Ditto.
Ford exploded.
"You're a load of useless bloody loonies!" he shouted.
"Ah yes, that was it," beamed the Captain, "that was the reason."
What Book Are You Reading? Issue.8
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Ditto.
Ford exploded.
"You're a load of useless bloody loonies!" he shouted.
"Ah yes, that was it," beamed the Captain, "that was the reason."
Well, style and "poorly written" are matters of taste of course. I'd be more inclined to guess that the translator did translate the style well, but I just didn't like it.
The book certainly had some point, but if I correctly recall, Huizinga wasn't always very explicit telling what it was. To me it seemed like he was just blabbering around (maybe the sentences were too long, I don't quite remember).
But if you liked Erasmus, don't let my opinions slow you down on this one.
Read couple of books while visiting my mom during the holidays...
The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington: Quite interesting but slightly repetitive book about global conflicts in post Cold War world. Theory presented in the book seems logical and most of the writer's conclusions feel believable (unfortunately in some cases). Definately recommended.
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels: Even more repetitive than the previous but somewhat pleasant read still. I'm not too familiar with the subject but it seems to me that Pagels is focusing on very limited sample of Gnostic Gospels (the same quotes are used on multiple occasions) to prove her ideas. The book has excellent reputation though so I guess I can presume it's not too biased (and to be honest, I didn't feel Pagels was taking sides). Recommended if the subject interests - I think I'll need to find something more about GG myself.
The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington: Quite interesting but slightly repetitive book about global conflicts in post Cold War world. Theory presented in the book seems logical and most of the writer's conclusions feel believable (unfortunately in some cases). Definately recommended.
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels: Even more repetitive than the previous but somewhat pleasant read still. I'm not too familiar with the subject but it seems to me that Pagels is focusing on very limited sample of Gnostic Gospels (the same quotes are used on multiple occasions) to prove her ideas. The book has excellent reputation though so I guess I can presume it's not too biased (and to be honest, I didn't feel Pagels was taking sides). Recommended if the subject interests - I think I'll need to find something more about GG myself.
King of Town
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Oerdin
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I just finished rereading David Edding's The Elium series and now I'm reading Rusalka by C.J. Cherryh.
Fifty
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who rates him so highly? My understanding was always that though his actual writings weren't that great, they were great as inspirations for cool characters for movies (most obviously dracula). Kinda like The Wizard of Oz, which was a better movie than book.
Teenagers rate him highly. And goths.
Fifty
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I suspect they haven't even read him but just rate him highly because it seems like the vaguely intellectually correct thing to do for people who want to seem "dark yet smart" and don't know any better!
King of Town
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My lady would be pissed if she saw this
She loves all of the Oz books. I think she just likes series though. She loves harry potter, twilight, and narniatau_neutrino
Chieftain
I just finished Dan Simmon's Ilium / Olympos duology. Very entertaining and well-written scifi novels.
Ecofarm
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Writing.
I'll try to summarize the main part/frame of the lecture...
Most stories have a beginning, crescendo, climax, decrescendo and denumont. If we draw a graph for a typical story, it looks like this:
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But Shakespeare's tragedy is different. It starts off at the climax and goes downhill until everyone is dead. The graph would look like this:
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If course, he was far more detailed and had things to say along the way.
(This was way back in the olden days... 1988)
U.S. Reports
Volume 1 of 555
Volume 1 of 555
1 of 555? What is the average length of each?
Around 500 pages.
Volume 1 is great. It's all Pennsylvania cases from the mid-to-late 18th century. The U.S. Supreme Court cases don't start until some point in Volume 2. So far, it's heavy on coverture issues..
Well, I do enjoy reading pre-20th century literature, so maybe it's not so horrible.
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Wow, while it could be interesting, i have imagine that is some dry reading. is there some end to this self torture you are seeking?
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