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Post by Odysseus on Jul 17, 2020 7:45:52 GMT
Reading another Zane Grey novel, "The Lone Rider". I'm almost through with it and have no idea who is supposed to be the lone rider.
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Post by Odysseus on Jul 18, 2020 23:14:53 GMT
Reading another Zane Grey novel, "The Lone Rider". I'm almost through with it and have no idea who is supposed to be the lone rider. Oops, correction. The book name is "The Mysterious Rider". Just finished it. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Jul 19, 2020 0:52:36 GMT
I resisted at first, but no more. Having not only your personal library, but a bookstore in your hip pocket is pretty cool. Not to mention highlighting, changing fonts, skipping around, looking up a character you can't exactly remember or what he said 2 chapters back, or dropping in in the tub, reading with all the lights out and much more. I'm sold. I prefer "real books." It's that tactile interaction that lets you know how far into the story you are just by feeling it. And also the sense of "where it is on the page" when you recall something poignant. That said, you can't beat the e-reader for travel, cost, and portability. And the search feature. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 16:50:40 GMT
I am currently reading "Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World" as well as "Paradise Lost" by John Milton.
I've just started using a Kindle and I have to say I like it. I simply can't afford all the books I want to read, but I can get them on pdf/epub for a lot less (fifty-free). I certainly prefer the real thing but I like having money even more.
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Post by william on Jul 19, 2020 17:24:10 GMT
I am currently reading "Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World" as well as "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. I've just started using a Kindle and I have to say I like it. I simply can't afford all the books I want to read, but I can get them on pdf/epub for a lot less (fifty-free). I certainly prefer the real thing but I like having money even more. My Dad jumped the gun a little when I suddenly started reading everything I could find (3rd grade), he bought me a set of "Classics" that every boy should read. The thing is, I read them, didn't understand them, but I read by the end of 4th grade: Silas Marner Call of the Wild Paradise Lost Return of the Native Red Badge of Courage Tom Sawyer Moby Dick Pride and Prejudice Catcher in the Rye Tale of Two Cities There were 12, but they don't all come immediately to mind |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 17:44:40 GMT
I am currently reading "Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World" as well as "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. I've just started using a Kindle and I have to say I like it. I simply can't afford all the books I want to read, but I can get them on pdf/epub for a lot less (fifty-free). I certainly prefer the real thing but I like having money even more. My Dad jumped the gun a little when I suddenly started reading everything I could find (3rd grade), he bought me a set of "Classics" that every boy should read. The thing is, I read them, didn't understand them, but I read by the end of 4th grade: Silas Marner Call of the Wild Paradise Lost Return of the Native Red Badge of Courage Tom Sawyer Moby Dick Pride and Prejudice Catcher in the Rye Tale of Two Cities There were 12, but they don't all come immediately to mind Yeah, I'd say that was a tad early. hah! The vernacular and references in Paradise Lost are such that I don't think many 3rd or 4th graders would get much out of it. That sounds like a neat collection though. I didn't read much as a child so I am catching up on some of this stuff for the first time. |
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Post by william on Jul 19, 2020 18:06:55 GMT
My Dad jumped the gun a little when I suddenly started reading everything I could find (3rd grade), he bought me a set of "Classics" that every boy should read. The thing is, I read them, didn't understand them, but I read by the end of 4th grade: Silas Marner Call of the Wild Paradise Lost Return of the Native Red Badge of Courage Tom Sawyer Moby Dick Pride and Prejudice Catcher in the Rye Tale of Two Cities There were 12, but they don't all come immediately to mind Yeah, I'd say that was a tad early. hah! The vernacular and references in Paradise Lost are such that I don't think many 3rd or 4th graders would get much out of it. That sounds like a neat collection though. I didn't read much as a child so I am catching up on some of this stuff for the first time. Mom was teaching at an elementary school and brought home more appropriate fare. I read a couple of reviews on the Bourgeois Equality - not at all sure why, but I am somehow OT reminded of Germinal by Zola. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 18:15:14 GMT
Yeah, I'd say that was a tad early. hah! The vernacular and references in Paradise Lost are such that I don't think many 3rd or 4th graders would get much out of it. That sounds like a neat collection though. I didn't read much as a child so I am catching up on some of this stuff for the first time. Mom was teaching at an elementary school and brought home more appropriate fare. I read a couple of reviews on the Bourgeois Equality - not at all sure why, but I am somehow OT reminded of Germinal by Zola. Well, Germinal reminds me of the movie I fell asleep watching last night, Matewan. Its not the movie's fault, I started it late. I've have had miner strikes on the brain recently. |
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Post by Odysseus on Jul 21, 2020 10:20:24 GMT
Back when I was only about 12 yo, we didn't have a TV, so I eventually found the drama section of the nearest branch library and started checking out these big anthologies of American plays. I also didn't understand a lot of them but I found the dialog and other things to be interesting. To this day when I see one of those plays on TV it sounds vaguely familiar. It may even have helped my writing, I dunno.
