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Post by mixed on May 17, 2008 9:31:58 GMT -5
War and Peace - I'm really enjoying it so far, Tolstoys descriptions of people is majestic, his sentence structure and co-ordination is masterful. I've just finished 'book one'....of the first book.
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Post by captainofbeef on May 17, 2008 14:33:05 GMT -5
^I wouldn't call that book enjoyable myself. But its definitely a must-read.
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Post by mixed on May 19, 2008 11:40:06 GMT -5
^^^ well so far I haven't gotten any *sigh* time to carry on with war and peace type feeling, so I consider it to be enjoyable so far. I love the way Tolstoy describes the characters looks. Stuff along the lines of 'he looked at him as if he knew exactly what he meant and wanted out of it.' That's very cool, i haven't seen that technique before and the ways it's used is really good.
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Post by captainofbeef on May 19, 2008 16:56:18 GMT -5
^He's definitely a talented writer and the book is fantastic, it is just not a joy to read...
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Post by captainofbeef on May 21, 2008 17:28:15 GMT -5
The Stranger by Albert Camus.
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Post by captainofbeef on May 24, 2008 17:10:04 GMT -5
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
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Post by BarrSnacks on May 26, 2008 20:17:27 GMT -5
War and Peace - I'm really enjoying it so far, Tolstoys descriptions of people is majestic, his sentence structure and co-ordination is masterful. I've just finished 'book one'....of the first book. I heard the book was originally titled "War, What is it Good For?". |
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Post by mixed on May 27, 2008 14:17:33 GMT -5
I don't know, I think that sounds a little bit too...'tonight' style. Or maybe to americans, 'after school special', a title I mean Heh. I think war and peace is better, it sound solid, epic, and self explanatory (I'm assuming!)
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Post by BarrSnacks on May 27, 2008 15:23:56 GMT -5
Oh, sorry. I was just joking. It was a line from an episode of Seinfeld.
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Post by mixed on Jun 10, 2008 18:21:05 GMT -5
Oh right ;D
I don't watch american sitcoms
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Post by captainofbeef on Jun 11, 2008 12:41:08 GMT -5
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene...
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Post by captainofbeef on Jun 16, 2008 17:23:32 GMT -5
Herzog by Saul Bellow...
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Post by captainofbeef on Jun 20, 2008 16:22:16 GMT -5
The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa...
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Post by captainofbeef on Jun 20, 2008 20:19:56 GMT -5
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut...
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Post by captainofbeef on Jun 25, 2008 22:07:05 GMT -5
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand...
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Post by PTAhole on Jun 30, 2008 5:25:57 GMT -5
The Ten Cent Plague by David Hajdu
It's a pretty good account of the McCarthy-esque comic book hearings in the early fifties.
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Post by captainofbeef on Jul 14, 2008 19:46:57 GMT -5
Primary Colors by Anonymous...
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Post by captainofbeef on Jul 17, 2008 17:49:08 GMT -5
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut...
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Post by captainofbeef on Jul 31, 2008 18:10:23 GMT -5
Portnoy's Complaint by Phillip Roth...
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Post by PTAhole on Aug 19, 2008 18:07:45 GMT -5
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
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Post by captainofbeef on Aug 25, 2008 16:35:13 GMT -5
Putting Portnoy's Complaint on hold for a bit while I read my summer reading.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse...
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Post by captainofbeef on Aug 28, 2008 21:57:33 GMT -5
Triple- Ken Follett
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Post by captainofbeef on Sept 3, 2008 21:33:59 GMT -5
The World is Flat- Thomas L. Friedman
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Post by captainofbeef on Sept 8, 2008 20:45:12 GMT -5
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
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Post by captainofbeef on Oct 18, 2008 10:42:00 GMT -5
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
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Post by captainofbeef on Oct 23, 2008 20:25:33 GMT -5
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy...
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Post by PTAhole on Nov 4, 2008 5:15:55 GMT -5
Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
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Post by captainofbeef on Nov 4, 2008 8:29:15 GMT -5
The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy...
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Post by captainofbeef on Dec 9, 2008 18:44:23 GMT -5
Contact by Carl Sagan...
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Post by mixed on Dec 13, 2008 1:43:58 GMT -5
Dance dance dance - Haruki Murakami
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