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Sounds very dramatic... I found some translations of Charle Baudelaire: http://www.poemhunter.com/charles-baudelaire/ Which one is the poem above? I understand a bit of French, but it is hard to recognize in translation...

Well, it is a real within un-real :D . I just meant - that people do not use their PRESENT opportunities, but think that if they had a time machine, they suddenly would talk to famous people. Wasn't meant to be offensive in any sense though... May be I needed to add some smilies to make...

Yes, that's true- it depends on the situation. Every time that my plane takes off, these lines go through my mind again-and again-and again: So I seat with my hands holding crazily into the armchair, under pressure (I hate flying), and this is what I've got in my head! Sometimes there...

Does poetry get stuck in your mind from time to time? - I mean either in English or in your mother tongue? Every time that I know I must do something and I am too lazy to do it, these lines come to my mind (So annoying!)

Auch, I am flying to visit my parents in April... I guess that on 1st of April I will post whatever I think about Bovary, and then on 30 of April, when I am back, I will read who posted what.. Not exactly a discussion... May be I will have a chance to sit by a computer there from time to...

Beer Good, This is why I do not want to go to past. I am great here in present. I am not interested in meeting Bismark or Shakespeare -oh, as if they would talk to me! Get real! One can go now for instance to Solzhenitsyn - he is still alive, and to H. Murakami and to many others. If you...

Oooh, auch, is it a competition? Hm, I hope it'll be a bit friendlier than the Olimpics this year... I just hear some bitterness in CDA's message, and I really do not see why. Is it a war ? I hope not... I really liked that it was so peaceful here ever since I came... And friendly ;)

I plan to visit Portugal and Prague. Portugal is on my list-to-do already for two or three years, ever since I finished Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago - he managed to transfer such a vivid picture of the constructions in Mafra that ever since then I wish to go there. I almost went...

I agree. If I pay attention that what I know is different to what the author writes, I go and check. If the author is wrong, I don't trust any of his word any longer - and the joy of reading is lost. I also hate when the geographical facts are erroneous. And when an author makes his...

Sorry, Voinovich, not Voinich

Well, I got my non-depressing read with Voinich, as Kenny proposed. I do not think that there really exist "classical" russians who are not depressing. So I thought, what the hell, if it is already depressing, than Soljenitsin is as good as anything else. So now I am open to any...

I think Captain Blood by Sabatini is a good adventure book. Reads easily. It can be also downloaded in Gutenberg for free

Did you know? I just realized this - but Strugatsky were also translating! Arkadi Strugatsky was translating from Japanese to Russian the works of Kobo Abe, Hiroshi Noma, and "Chronicle of Yoshitsune" Both of them were also translating from English to Russian. So, these people are not...

I did not read it but a saw a musical (by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. ) It was 7 years ago in Broadway <-- showing off :p

Kenny, Thank you for your suggestion! I just finished "Chonkin", it was a good laugh, but not really my style - a book that one reads and forgets. Entertaining, though. But thanks, it was a new experience. However, pay attenstion that Russians themselves carefully distinguish between...

Saliotthomas, can you post your music collection? After that note above, I'm curious how your music looks like :) ???

Wow, what a collection! I actually do not know what to say... Again - as with the book pictures that you sent, your CD titles say that are very open-minded, with broad interests. I already spotted some CDs that I would like to borrow if I visited you (Though I myself hate when people borrow my...

Beer Good, I always like to read your book reviews! Till now, I read some of the books that you have reviewed here, and it hadn't been a mistake. Thanks a lot!

Funny, but though Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" was chosen as the book of the month in April 2008 discussion, I did not find his entry here in "Author Discussion" sub-forum. However, I was interested in his other novel, Salammbô. Had anybody read it? Here is a weird thing from wikipedia...

I am a professional (programmer, doctor, lawyer, etc.). When I need my literature, I open my laptop where I store many electronic articles / books and other necessay for my work literature. And, because I am a professional, I NEVER buy a device with a DRM. Actually, I think that it is a pure...