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:D Definitely agree with that, regdog, although in my younger years I too read Hunchback. Like climbing Mt. Everest, "because it was there." Your post brings to mind some other famous (er, notorious?) works that are long on style: Proust's Remembrance, Joyce's Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. I...

Or sitting on a pile of gold coins, more like it? Isn't that the top of selfish ambition? A bigger pile than anyone else. I too like the idea of a grand narrative, preferably a normative one, and one with general acceptance.

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ed narrativeDoes anyone read condensed versions of novels, apart from cramming for exams of course.? When? Why? What do you think of them? I recently got tired of being the only person I know who had not gotten around to reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I finally decided to find...

I could name one, but I don't want to start the food fight. :rolleyes:

The Russian bear has been hibernating. Now it has woken, and it is hungry. And, from my recollection of reading Strategy by Sir Basil Liddell-Hart (paraphrased): ...What causes war? Peace causes war. What causes peace? War causes peace... Meanwhile, some numbers: 2014 - 1939 = 75, two...

Does any of this sound similar to the run-up to WWII in Europe and 'peace in our time'? Putin Demands That Ukraine Pull Its Troops From Southeast "Speaking with Angela Merkel of Germany on Thursday, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia reportedly said Ukraine needed to initiate a “broad...

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I have a book I am itching to give zero stars. Can't wait. :D

No can do. Not much respect for Dawkins re religion. Didn't bother much with Hitchens either. Their old-time bashing not worth reading IMO. Or listening to, either. :devillook

Hi SFG! Cantankerous allowed, eh? Well then, I haven't watched your link -- yet -- to eager to post :D But: Gimme that old time religion! It's good enough for me. :D I'm a straight Nicene-creed man here.

In sleep, has no one ever dreamed? Or heard a voice without a dream? Odd if not.

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov. Yes, Nabokov can write mysteries also. "Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically." -- John Updike "The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle...

Yup, you bet! Loved the UK version. Binged on the complete set of DVDs. US version super also. Can't wait. Spacey is fantastic! BH concurs. :D

Let's be honest: whatever I feel like. :D Variety and impulse are the spice of life.

Naw, no marathon. Just like to read. :) And many others surpass me, here and elsewhere. :eek: Martian and Stoner are excellent choices. Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov might also interest you, and others of his if you get into Nabokov. And Portrait of the Artist As Young Man by James Joyce...

Second that. ^^

Aeden, You might give this link a quick once-over, especially the early survey post: http://www.bookandreader.com/threads/peders-pond.26902/ Not all males, but at least no zombies. :) Anything of interest?

Excellent recommendations! :D

I rather like Friedman, the one or two books of his I have read. The best one: From Beirut to Jerusalem. Very informative (to me) on how the Mideast got to where it is now.