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Pytt · 04-04-2005, 03:43 PM

I'm reading Foucaults Pendulum. In Norwegian, I tried in english, but that was a bit to hard. Really like the book, but it's strange. Maybe the hardest read I've ever done. And I don't remember more than half, about all the diabolic writers and stuff like that. But it's really genius

strider8 · 04-05-2005, 04:20 AM

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Lotr Return Of The King

I Am Mordred

The Creature In The Case

i finished The Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King yesterday

Janny · 04-05-2005, 04:37 AM

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That's okay though, as long as the book isn't too old school. There has to be something that a 21st century woman can relate somehow to this 19th century boy. I skimmed a bit and read part where Tom describes Arthur's (his buddy) mother.... yeah. If he expresses this attitude for the whole book I'm going to look elsewhere for reading material. (I don't care if he has this attitude, as long as I don't have to read about how beautiful and perfect Arthur's mom is with masses of golden curls sweeping back from a broad white forhead and wondering if Arthur's sisters are like that blah blah BLAH for the whole book.) (edit: or at least everytime he meets a girl. Which I suspect is not very often..?)

I'd rather read about him playing cricket and getting stuffed head-first into trash cans and whatnot. (I won't judge the book by that one part though.)

Anyway, your comments are appreciated!

It's pretty old school

I think that's a good way to describe it. I personally didn't find it very interesting, and I've read a lot of preachy school stories. Normally my tolerance for Victorian sentimentality is pretty high, but Tom Brown's School Days was just too much. All the characters are flat and one-dimensional and the moral messages couldn't be battered into the reader's head more bluntly. Can't remember there being much rugby or cricket or anything, you know, exciting... As for the attitude to women, there aren't that many girls in it, but Arthur acts like an idealised girl most of the time anyway. Then in true Victorian style he gets really ill and reveals how perfect and angelic he is

It's fun if you read it ironically, or as a historical piece, but don't expect to actually relate to any of the characters

/sun-star

**Nurvingiel** · 04-05-2005, 07:33 AM

Maybe I'll read it ironically some time. Darn, I was hoping Thomas Hughes would be like the Roald Dahl of Victorian times, but I guess not eh?

(Is the main character a Gary Stu... you know... a male self-insert character or the embodiment of what the author views as the ideal pesron?)

EDIT: Because the main character and the author have the same first name.

What I really want now is a new and excellent Arthurian legend. I've read all different kinds of Arthurian legends, from literary epic to cheap crap, and with all manner of plot lines and characters.
My favourites are ones where Arthur becomes king (at any point in the book), Kay and Gawain are respected, and the Lancelot-Guenevere thing is not the central plotline. (I really hate that plot line but it can be tolerable, even good, in the hands of a good writer.)

Is "I am Mordred" by Nancy Springer good Strider8? That has been on my 'to read' list for a while now. Maybe I'll go to the library before Swedish class today.

***Rían*** · 04-08-2005, 03:58 PM

Read Harry Potter books 3-5 over the last 2 weeks, and am in the middle of the Iliad. Go Hektor! (I like how he complains that his wife takes care of the horses before taking care of him

) Suck it up, Achilleus! Take a hike, Paris, you twit!

strider8 · 04-10-2005, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by strider8

Lotr Return Of The King

I Am Mordred

The Creature In The Case

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i have finished Lotr

i have now finished I am Mordred and have now started the Silmarillion

Beren3000 · 04-11-2005, 07:49 AM

Currently reading an anthology of French poetry. Great stuff!

***Rían*** · 04-11-2005, 11:51 AM

OK, just finished Princess Bride - or at least the story part of it (I skimmed thru the "notes") - hilarious! But what in the world happens at the end? (I got the 30th edition) What's with this faceless guy and falling off the cliff and a c-section?!?!

Halbarad of the Dunedain · 04-12-2005, 03:19 AM

I am currently reading nothing... looking for suggestions I just finished Revenge of the Sith, I like books like... Beowulf, Di Vinci Code, Lord of the Rings(duh), books by Alex Garland, works by Edger Alan Poe, Dean R. Koontz, most "Classic" litterature like Catcher and the Rye, and James Joyce... So anyone got any good books they read lately that might be interesting!?

I was thinking of buying Memoirs of a Geisha, the Book of Genji, or House of Leaves. Anyone know anything good about these?

Falagar · 04-12-2005, 07:34 AM

If you liked the Da Vinci Code, I suggest reading Umberto Eco

**Nurvingiel** · 04-12-2005, 08:22 AM

Well I finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It's seriously one of the best books I have ever read. Ever. I recommend it to all.

It was moving and sad, and also beautiful and hopeful. It also had some awesome laugh-out-loud moments.

Pytt · 04-12-2005, 08:27 AM

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If you liked the Da Vinci Code, I suggest reading Umberto Eco

Definetley second that. Great books, some of the best I've read

Falagar · 04-12-2005, 01:12 PM

Indeed, though he can be a bit hard to get into.

Currently reading The Saga of Harald Hårfagres and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and just borrowed Crossroads of Twillight, the first book in Brook's Shannara-series, Asimov's Foundation and a few short-stories.

ItalianLegolas · 04-12-2005, 03:05 PM

I've been reading some Clancy, but I'm basically re-reading the entire Dune series by Frank Herbert... that should occupy me for what? Like a couple months or so...

Mercutio · 04-12-2005, 03:56 PM

The Plague by Alexander Camus. Don't anyone mention dead rats to me...

