http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/-t1.htm Are you into books? Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:50 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/logo_en.gif http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/-t1.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/wordsworth-t2357.htm President Eisenhower More like turd's worth. Literature Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:50 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/wordsworth-t2357.htm#36035 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/wordsworth-t2357.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/books-i-have-read-over-the-last-month-or-so-t4.htm Giant González The Stranger by Albert Camus. The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester The Bible - A lot of crazy cats. - i didnt finish this one! The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Alborn I'm currently reading 'War and Peace'. I am enjoying it, but I really am not sure how long I'm gonna stick with it! Anyway, if you have read any of the above, let me know what you think. I'm on a good run at the moment, as I enjoyed ALL of them! Literature Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:36:44 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/books-i-have-read-over-the-last-month-or-so-t4.htm#22 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/books-i-have-read-over-the-last-month-or-so-t4.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/brion-gysin-s-lost-found-permutational-poems-t2339.htm fiber#Natzsché Closely related to the principle of the cut-up method, where the intended coherence of a text is interrupted and rearranged, the Permutation includes a more mathematical Variation of the concept as exercised on a short phrase. GYSIN: Writing is fifty years behind painting. I propose to apply the painters’ techniques to writing; things as simple and immediate as collage or montage. Cut right through the pages of any book or newsprint… lengthwise, for example, and shuffle the columns of text. ... Literature Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:24:53 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/brion-gysin-s-lost-found-permutational-poems-t2339.htm#35858 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/brion-gysin-s-lost-found-permutational-poems-t2339.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/korzybski-s-lost-found-science-and-sanity-t2330.htm fiber#Natzsché Semantics of Einstein Theory: How about the instrumental level, the silent level of the lower order abstraction? On this level, we find that physicists in their actions, behavior, operations, have elaborated a fairly definite technique for finding the data they require. So we see that there is no choice, we must start on this level. But starting on this level is not all, and not enough. We must somehow talk about these doings and operations. Hence, we must select a language which in ... Literature Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:12:33 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/korzybski-s-lost-found-science-and-sanity-t2330.htm#35638 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/korzybski-s-lost-found-science-and-sanity-t2330.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/chaucer-experts-wanted-t2163.htm audreyfan1 I'm taking a Chaucer course in college right now and I have a 7-pg paper due in a little over a month. Knowing that a few members here are big Chaucer fans, I was wondering if some of you could help me out. So here's my assignment: "The behaviour of both Walter and Griselda in Chaucer's The Clerk's Tale has been called "monstrous" (Riverside 880). Walter is tyrannical, and Griselda may be accused of being an unnatural and heartless mother. The Clerk says that we are not ... Literature Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:08:22 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/chaucer-experts-wanted-t2163.htm#32898 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/chaucer-experts-wanted-t2163.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/hg-wells-t2313.htm Eddie HG Wells Everyone knows the Orson Welles/War of the Worlds radio broadcast story, but how many have read other works by this pacifist/socialist writer? I suspect he's now best known as providing the source material for screen/TV adaptations. The Invisible Man The Island of Dr Moreau The Time Machine The First Men in the Moon The History of Mr Polly Literature Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:44:55 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/hg-wells-t2313.htm#35419 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/hg-wells-t2313.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/doom-goose-t2278.htm President Eisenhower I have decided this will be the title of my debut novel. Literature Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:29:01 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/doom-goose-t2278.htm#34992 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/doom-goose-t2278.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/in-the-future-will-the-time-come-t2321.htm pinhedz
when teenagers see my posts do they look like this to them?

Or this?

]]> Literature Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:55 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/in-the-future-will-the-time-come-t2321.htm#35530 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/in-the-future-will-the-time-come-t2321.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/descartes-s-the-meditations-t2304.htm LaRue What a load of shit. Fact. Literature Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:37:59 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/descartes-s-the-meditations-t2304.htm#35300 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/descartes-s-the-meditations-t2304.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/rabble-in-arms-t2295.htm pinhedz I've been meaning to read this for some time. It turns out that it's not very good. But, the author states an interesting and unexpected opinion--that Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the American revolution was an act of patriotism. The reasoning is that he had learned so much about the the venality, ineptness, and plain stupidity of the Continental Congress that he concluded it would be better for his country if the British won. This position is defensible considering the sleazy political ... Literature Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:11:21 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/rabble-in-arms-t2295.htm#35199 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/rabble-in-arms-t2295.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/question-for-leopardi-t2266.htm ISN
could you remind me what the other book was please?

