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the best translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Dynasty Warriors 4
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Mel Mudkiper posted:the best translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Dynasty Warriors 4 Close, but 7 is a better telling of the story. 
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Feb 18, 2020 17:56
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It is kind of nuts how accurately that game captures elements of the book I read Romance of the Three Kingdoms because I got super into Dynasty Warriors and figured it would be fun to read the source material but it would obviously not be like a big dumb video game and then like 50 pages in it has poo poo like "And then Zhao Yun ran into the battlefield on horseback and killed 100 men with a single strike"
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Feb 18, 2020 17:59
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Mel Mudkiper posted:It is kind of nuts how accurately that game captures elements of the book Xu Chu is the unsung hero of ro3k for killing so many men and living. I'm halfway through the third volume of the four paperback set of Moss' translation and it's very good but also at a point it's like. Would y'all stop being stupid and accept Cao Cao as the hero of the age.
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Feb 18, 2020 18:04
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I recently finished the first volume of Water Margin and I thought it was funny that like a fifth of the book is dedicated to a cucking subplot that turns deadly and then half the guys involved end up being friends anyway at bandit mountain
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Feb 18, 2020 20:39
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GorfZaplen posted:I recently finished the first volume of Water Margin and I thought it was funny that like a fifth of the book is dedicated to a cucking subplot that turns deadly and then half the guys involved end up being friends anyway at bandit mountain which version?
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Feb 18, 2020 21:31
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GorfZaplen posted:Until the Day of Judgement my sword shall not see its scabbard; my horse beneath me will be my throne, my feet nowhere but in the stirrups, and my crown will be my helmet. I shall not sleep or rest until I have taken my revenge; the rivers flow with less water than my eyes flow with tears. May the king's soul be resplendent among his glorious peers, and may you comfort yourselves with the knowledge of God's justice, so that your hearts find peace. We are all born for death; we belong to death, and we have given our heads into its keeping. rad
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Feb 18, 2020 21:40
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TommyGun85 posted:which version? I read the Sidney Shapiro version titled Outlaws of the Marsh
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Feb 18, 2020 23:20
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TommyGun85 posted:Can anyone recomend good english translations of historical epics. Im looking for the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin or the germanic / norse epics, etc. Ciaran Carson's translation of The Tain kicks rear end.
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Feb 18, 2020 23:37
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Thank you everyone. A lot to check out.
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Feb 19, 2020 02:50
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Franchescanado posted:Do you have a preferred edition/translation of La Vita Nouva?
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Feb 19, 2020 03:30
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Do you know who is cool Hieronymous Alloy Hes a cool guy and everyone say something nice about him because being a mod is thankless and we should occasionally remind our mod that we appreciate him Ill start. I appreciate that he always gives me the time of day when I reach out to him even though I demonstrably do not deserve it
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Feb 20, 2020 01:45
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Do you know who is cool Yeah, HA is pretty good like that. (Condolences about the probation he issued, though!  ) HA also did a pretty decent Battle Brothers guide, from what I remember.But anyway, all these posts about Rot3K is making me really tempted to order it, despite the fact that it seems like this year I've rarely had downtime, during which I can read. It's taking an embarrassing amount of time to get through The Song of the Cid, which should've taken like, an evening, maybe two.  I've gotta ask though, how long is it? Since I've still got the Count of Monte Cristo to go through, which will take me about five years at this rate, so I'm not sure if I want to stack too much on top of that, until I've at least made a dent in it!
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Feb 20, 2020 05:06
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Do you know who is cool I like that HA puts up with everyone even though we are frequently restive and rowdy. And he is incredibly patient and dedicated in his role. Salute to you HA 
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Feb 20, 2020 05:43
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I like that he fixed the title of the Pratchett thread, which I don't read but which I have to see whenever I load TBB.
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Feb 20, 2020 18:01
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Do you know who is cool hope he sees this bro e: hieronymous retire and make me mod. or co-mod. lay down your burden. youve fought so hard. its time for rest
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Feb 21, 2020 07:20
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chernobyl kinsman posted:e: hieronymous retire and make me mod. or co-mod. lay down your burden. youve fought so hard. its time for rest Chernobyl/Mel 2020 We will make it so you can't get probed for trolling genre threads and also make babyfucker BOTM
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Feb 21, 2020 17:02
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I think HA ugh he's a real jerk!
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Feb 21, 2020 21:02
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But then that's not saying much.
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Feb 21, 2020 21:03
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Anyone know of a good non-fiction book about the 1910 plan to import hippos to America? Everything I can find seems either fictional or sensationalist.
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Feb 22, 2020 12:16
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I realized I had meant to post that in the chat thread but oh well mission accomplished
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Feb 22, 2020 18:40
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Is there a particularly good translation of The Odyssey? On Kindle.
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Feb 23, 2020 03:13
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TBB consensus is Lattimore or Fagles. I like Lattimore.
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Feb 23, 2020 03:16
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Based on the cover and subject matter, I was expecting a dumb, Jack Reacher-style action fest, but I'm really digging Don Winslow's Power of the Dog (and I've already picked up the next two books in the series.) Any other recommendations for heavily-researched, straight-from-the-headlines crime novels?
