Stuff I have read over spring break: Les Miserables, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Stuff I have left to read: A Confederacy of Dunces
My favorite chapter of Les Miserables is the one that covers Marius' father's life. And at the end he jumps over a ditch at the end of a battle and lands right in the middle of a ton of British soldiers. There is a whole page that is going over that sometimes, there's just one word to sum up events, and when it concludes, Maruis' father just says "Shit."
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tastypastryCan somebody please remove these cutleriesfrom my knees?Registered Userregular
edited April 2010
I am starting to re-read some Tolstoy. It's been too long!
Stuff I have read over spring break: Les Miserables, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Stuff I have left to read: A Confederacy of Dunces
My favorite chapter of Les Miserables is the one that covers Marius' father's life. And at the end he jumps over a ditch at the end of a battle and lands right in the middle of a ton of British soldiers. There is a whole page that is going over that sometimes, there's just one word to sum up events, and when it concludes, Maruis' father just says "Shit."
The stuff in Les Mis that touched me the most was the relationship between Marius and M. Gillenormand
Also I was a little bit dissapointed that my edition was abridged to leave out Hugo's dissertations on argot and the sewers of Paris
I've been reading all kinds of Kurt Vonnegut lately, and I'm really, reaaaally enjoying his work.
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ArtreusI'm a wizardAnd that looks fucked upRegistered Userregular
edited April 2010
I can't get into long form russian that easily. I should read crime and punishment though. I do really, really like Russian short fiction though.
Also I hadn't read much Vonnegut so I started reading Breakfast of Champions last week and that was a very bad idea because I was depressed at the time and whoo boy did that not help any. Does it uh.. get less kill-yourself later on or was I just completely misreading it because I was crazy
I am starting to re-read some Tolstoy. It's too long!
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ArtreusI'm a wizardAnd that looks fucked upRegistered Userregular
edited April 2010
I mean you can't really blame them. The books were sold as serials anyway and it's not like they had anything else to do during those winters than write and write and write
I can't get into long form russian that easily. I should read crime and punishment though. I do really, really like Russian short fiction though.
Also I hadn't read much Vonnegut so I started reading Breakfast of Champions last week and that was a very bad idea because I was depressed at the time and whoo boy did that not help any. Does it uh.. get less kill-yourself later on or was I just completely misreading it because I was crazy
Breakfast of Champions is pretty depressing throughout. Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse V, and Mother Night even more so. The Sirens of Titan is pretty cheerful in comparison though. Vonnegut is not an author to read while depressed.
Yeah so that's been going well, but I still enjoy it.
I found the end to Sirens to be the saddest of the books of his that I have read so far, like, I had the biggest connection with the characters in that one because it didn't jump around quite as much as in his other books, and didn't end as suddenly, but had some conclusion to the different story lines.
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ArtreusI'm a wizardAnd that looks fucked upRegistered Userregular
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Yeah it wasn't that I thought it was bad at all or anything. It was just making me hate humanity/everything.
Also I only got around to reading The Martian Chronicles a few years ago and it was not what I thought it would be like at all. holy shit
I read Cat's Cradle right after a break up. Sad City, I tell ya what. Still, he's my favorite author. I think I might enjoy Slaughterhouse V the most, but it's really hard to choose.
Yeah so that's been going well, but I still enjoy it.
I found the end to Sirens to be the saddest of the books of his that I have read so far, like, I had the biggest connection with the characters in that one because it didn't jump around quite as much as in his other books, and didn't end as suddenly, but had some conclusion to the different story lines.
sirens of titan needs to be renamed causality shits on you
Like, there were conclusions that were not bad, but they just kind of happened.
I mean, I finished the book and was talking to one of my friends about it (who I borrowed the book from) and I was all bummed. Then I read the epilogue and I got all happy again, then the final final ending made me all doooooown again.
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I'm trying to find a collection of Jules Cheret's poster work; for such an influential man there are so, so few books. Only 1 on Amazon! Below it comes a list of Alphonse Mucha books. Mucha was important, but I'd say Cheret was more influential . . .
