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I think I'll do like Bandiet in 2017. I won't set a number, but I'll do the booklord challenges.
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im still working my way through gravity's rainbow from last year and haven't decided what my first new book should be yet. Hamsun Bernhard or The Royal Game by Zweig probably.
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apophenium posted:Does anyone have some recommendations for me to pick from as far as WWI books go? I belive a farewell to arms is about wwi
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Hello 2017. First update of the year 1) Read some books: 4/?? 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 4) Read at least one book by an LGBT author. 5) Read at least one TBB BoTM and post in the monthly thread about it. 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) 7) Read something that was recently published (anything from after 1st January 2016). 10) Read something from somewhere you want to travel. 11) Read something political. 12) Read something historical. 12a) Read something about the First World War. 13) Read something biographical. 14) Read some poetry. 15) Read a play. 16) Read a collection of short stories. 18) Read something which was banned or censored. 19) Read a satire. 20) Read something about honour. 21) Read something about fear. 22) Read something about one (or more!) of the seven sins. 23) Read something that you love. 24) Read something from a non-human perspective. 1. Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon 2. The Fall of the Stone City, Ismail Kadare 3. The Royal Game, Stefan Zweig 4. The Sound and The Fury, William Faulkner off to a good start this year. I'm not going to pretend to understand half of Gravity's Rainbow, but I enjoyed it for the most part. I loved how full of intertextuality this book was, ranging from Homer's classic plays to burlesque, as well as speculative linguistics. Guess I have to reread it in the future, cause the structure just screams "repeated readings". The same could also be said of The Sound and The Fury. My favourite chapter is the second following Quentin. I put Ismail Kadare on the backburner a bit last year after a dull first chapter, but picked it up again after finishing Gravity's and all in all I really loved the novel. If this is one of his weaker (according to a goon from the babyfucker thread) then I'm eager to read some of his better ones. somebody wildcard me, please. If you've got something for challenge no. 24 (I've already read The Elephant's Journey, mind) or an LGBQT author, that would be swell.
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Safety Biscuits posted:What do you mean by speculative linguistics? It's been so long since I've read it that I've no idea what you're talking about. speculative might not be the correct phrasing, but around the midpoint Pynchon goes on for several pages discussing phonetics in a bunch of languages (some of which I believe are fictional) and a grapheme. reminded me of Borges tbh
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Feb 1, 2017 16:22
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actually Norway's model sustains itself on the exploitation of the whole planet (crude oil), thank you very much 
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real busy month, not as much reading done as in February. 1) Read some books: 6/?? 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 4) Read at least one book by an LGBT author. 5) Read at least one TBB BoTM and post in the monthly thread about it. 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) 7) Read something that was recently published (anything from after 1st January 2016). 10) Read something from somewhere you want to travel. 12) Read something historical. 12a) Read something about the First World War. 13) Read something biographical. 14) Read some poetry. 15) Read a play. 16) Read a collection of short stories. 18) Read something which was banned or censored. 19) Read a satire. 20) Read something about honour. 22) Read something about one (or more!) of the seven sins. 23) Read something that you love. 24) Read something from a non-human perspective. 1. Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon 2. The Fall of the Stone City, Ismail Kadare 3. The Royal Game, Stefan Zweig 4. The Sound and The Fury, William Faulkner 5. The Class, Hermann Ungar 6. The Fox Was Ever the Hunter The Class was really good. its about Josef Blau, a paranoid school teacher in a Czech village. he himself is from a poor background, but teaches rich kids at a private high school, and is constantly feeling insecure and lesser than his pupils because of it. he develops a need for absolute control, and eventually this blend of compulsion and paranoia seeps into his personal life as well. The Fox is about the end of the Ceausescu regime. It starts off rather lighthearted with detailed and almost fairytale like descriptions of every minutiae, but eventually drags you in to the reality of the totalitarian regime. ulvir fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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a little better than february, imo 1) Read some books: 10/?? 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 4) Read at least one book by an LGBT author. 5) Read at least one TBB BoTM and post in the monthly thread about it. 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) 7) Read something that was recently published (anything from after 1st January 2016). 10) Read something from somewhere you want to travel. 12a) Read something about the First World War. 13) Read something biographical. 14) Read some poetry. 16) Read a collection of short stories. 18) Read something which was banned or censored. 19) Read a satire. 20) Read something about honour. 23) Read something that you love. 24) Read something from a non-human perspective. 1. Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon 2. The Fall of the Stone City, Ismail Kadare 3. The Royal Game, Stefan Zweig 4. The Sound and The Fury, William Faulkner 5. The Class, Hermann Ungar 6. The Fox Was Ever the Hunter 7. Human Acts, Han Kang 8. Cain, José Saramago 9. Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead 10. a book consisting of the two essays Télémorphose og La pensée radicale, Jean Baudrillard first off. I read The Vegetarian last year and thought it was okay, so I gave Human Acts a chance when I saw it at a book shop last month. The theme and subject - Gwangju uprising - was a pretty good premise. its sort of an anthology of sorts, where each chapter is a different POV from people who were involved in and arrested by the military during the events. while you got a good look into how people were treated, I felt the prose and flow of the book was a bit ... I wouldn't say purple prose, but it did keep hitting you over the head with the message. I don't know if this is because of the translation or what, but it felt rather underwhelming, tbh. Cain was pretty funny and good also, rewriting the events of the old testament as a new, satirical sort of fiction, he tries to explore where and how Cain travelled the world after he killed his brother Abel. Rosencrantz was gifted to me during the secret santa last year, I had never read it before and it was pretty funny. it reminded me of Waiting for Godot in a way, with the way Ros and Guil interacted with eachother. I loved the way it established a connection with the main story by Shakespeare. currently reading A Regicide by Alain Robbe-Grillet ulvir fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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better late than never 1) Read some books: 16/?? 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) 12a) Read something about the First World War. 13) Read something biographical. 16) Read a collection of short stories. 18) Read something which was banned or censored. 23) Read something that you love. 1. Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon 2. The Fall of the Stone City, Ismail Kadare 3. The Royal Game, Stefan Zweig 4. The Sound and The Fury, William Faulkner 5. The Class, Hermann Ungar 6. The Fox Was Ever the Hunter, Herta Müller 7. Human Acts, Han Kang 8. Cain, José Saramago 9. Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard 10. a book consisting of the two essays Télémorphose og La pensée radicale, Jean Baudrillard 11. A Regicide, Alain Robbe-Grillet 12. Satantango, Laszlo Krasznahorkai 13. Tractatus logico-philosophicus, Ludwig Wittgenstein 14. Conference of the Birds, Farid ud-Din Attar 15. Complete Works, Arthur Rimbaud 16. Apology, Plato A Regicide was an interesting novel. Not too strong of a nuevau roman-vibe to it, though I've heard it's something he develops further on into his body of works. It's about a bloke who suddenly decided that somebody needs to assassinate the king to attempt to fix the political situation where the Church party has too much power. There's also a parallell story where we follow the protagonist's dream. It's interesting how he changes the narrative perspective, from 3rd person during the "main" story and 1st person for the dream sequences. Tractatus was rather difficult, I'll admit, since I've barely touched formal logic in any way. The sections I could follow clearly was interesting enough. Excited to read Investigations at a later point in time, since I assume that's where the majority of the references to him within linguistics points towards. Conference of the Birds was pretty funny in certain parts, the way the Hoopoe tore apart the other birds' vices and all. As for Rimbaud, I was a bit surprised by how much he wrote about farts, butts and sex. Though considering he was a teenager for most of his active time, that's not too surprising either. A Season in Hell is pretty drat good, however. Reading Tractatus at the start of may reignited my interest in philosophy, so I gave the Apology another read again (been a while since last time). I'd say parts of the themes of Socrates' trial resonated somewhat, since blasphemy was only officially legalised in my country in 2015 (the law had been dormant since the early 1930's, but the life of brian was initially banned when it was first released). I figure I'll read the nicomachean ethics next ulvir fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 20, 2017 |
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I haven't updated in like forever 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. failed 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) failed 12a) Read something about the First World War. failed 18) Read something which was banned or censored. Failed: don't think anything I read was banned or censored 1. Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon 2. The Fall of the Stone City, Ismail Kadare 3. The Royal Game, Stefan Zweig 4. The Sound and The Fury, William Faulkner 5. The Class, Hermann Ungar 6. The Fox Was Ever the Hunter, Herta Müller 7. Human Acts, Han Kang 8. Cain, José Saramago 9. Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard 10. a book consisting of the two essays Télémorphose og La pensée radicale, Jean Baudrillard 11. A Regicide, Alain Robbe-Grillet 12. Satantango, Laszlo Krasznahorkai 13. Tractatus logico-philosophicus, Ludwig Wittgenstein 14. Conference of the Birds, Farid ud-Din Attar 15. Complete Works, Arthur Rimbaud 16. Apology, Plato 17. Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau 18. Sphinx, Anne Garréta 19. Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle 20. Og du dør så langsomt at du tror du lever, Bertrand Besigye (I bought this at a recommendation from someone. It was absolutely terrible and represented everything that's bad about Norwegian poetry in the 90s) 21. Livshus, Halldis Moren Vesaas 22. Symposium, Plato 23. Phaedrus, Plato 24. Selected Poems, Langston Hughes 25. The Red-Haired Woman, Orhan Pamuk 26. Crito & Phaedo, Plato 27. Oreo, Fran Ross 28. The Collected Poems, W. B. Yeats 29. Selected Poems, T. S. Eliot 30. Collected Stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer 31. Poesiar etter Henrik Wergeland, Jon Fosse depending on the categories next year I might or might not attend. I also prefer reading without having to keep a specific number in mind like I did this year, and before I jumped on these threads a year or two ago, so I won't ever bother setting a numbered goal again, in any case ulvir fucked around with this message at 12:21 on Dec 14, 2017 |
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