I would also listen to radio dramas ... that was allowed at home.
I should probably get my hands on one of those anthologies for a refresh.
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Post by Mercy for All on Jul 21, 2020 14:01:11 GMT
Back when I was only about 12 yo, we didn't have a TV, so I eventually found the drama section of the nearest branch library and started checking out these big anthologies of American plays. I also didn't understand a lot of them but I found the dialog and other things to be interesting. To this day when I see one of those plays on TV it sounds vaguely familiar. It may even have helped my writing, I dunno.
I would also listen to radio dramas ... that was allowed at home.
I should probably get my hands on one of those anthologies for a refresh.
What is your background such that you didn't have a TV but "radio dramas were allowed"? |
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Post by bama beau on Jul 30, 2020 6:42:27 GMT
I'm about to read (or re-read) a book that I skimmed in college as
it was on the recommended reading list for some course or another.
I have sometimes wished that I had spent more time reading it that first time.
I plan to thoroughly digest it this time. No rushing through. No need to hurry.
Anyway, it's Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, from 1964.
If any of you can get a hold of a copy, we can discuss it as we go.
I'll be starting it this weekend.
Have any of you read it already?
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Post by bama beau on Aug 8, 2020 4:39:05 GMT
I'm about to read (or re-read) a book that I skimmed in college as it was on the recommended reading list for some course or another. I have sometimes wished that I had spent more time reading it that first time. I plan to thoroughly digest it this time. No rushing through. No need to hurry. Anyway, it's Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, from 1964. If any of you can get a hold of a copy, we can discuss it as we go. I'll be starting it this weekend. Have any of you read it already? . I got as far as the second intro, which comes first. |
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 8, 2020 6:31:08 GMT
My college education was primarily science and music. The name Marcuse I had heard but had no idea what he was all about until now.
It occurs to me that much of the counter-culture movement of the 60's and 70's owes Marcuse for its philosophy of anti-consumerism. I'll have to find a cheap copy of this book, as it seems to inform a lot of what went on culturally in my generation during those years.
Well, what do you know. Found a PDF of the book online. Now my only excuse is my laziness, LOL.
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Post by william on Aug 22, 2020 16:20:30 GMT
I'm about to read (or re-read) a book that I skimmed in college as it was on the recommended reading list for some course or another. I have sometimes wished that I had spent more time reading it that first time. I plan to thoroughly digest it this time. No rushing through. No need to hurry. Anyway, it's Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, from 1964. If any of you can get a hold of a copy, we can discuss it as we go. I'll be starting it this weekend. Have any of you read it already? The title rings a faint bell, I should read it - the wiki account is interesting. "He argues that "advanced industrial society" created false needs, which integrated individuals into the existing system of production and consumption via mass media, advertising, industrial management, and contemporary modes of thought.[1]" |
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 22, 2020 23:30:15 GMT
Moved onto a book of Sherlock Holmes stories.
Just finished "The Sign of the Four" .
Now, in the middle of " The Speckled Band" ...
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Post by demos on Sept 3, 2020 19:01:34 GMT
Was just wondering last night if we had a thread like this on the forum (I spend way too much time in the politics section). Reading this right now:  |
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Post by william on Sept 4, 2020 3:45:39 GMT
I'm re-reading a lot these days. "Lot" is probably the wrong word. My reading time has always been in bed and often falling asleep while reading. The need for a c-pap turns reading into a no glasses one-eyed big font kindle affair, or I risk falling asleep without it and that hurts my breathing and blood oxygen levels.
Reading endless sentences in Faulkner's Three Famous Short Novels. I'm about finished with Old Man
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Post by jasmine on Sept 5, 2020 12:17:26 GMT
I am reading the current Batman story arc, “Joker War.” So far, It is really good.
I also just read the first issue of “Three Jokers.” It’s a three-part series, 48 pages each.
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Post by Odysseus on Sept 5, 2020 18:15:34 GMT
I am reading the current Batman story arc, “Joker War.” So far, It is really good. I also just read the first issue of “Three Jokers.” It’s a three-part series, 48 pages each.
How's your nightly reading of Mein Kampf going?
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Post by william on Sept 6, 2020 21:13:37 GMT
I am reading the current Batman story arc, “Joker War.” So far, It is really good. I also just read the first issue of “Three Jokers.” It’s a three-part series, 48 pages each. that a lot of reading. |
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