Reading any good books? - Page 8

ItalianLegolas · 01-27-2005, 09:50 PM

cool, eagerly awaiting

Mrs.Gimli · 01-28-2005, 10:57 AM

I just Read THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND i am ten I loved it

Mercutio · 01-28-2005, 11:58 AM

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Great Expectations and The Woman in White (which is by Wilkie Collins too, Mercutio

)

My mock trial/western civ... teacher reccommended Woman in White, but when I went to the library it was checked out, so I grabbed the Moonstone instead! I love it so far!

Lenya · 01-29-2005, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ItalianLegolas

I be reading "A Tolkien Bestiary" ok, not great

Don't. I heard David Day is a fake - he makes up his own stuff. C Tolkien said that.

ItalianLegolas · 01-29-2005, 03:08 PM

I just read 2 of his books, and they both have the exact same stuff, except in a different order.

The Wizard from Milan · 01-29-2005, 06:51 PM

i just finished Animal Farm

trolls' bane · 01-29-2005, 07:19 PM

I love that book!

One of my favorites.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-29-2005, 07:22 PM

did you know in animal farm, napoleon is stalin, and snowball is trotsky, and animal farm itself is the ussr, and the farmers were the tsarists?

Embladyne · 01-29-2005, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

did you know in animal farm, napoleon is stalin, and snowball is trotsky, and animal farm itself is the ussr, and the farmers were the tsarists?

Yeah, did you ever see the film that was based on the book?

BeardofPants · 01-30-2005, 02:33 PM

Just finished reading Philip K. Dick's "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" (very very good, but a weak ending), and now I'm reading Alfred Bester's "The Stars, My Destination".

Elemmírë · 01-30-2005, 02:56 PM

I finally read Hamlet.

Started reading some Nietzsche... bought about three new Tolkien books...

And I'm looking forward to reading some philosophy for my class: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant.

No Nietzsche, though.

Artanis · 01-30-2005, 03:26 PM

I have finished "The trojan women", by Euripides.
It is a good play, but it was quite a shock to learn that the hero I know from the Odyssey is also responsible for the deliberate murder of a little child.

And now ... Goethe, Bulgakov or Mendoza ...

Elemmírë · 01-30-2005, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Artanis

I have finished "The trojan women", by Euripides.
It is a good play, but it was quite a shock to learn that the hero I know from the Odyssey is also responsible for the deliberate murder of a little child.

Ulysses?

(sorry, can't spell the Greek name...

)

Well... I suppose I liked Achilles before I finally read the Iliad. Then I found out he was a murderous *******.

The only one I like now is Aeneas.

I should go read the Aeneid, I suppose.

Artanis · 01-30-2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

Ulysses?

(sorry, can't spell the Greek name...

)

Yes, him.

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The only one I like now is Aeneas.

I should go read the Aeneid, I suppose.

You definately should.

Falagar · 01-30-2005, 07:28 PM

Having just finishedThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (loved it, though it was a hard read), I'm currently reading:

A Game of Thrones by G.R.R. Martin (again)
Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (again)
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
Hunger by Knut Hamsund
The Odyssey (I shall finish it! I shall!)
The Fourth Rule by two persons I can't remember the names of (not really tempting to continue as it doesn't quite manage to get a hold on me, but I'll see if I can get through it)
The Dead Sea-scrolls (when I feel like it)
Elder Gods by David & Leigh Eddings (which I've put on the shelf until some other time, didn't appeal to me at all)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (been a while since last time I looked at it though, may not count any more

)

...as well as barely having started The Count of Monte Cristro (this time in english). And there will soon be a Mammut-sale in the book-stores in centrum...I won't have time for anything else than reading.

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Well... I suppose I liked Achilles before I finally read the Iliad. Then I found out he was a murderous *******.

Superficial! He's really just a big softie.

Well, Hector was a nice guy. And Ajax.

Aenas barely did anything (if I remember correctly, there were lots of names starting with 'a')

Elemmírë · 01-30-2005, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Artanis

You definately should.

I will.

There are a lot of books I have to read...

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Originally Posted by Falagar

Having just finishedThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (loved it, though it was a hard read), I'm currently reading:

A Game of Thrones by G.R.R. Martin (again)

Does he have a new book coming out anytime soon? It's been, like... forever.

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Superficial! He's really just a big softie.

Well, Hector was a nice guy. And Ajax.

Aenas barely did anything (if I remember correctly, there were lots of names starting with 'a')

No! It's not Aeneas' fault his mother kept saving him!

I could have forgiven Achilles (maybe) until he killed Lycaon, one of Priam's sons. That was the final straw. And he was such a damned idiot! Agamemnon was willing to give him practically anything!

Hector was fine, I suppose.

Paris was annoying.

cee2lee2 · 01-31-2005, 12:37 AM

Finished The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. It's a quick read and very romantic. Didn't like it well enough to read the sequel though.

sun-star · 02-02-2005, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

The only one I like now is Aeneas.

I should go read the Aeneid, I suppose.

Yes, then you'll find out how he treats Dido

I'm reading Derrida. Being forced to read him. Yuck

Last Child of Ungoliant · 02-02-2005, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sun-star

Yes, then you'll find out how he treats Dido

I'm reading Derrida. Being forced to read him. Yuck

oh come on!

he treated Dido well for a carthaginian, and besides, he had to go and become an ancestor to romulus and remus, so he was much too busy to stay with her

sun-star · 02-02-2005, 04:59 PM

Well I know he didn't have much choice, but her suicide is so sad

01-27-2005, 09:50 PM	#141
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	cool, eagerly awaiting __________________ What was lost is now found.

01-28-2005, 10:57 AM	#142
Mrs.Gimli Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 39	I just Read THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND i am ten I loved it Last edited by Mrs.Gimli : 01-30-2005 at 04:10 PM.

01-29-2005, 03:08 PM	#145
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	I just read 2 of his books, and they both have the exact same stuff, except in a different order. __________________ What was lost is now found.

01-29-2005, 07:19 PM	#147
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I love that book! One of my favorites. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

01-30-2005, 02:33 PM	#150
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Just finished reading Philip K. Dick's "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" (very very good, but a weak ending), and now I'm reading Alfred Bester's "The Stars, My Destination". __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-29-2005, 06:51 PM	#146
The Wizard from Milan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 421	i just finished Animal Farm

01-29-2005, 07:22 PM	#148
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	did you know in animal farm, napoleon is stalin, and snowball is trotsky, and animal farm itself is the ussr, and the farmers were the tsarists?

01-30-2005, 02:56 PM	#151
Elemmírë avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	I finally read Hamlet. Started reading some Nietzsche... bought about three new Tolkien books... And I'm looking forward to reading some philosophy for my class: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant. No Nietzsche, though. __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

01-30-2005, 03:26 PM	#152
Artanis Greatest Elven woman of Aman Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7 Posts: 4,285	I have finished "The trojan women", by Euripides. It is a good play, but it was quite a shock to learn that the hero I know from the Odyssey is also responsible for the deliberate murder of a little child. And now ... Goethe, Bulgakov or Mendoza ... __________________ --Life is hard, and then we die. Last edited by Artanis : 01-30-2005 at 03:28 PM.

01-31-2005, 12:37 AM	#157
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Finished The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. It's a quick read and very romantic. Didn't like it well enough to read the sequel though.

02-02-2005, 04:59 PM	#160
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Well I know he didn't have much choice, but her suicide is so sad __________________ 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.

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