Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it.
snoopcester Send a noteboard - 11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM
One of the main reasons I want to reread this is that I think I read the proper version when I was 11, but I can't shake the suspicion that I actually read a kids' version. I'm probably confusing it with Frankenstein, though.
I reread Frankenstein a few years ago after about 15 years and I'm pretty sure it wasn't like I remembered it because my memory had just confused it too much with all the bad film versions I'd seen over the years
That might be what I want instead of 1776! Let me know how it is once you've read it.
Well I've not actually bought it yet, so I wouldn't hold your breath... I was ina bookshop at lunchtime and there was a new book out - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/17/history-america-david-reynolds-liberty
Which sounds like it is good if flawed.
My copy of Harald's is very small so easy to post. Njál's should be easier to find, but again you can borrow it if you need to.
It is tempting but I do have have ever growing piles of books that I've not read... though if it isn't too big I could probably get through it reasonably quickly.
I've put off reading the sögur for ages because I wanted to learn Old Norse and read them in the original first. But that's clearly never going to happen...
In my case, I got to that conclusion without ever going through the planning to learn Old Norse stage
Great! I'll have to try and use it as a travel guide someday.
It has been a while since I read it but I remember it as being fairly descriptive of the areas around the whisky distilleries he goes to.
Did you know there's a graphic novel version? I'd like to pick that up once I've read the original.
I didn't. It sounds interesting but I'm not sure how exactly it would work.
My English teacher told me that Heller was asked why he hadn't written anything else as good as Catch-22, and replied "Who has?"
That is a pretty good point he makes
Is it? Oh good.
I really enjoyed it, it was probably about 15 or so years ago that I read it but I remember really enjoying it though it felt a bit thrown in the deep endish.
Make sure you have a bottle of red wine handy!
Good thinking
I think you left a word out somewhere... Did you mean you prefer the book to the film?
I think I was going to say I prefered Enduring Love by him, then messed up my attempt to change what I was saying
Wasn't it him that got in trouble with the government for "insulting Turkishness"? Those guys really need to sort out their free speech. Hard to believe they're signatories of the European Convention on Human Rights (see Art 10).
Yup, that was him (well not just him, I think a few other writers have had the same problems). To be fair to Turkey, the case was dismissed in court and I think it was only brought against him by a more fringe group. Still, it isn't great for Turkey that they still have a legal offence like insulting Turkishness on the books.
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Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Planned reads for 2010.
- 10/01/2010 05:10:08 PM
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Interestingly random list.
- 10/01/2010 05:55:51 PM
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It's mostly things I've bought and not read yet. Other than that, there's no coherent theme.
- 10/01/2010 06:16:01 PM
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Okay, colour me shocked.
- 10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM
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- 10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM
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I'm actually the same as Tim. Haven't read them since I did it in 5th grade.
- 10/01/2010 11:17:23 PM
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Okay, I misread Tim's response and thought he was thinking about a year of Russian literature.
- 14/01/2010 07:18:53 PM
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I wondered about that.
- 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM
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- 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM
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A couple of thoughts
- 15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM
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Huh. You're the second person I've ever seen refer to that book as Demons.
- 15/01/2010 05:35:19 AM
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Don't read the Achebe.
- 11/01/2010 01:09:06 AM
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I'll be reading less serious stuff too.
- 11/01/2010 08:52:14 AM
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Well, I figured that too
- 11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM
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- 11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM
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Of those?
- 11/01/2010 01:33:33 AM
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Are Mohicans and 100 Years worth reading? Folks seem to be dissin' 'em. *NM*
- 11/01/2010 08:49:55 AM
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Ditch Erlend Loe
- 11/01/2010 11:40:37 AM
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However, good for someone who needs a simple book to help with learning the language.
- 11/01/2010 12:06:55 PM
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Re: Planned reads for 2010.
- 11/01/2010 11:41:28 AM
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You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it.
- 11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM
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Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it.
- 11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM
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I suppose if you're interested in the development of the thriller/adventure novel, Cooper is okay.
- 11/01/2010 02:04:29 PM
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