Last Book You Read
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I gave up on re-reading the Song of Ice and Fire books in anticipation of the upcoming season of HBO's Game of Thrones.
Yesterday, having high expectations, I bought Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. 86 pages in and so far, so good. I don't normally read fiction.
Yesterday, having high expectations, I bought Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. 86 pages in and so far, so good. I don't normally read fiction.
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I am finally reading Anne Rice's new book, "The Wolf Gift." It's wonderful...
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Well, today I read the First Act of Shakespeare's Tempest... difficult to comprehend here and there but altogether great pleasure!
I love this line for instance:
Go, make thyself like a nymph o' the sea: be subject to no sight but thine and mine; invisible to every eyeball else.
I wish I could speak like that on daily basis
I love this line for instance:
Go, make thyself like a nymph o' the sea: be subject to no sight but thine and mine; invisible to every eyeball else.
I wish I could speak like that on daily basis
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Lot of film versions available for The Tempest. ( Plays are better seen than read, imo.)
We're set tonight for the Helen Mirren film of a couple years back.
The b/w TV version of a bygone age is excellent. Richard Burton was funny as hell as Caliban.
Even Forbidden Planet had its moments.
OT: Amost forgot.
Winston Graham The Twisted Sword, pretty pallid product. WTF, he was nearly 80 when he wrote it. R.I.P.
We're set tonight for the Helen Mirren film of a couple years back.
The b/w TV version of a bygone age is excellent. Richard Burton was funny as hell as Caliban.
Even Forbidden Planet had its moments.
OT: Amost forgot.
Winston Graham The Twisted Sword, pretty pallid product. WTF, he was nearly 80 when he wrote it. R.I.P.
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But I like to read plays, too! I know it's not exactly the typical way but I really enjoy it. And with Shakespeare it's additionally a language thing, this language is very difficult for me but it's a challenge at the same time, and pleasure, too.
But of course I saw at least two versions of Tempest, including the one made by BBC (I've got quite a collection of BBC adaptations of Shakespeare and sometimes I watch something... they're in most of cases terribly long, though!)
And I saw parts of Greenaway's Prospero's Books once and I found it very intriguing. I can still remember those images even though it was over 15 years ago nad I never saw any more of that movie.
But of course I saw at least two versions of Tempest, including the one made by BBC (I've got quite a collection of BBC adaptations of Shakespeare and sometimes I watch something... they're in most of cases terribly long, though!)
And I saw parts of Greenaway's Prospero's Books once and I found it very intriguing. I can still remember those images even though it was over 15 years ago nad I never saw any more of that movie.
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By all means enjoy!
I personally am able to follow the flowery dialog (in WS, often intentionally obscure; apparently he was parodying a popular style at the time) when I see the stage business and hear the actor's inflections.
*Many thanks for reminding me of Prospero's Books. I'll catch it next time around for sure.
I personally am able to follow the flowery dialog (in WS, often intentionally obscure; apparently he was parodying a popular style at the time) when I see the stage business and hear the actor's inflections.
*Many thanks for reminding me of Prospero's Books. I'll catch it next time around for sure.
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I am currently reading Iain M. Banks's first Culture novel Consider Phlebas. The later Culture novels are supposed to get (even) better, but this seemed a good place to start.
Edit: Shit eating Polynesian cannibals in space! Goodbye €6.50.
Edit: Shit eating Polynesian cannibals in space! Goodbye €6.50.
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Now reading Surface Detail Iain M. Banks latest Culture novel. Much better than the first, so far.
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I'm currently reading The Stand by Stephen King.
Is anyone on goodreads.com? It's a brilliant book social networking site. Feel free to add me, time2stand.
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I'm reading the trilogy of The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. Am now on the second book, which is a lot better. Kind of strange because the translation from Swedish is a little bit off. I always have "War and Peace" on stand-by when I run out of books...
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I think I'll finally read Dune later this year. Never got around to it during a previous period of prefering (English) Science Fiction while in high school.
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After finishing Surface Detail I read Player of Games. This morning I started Use of Weapons. Already looking forward to Banks's latest Culture book The Hydrogen Sonata.
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Haruki Murakami - South of the Border, West of the Sun
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Finished Bank's Use of Weapons, what a bore, and have just started Excession, the one I have been most looking forward to.
Am also reading Haruki Murakami Underground, The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche.
Am also reading Haruki Murakami Underground, The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche.