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« Reply #121 on: September 15, 2003, 04:51:27 PM » |
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LotR, of course. But that's not history, that's fantasy!
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« Reply #123 on: September 15, 2003, 05:46:27 PM » |
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What about LOTR history like the Silmarilian (sp?)? and no I wasn't saying LOTR is history, I was just trying to win a losing battle!
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What about LOTR history like the Silmarilian (sp?)? and no I wasn't saying LOTR is history, I was just trying to win a losing battle! Ths Silmarillion is kind of boring, actually. Probably because its a history. The whole Men and Elves vrs Sauron's Master (can't remember his name) part is very interesting, though. But the history of the elves, and how they came to Middle Earth, is boring. |
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I haven't been able to wade through the Silmarillion yet but in theory I would much rather read about how the elves came to Middle Earth than to read about various political parties and organizations in the 1800's and what they did or didn't do.
I think I prefer the absolutes of math to the various interpretations of history. lately I've been getting a feeling of hopelessness and futility from reading so much history. this point of view, that point of view, everybody making mistakes and treating other people horribly.
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« Reply #126 on: September 15, 2003, 09:17:55 PM » |
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I am now re-reading "Second Foundation" by Isaac Asimov.
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« Reply #127 on: September 15, 2003, 09:37:04 PM » |
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LotR, of course. But that's not history, that's fantasy! What is history but a fable agreed upon? And so, perhaps the history of MiddleEarth is really ours. You never really know, but I saw a dude the other day that looked like a hobbit... Skraps |
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« Reply #128 on: September 15, 2003, 10:27:11 PM » |
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What is history but a fable agreed upon? And so, perhaps the history of MiddleEarth is really ours. You never really know, but I saw a dude the other day that looked like a hobbit...
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« Reply #129 on: September 16, 2003, 08:07:18 AM » |
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HEY! The Silmarillion is great reading. I've read it through, and have also read Unfinished Tales, which probably would have made it into the Silmarillion had Tolkien lived longer. I guess it's sort of like having to read a good book for English class: if you're forced to do it (study history, etc.) you probably won't like it. If you do it voluntarily, you may enjoy it more.
Though if real life history was as cool as middle-earth history, I'd be all over it. The Bible has a lot of passages in the Old Testament that are just as cool as anything Tolkien wrote. Read through I and II Samuel if you don't believe me ^_^
Back on topic, I ordered the Epic of Gilgamesh off Amazon yesterday. Looking forward to delving into that one.
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« Reply #130 on: September 17, 2003, 10:09:16 PM » |
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Currently, I am reading:
Pretty Sheild, Medicine Woman of the Crow(for my anthropology class)
Shiny Adidas Track Suits and the Death of Camp and Other Essays From Might Magazine
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The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things (for sociology)
Lord of the Rings(for the third time, in preparation for the new moive, it'll take me awhile at the pace I'm going)
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« Reply #132 on: September 17, 2003, 10:42:03 PM » |
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Currently, I am reading:
Pretty Sheild, Medicine Woman of the Crow(for my anthropology class)
Shiny Adidas Track Suits and the Death of Camp and Other Essays From Might Magazine
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The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things (for sociology)
Lord of the Rings(for the third time, in preparation for the new moive, it'll take me awhile at the pace I'm going)
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay(started in the summer, probably won't get to finish it until Christmas break)
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It's hard, so I often don't. That's why i probably won't finish the LOTR or Kavalier and Clay until Christmas break. I usually end up staying up really late the night before I have to have something read for school in order to finish it(or sometimes I just skim it right before the test or discussion, depending on the class and/or porfessor). My fave things to read during the semester are books like Shiny Adidas Track Suits that just have essays and short stories becasue they read fast and don't require a lot of commitment.
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« Reply #134 on: September 18, 2003, 04:03:24 PM » |
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It's hard, so I often don't. That's why i probably won't finish the LOTR or Kavalier and Clay until Christmas break. I usually end up staying up really late the night before I have to have something read for school in order to finish it(or sometimes I just skim it right before the test or discussion, depending on the class and/or porfessor). My fave things to read during the semester are books like Shiny Adidas Track Suits that just have essays and short stories becasue they read fast and don't require a lot of commitment. I never read my English Comp assignments, unless we have to right a composition on them or something. I don't have time to write and read! And the prof goes over the stuff in the reading in class, anyway. |
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« Reply #135 on: September 23, 2003, 10:06:36 PM » |
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« Reply #136 on: October 10, 2003, 08:32:56 PM » |
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I just started Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's been on my list of books to read for FOREVER. & i'm finally starting it and i like it a lot.
For school, I just finished The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. I enjoyed both. although, Stranger in a Strange Land was quite odd.
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« Reply #137 on: October 10, 2003, 08:39:21 PM » |
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I want to read The Bell Jar, too. The only novel Plath ever wrote, isn't it?
And I disliked The Crucible, but not passionately.
I just started Bradbury's Dandelion Wine, and for school I'm in the middle of Joyce's Portrait of the Artist.
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For school, I just finished The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. I enjoyed both. although, Stranger in a Strange Land was quite odd. I have yet to understand why Stranger in a Strange Land is acclaimed as Henlen's best/most influential work. I could name at least five of his books which are better than that. In fact, I think I will: The Door to Summer Methuselah's Children Citizen of the Galaxy The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Puppet Masters Hah. Not to mention his so-called children's books, which are some of his best, and his incredible short stories. But it is an interesting book, and I'm glad people from Das Base are reading it. |
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« Reply #139 on: October 11, 2003, 09:37:10 PM » |
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I started a new one this week:
Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian
It's about a Hopi man who lived with his tribe until about age 10, then was raised by white people, and went back to the tribe as an adult. It's interesting so far, but I've only read the first 50 pages or so.
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« Reply #140 on: October 11, 2003, 10:35:11 PM » |
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I'm reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. It's basically about imported gods from other lands duking it out with the new gods of credit card and television etc, which is sort of ironic because Gaiman is also an import from England. While it's an involving book, they say the word "fuck" a whole lot more than is justifiable.
Just an off-topic comment, but it seems as though all the old coarse standbys like "hell" and "damn" and "shit" are being replaced by the more versatile "fuck", so that we have a catch-all swear word. I don't like it.
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« Reply #141 on: October 11, 2003, 10:36:42 PM » |
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Rah for diversity in our profanity!
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« Reply #142 on: October 12, 2003, 12:22:05 AM » |
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Just an off-topic comment, but it seems as though all the old coarse standbys like "hell" and "damn" and "shit" are being replaced by the more versatile "fuck", so that we have a catch-all swear word. I don't like it.
I'm actually considering doing my undergrad thesis on this word. I'm interested not only in its origins, but the proliferation of its use in recent decades. Mostly I want to figure out if it appears more in entertainment because people use it more in life or does is it used more in life becasue people hear it in entertainment? Interesting thoughts to ponder. |
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« Reply #143 on: October 12, 2003, 09:39:46 AM » |
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That is an interesting thought, but undergrad thesis? I dunno, man, but good luck with that Maybe this article will be useful. |
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« Reply #144 on: October 12, 2003, 07:27:16 PM » |
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[painfully_obvious_sarcasm]That made everything so much easier to understand![/painfully_obvious_sarcasm]
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« Reply #145 on: October 12, 2003, 11:22:43 PM » |
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Hey, I thought it was interesting. But then again, I'm a bit twisted in that way.
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« Reply #146 on: October 12, 2003, 11:29:25 PM » |
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Can I get an amen, or perhaps a seconding of the motion?
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« Reply #147 on: October 13, 2003, 05:19:31 PM » |
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consider it seconded.
back to the subject of this thread ,
i just finished "a portrait of the artist as a young man" by james joyce and enjoyed it immensely. highly recommended, folks.
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consider it seconded.
back to the subject of this thread ,
i just finished "a portrait of the artist as a young man" by james joyce and enjoyed it immensely. highly recommended, folks. Interesting; I'm 30 pages into Portrait of the Artist and I don't like it a bit. I respect Joyce's experimental writing style, but it's just not a very interesting book, in my opinion. |
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Interesting; I'm 30 pages into Portrait of the Artist and I don't like it a bit. I respect Joyce's experimental writing style, but it's just not a very interesting book, in my opinion. My thoughts exactly concerning this book. I struggled to finish it. |
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« Reply #150 on: October 13, 2003, 06:42:53 PM » |
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« Reply #152 on: October 13, 2003, 07:55:01 PM » |
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i just finished "a portrait of the artist as a young man" by james joyce and enjoyed it immensely. highly recommended, folks. I am of the opinion that anyone who can use the word "enjoyed' to describe their experiences with that book are using mind-altering substances, but maybe you saw something in it that I didn't. In retrospect I don't despise it as much as I did while I was reading it, but it's still not 'quality literature' as I interpret it. |
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« Reply #153 on: October 16, 2003, 09:40:25 PM » |
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BOOKS, grand things, agreed!?!?!
Any ways, i haven't read much lately.
But I am currently reading The Screw Tape Letters by C.S. Lewis
It is phenomanalaly (that is deff spelled worng) intriguing (that 2?)
ne ways, if u haven't read it, i highly recommend it.
Also from the best book of all time, The Bible.
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« Reply #154 on: October 16, 2003, 11:04:46 PM » |
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Pretty good so far. Its obviously in a series. Kevin J Anderson is a brilliant author...
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« Reply #155 on: October 17, 2003, 09:46:14 AM » |
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The Screwtape Letters is a good book. It's a good glimpse at Lewis' interpretation of spiritual warfare while still being entertaining and thought-provoking. The only other books that come close to echoing this are Peretti's This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness, which present a different view but are still interesting reads.
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« Reply #156 on: October 21, 2003, 04:13:45 PM » |
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« Reply #158 on: October 24, 2003, 09:25:10 PM » |
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hey, your signature is from a song by "the postal service!"
i just discovered that brilliant band two days ago, and, as you can tell, i am very excited about them. =D
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