If it wasn't you, does anyone remember?

I can't remember what thread it's in......]]> Literature Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:30:34 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/question-for-leopardi-t2266.htm#34841 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/question-for-leopardi-t2266.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-t1692.htm Nashville Skygirl
Great book, reading it for the second time. If you decide to read it, get the unabridged version.

I love you all that's why I am sharing.]]> Literature Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:01:20 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-t1692.htm#25781 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-t1692.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/spanish-language-t2250.htm unique07 spanish school valencia is best option for it. If anyone interested to learn Spanish then you should go there.]]> Literature Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:21:13 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/spanish-language-t2250.htm#34532 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/spanish-language-t2250.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/john-keats-t1934.htm Dharma Wheel Where I live in the country, summer is now changing into fall. Keats "To Autumn" just came to mind, powerfully. But then, don't all of Keat' Odes and the well known passages of his letters deliver a powerful jolt of magnificence? Enjoy. John Keats (1795-1821) To Autumn Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend ... Literature Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:17:50 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/john-keats-t1934.htm#29302 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/john-keats-t1934.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/amazing-book-tears-in-the-darkness-t2229.htm Dharma Wheel I just finished a very strong book that I urge people to read. It's called Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and its Aftermath, by Michael norman and Elizabeth Norman. I want to refer to the subject in the of-topic section of ATU about how online friendships are made and what they mean: I read this book because someone I admire and with whom I had exchanged PMs with at Expecting Rain recommended it. So t was a direct outgrowth of an online friendship. Do ... Literature Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:43:20 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/amazing-book-tears-in-the-darkness-t2229.htm#34078 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/amazing-book-tears-in-the-darkness-t2229.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/bobby-kennedy-speach-t192.htm Frances Jones Here's a beautiful speach of a great man, Rober F. Kennedy. I recomend everyone to watch "Bobby", a touching movie, maybe not really about Bobby Kennedy but a great homage to this men. you can hear this speach on the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCuWYV1rHXo " This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence in America which again ... Literature Thu, 22 May 2008 08:04:22 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/bobby-kennedy-speach-t192.htm#2421 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/bobby-kennedy-speach-t192.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/romance-and-nascar-t2156.htm Ida Slugder I love Romance Novels and my boyfrend knows this and so he bought me this because he know I love Nascar also. Iam so excited to read it because I have never foind a romance novel about Nascar! It she is a scientist and she fall in love with the nascar dirver. i will tell you all howeit is when I am done Who eles like nascar or romance Novels? tell me Your Story Literature Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:04:57 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/romance-and-nascar-t2156.htm#32821 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/romance-and-nascar-t2156.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/w-b-yeats-t1919.htm Dharma Wheel
Honorable mention to anyone who uses, in his/her post, the word gyre.]]> Literature Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:58:04 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/w-b-yeats-t1919.htm#28966 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/w-b-yeats-t1919.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-godfather-t2196.htm Giant González
Are any other of Puzo's novels as good? What about The Sicilian? Is it a sequel to The Godfather? Anyone seen the Cimino movie?]]> Literature Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:49:45 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-godfather-t2196.htm#33463 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-godfather-t2196.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/tunnel-visions-by-christopher-ross-t2210.htm Eddie A view of the life of a major world city from the perpective of a philosopher, traveller and Japanese martial arts expert who happens to find himself working part-time as a Station Assistant on Platform 6 of Oxford Circus tube station, central London. The streakers, the jumpers, the onanists, the blind, the straight, the self-righteous, the buskers, the professional beggars, the lost souls, the stupid and the insane. The Weeping Wall and the staff member who choses to spend his time fast ... Literature Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:14:17 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/tunnel-visions-by-christopher-ross-t2210.htm#33740 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/tunnel-visions-by-christopher-ross-t2210.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/this-section-is-becoming-appallingly-eurocentric-t2166.htm President Eisenhower


From now on I will be discussing this work constantly, by myself.

