You've been reading Don Quijote for months. 
Anyway, I'm on Sharpe's Tirumph, the battle of Assaye which of course launched the rise of Arthur Wellesley's military career.
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What are you reading in general?
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I was really impressed with Cornwell's factual account of Waterloo Av. I might give his fiction a go on the strength of it - the man can clearly tell a tale. Any recommendations as a first book to read?
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I Kinda think I'm supposed to read that book sometime.. not sure.Orlion wrote:The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
I feel like I should know who Rushdie is.. but I don't even have a time period. If you have compelling reasons why people should read 'im, I wanna hear.Yeah, I'm also reading Two Years Eight Months Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie..... and Don Quijote... and probably something else...
This summer, I read:
"Bright Purple" by Melody Carlson
"Someday this pain will be useful to you," by Peter Cameron,
and "Charity and its Fruits," by Jonathan Edwards.
Except on that last one, I found out I was reading an abridged version - ha!
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Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses. At which point I think he went into hiding for a while, because Khomeini called for his assassination. It ridicules, or mentions, Mohammed. Something like that.
He also wrote Midnight's Children, which is generally considered to be extremely good. I have read it. I tried, but didn't get too far. I wasn't crazy about the pov/narrative. But I'll give it another shot.
He also wrote Midnight's Children, which is generally considered to be extremely good. I have read it. I tried, but didn't get too far. I wasn't crazy about the pov/narrative. But I'll give it another shot.
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Well hell man...peter wrote:I was really impressed with Cornwell's factual account of Waterloo Av. I might give his fiction a go on the strength of it - the man can clearly tell a tale. Any recommendations as a first book to read?
There are so many. Just pick any series, and start it chronologically.Right now my favourites are his Saxon Tales, staring with The Last Kingdom.
If you want Napoleonic wars, then start with Sharpe's Tiger. Can't go wrong with either of those.
I'm on Sharpe's Fortress, the siege of Gawilghur, 1803.
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Most recently I've read The Martian, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
I've been working off and on at the complete works of HP Lovecraft, but I can't take him for more than a day or two at a time (too melodramatic a style).
And I just picked up a random Stephen King novel, Bag of Bones, without knowing anything about it ahead of time
I've been working off and on at the complete works of HP Lovecraft, but I can't take him for more than a day or two at a time (too melodramatic a style).
And I just picked up a random Stephen King novel, Bag of Bones, without knowing anything about it ahead of time
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Coincidence time Rigel. My wife collected up a bunch of stuff to take to a charity shop last week and on top was a copy of Bag of Bones that belonged to one of the kids. I nabbed it thinking "I'll give that a go", and there it sits in a (big) pile of 'to be reads' next to my bed. I too haven't the faintest idea what it's about.
I'll see what my library can muster up Av.
I'll see what my library can muster up Av.
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
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I have not read Midnight's Children, but I have read The Satanic Verses and loved it. He does have a loose writing style that can rub people the wrong way, I suppose, but it works very well with the magic realism.Fist and Faith wrote:Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses. At which point I think he went into hiding for a while, because Khomeini called for his assassination. It ridicules, or mentions, Mohammed. Something like that.
He also wrote Midnight's Children, which is generally considered to be extremely good. I have read it. I tried, but didn't get too far. I wasn't crazy about the pov/narrative. But I'll give it another shot.
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Grimus by Rushdie was bad (to my 20 y o opinion in fairness).
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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Does he use punctuation?
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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One a day Av - I'm still a quater way into Sharpe's trafalgar and I've been reading it for three days!
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
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'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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Haha, shoulda started with Tiger.peter wrote:One a day Av - I'm still a quarter way into Sharpe's Trafalgar and I've been reading it for three days!
(It's a bit weird reading them chronologically though...since they start to interweave more recently written ones with the originals, some books reference the specific events in earlier ones, and some don't. He doesn't make major mistakes, but there are some implicit inconsistencies.)
Anyway, read Sharpe's Havoc this weekend, now I'm on the original first book, Sharpe's Eagle. (The Talavera Campaign, July 1809).
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My libraries selection was pretty paltry Av so I took the one with the most recognisable title. Hasn't been a problem in that the story seems pretty self contained even though some references are made to earlier events.
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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See, now that was the kind of information I was curious to hear! Huh...Fist and Faith wrote:Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses. At which point I think he went into hiding for a while, because Khomeini called for his assassination.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
