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And a few steps down from Eco, Proust, Perec, and a few others I've read recently Larry Send a noteboard - 08/11/2011 05:58:54 PM
His novels are entertaining. Of course, my ideas about genre fiction are well-known here.

On a side note, even having read over 600 pages in Der Zauberberg, I'm still almost 400 pages from the end. It's a bit frustrating. I need to pick shorter books for a while.


I haven't yet attempted to read a work of that length in German, not even with an English translation to assist me. I did re-read it in translation earlier this year and found it to be even more excellent than I recalled (I first read it in 1997).

Have you given any thought to any 2012 reading goals? I'm thinking about dedicating the year to translating a story collection that should become public domain at the beginning of 2013, so I might not be reading as much then.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law Larry - 08/11/2011 08:05:32 AM 1388 Views
Heh... Jacob - 08/11/2011 01:34:17 PM 724 Views
It wasn't that negative Larry - 08/11/2011 05:05:56 PM 720 Views
Yes, he's a clearly step above Goodkind or Dan Brown. Tom - 08/11/2011 05:54:24 PM 664 Views
And a few steps down from Eco, Proust, Perec, and a few others I've read recently Larry - 08/11/2011 05:58:54 PM 679 Views
Certainly. Tom - 08/11/2011 06:21:15 PM 632 Views
More ambitious than mine! Larry - 08/11/2011 06:42:17 PM 699 Views
It might be hit and miss, but the hits would be worth it, if you ask me. Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:37:16 PM 609 Views
Perhaps Larry - 15/11/2011 06:04:10 AM 565 Views
I was thinking I could mix those different ideas, too Tom - 09/11/2011 08:38:20 PM 690 Views
Ha! Larry - 15/11/2011 06:05:50 AM 568 Views
Re: More ambitious than mine! dacole - 11/11/2011 11:55:57 PM 711 Views
I'm not clear if you're trying to reference Dan Quayle or if you're really a complete moron. Tom - 14/11/2011 04:59:41 AM 586 Views
Uh.... Larry - 15/11/2011 06:07:49 AM 633 Views
People in Latin America do not speak Latin. Ghavrel - 15/11/2011 11:55:20 AM 585 Views
This might be the greatest post in the history of the site. *NM* Dan - 15/11/2011 07:30:16 PM 619 Views
I was planning on reviewing Lucian's True History this Spring. Dan - 15/11/2011 07:40:34 PM 616 Views
Nice! Tom - 16/11/2011 02:50:33 AM 598 Views
It wasn't explicitly negative, Jacob - 08/11/2011 06:05:37 PM 669 Views
Like I said, I was addressing a split audience when I wrote it Larry - 08/11/2011 06:19:44 PM 607 Views
Re: Like I said, I was addressing a split audience when I wrote it dacole - 11/11/2011 11:52:07 PM 636 Views
Re: Heh... dacole - 11/11/2011 11:50:02 PM 655 Views
Better, Jacob - 12/11/2011 04:02:31 AM 627 Views
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