31-03-2006, 23:15 | #1 |
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Romeo's Reading list
As some of you may know, I am a fairly avid fan of literature.
Due to my job, I have a lot of time to kill. I used to perfer to kill it with KoC and CDZ, but both of them have been up and down a lot recently. In a pinch, I have resorted to reading books which I will catalog here. Suggestions of books are recommended, with my preference being to "classics" of American or World lit. As you can see, I get enough sci fi junk on my own. My recent readings include The Sound and the Fury Outbound Flight Assignment in Eternity Job The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Man who sold the moon The complete works of Lewis Carrol etc
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31-03-2006, 23:39 | #2 |
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I have been meaning to get to The Moon is Harsh Mistress, as well as some other classic Heinlein. What did you think of it?
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01-04-2006, 00:26 | #3 |
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I have read probably 10 Heinlein books in the past month.
I recommend Job and PuppetMasters the most. The Moon is a harsh mistress is a decent book, the style takes a while to get used to, and it doesn't have quite the flow of a Fualkner. Both TMISAHM and The sound and the fury are written in interesting styling and both are decent books, but TSATF has more "Beauty" to it. My favorite Heinlein books are "Starship Troopers" and Job.
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01-05-2006, 17:49 | #4 |
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Hmm, Time to update this page.
I just read Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist. I loved them both. Is it too late to change my name to Mr. Winkle? I checked out 2 new books today: Joseph Conrads collected sailing works ( I want Heart of Darkness, Secret Sharer and maybe The Nigger from the Narcisuss) and Wicked (A take on the Wicked witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz). Other recommendations are welcome.
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01-05-2006, 18:03 | #5 |
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Did you read Stranger in a strange land as well? I think it's Heinlein's best. BTW, there's a book thread somewhere in the OT section.
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28-08-2006, 00:04 | #6 |
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Anyway, I am bored here as my wife is severly limiting what I can do around the house, and I already packed all my books.
I read some more stuff, most notably some Chuck Palahniuk (Sp?), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Portrait of Dorian Gray, and another slug of Heinlein books. Recommendations for good classic or semi-classic books are appreciated.
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28-08-2006, 02:13 | #8 |
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I can highly recommend his writings. I have not read fight club, I read lullaby, and found it to be one of the best on sentance building. i.e. no wasted words, alliteration in key spots etc.
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As far as semi-classic, I jsut finished "The Name of the Rose" for interesting mystery surrounding 14th century monastic (think Sherlock Holmes as a monk) and will be moving on to A Brief History of Time and Candide, though I can't recommend them yet as I haven't personally read them through. (I have read most of candide, just not in order in a sitting)
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I saw the movie a few years back, and I've been thinking about reading it, but I've been told that it is really long-winded and it has quite boring long passages on descriptions of the monastary...
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