]]> Literature Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:15:51 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/this-section-is-becoming-appallingly-eurocentric-t2166.htm#32928 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/this-section-is-becoming-appallingly-eurocentric-t2166.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/te-lawrence-t2128.htm Eddie Most people, myself included, know of T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") through his screen impersonator Peter O'Toole, but his military exploits are far better known than his writings. Has anyone here ever read his account of the desert war "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom", his translation of Homer's Odyssey or his many letters? I haven't, by the way; that's why I ask. He strikes me as being a fascinating character, and I wonder whether his literary ... Literature Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:48:45 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/te-lawrence-t2128.htm#32316 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/te-lawrence-t2128.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/dylan-thomas-strictly-for-teenagers-t2114.htm Eddie Most people are introduced to the poems of Dylan Thomas at school, where he often proves to be very popular. But does he have anything to say to anyone over, say, 30? His wife Caitlin- who was not one to mince her words- maintained that in his later poems he was simply rehashing his adolescence. And when fellow Welshman John Cale was researching Dylan Thomas for a project of his own based on the poet's life and work, he came to the conclusion that DT was a pitifully weak individual in ... Literature Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:06:50 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/dylan-thomas-strictly-for-teenagers-t2114.htm#32212 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/dylan-thomas-strictly-for-teenagers-t2114.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-oresteia-trilogy-aeschylus-t1749.htm Eddie The House of Atreus had been cursed by the Gods ever since the Greek general Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphiginia to obtain a fair wind for the fleet of ships bound for the seige of Troy. In the first play, the eponymous Agamennon returns triumphant, only to be murdered by his wife Clytemnestra for putting their daughter to the knife. In the second play of the Trilogy, the siblings Orestes and Elecktra plot to murder their mother and her new husband Aegisthus for the murder of their ... Literature Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:02:09 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-oresteia-trilogy-aeschylus-t1749.htm#26760 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-oresteia-trilogy-aeschylus-t1749.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/lost-horizon-by-james-hilton-t2188.htm Dharma Wheel I just did a quick read of Lost Horizon by James Hilton. If anyone knows and likes the book and could give me some elucidation, I would be most grateful. My 15-year-old was just assigned the book in school. So I read it to be helpful when she needs to write about the book. I read it in an unfriendly mood because I know that it was assigned as something boys would like. We suffered all through Middle School reading "boys' books." Old Yeller was the worst. The action ... Literature Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:41:36 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/lost-horizon-by-james-hilton-t2188.htm#33327 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/lost-horizon-by-james-hilton-t2188.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/chaucer-strictly-for-dirty-old-men-t2120.htm John McLaughlin Understandable if all you've read is "The Miller's Tale." Literature Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:42:00 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/chaucer-strictly-for-dirty-old-men-t2120.htm#32240 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/chaucer-strictly-for-dirty-old-men-t2120.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/for-the-owner-t2157.htm Ida Slugder why when I write somthing and post a picture is my writing coming doen at the very bottom insteadof the top of the page it is irritating me to satthe least! I keep startng over and its' no use Im not really that mad haha! Literature Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:10:02 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/for-the-owner-t2157.htm#32822 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/for-the-owner-t2157.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/beatrix-potter-t2130.htm Eddie How came it that this terrifying hag was allowed to frighten young children? Literature Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:28:19 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/beatrix-potter-t2130.htm#32326 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/beatrix-potter-t2130.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/favourite-shakepeare-play-t2122.htm Giant González 'The Merchant of Venice'. Followed by 'King Lear'. Literature Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:24:01 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/favourite-shakepeare-play-t2122.htm#32296 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/favourite-shakepeare-play-t2122.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/favorite-quotes-t99.htm Stan54 "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnett, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long Literature Sat, 03 May 2008 22:03:53 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/favorite-quotes-t99.htm#1409 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/favorite-quotes-t99.