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i love that philip is so flawed - it's what makes him real. he kind of reminded me of Howard Roark in the Fountainhead (only different).

nope, this doesn't happen to me because all my friends are illiterate :rolleyes:

fritz lang's M - wow, amazing cinematography, intriguing storyline. hard to believe it was made in 1931, in that ethos. certainly foreshadowed what was to come ... haunting

definitely Lost what was once fresh is now formulaic. and the crazy programming doesn't help

hmm, i'd have to say Malcolm Lowry, particularly Under the Volcano (which i was unable to finish). i find his writing turgid, contrived, obtuse ... get to the point already ...

i am reading The Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas at the moment. it's a brilliant introduction to western philosophy AND it's beautifully and lucidly written.

of the books that spring to mind ... madame bovary by flaubert l'assommoir by zola anna karenina by tolstoy wuthering heights by bronte pride and prejudice by austen the outsider by camus to the lighthouse by wolff atonement by mcewan i'm sure there are lots more ...

i really like If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino ...

Lowry i make an effort to push through the urge to abandon a book, to no avail with malcolm lowry's under the volcano. i found it obtuse and turgid and can not begin to grasp it's cult standing ...

here are a few that stick out in my mind, for reasons good and bad ... - the prime of miss jean brodie by muriel spark (my english teacher had a profoundly personal relationship with this one, to the extent she'd invite a select few of us around to her flat for tea ...) - the great gatsby...

hmmm, the dangling participle would make any editor wary ...

get a computer?

apart from the diary of anne frank, i would have to say antony beevor's the fall of berlin ... as far as novels go, the reader by bernhard schlink is an interesting take ... and of course grass's the tin drum ....

ughhh, the great gatsby turned me off fitzgerald for life. dreary

i've just bought the grossman translation after reading very high praise of her treatment in NY Times etc. it's still sitting untouched on my bookshelf ... but i plan to read it, er, soon ...

i also use the "lanscape rule" - if i'm skimming over pars not described the physical qualities of the setting, i know it's time to move on to something else. i use to finish whatever i started in an almost superstitious, obessive way, but now i find i don't have time for that - there are so...

call me self-absorbed, but this kinda nails it ... i'm highly introverted/introspective and i've ALWAYS been drawn to the novel over non-fiction, which to me is means to an end, ie learning facts. i'm much more interested in the journey - the open-endedness of the novel, its intricacies...

i read foremost for enjoyment, i love becoming totally submerged in the world of the novel. i find getting into a charcter's mind enriching; it allows me to view situations and experiences from a perspective that might otherwise not have occurred to me, other times i find myself deeply relating...

hi all, i just stumbled across this forum, can't believe it's taken me so long ... i see i've got my work cut out for me ... i have recently changed countries, and hemispheres in fact, and am taking a much-needed sabbatical from a 15+ journalism career ... i found my reading for pleasure had...

in the interests of filling some serious gaps, i have just ordered: - The Red and the Black - Mrs Dalloway - Thus Spoke Zarathustra ...