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I don't really understand how it's decadent like the academic lit community is the golden robot from Futurama except eating nazi grapes
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Anthony Burgess is one of those writers that I can't get enough of even though I disagree with 99% of his politics and would ship him off to the gulag if given half a chance. Despite this, I've never actually read A Clockwork Orange, just most of his other stuff. Is there anything I should know before diving in?
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Alvarez IV posted:Anthony Burgess is one of those writers that I can't get enough of even though I disagree with 99% of his politics and would ship him off to the gulag if given half a chance. Despite this, I've never actually read A Clockwork Orange, just most of his other stuff. Is there anything I should know before diving in? Make sure you're not reading an old American edition so the book actually has all the chapters?
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Jul 26, 2017 02:17
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Losing those chapters was his choice though the real black mark is they include a dictionary.
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Jul 26, 2017 10:22
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Mr. Squishy posted:Losing those chapters was his choice though the real black mark is they include a dictionary. I'm pretty sure it was the American publisher who wanted to get rid of it. Burgess needed money so he just let them do whatever.
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Jul 26, 2017 11:45
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im trying to read blood meridian but it's very boring 😴
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Jul 26, 2017 23:16
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fridge corn posted:im trying to read blood meridian but it's very boring 😴 oh poo poo sorry dude lol
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Jul 26, 2017 23:26
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I got The Road for like a couple bucks used but haven't even opened it yet. What's the thread's opinion on Cormac McCormacky?
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Jul 27, 2017 02:15
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he real good
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he's too lazy to use punctuation
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Jul 27, 2017 03:04
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I am having a hell of a time with Dictionary of the Khazars, any suggestions for an order/strategy to tackling it? I have been bouncing around and liking it but I feel like I'm missing something/getting lost in it.
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Jul 27, 2017 03:49
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Swarmin Swedes posted:I am having a hell of a time with Dictionary of the Khazars, any suggestions for an order/strategy to tackling it? I have been bouncing around and liking it but I feel like I'm missing something/getting lost in it. i just read it front to back in direct opposition to the intro. because: 1) i like being contrary 2) i think reading each section independently let me see the thematic differences between them 3) once you have a basic idea of the full scope of the entries then you are less tempted to keep flipping around until you feel like you understand what is going on 100% in a particular entry, since you will have an idea of what was left intentionally extratextual
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Jul 27, 2017 04:15
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Mel Mudkiper posted:he real good
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Jul 27, 2017 06:22
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booker prize has announced the most boring longlist possible, which also makes it a good list of the most talked-about English-language literature of the last couple of years (with a couple of exceptions) 4 3 2 1 , by Paul Auster (US) (Faber & Faber) quote:It's the kind of novel I imagine computers writing, when they're able: there's nothing technically wrong with it, but it doesn't really seem to have a point. quote:Not my cup of tea at this moment in AmeriKKKan history when it is very likely that more natives will be killed in the near future over fossil fuel pipelines running through sacred lands. Goodreads posted:No, it is not actually about wolves. You aren't going to learn anything about the behavior of wolves from this book. quote:SO disappointing. A strong romance would have saved everything. quote:it might have been more interesting to discover that Marcus was in actuality a squirrel, or maybe a raccoon quote:If I hadn't already come to the conclusion that there is no real point to life then this novel would certainly have made me consider it so. quote:not published yet quote:464 pages of utter garbage (organic as well as inorganic) against the Indian state as well as the popular belief, this is what the book offers you quote:This book is not about Lincoln, so if you're a President Abraham Lincoln lover, you will likely not like or appreciate this book. quote:It truly gets to the heart of the readers through word choice and emotional connections. quote:The plot goes nowhere, the characters are underdeveloped and not likable, and the Brexit connection is flimsy at best. quote:The farther away I get from college, the less patience I have for reading that feels like work, and this felt like getting out a spade and tilling up a field by hand. quote:I was expecting a big payoff! I was expecting to be moved to tears! I was expecting to be first in line when they make this into a movie! But . . . none of this happened. VVV Eka Kurniawan is the current hotness VVV Burning Rain fucked around with this message at 09:32 on Jul 27, 2017 |
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Jul 27, 2017 08:35
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im planning a trip to bali later this year. are there any good balinese or Indonesian writers??
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WHo's being quoted?
