Reading any good books? - Page 14

***Earniel*** · 04-30-2005, 03:49 PM

Currently reading the Deverry quadrology by Katharine Kerr. Not bad so far.

Grey_Wolf · 05-01-2005, 02:03 AM

Have just begun Winston Churchill's A History of English Speaking Peoples III: the Age of Revolution. So far mostly about the colonies and george III.

Lotesse · 05-04-2005, 09:00 PM

Just started reading "Roughing It" by Mark Twain. I've got to get myself laughing again and kill off this depression demon, and Mark Twain does it for me every time. I'm reading it online - check it out!
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new

Spock · 05-05-2005, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Have just begun Winston Churchill's A History of English Speaking Peoples III: the Age of Revolution. So far mostly about the colonies and george III.

A great series of books, if memory serves.

***Rían*** · 05-05-2005, 04:54 PM

Am almost done with Homer's Iliad - I must admit that I'm getting tired of all the killing and description of various gory deaths, but the writing is great - he puts together some lovely combinations of words. I like the "bronze sleep" for death in battle.

Beren3000 · 05-14-2005, 09:24 AM

Currently reading La Vita Nuova (the new life), which are love poems that Dante composed for Beatrice accompanied by a commentary from Dante himself explaining why he wrote them and dividing each into parts so as to make their meaning clearer. It's a very interesting read, I highly recommend it.

Spock · 05-14-2005, 10:59 AM

Re-reading "The Mysts of Avalon".

sun-star · 05-26-2005, 06:30 PM

Currently reading The Old Curiosity Shop and re-reading Beowulf.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 05-26-2005, 06:38 PM

re-reading Wild Swans by Jung Chang, in anticipation of her biography of Mao out on june 2nd

Grey_Wolf · 05-27-2005, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

A great series of books, if memory serves.

Indeed it is.

Lotesse · 05-27-2005, 03:50 PM

Anthem, by Ayn Rand
Has anyone else read this? I just started. I found it on the internet where I can read it for free, which is great seeing as I'm broke lately...

***Tessar*** · 05-27-2005, 04:22 PM

Hmmm... I just finished the Icewind Dale trilogy by R.A. Salvatore, and just before that I'd finished the Cleric Quintet by the same author.

I'm about to start reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, since Rian reminded me that I haven't read it in so long

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Last Child of Ungoliant · 05-27-2005, 04:25 PM

The Twelve Caesars, by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Lotesse · 05-27-2005, 04:38 PM

and Tales of the Brothers Grimm, edited by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.

It's terrific reading 4 a writer like myself when struggling with finding theme, etc. for script projects.

Has anyone read I, Claudius? Can't immediately recall author's name...

Snowdog · 05-27-2005, 05:53 PM

I haven't read I Clavdivs, but it was made into a decent multi-part series in the 70's.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 05-27-2005, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowdog

I haven't read I Clavdivs, but it was made into a decent multi-part series in the 70's.

yes, the bbc series is good, i have watched that, not read though, and dont know who wrote

Spock · 05-28-2005, 09:02 AM

While "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" are my favorite A.R. books. Anthem reminds me of two other books which were later made into movies; 1984 and another which I forget. Good reading.

Mercutio · 05-31-2005, 04:00 PM

Tess of the D'Urbevilles (for English class...we have three days to finish the entire book).

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

Trivia question: what is the title "Things Fall Apart" taken from?

Spock · 05-31-2005, 05:22 PM

..and what class has you reading this stuff?

Spock · 05-31-2005, 05:36 PM

Curious; what class are you reading this for?

04-30-2005, 03:49 PM	#261
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Currently reading the Deverry quadrology by Katharine Kerr. Not bad so far. __________________ We are not things.

05-04-2005, 09:00 PM	#263
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Just started reading "Roughing It" by Mark Twain. I've got to get myself laughing again and kill off this depression demon, and Mark Twain does it for me every time. I'm reading it online - check it out! http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

05-05-2005, 04:54 PM	#265
*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	Am almost done with Homer's Iliad - I must admit that I'm getting tired of all the killing and description of various gory deaths, but the writing is great - he puts together some lovely combinations of words. I like the "bronze sleep" for death in battle. __________________ . 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!

05-14-2005, 10:59 AM	#267
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Re-reading "The Mysts of Avalon". __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

05-26-2005, 06:30 PM	#268
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Currently reading The Old Curiosity Shop and re-reading Beowulf. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-01-2005, 02:03 AM	#262
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Have just begun Winston Churchill's A History of English Speaking Peoples III: the Age of Revolution. So far mostly about the colonies and george III.

05-14-2005, 09:24 AM	#266
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	Currently reading La Vita Nuova (the new life), which are love poems that Dante composed for Beatrice accompanied by a commentary from Dante himself explaining why he wrote them and dividing each into parts so as to make their meaning clearer. It's a very interesting read, I highly recommend it.

05-26-2005, 06:38 PM	#269
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	re-reading Wild Swans by Jung Chang, in anticipation of her biography of Mao out on june 2nd

05-27-2005, 03:50 PM	#271
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Anthem, by Ayn Rand Has anyone else read this? I just started. I found it on the internet where I can read it for free, which is great seeing as I'm broke lately... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

05-27-2005, 04:22 PM	#272
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Hmmm... I just finished the Icewind Dale trilogy by R.A. Salvatore, and just before that I'd finished the Cleric Quintet by the same author. I'm about to start reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, since Rian reminded me that I haven't read it in so long .

05-27-2005, 04:25 PM	#273
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	The Twelve Caesars, by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

05-27-2005, 04:38 PM	#274
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	and Tales of the Brothers Grimm, edited by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. It's terrific reading 4 a writer like myself when struggling with finding theme, etc. for script projects. Has anyone read I, Claudius? Can't immediately recall author's name... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

05-27-2005, 05:53 PM	#275
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	I haven't read I Clavdivs, but it was made into a decent multi-part series in the 70's. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

05-28-2005, 09:02 AM	#277
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	While "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" are my favorite A.R. books. Anthem reminds me of two other books which were later made into movies; 1984 and another which I forget. Good reading. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

05-31-2005, 04:00 PM	#278
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Tess of the D'Urbevilles (for English class...we have three days to finish the entire book). Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Trivia question: what is the title "Things Fall Apart" taken from? __________________ 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.

05-31-2005, 05:22 PM	#279
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	..and what class has you reading this stuff?

05-31-2005, 05:36 PM	#280
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Curious; what class are you reading this for?

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