In Lit class we finished "The Taming of the Shrew" (Shakespeare) and are moving on to "Much Ado About Nothing" (mainly because we are going to see a Shakespeare production and our teacher's going to briefly introduce us to it first).

Then we read Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-12-2005, 04:48 PM

i am currently reading, by douglas adams

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - A Trilogy in Four Parts

inked · 04-12-2005, 04:49 PM

Mercutio,

You might want to find a copy of PLAGUE by Edward Marriott (originally titled THE PLAGUE RACE in the UK by Picador UK 2002) to read alongside Camus. I promise it will keep you awake long after the lights are out!!!

and just think of all those lovely terroristic applications of bioweapons technology of the Cold War era.........

***Rían*** · 04-12-2005, 05:42 PM

Oh, Tess is good - you just want to scream at some of the characters sometimes, tho!

Finished 2 small books by an author I've wanted to read for awhile, Fredrich Buechner - Telling Secrets, and The Magnificent Defeat. He has an interesting definition of the Christian meaning of faith - "Faith is the word that describes the direction our feet start moving when we find that we are loved."

Still working thru the Iliad - great book! King Lear is next.

Linaewen · 04-12-2005, 07:16 PM

Finished Life of Pi yesterday. Brilliant book! Could've sworn there was a thread for it somewhere...:/

Pytt · 04-13-2005, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

i am currently reading, by douglas adams

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - A Trilogy in Four Parts

It's five isn't it? At least it is in my book.
Guide to the Galaxy
Resturant at the end of Universe
Life, universe and everything
so long and thanks for the fish
mostly harmless

04-04-2005, 03:43 PM	#221
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	I'm reading Foucaults Pendulum. In Norwegian, I tried in english, but that was a bit to hard. Really like the book, but it's strange. Maybe the hardest read I've ever done. And I don't remember more than half, about all the diabolic writers and stuff like that. But it's really genius __________________ Don't Panic!

04-08-2005, 03:58 PM	#225
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Read Harry Potter books 3-5 over the last 2 weeks, and am in the middle of the Iliad. Go Hektor! (I like how he complains that his wife takes care of the horses before taking care of him ) Suck it up, Achilleus! Take a hike, Paris, you twit! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

04-11-2005, 11:51 AM	#228
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	OK, just finished Princess Bride - or at least the story part of it (I skimmed thru the "notes") - hilarious! But what in the world happens at the end? (I got the 30th edition) What's with this faceless guy and falling off the cliff and a c-section?!?! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

04-12-2005, 03:19 AM	#229
Halbarad of the Dunedain Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Arthedian Posts: 460	I am currently reading nothing... looking for suggestions I just finished Revenge of the Sith, I like books like... Beowulf, Di Vinci Code, Lord of the Rings(duh), books by Alex Garland, works by Edger Alan Poe, Dean R. Koontz, most "Classic" litterature like Catcher and the Rye, and James Joyce... So anyone got any good books they read lately that might be interesting!? I was thinking of buying Memoirs of a Geisha, the Book of Genji, or House of Leaves. Anyone know anything good about these? __________________ "Can you feel her, running through your veins? She will always live forever!" ~ Atreyu [Her portrait in Black] "I want to see pretty people doing ugly things..." ~ Unknown "Damn it n' such!" ~ Stewie Griffen

04-12-2005, 07:34 AM	#230
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	If you liked the Da Vinci Code, I suggest reading Umberto Eco __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

04-11-2005, 07:49 AM	#227
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	Currently reading an anthology of French poetry. Great stuff!

04-12-2005, 01:12 PM	#233
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	Indeed, though he can be a bit hard to get into. Currently reading The Saga of Harald Hårfagres and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and just borrowed Crossroads of Twillight, the first book in Brook's Shannara-series, Asimov's Foundation and a few short-stories. __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

04-12-2005, 03:05 PM	#234
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	I've been reading some Clancy, but I'm basically re-reading the entire Dune series by Frank Herbert... that should occupy me for what? Like a couple months or so... __________________ What was lost is now found.

04-12-2005, 03:56 PM	#235
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	The Plague by Alexander Camus. Don't anyone mention dead rats to me... In Lit class we finished "The Taming of the Shrew" (Shakespeare) and are moving on to "Much Ado About Nothing" (mainly because we are going to see a Shakespeare production and our teacher's going to briefly introduce us to it first). Then we read Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

04-12-2005, 04:48 PM	#236
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i am currently reading, by douglas adams *The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy* - A Trilogy in Four Parts

04-12-2005, 04:49 PM	#237
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Mercutio, You might want to find a copy of PLAGUE by Edward Marriott (originally titled THE PLAGUE RACE in the UK by Picador UK 2002) to read alongside Camus. I promise it will keep you awake long after the lights are out!!! and just think of all those lovely terroristic applications of bioweapons technology of the Cold War era......... __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

04-12-2005, 05:42 PM	#238
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Oh, Tess is good - you just want to scream at some of the characters sometimes, tho! Finished 2 small books by an author I've wanted to read for awhile, Fredrich Buechner - Telling Secrets, and The Magnificent Defeat. He has an interesting definition of the Christian meaning of faith - "Faith is the word that describes the direction our feet start moving when we find that we are loved." Still working thru the Iliad - great book! King Lear is next. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

04-12-2005, 07:16 PM	#239
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Finished Life of Pi yesterday. Brilliant book! Could've sworn there was a thread for it somewhere...:/

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