There's also interestin stuff about this in Melvyn Bragg's Credo , which I've just finished and throughly recommend to anyone who liked The Book Of Kells - it's about St's Wilfred, Cuthbert and Bega in 7th Centrury Northumberland. And yes, it is by that Melvyn Bragg.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jim - Jan 27, 2005 3:51:56 am PST #6955 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 2:10:48 pm PST #6956 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Has anybody read The Family Trade by Charles Stoss? Amazon says I want it.
Calli - Jan 28, 2005 11:02:59 am PST #6957 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Shakespeare fits in literary, right? As does Gorey, of course. So here are The Gashlyspeare Tinies.
A sample:
A is for Antigonus, lunch for a bear
B is for Banquo (but not for his heir)
Daisy Jane - Jan 28, 2005 11:46:04 am PST #6958 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Love it!!! Thanks Calli. I want illustrations now!
sumi - Jan 28, 2005 12:01:47 pm PST #6959 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I'm meandering through my subscriptions over at Readerville. I haven't been in there since early November.
Anyway, I'm in a thread where they're talking about their talking about The Time Traveller's Wife and somebody commented, "A punk librarian. That's my dream date!" and I suddenly realized that I may have met the guy the author based Henry on. Well, possibly. When I took a course on Illuminated Manuscripts in Graduate School we went to the Newberry to see some and there was definitely a punk librarian working with the illuminated mss. I suppose "met" is rather strong -- he was the guy who presented the books to our class.
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2005 7:54:30 am PST #6960 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I picked up Curse of Chalion a couple weeks ago, because I wanted to re-test Bujold, but couldn't remember the order in which to read the Milesverse.
It did start out slow, but damned if it wasn't a lot of fun once it picked up. I like her theology quite a bit, and how it was wrapped into everyday, as well as the evolution of the main character, although it felt a bit rushed towards the end.
I've got Milesverse on hold for me at the library. Must pick that up today.
Susan W. - Jan 29, 2005 7:57:23 am PST #6961 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Be sure to get Paladin of Souls too, when you get a chance. IMO, if you liked Chalion, you'll love it.
meara - Jan 30, 2005 6:01:42 pm PST #6962 of 10002
OK, read a whole lot of Bujold this weekend, on my trips variously DC-London, London-Gloucester, Gloucester-London, London-JFK, JFK-MIA, and MIA-IAD. I know y'all love him, but am I the only one who mostly just wants to smack Miles, a lot? I mean, the books are interesting and well written, but mostly don't love the characters.
(Edit: I've read through "Memory" now, and will likely read the others in any case, since I have a lot of time on planes..;)
Megan E. - Feb 01, 2005 9:12:33 am PST #6963 of 10002
I started reading The Plot Against America by Philip Roth on Sunday and I'm so drawn into the story that all I want to do is read it. I took the bus in to work today and almost missed my stop because I was so engrossed.
This is my first Roth - what others would people suggest? More of the "Roth" books?
DavidS - Feb 01, 2005 9:19:16 am PST #6964 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is my first Roth - what others would people suggest? More of the "Roth" books?
Mmmm, I love Philip Roth. Portnoy's Complaint was his big breakthrough novel. It's still very funny. I LOVE his baseball book titled (amusingly enough) The Great American Novel.
I know a lot of people who really loved the Zuckerman books. They're a series, including Zuckerman Unbound. I think the first one is The Ghost Writer.
His novel Deception is basically about his long affair with the British actress Claire Bloom.