I had a thought about a 2012 reading goal but given how little time I've had to read recently I'm not sure if it's prudent.
A few ideas I was throwing around:
1. Continuing with the "Second Thirty Years' War" concept with more reading about the interwar period and by writers writing at that time, and keeping up with the French and German reading in particular.
2. (Harder) Reading 10 books in Latin, 10 in Classical Greek and 10 more books of the Bible in Hebrew.
3. Delving into psychoanalytical books by focusing on Freud and Jung
4. Doing a medieval literature focus and reading those works in the original (Das Niebelungenlied, Tristan et Yseult, the Arthurian legends by both Mallory and Chrétien de Troyes, La Divina Commedia, the Decameron, il Principe, maybe Lazarillo de Tormes is even "medieval" enough).
A few ideas I was throwing around:
1. Continuing with the "Second Thirty Years' War" concept with more reading about the interwar period and by writers writing at that time, and keeping up with the French and German reading in particular.
2. (Harder) Reading 10 books in Latin, 10 in Classical Greek and 10 more books of the Bible in Hebrew.
3. Delving into psychoanalytical books by focusing on Freud and Jung
4. Doing a medieval literature focus and reading those works in the original (Das Niebelungenlied, Tristan et Yseult, the Arthurian legends by both Mallory and Chrétien de Troyes, La Divina Commedia, the Decameron, il Principe, maybe Lazarillo de Tormes is even "medieval" enough).
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law
08/11/2011 08:05:32 AM
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Heh...
08/11/2011 01:34:17 PM
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It wasn't that negative
08/11/2011 05:05:56 PM
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Yes, he's a clearly step above Goodkind or Dan Brown.
08/11/2011 05:54:24 PM
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And a few steps down from Eco, Proust, Perec, and a few others I've read recently
08/11/2011 05:58:54 PM
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Certainly.
08/11/2011 06:21:15 PM
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More ambitious than mine!
08/11/2011 06:42:17 PM
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It might be hit and miss, but the hits would be worth it, if you ask me.
09/11/2011 08:37:16 PM
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Re: More ambitious than mine!
11/11/2011 11:55:57 PM
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I'm not clear if you're trying to reference Dan Quayle or if you're really a complete moron.
14/11/2011 04:59:41 AM
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It wasn't explicitly negative,
08/11/2011 06:05:37 PM
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Like I said, I was addressing a split audience when I wrote it
08/11/2011 06:19:44 PM
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Re: Like I said, I was addressing a split audience when I wrote it
11/11/2011 11:52:07 PM
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