres slight retconning in each book but that didnt affect my enjoyment of it

Just finished:

 

 

 

Now reading:

 

I'm starting WOOL tomorrow. I figure the hype must be for a reason?

I mean, those amazon ratings are so fucking out of the roof

Mark Twain - Life On The Mississippi

Edited April 23, 2013 by morphis2525

 

This book literally refutes atheism.

  On 4/24/2013 at 1:03 PM, Iain C said:

 

This book literally refutes atheism.

 

 

G.K. Chesterton wrote some interesting stuff.

 

If you get a chance, the archived material on his debates are fascinating. Guy could hold his own with Mr. Russell. No small feat indeed.

I am a big PKD fan but have never read The Penultimate Truth. However I have read his short story "The Defenders" which contains ideas that he later drew upon for Penultimate Truth.

 

Right now I am reading:

 

 

 

 

First book written on the subject of "Satanic Ritual Abuse" (moral panic that started in the 1980's). Published as an autobiography (I actually had to look in non-fiction section to find it) but has since been discredited. Looking forward to reading about some weird repressed satanic ritual abuse memories.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers

Edited April 27, 2013 by unteleportedman

 

διδασκεις.

This book, it's pretty good so far.

 

  On 4/30/2013 at 1:24 PM, Iain C said:

 

διδασκεις.

 

good luck. do you have Latin?

  On 5/1/2013 at 5:08 PM, Ron Manager said:

  On 4/30/2013 at 1:24 PM, Iain C said:

 

 

 

 

 

διδασκεις.

 

 

 

good luck. do you have Latin?

Very little, I used to know the basics - word order, a few conjugations and declensions, but my vocab was never very good.

 

I know Greek is supposed to be harder, but I'm really focused on it at the moment - I just find it a more beautiful language, I've more interest in reading ancient Greek texts, and the alphabet itself is exciting. Hoping to start some evening classes later in the year.

 

Right now I know about 20 verbs, maybe 20 nouns, present tense verb conjugations and the first and second declensions in singular and plural. I'm sure it's going to get a lot more complicated very quickly.

 

Incidentally though, this book is very good and the exercises have made me pretty confident in what I already know.

 

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Edited May 2, 2013 by Iain C

  On 5/2/2013 at 8:49 AM, Iain C said:

Very little, I used to know the basics - word order, a few conjugations and declensions, but my vocab was never very good.

 

I know Greek is supposed to be harder, but I'm really focused on it at the moment - I just find it a more beautiful language, I've more interest in reading ancient Greek texts, and the alphabet itself is exciting. Hoping to start some evening classes later in the year.

 

Right now I know about 20 verbs, maybe 20 nouns, present tense verb conjugations and the first and second declensions in singular and plural. I'm sure it's going to get a lot more complicated very quickly.

 

Incidentally though, this book is very good and the exercises have made me pretty confident in what I already know.

 

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well at least with that familiarity with inflected language you know what you're in for. i probably have about as much Greek as you, but i read Latin for my studies/work, and it has to be said that reading ancient texts in the original is one of the most satisfying literary experiences one can have. many Latin and Greek authors are simply untranslatable. it takes an awful lot of work to get to the stage where you can read and fully grasp the originals, but it is so worth it! it truly boggles my mind how talented Latin authors like Virgil and Tacitus were.

 

anyway, i meant it when i wished you good luck - learning so many conjugations and declensions is incredibly dull and puts so many people off, but if you stick with it, there are some wonderful rewards to be had.