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On a Lunacy Fringe Vice Captain
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 Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:08 pm
I think this is a good way to start off this sub-forum.
I wanna know what people like to read and WHY THEY LIKE TO READ IT. Like, I mean, really why.
I think my favorite novel is The Stranger by Albert Camus. It has the best ending to almost anything I've ever read. The ending is just this burst of existential thinking that flows really well, it's also heart wrenching in a way.
Two close seconds are Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk and Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. I absolutely love Palaniuk's style. And what I really like about Crime and Punishment is the philosophy behind the characters.
I don't think I have a favorite play but my favorite playwright is Tennessee Williams. I've never been in one of his plays but I've read three of them (Streetcar, The Glass Menagerie, and A House Not Meant to Stand) and I love them all. It's a weird thing to like about a play but if you've read William's work then you should understand my love of his stage/scene direction. With that, I also love his characters (Blanche DuBois will always be my favorite), they're so true to life.
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:40 pm
Honestly, I'm not at all the literary type. It's not in my genes or something. Camus' L'etranger didn't really register in my brain as great, even though many hailed it as such. Treasure Island, Lolita and On The Road bored me so much I didn't even finish them.
I guess if it comes to literary works, I'll settle with Flatland or Planiverse. Both books are about sentient beings that live in a 2-dimensional universe. It's more the concepts that interested me. All the political undertones escaped my 14-year old brain when I first read Flatland, and I've yet to pick it up again.
I'm not comfortable with stories. And poetry, absolutely no appreciation for it... not out of my own will. My ex was appalled that I'd giggle at Poe. I generally know what's considered good in the literary world, but I don't know why they're good. I simply don't have the capability of understanding art in the form of words. Essay or lecture type books are more my thing.
Currently picking up: A History of Economics, Panic: The Story of Financial Insanity, and Moses and Monotheism.
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On a Lunacy Fringe Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:24 pm
NomNomNominal Honestly, I'm not at all the literary type. It's not in my genes or something. Camus' L'etranger didn't really register in my brain as great, even though many hailed it as such. Treasure Island, Lolita and On The Road bored me so much I didn't even finish them. I couldn't finish Lolita, but for different reasons.
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:11 pm
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening, by Robert Frost.
I like it because, for one, it is short. Thats not for the reason you may think, though. Its short, which gives you less to work off of in terms of what the poem means. It makes you come up with your own meaning, one that might be different from other people's.
My grandfather actually met Robert Frost. He went up to him and asked, "Sir, what does [Stopping by woods] mean?" Frost looked at him, shrugged, and said "I dont know. You tell me."
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Devils_Advocate_110 Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:19 am
I can't really say what my favorite book is; I read too many!
For some reason, I'm more into historical fiction right now, particularly in the 16-17th century.
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:02 pm
As much as Love rarely happens if my persona life, I enjoy the pleasure of it around others. I think that Jane Austen does a good job at doing just that, pluse she's full of sattire!
Historical fiction is a nice little genre to fall into for me, I can be interested in mysteries if I really am in the mood for one. I think that fantasy ones are pretty good, as long as I don't have to re-learn a whole new book of terms to understand that particluar world. I'm into all kinds really, poety is a nice little piece of art to read and ponder about for me too.
Currently, favorite books to think about and read for the heck of it is Austen's work and a little of the Bronte's work. I also tried reading Lolita, haven't finished it before either. I would have to re-pick that up.
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:40 pm
Ah books... I can honestly say that my favorite book is also the only nonfiction book that I can handle, the Book of Mormon. It's full of American history, pre-Christian prophecies (as in, those made in the BC years), plus massive tribal wars that are exciting to the imaginative mind. The Book of Mormon and the Bible are also the Ultimate Self-Help Books; reading them makes me happy inside.
As for poetry, I like music. Music is just poetry put to instrumental rhythm, so it's inherently attractive. My absolute favorites are Christmas songs, be they Hymns (I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day) or just holiday favorites (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)! I also quite like Simon & Garfunkel's The Sounds of Silence. Oldies could be considered my favorite genre.
And plays... Shakespeare. Mainly because his are the only plays I've seen. Romeo & Juliet and Midsummer Night's Dream to name the two.
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:15 pm
Devils_Advocate_110 Stopping by woods on a snowy evening, by Robert Frost. I like it because, for one, it is short. Thats not for the reason you may think, though. Its short, which gives you less to work off of in terms of what the poem means. It makes you come up with your own meaning, one that might be different from other people's. My grandfather actually met Robert Frost. He went up to him and asked, "Sir, what does [Stopping by woods] mean?" Frost looked at him, shrugged, and said "I dont know. You tell me." What a cool story. I love that poem and have actually sung a choral version of it before!
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