Active Users:847 Time:31/01/2026 08:34:12 PM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom Send a noteboard - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM
Every time I'm flipping through channels and I see the 1965 movie of the same name, I cringe. It would be sort of like stripping down War and Peace to just the Prince Andrei storyline and trivializing or omitting every profound idea in the book.
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*
Reply to message
So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. jh - 26/09/2009 08:17:06 PM 2402 Views
Myself, so far... jh - 26/09/2009 08:22:52 PM 1118 Views
Read Faulkner Larry - 26/09/2009 09:05:22 PM 1163 Views
He is on the list, you know. jh - 26/09/2009 09:46:12 PM 1104 Views
Don't listen to Larry Camilla - 28/09/2009 10:02:33 AM 1112 Views
Mann is okay, but... Larry - 30/09/2009 02:21:50 AM 1082 Views
Wow Fantasy - 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM 1106 Views
Oh. jh - 26/09/2009 09:01:31 PM 1259 Views
Yes, even people with virtually no education have usually heard of Churchill and/or Kipling. *NM* Tom - 26/09/2009 09:37:59 PM 499 Views
I do! AND I have an education! *NM* Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:36 AM 616 Views
Oh, yes! Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:09 AM 1157 Views
I've read 36 of those Larry - 26/09/2009 09:04:18 PM 1159 Views
Well, if Churchill can get it... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:39:04 PM 1059 Views
Nah.... jh - 26/09/2009 09:52:25 PM 1170 Views
Two years later, the total is up to 48 Larry - 10/10/2011 05:18:36 AM 1136 Views
Okay, I've read a few of these people. (EDITED to specify what works) Tom - 26/09/2009 09:36:31 PM 1228 Views
Gee, I wonder what the theme is... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM 1252 Views
It's not so hard to figure that out... jh - 26/09/2009 09:44:55 PM 1172 Views
Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless? Tom - 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM 1233 Views
Of course it is meaningless, all prizes are. jh - 26/09/2009 10:08:36 PM 1275 Views
Oh...but those are the "Some People" that I look down my elitist nose at. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM 1135 Views
Read these: Stephen - 26/09/2009 09:43:26 PM 1090 Views
Well. jh - 26/09/2009 09:51:11 PM 1108 Views
Yes. Stephen - 26/09/2009 11:03:01 PM 1136 Views
Let's see. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 09:58:12 PM 1227 Views
Of all the Russian authors to receive the prize, Solzhenitsyn is the worst stylistically Tom - 26/09/2009 10:03:11 PM 1051 Views
I've been meaning to read Pasternak for such a long time. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:06:28 PM 1178 Views
Don't put it on a list at amazon. Put it in the cart, then click on "purchase". Tom - 26/09/2009 10:23:33 PM 1089 Views
I don't buy books online myself. If I did people would never know what to get me. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:26:01 PM 1178 Views
And yet Pasternak isn't on your list. Tom - 28/09/2009 05:28:42 AM 1280 Views
See, I can't remember if I read Pasternak... jh - 26/09/2009 10:11:14 PM 1105 Views
It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM 1152 Views
I was just gonna ask about that. Legolas - 26/09/2009 10:23:44 PM 1231 Views
The movie destroyed the entire idea of the book. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:00:54 AM 1037 Views
There's an ITV film of the book with Keira Knightley. It looks utterly appalling. *NM* Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:25:12 PM 505 Views
For what it's worth, the recent Russian miniseries wasn't fantastic. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:02:25 AM 1044 Views
I'll do it if I can have the rest of my life to accomplish it. nossy - 26/09/2009 10:43:53 PM 1114 Views
Only 10 of them. Burr - 26/09/2009 11:53:47 PM 1160 Views
From my list, Hesse's Siddhartha is my foremost recommendation. *NM* Burr - 26/09/2009 11:55:03 PM 594 Views
Only these ones have I already read, but I'll try the challenge. Could take me a while, atm. IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 02:48:10 AM 1030 Views
What'd you think of Transcendence of the Ego? *NM* Dan - 27/09/2009 05:12:35 AM 1151 Views
Hey, Dan, long time no see IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 10:41:02 AM 1280 Views
Just bought a Marquez book *NM* IndigoAjah - 01/10/2009 07:16:22 PM 484 Views
Not very many. Spriteling - 27/09/2009 08:36:14 AM 1282 Views
It would take me a long time to finish this list. Fred Gaidin - 27/09/2009 03:50:02 PM 1145 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Camilla - 28/09/2009 09:55:36 AM 1219 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. jh - 28/09/2009 06:15:01 PM 1054 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Camilla - 28/09/2009 06:51:05 PM 1030 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Elaine - 29/09/2009 02:20:37 PM 1141 Views
I worked out that the best way to make use of this thread is to remove the names I have read... jh - 02/10/2009 08:43:57 PM 1290 Views
A great deal of those... after a fashion DomA - 08/10/2011 06:30:00 PM 1202 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes