Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:41 pm
Reading a biography on Wilfred Owen.
Just started Dean Koontz - Winter Moon
Haven't gotten to Chapter 3 yet.
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:36 pm
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:29 pm
I bought the movie a couple of weeks ago at Wal-Mart, of all places. Great movie (Sean Connery is excellent as always). Perhaps not as faithful to the book as it could be, but still one of the better book to movie adaptations I've seen.onewyteduck wrote:Best of luck to you! It's one of my all time favorite movies (just bought it the other day, as a matter of fact) but was never able to get into the book. I've made 3 attempts so far. But, perhaps, some day?Encryptic wrote:I'm working on "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. One of those classics that I've been meaning to read for a while, but never got around to it. Just happened to see it on the shelf at the library while looking for something else and decided to check it out.
I'm enjoying it so far, although it certainly isn't light reading by any means.
Spoiler
I'm glad they were faithful to the book and didn't Hollywoodize the plot. The tagline on the DVD case sounded cheesy ("They believed in God but traded with the Devil"), so I was wondering if they would keep the original plot.
The depiction of the labyrinth was interesting, if not 100% faithful to the book. (Were there stairs in the labyrinth?) Not to mention, I could have sworn William died at the end of the book, instead of escaping the fire. I also believe Bernardo didn't die, or at least not in the rather graphic fashion depicted in the movie.
Finally....I'm still wondering about this: What does the title of the book/movie refer to?
I had thought it might refer to the Holy Grail (sometimes called the Mystic Rose, from what I'm given to understand), but after reading the book, that doesn't seem to hold water.
At the end of the movie, Adso says something about never knowing the name of the girl, so I had guessed it might be referring to that.
The depiction of the labyrinth was interesting, if not 100% faithful to the book. (Were there stairs in the labyrinth?) Not to mention, I could have sworn William died at the end of the book, instead of escaping the fire. I also believe Bernardo didn't die, or at least not in the rather graphic fashion depicted in the movie.
Finally....I'm still wondering about this: What does the title of the book/movie refer to?
I had thought it might refer to the Holy Grail (sometimes called the Mystic Rose, from what I'm given to understand), but after reading the book, that doesn't seem to hold water.
At the end of the movie, Adso says something about never knowing the name of the girl, so I had guessed it might be referring to that.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:16 am
Spoiler
The boy thought William died, but he reappeared out of the smoke.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:39 pm
Heh. I just read it a couple weeks ago and I can't remember either.Dragonlily wrote:That is, if my 21 year old memory of the book serves me.Spoiler
The boy thought William died, but he reappeared out of the smoke.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:19 am
I've read it four or five times, and I can't remember either. 
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:38 pm
Well, somebody look it up and find out!
I would say the suspense is killing me, except it's not bad enough to make me wedge myself in behind my desk and dig around until I find the book.
I would say the suspense is killing me, except it's not bad enough to make me wedge myself in behind my desk and dig around until I find the book.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:06 am
OK, I'll check when I get home, (If I remember) and post the answer tomorrow. Maybe we should have a Gen Lit Trivia thread?
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:48 am
*shame* Totally slipped my mind, so now chances are that I'll only be able to post it on tuesday, 'cause I doubt that I'll remember any better over the weekend. Sorry.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:42 pm
A very strange, 1930s copy of a short-story collection entitled The Haunted Jester by a man named Donald Corley. Has anyone read this book? I can't find it anywhere online.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:56 am
A mystery called MAISIE DOBBS. Elegance of image, elegance of writing, and elegance of soul. It is beautiful, moving, and down-to-earth all at once. I'm at Chapter 7 and not stopping.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:31 pm
I'm finishing up Robots of Dawn, by Asimov. I read the Foundation series long ago, and its like Star Wars now, I'm finding out how it all came to be. It is a pretty good series tho.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:39 pm
Julian by Gore Vidal, about the life of Julian the Apostate, Emperor of Rome. 
Excellent novel.
Excellent novel.Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:34 pm
Excellent novel indeed! I reread that one every now and then.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:42 am
Just started Joyce's 'A portrait of the artist as a young man'. I'll see how I go... 
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:45 am
I finished Jacqueline Winspear's PARDONABLE LIES, and I don't know what I'm going to feel like when I start reading tomorrow. It might be Alexander McCall Smith's THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY, or Michael Curtis Ford's GODS AND LEGIONS about Emperor Julian mentioned above. Or something else, who knows?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:20 pm
I love that mystery series by Smith. Wonderful, down to earth, practical, intelligent warm hearted main character in the fascinating setting of Botswana. 
Wonderful, down to earth, practical, intelligent warm hearted main character in the fascinating setting of Botswana. Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:30 pm
That's what it's going to be next, then.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:11 pm
Reading the ridiculously gifted Yukio Mishima, finsihed his Confession's of a Mask, and now working on The Golden Pavillion.
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:09 pm
I'm reading EMILIE'S VOICE, set in Louis XIV's Paris and Versaille. If you, like me, have a special love of music gloriously described in prose, this is for you. It is about the way a young singer gets sucked into the cut throat political maneuvering of the king's mistresses.