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SwissLionWe are beside ourselves!Registered Userregular
edited April 2010
God damn love me some Vonnegut.
Sirens is my favourite. The version I got had a really nice cover. Purple with curved edges and the dog collar on it. Paperback, smells so nice.
Right now I'm reading Infinite Jest for the second time, and finishing up Leaves of Grass and Walden. Just finished Girl with Curious Hair, Dharma Bums and a Philip Roth book, which bored me.
I like Vonnegut as much as the next guy. I got really into him hard and fast, though, and now his writing basically bores me -- he has such a consistent and strong voice that his authorial style occasionally suffocates the stories. This isn't intrinsically bad or anything, especially because I love experiments in voice, but whenever I pick up one of his books these days I'm basically like "oh, right, here we are." A friend of mine taking a Milan Kundera survey class describes feeling the same way, and he's on his fifth Kundera book in the semester.
just my two cents on vonnegut, is all
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I've never read the book but I'm writing a show about shows and I describe Javert as a French robot sent back from the lawless future to arrest everyone and give classical baritones a place in musical theatre
also the musical sorta sucks and Marius has no personality in it
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My favorite chapter of Les Miserables is the one that covers Marius' father's life. And at the end he jumps over a ditch at the end of a battle and lands right in the middle of a ton of British soldiers. There is a whole page that is going over that sometimes, there's just one word to sum up events, and when it concludes, Maruis' father just says "Shit."
The stuff in Les Mis that touched me the most was the relationship between Marius and M. Gillenormand
Also I was a little bit dissapointed that my edition was abridged to leave out Hugo's dissertations on argot and the sewers of Paris
Also I hadn't read much Vonnegut so I started reading Breakfast of Champions last week and that was a very bad idea because I was depressed at the time and whoo boy did that not help any. Does it uh.. get less kill-yourself later on or was I just completely misreading it because I was crazy
Breakfast of Champions is pretty depressing throughout. Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse V, and Mother Night even more so. The Sirens of Titan is pretty cheerful in comparison though. Vonnegut is not an author to read while depressed.
Yeah so that's been going well, but I still enjoy it.
I found the end to Sirens to be the saddest of the books of his that I have read so far, like, I had the biggest connection with the characters in that one because it didn't jump around quite as much as in his other books, and didn't end as suddenly, but had some conclusion to the different story lines.
Also I only got around to reading The Martian Chronicles a few years ago and it was not what I thought it would be like at all. holy shit
sirens of titan needs to be renamed causality shits on you
the ending was so sad and yet bittersweet
I mean, I finished the book and was talking to one of my friends about it (who I borrowed the book from) and I was all bummed. Then I read the epilogue and I got all happy again, then the final final ending made me all doooooown again.
Not good for a post breakup read, hah
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Did I see golems in that trailer
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Sirens is my favourite. The version I got had a really nice cover. Purple with curved edges and the dog collar on it. Paperback, smells so nice.
This is irony, I think
I like Vonnegut as much as the next guy. I got really into him hard and fast, though, and now his writing basically bores me -- he has such a consistent and strong voice that his authorial style occasionally suffocates the stories. This isn't intrinsically bad or anything, especially because I love experiments in voice, but whenever I pick up one of his books these days I'm basically like "oh, right, here we are." A friend of mine taking a Milan Kundera survey class describes feeling the same way, and he's on his fifth Kundera book in the semester.
just my two cents on vonnegut, is all
Just find yer valve
I've never read the book but I'm writing a show about shows and I describe Javert as a French robot sent back from the lawless future to arrest everyone and give classical baritones a place in musical theatre
also the musical sorta sucks and Marius has no personality in it
(I don't like Les Mis very much)
I'm a baby at Latin so reading it in translation.
Also I want this goofy-ass shirt.
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did you see Lea Michelle flashing her panties all over Rolling Stone?
no
brb
Thinking I may re-read Flatland, which is awesome. Or pick up Animal Farm; haven't read it since my GCSE english class.
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god I hope they lose the auto-tune for the second half of the season
alternatively I hope Mr Schu gets punched in the face over and over again for being the worst director ever
e: eat my ass bale