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Feb 25, 2020 06:10
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I have 8 audible credits, help me. I like fantasy and hard sci-fi but I read so much of that I'm not sure there's much of note that I haven't already read, so just recommend anything you enjoyed.
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Feb 25, 2020 19:34
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Lester Shy posted:Based on the cover and subject matter, I was expecting a dumb, Jack Reacher-style action fest, but I'm really digging Don Winslow's Power of the Dog (and I've already picked up the next two books in the series.) Any other recommendations for heavily-researched, straight-from-the-headlines crime novels? James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia (which is also the first book in the "L.A. Quartet" as well as being based on a real case).
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Feb 25, 2020 19:39
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Agent355 posted:I have 8 audible credits, help me. I like fantasy and hard sci-fi but I read so much of that I'm not sure there's much of note that I haven't already read, so just recommend anything you enjoyed. Off the top of my head: The Orphan master’s Son Dear American Airlines Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
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Feb 25, 2020 19:40
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A Canticle for Leibowitz and Ken Liu's A Paper Menagerie and Other Stories would be my immediate recommendations. I also just finished and really enjoyed Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others and plan to read more of his short story collections when I get the chance.
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Feb 25, 2020 19:41
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Selachian posted:James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia (which is also the first book in the "L.A. Quartet" as well as being based on a real case). It’s good, but also almost completely fictional. Aside from a few very basic facts about the crime itself, everything else is fiction.
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Feb 25, 2020 20:03
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Lester Shy posted:Based on the cover and subject matter, I was expecting a dumb, Jack Reacher-style action fest, but I'm really digging Don Winslow's Power of the Dog (and I've already picked up the next two books in the series.) Any other recommendations for heavily-researched, straight-from-the-headlines crime novels? Dude, James Ellroy's Underworld USA Trilogy, starting with American Tabloid feels like the inspiration for Power of the Dog. Multiple protagonists globe trotting and moving in and out of each other's lives and committing brutal acts of violence. Decades-spanning "behind the headlines" story of JFK, J. Edgar Hoover, the Bay of Pigs, the Chicago Outfit, etc. Seriously, this book rules.
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Feb 27, 2020 03:47
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I just finished The Light Brigade (Kameron Hurley), A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine), and A Little Hatred (Joe Abercrombie). I love sci-fi and fantasy, and I'm on a kick of gritty stuff. Please suggest me something. . . some popular things I've already read are the Three body series, MBotF, Black Company, Perdido Street Station, and most of Joe Abercrombie's other stuff. Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Feb 27, 2020 |
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Feb 27, 2020 04:40
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Baru Cormorant is gritty in a more subdued way, and very beautiful. And gay.
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Feb 27, 2020 05:23
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That would have definitely been a good suggestion, but I've already read it 
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Feb 27, 2020 07:11
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Looking to get back into reading fiction after falling off it for a few years. I've been in a bit of a bad way lately, so I'm looking for things that are on the funny, cheerful, or uplifting side. Not necessarily cloyingly so, but things that I will smile while reading, because I do appreciate a dark work but I've been reading a bit too much nonfiction about how awful everything is for everyone lately in the interest of staying informed and politically aware, and it's been affecting my day to day mood. Like any classic goon I like scifi/fantasy, but other stuff (definitely including non-genre fiction) is cool too. Bonus points for LGBTQ+ characters who aren't the focus of tragedy.
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Feb 27, 2020 09:21
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Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession
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Feb 27, 2020 09:27
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Lex Neville posted:Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession  Gonna start it soon.I guess I should mention that I like Agatha Christie-style fair play murder mysteries for their fun puzzle box-like qualities, although they don't really tend to be too uplifting, on account of being about murder. Funny, maybe.
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Feb 27, 2020 09:38
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:Looking to get back into reading fiction after falling off it for a few years. I've been in a bit of a bad way lately, so I'm looking for things that are on the funny, cheerful, or uplifting side. Not necessarily cloyingly so, but things that I will smile while reading, because I do appreciate a dark work but I've been reading a bit too much nonfiction about how awful everything is for everyone lately in the interest of staying informed and politically aware, and it's been affecting my day to day mood.
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Feb 27, 2020 10:26
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Ubiquitus posted:I just finished The Light Brigade (Kameron Hurley), A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine), and A Little Hatred (Joe Abercrombie). How was the Abercrombie?
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Feb 27, 2020 11:13
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anilEhilated posted:Have you read Bridge of Birds? Most uplifting fantasy there is. 
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Feb 27, 2020 13:39
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:Looking to get back into reading fiction after falling off it for a few years. I've been in a bit of a bad way lately, so I'm looking for things that are on the funny, cheerful, or uplifting side. Not necessarily cloyingly so, but things that I will smile while reading, because I do appreciate a dark work but I've been reading a bit too much nonfiction about how awful everything is for everyone lately in the interest of staying informed and politically aware, and it's been affecting my day to day mood. Everyone's gonna tell you Bridge of Birds. Past that, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. None of those have LGBTQ characters though so I'll think a bit more.
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