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Schmiezi · August 19, 2016 5:51 pm

mrshouse wrote:
I started "Game of thrones" during my holiday.
Not translated....
But I got accustomed, the language is pure beauty.

Wow, that's great! Have you watched it on TV before?

mrshouse · August 21, 2016 5:33 pm

I did
And that helps, though I like the books better now, the pictures in the show were great, but in the books (at least up to now....) it's not mainly sex and beheadings....

besleybean · August 22, 2016 5:41 am

Oh yes, dripping in blood and violent rape...not my thing at all!

Davina · August 30, 2016 12:05 pm

I think I've read pretty much everything Hardy wrote. At the moment I am reading...War and Peace...I may be some time!

poorannie13 · August 30, 2016 12:27 pm

Oh War and Peace was in our school program for 10th grade. It's definitely a worthy novel, few people could read the whole thing though

Yitzock · August 30, 2016 1:51 pm

That seems like a tall order for high school!

KeepersPrice · August 30, 2016 2:26 pm

I'm reading Book One of the 'Neapolitan Novels', "My Brilliant Friend" by Elena Ferrante.
She's been called the Italian Charles Dickens and is much acclaimed right now. Great stuff! I'm having a hard time putting it down. I think there are four books all together which follow the lives of two friends. I know I'll read them all.

tonnaree · August 30, 2016 2:48 pm

Stories of Your Life and Others by ted chiang
https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/1101972122/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472568179&sr=8-1&keywords=story+of+your+life+ted+chiang

Mr. Chiang has been around for a bit but I only discovered him recently when I found out the upcoming movie "Arrival" with Amy Adams is based on one of his stories. So far I'm finding his writing fascinating. It seems he's considered one of the greatest science fiction writers of his generation.
Here is one you can read online.. If you like it I would highly recommend this book.

http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_of_fact_the_truth_of_feeling_by_ted_chiang

besleybean · August 30, 2016 6:26 pm

'Anne of Green Gables' and loving it.

Schmiezi · August 30, 2016 6:31 pm

tonnaree wrote:
Stories of Your Life and Others by ted chiang
https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/1101972122/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472568179&sr=8-1&keywords=story+of+your+life+ted+chiang

Mr. Chiang has been around for a bit but I only discovered him recently when I found out the upcoming movie "Arrival" with Amy Adams is based on one of his stories. So far I'm finding his writing fascinating. It seems he's considered one of the greatest science fiction writers of his generation.
Here is one you can read online.. If you like it I would highly recommend this book.

http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_of_fact_the_truth_of_feeling_by_ted_chiang

That sounds really tempting!

tonnaree · August 30, 2016 6:46 pm

Read the one online Schmiezi!! READ IT! It brought me to tears.

Schmiezi · August 30, 2016 10:53 pm

Started to read it. Not sure I'll get any reading done tomorrow but I bookmarked it for Thursday night ;-)

Schmiezi · August 31, 2016 5:36 am

Wow. I finished reading the one you linked, tonnaree, and searched the Internet for more. You can find some more short stories by Chiang online. Like
"Exhale"

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/

(Does the link work?)

He is really great!

I love reading "old" stories by Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein etc, and I feel like Chiang's work is equal to theirs.

tonnaree · August 31, 2016 2:24 pm

Schmiezi wrote:
Wow. I finished reading the one you linked, tonnaree, and searched the Internet for more. You can find some more short stories by Chiang online. Like
"Exhale"

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/

(Does the link work?)

He is really great!

I love reading "old" stories by Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein etc, and I feel like Chiang's work is equal to theirs.

I agree! So glad you liked it. After reading that one I just went ahead and bought his collection for my Kindle. :-)

Side Note: I got to meet Bradbury years ago at a convention. What a lovely man. His stories are timeless.

besleybean · September 9, 2016 4:08 pm

Woohoo!
I finished the lovely Anne of Green Gables.
I'm currently reading my first ever graphic novel: Houdini.
So far ACD, Holmes and Watson have all been featured!

EDIT: I guess I should credit the authors/illustrators: Haberlin, Monsanto and Phillips.

Last edited by besleybean (September 9, 2016 4:48 pm)

besleybean · September 9, 2016 4:49 pm

Did I see that?
Anyhow.
Yes, silly ACD was a Spiritualist and Harry used to take the p- - s out of him, because of it!

Yitzock · September 9, 2016 4:56 pm

besleybean wrote:
Woohoo!
I finished the lovely Anne of Green Gables.

Aw! A Canadian classic! I remember my mum read it to me when I was a kid. A lot of fun,but it made me cry, too. One of these days I will have to read it again.

I'm reading Wuthering Heights for one of my classes. I'm not sure yet if I like it.

besleybean · September 9, 2016 5:05 pm

I read it for my English 'O' level.
I loved it, but I'll be interested to hear what you think of the ending.

Liberty · September 9, 2016 5:38 pm

I loved it too, but I can very much understand why people might not. It's a very odd story, I think, and not really the classic romance that it's purported to be.

besleybean · September 9, 2016 5:40 pm

I'm a bit surprised by that. I would have thought it displayed fairly classic romantic tropes...but then, so not my area!