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What are you reading Chapter 4
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The Turn of the Screw, Henry James' classic creepy tale of either possession or hysterical imagination. Pretty slow going, due to very long sentences that can run to almost a full page, with many embedded subclauses. On the other hand, this kind of subtle sensibility and intricate analysis of nuanced emotion is something you'll hardly find in latter-day prose style.
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Just read Tolkien's Beowulf. Really good. It also has a version that he believes would have been much closer to the original, un-Christianized version that we have. It's cool to see how he thought it originated in the original folk traditions.
"A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues" - André Compte-Sponville
A philosophy tome with chapters on love, politeness, fidelity, prudenece, temperance, justice, generousity, compassion, mercy, courage, gratitude, humility, simpliicity, tolerence, purity, gentleness, good faith, and humor. Ten pages or so on each subject. Reads pretty fast. Interesting viewpoints.
Don't read much philosophy -- the idea of thinking about stuff people think about and to attribute value to ways of being seems weird. Do well, be well, live well.
My mom gave me this book. Maybe she wants me to be more virtuous or something.
A philosophy tome with chapters on love, politeness, fidelity, prudenece, temperance, justice, generousity, compassion, mercy, courage, gratitude, humility, simpliicity, tolerence, purity, gentleness, good faith, and humor. Ten pages or so on each subject. Reads pretty fast. Interesting viewpoints.
Don't read much philosophy -- the idea of thinking about stuff people think about and to attribute value to ways of being seems weird. Do well, be well, live well.
My mom gave me this book. Maybe she wants me to be more virtuous or something.
Never, ever read aloud to a group of 3rd graders without practicing (aloud) beforehand...
I recently found a copy of Phillip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint in the laundry room of my apartment building, so I've been reading that.
One of my neighbors saw me carrying the book when we rode the elevator together and said "that's an odd book."
I told him "I've always wanted to read it ever since hearing my grandmother years ago saying she loved this book."
He got very quiet and exited the elevator quickly.
One of my neighbors saw me carrying the book when we rode the elevator together and said "that's an odd book."
I told him "I've always wanted to read it ever since hearing my grandmother years ago saying she loved this book."
He got very quiet and exited the elevator quickly.
Just finished this one:
Reading this now:
I'e been meaning to pick up the OJ book. I watched the mini-series that was based on it, very interesting. I remember bits and pieces from that time but didn't pay much attention until the verdict was read.
It's a great read, a lot of extra background that was not included in the show.
"The Foundation Trilogy" - Isaac Asimov
Sci-fi series about the progressive rise and fall of three galactic empires. Foundation; Foundation and Empire; and the Secong Foundation which actually controls everything according to "The Plan" devised by the top psycologist at the beginning.
Quite the tale. Cast of many. Many adventures and battles as civilizations clamour for dominance. Long read, but doesn't drag.
Sci-fi series about the progressive rise and fall of three galactic empires. Foundation; Foundation and Empire; and the Secong Foundation which actually controls everything according to "The Plan" devised by the top psycologist at the beginning.
Quite the tale. Cast of many. Many adventures and battles as civilizations clamour for dominance. Long read, but doesn't drag.
If I might suggest? Read the forth book in the series; Foundation's Edge, which Asimov wrote decades later, to stop fans bugging him to finish the story. It's... not bad, actually. Not quite as good as the first 3, but not bad.
What have I been reading? Some of Asimov's "juvenile" SF. All the Lucky Starr series, which he wrote in the '50s as Paul French. The clever "who dunnit" plot twists make it pretty clear to Asimov fans who wrote them, though.. Am now reading (for the umpteenth time) William Gibson's Idoru. I've been a fan since he first appeared in a pop-science magazine. How can you not like a story when one of the protagonists is a teenaged girl named Chia Pet Makenzie, and another one is a holographic Japanese singer...?
What have I been reading? Some of Asimov's "juvenile" SF. All the Lucky Starr series, which he wrote in the '50s as Paul French. The clever "who dunnit" plot twists make it pretty clear to Asimov fans who wrote them, though.. Am now reading (for the umpteenth time) William Gibson's Idoru. I've been a fan since he first appeared in a pop-science magazine. How can you not like a story when one of the protagonists is a teenaged girl named Chia Pet Makenzie, and another one is a holographic Japanese singer...?
Second time 'round, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever.
Not telling.
See how it all pans out this time 'round.
I've read all the books & I know what you're referring toSecond time 'round, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever.
Decades ago, I picked up this book - it took me six months to get through it. I had to put it down, in disgust, for reasons best left unsaid…
It turned my stomach, and broke my heart, but when I eventually got beyond that horror and launched into it again, and I'm glad I did, I devoured the whole series. Loved it. There are four more stories now, which I haven't read yet - talk about an epicNot telling.
These books would make a great min series (Well one for each series)
That would probably do them more justice than movies...
At least for the later series--the original trilogy would probably work better as movies than the others--as it is made up of three standalone--but connected stories.
The others are a serialized story.
There are 10 books--two trilogies and then a four parter to wrap it all up.
The first trilogy is my favorite...