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/catcher-in-the-rye-strictly-for-teenagers-t2117.htm Giant González ]]> Literature Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:25:54 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/catcher-in-the-rye-strictly-for-teenagers-t2117.htm#32226 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/catcher-in-the-rye-strictly-for-teenagers-t2117.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock-strictly-for-teenagers-t2119.htm Giant González No fekking way. Literature Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:36:24 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock-strictly-for-teenagers-t2119.htm#32236 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock-strictly-for-teenagers-t2119.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/robert-ludlum-t1846.htm President Eisenhower The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971) The Osterman Weekend (1972) The Matlock Paper (1973) The Rhinemann Exchange (1974) The Gemini Contenders (1976) The Chancellor Manuscript (1977) The Holcroft Covenant (1978) The Matarese Circle (1979) The Bourne Identity (1980) The Parsifal Mosaic (1982) The Aquitaine Progression (1984) The Bourne Supremacy (1986) The Icarus Agenda (1988) The Bourne Ultimatum (1990) The Road to Omaha (1992) The Scorpio Illusion (1993) The Apocalypse ... Literature Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:33:30 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/robert-ludlum-t1846.htm#28123 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/robert-ludlum-t1846.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/logicomix-an-epic-search-for-truth-t1931.htm Le Néant An interesting new graphic novel about the life and times of mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russel written by the Greek mathematician Apostolos Doxiadis coming up by the end of this month. Just checked amazon, pre-orders for the paperback edition are only $15,50. Check out the website: www.logicomix.com I've never read a graphic novel before, but this seems an interesting offer. Literature Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:19:06 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/logicomix-an-epic-search-for-truth-t1931.htm#29180 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/logicomix-an-epic-search-for-truth-t1931.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-rosetta-stone-t2094.htm Eddie This carved slab of rock (196 BC) is the reason we are able to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It was discovered in 1799 at Rosetta by members of Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt. Its importance is that the same passage is presented three times, twice in the Egyptian language (demotic and hieroglyphic) and once in Classical Greek. An Egyptian hieroglyphic primer, in other words. Even Indiana Jones would be stumped without it. Literature Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:03:30 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-rosetta-stone-t2094.htm#31665 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-rosetta-stone-t2094.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/how-to-pretend-to-be-well-read-t2087.htm Eddie http://www.debatableland.com/the_debatable_land/2007/07/the-greatest-no.html?cid=77334242 You have shelves of books you've never opened but you wish to impress visitors with your air of culture and refinement. What do you do? Simple. Subscribe to the Myles na Gopaleen (aka Flann O'Brien) Book-Handling service. See link. Literature Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:50:11 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/how-to-pretend-to-be-well-read-t2087.htm#31442 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/how-to-pretend-to-be-well-read-t2087.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/douglas-adams-hitchhiker-books-reevaluated-t2066.htm Eddie Jenny Turner has a challenging critique of the popular Sci-Fi books/TV & Radio series/Film in today's "Guardian" Review Section (3rd October 2009). Just two of Turner's criticisms are: 1. Laziness on Adams' part in his categorisation of the Marvin character as being both "manically depressed" and "paranoid". It's a fair comment, perhaps: Adams obviously only used the term "paranoid" because it rhymed conveniently with "android". 2. ... Literature Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:23:13 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/douglas-adams-hitchhiker-books-reevaluated-t2066.htm#30988 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/douglas-adams-hitchhiker-books-reevaluated-t2066.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/jk-rowling-denied-us-presidential-medal-of-freedom-t2065.htm Eddie
Anyone else detect the clammy hand of the Dementors in this mad decision?]]> Literature Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:58:21 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/jk-rowling-denied-us-presidential-medal-of-freedom-t2065.htm#30987 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/jk-rowling-denied-us-presidential-medal-of-freedom-t2065.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/new-lord-byron-letters-released-t2029.htm Giant González
So, what's everyones favourite Byron works then?]]> Literature Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:19:33 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/new-lord-byron-letters-released-t2029.htm#30545 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/new-lord-byron-letters-released-t2029.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/russell-banks-t2002.htm John McLaughlin
He's got a Wikipedia page, for those curious about him.]]> Literature Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:37:06 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/russell-banks-t2002.htm#30162 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/russell-banks-t2002.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/3-choices-which-to-listen-to-first-t2025.htm Dharma Wheel
I came home with 3 books on CD--Nicholas Nickleby, Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon, and The Love Wife by Gish Jen.