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Burning Rain posted:VVV Eka Kurniawan is the current hotness VVV Hmmm apparently one of his books is already on my to read list. How did that get there?? 🙆🤔🙆
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Jul 27, 2017 10:49
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Mr. Squishy posted:WHo's being quoted? The first one or two star review on goodreads that i saw. I outsource all my criticism
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Jul 27, 2017 11:06
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quote:This book is not about Lincoln, so if you're a President Abraham Lincoln lover, you will likely not like or appreciate this book. the hardest of lols
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Jul 27, 2017 12:07
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Rolo posted:I got The Road for like a couple bucks used but haven't even opened it yet. Good, depressing, violent.
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Jul 27, 2017 12:10
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Burning Rain posted:The first one or two star review on goodreads that i saw. I outsource all my criticism This is fantastic.
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Jul 27, 2017 12:28
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Burning Rain posted:booker prize has announced the most boring longlist possible, which also makes it a good list of the most talked-about English-language literature of the last couple of years (with a couple of exceptions) solar bones sounded cool because its all one sentence and i don't care about any of these other clowns
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Jul 27, 2017 13:44
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A human heart posted:solar bones sounded cool because its all one sentence and i don't care about any of these other clowns Colson Whitehead and George Saunders are real real good
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Jul 27, 2017 13:45
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Lincoln in the Bardo was decent, and funny in a couple of places.
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Jul 27, 2017 13:55
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I hope Zadie Smith wins. I haven't read "Swing Time" but I am reading her collection of essays at the moment and it owns. Also shes pretty fit.
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Jul 27, 2017 14:17
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zadie smith is an incredibly good writer and one of the very few who actually manages to capture contemporary london. unlike that poo poo ian mcewan.
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Jul 27, 2017 14:36
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Franchescanado posted:Good, depressing, violent. Just like mom used to make!
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Jul 27, 2017 14:37
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Gorn Myson posted:I hope Zadie Smith wins. I haven't read "Swing Time" but I am reading her collection of essays at the moment and it owns. Also shes pretty fit. I need to read Swing Time too but White Teeth is really good
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Jul 27, 2017 14:38
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Fiona Mozley has like 40 mutual friends with me on Facebook. Weird
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Jul 27, 2017 18:05
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Re: Zadie, I just finished On Beauty and it was pretty good. White Teeth and Swing Time were both enjoyable as well. Of the books listed I loved Lincoln in the Bardo and was underwhelmed by Underground Railroad, but I still want to read the Roy.
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Jul 28, 2017 04:31
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I read Hospital of the Transfiguration, it was really good.
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Jul 28, 2017 04:34
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fridge corn posted:im planning a trip to bali later this year. are there any good balinese or Indonesian writers?? You might want to start reading Pramoedya Ananta Toer's works, especially if you have a slight interest in knowing colonial-era life in Indonesia.
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CelestialCookie posted:You might want to start reading Pramoedya Ananta Toer's works, especially if you have a slight interest in knowing colonial-era life in Indonesia. Yes perfect 👌 this is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for thanks
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Jul 28, 2017 11:54
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Art of Fielding is good poo poo so far. Thanks, thread
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so I've never read any Hesse and I want to get started with Demian. Is there a definitive translation or is any of them fine?
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Jul 30, 2017 11:14
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smh if u dont read all books in all their original languages
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Jul 30, 2017 12:00
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Powaqoatse posted:smh if u dont read all books in all their original languages
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Jul 30, 2017 16:51
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smh if you dont gain astral access to the akashic record and channel the pure unfiltered thoughtform of every book directly into your crown chakra
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By the way, Just finished Vondel's Lucifer. V cool, clearly a big influence on Milton. See for instance (from Wikipedia so I don't have to do the translation myself)quote:"Here may we reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell. The fall of man is also very much an afterthought in Lucifer, while it's one of the coolest parts of Paradise Lost. Overall, Paradise Lost is probably the better work, but Lucifer is also very cool. Would read more Vondel. Also good & cool: The word 'kloot' in modern Dutch refers only to testicles, but in the 17th century it apparently referred to spherical bodies in general. V nice when Vondel calls the heavenly bodies 'kloten'.
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The Belgian posted:Also good & cool: The word 'kloot' in modern Dutch refers only to testicles, but in the 17th century it apparently referred to spherical bodies in general. V nice when Vondel calls the heavenly bodies 'kloten'. is that where the name of the band comes from?
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