Which one should I listen to first?]]> Literature Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:41:51 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/3-choices-which-to-listen-to-first-t2025.htm#30495 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/3-choices-which-to-listen-to-first-t2025.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/der-zauberberg-thomas-mann-t1784.htm Le Néant
Just ordered this book from Amazon - a brand new copy, send to me for less than € 13,00!
It's supposed to be among the most influential German novels of the 20th century, or so I'm told.
Has anybody read it, any thoughts to share?]]> Literature Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:54:32 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/der-zauberberg-thomas-mann-t1784.htm#27258 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/der-zauberberg-thomas-mann-t1784.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/war-and-peace-t177.htm Giant González This book has been mentioned on this forum before, but I thought I would start a new thread on it. I have been reading it for some time now, and am obviously still near the beginning! I really am not sure if I'm going to finish. I would say that it's a relatively easy read, I don't find it hard going or anything. And I when I do read it, I find it quite enjoyable. The problem is that it is NOT a book that you just have to keep on reading, it's just a bit 'contentable'. It's going to ... Literature Sun, 18 May 2008 17:58:46 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/war-and-peace-t177.htm#2240 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/war-and-peace-t177.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/cormac-mccarthy-t1944.htm Uncle Thadeus Ramone Esq. Fifty pages or so into Blood Meridian. And it is already pissing me off. He has used the word 'blue' about thirty seven thousand times. He writes like some half-wit algebra major trying to impress the father of his whore of a girlfriend. Some reviewer who was obviously on het crap pipe and criminally insane said this particular novel was better than anything Pynchon ever wrote. I tried to read Suttree based on the suggestion of a former friend and thought it was utter crap. The Road was ... Literature Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:59:48 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/cormac-mccarthy-t1944.htm#29400 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/cormac-mccarthy-t1944.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-t1987.htm Eddie What's the appeal?: 1. The Victorian London setting: pea-souper fogs, street Arabs, hackney-carriages, coal fires and toasting-forks, antimacassars on armchairs, Limehouse opium dens and train timetables. 2. The odd-couple characters of Holmes and Watson: the brilliant, eccentric bohemian and the ex-military straight-man. 3. Holmes' deductive method, which sometimes makes him look like a magician. 4. The gifted amateur Holmes runs rings around the professionals, best represented by ... Literature Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:29:17 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-t1987.htm#30012 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-t1987.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/marcel-proust-t1996.htm ISN
has anyone else read it?]]> Literature Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:08:44 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/marcel-proust-t1996.htm#30104 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/marcel-proust-t1996.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-t1988.htm Eddie After the Carlos Castaneda thread, it's time to reappraise another popular classic of the same era. It's obviously been decades since I read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". I remember finding it quite heavy-going in places, but nevertheless quite rewarding. It's essentially a book of Philosophy, I suppose, but it does have characters and a narrative of a kind. The central character is a teacher of Philosophy who is having a nervous breakdown or life-crisis of ... Literature Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:11:54 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-t1988.htm#30019 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-t1988.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/iain-banks-iain-m-banks-t1986.htm Eddie
The Wasp Factory
The Bridge
Walking on Glass
The Crow Road
Espedair Street

I like his inventive strangeness, his humour and- as one critic put it- the way he writes about the different ways in which people hurt.]]> Literature Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:25:47 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/iain-banks-iain-m-banks-t1986.htm#30011 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/iain-banks-iain-m-banks-t1986.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/nature-books-t1956.htm Dharma Wheel I'm calling them "Nature books" for lack of a better title. Books that are about rivers, mountains, ocean, snow, typhoon, hurricanes, flood, dustbowl, and so forth. I'm reading a wonderful book called "River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze." Check it out. Next I've got "The River at the End of the World" by the great writer Simon Winchester. Also about the Yangtze. Looking forward to it. Pearl Buck's "The Good Earth." A book that I guess ... Literature Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:07:40 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/nature-books-t1956.htm#29595 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/nature-books-t1956.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/bad-taste-corner-4-dan-brown-t1953.htm Eddie
One word: Yrrrcch!

He's got a new one out this week, apparently.]]> Literature Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:51:20 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/bad-taste-corner-4-dan-brown-t1953.htm#29582 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/literature-f5/bad-taste-corner-4-dan-brown-t1953.htm