Ulysses by James Joyce. It's 99% impossible to read and I've barely got past the first 10 pages, but I want to conquer it. Expect mild frustration and insanity from here on out.
Veckatimest wrote:Ulysses by James Joyce. It's 99% impossible to read and I've barely got past the first 10 pages, but I want to conquer it. Expect mild frustration and insanity from here on out.
Because I have never heard of it, why is it so hard to read? Does it use big words that your primitive mind can't handle or just boring as all get out?
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Veckatimest wrote:Ulysses by James Joyce. It's 99% impossible to read and I've barely got past the first 10 pages, but I want to conquer it. Expect mild frustration and insanity from here on out.
Because I have never heard of it, why is it so hard to read? Does it use big words that your primitive mind can't handle or just boring as all get out?
I don't mean to intrude on your business, but that was really rude.
Veckatimest wrote:Ulysses by James Joyce. It's 99% impossible to read and I've barely got past the first 10 pages, but I want to conquer it. Expect mild frustration and insanity from here on out.
Because I have never heard of it, why is it so hard to read? Does it use big words that your primitive mind can't handle or just boring as all get out?
You could have asked more politely, but it's because Joyce writes in a unique way. He'll be going on about one thing, and then another thought jumps into his head when he writes. It means there are about five different stories going on at once and it keeps switching between them in the blink of an eye. This makes it very difficult to read, but once you get used to it it's a very good story.
Veckatimest wrote:Ulysses by James Joyce. It's 99% impossible to read and I've barely got past the first 10 pages, but I want to conquer it. Expect mild frustration and insanity from here on out.
Because I have never heard of it, why is it so hard to read? Does it use big words that your primitive mind can't handle or just boring as all get out?
I don't mean to intrude on your business, but that was really rude.
I apologize for the disruption. It was meant to be crudely humorous in a sarcastic way. If you think I wrote to offend, wait ill I actually do one day. Again, sorry for sounding so condescending.
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Trainspotting atm. But unfortunately I usually read at night in bed, and with my reading lamp broken I don't get around to doing much. Last book I read was "One Day" one of the best books I've ever read.
"I have a hypothesis that the number of Tyrannosaurs dressed as Santa Claus in your lecture notes is inversely proportional to the quality of the lecture."
- Argonanza
I've just finished the dictionary. The Zebra did it.
I'm really in to medical pages on Wikipedia right now. I'll just think of a random condition and read about it. The depth to that site is awe inspiring.
The last book I read was Ronnie. Ronnie O'Sullivan's first autobiography. I was always dubious about him but it helped me understand the character that he is and it also helped my Snooker.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.
Well, I left my copy of The Drawing of the Three on my plane when I came back from Virginia, so now I need to reacquire a copy of it. That or I'll jump ahead to The Wastelands.
So what books are you into? Any specific genre your reading? Any kind of book you would reccomend? Worst book you ever read? Even a faovrite author? any Tes fan fiction?
One book i really enjoyed was called the Dwarves by Markus Heitz.
It basicaly has everything a fan of fantasy needs, Elves, dwarves,gnomes,orcs,demons
The setting is in a land called Girdlegard where many people are liveing in fear due to hundreds of Thousands of orcs runnnig rampant across Girdlegard.
you guys do read right?
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Right now I'm reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, but my all-time favourite book is A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick. My signature is an abridged quote from it.
I also read Misery by Stephen King by recommendation not too long ago and it was really good. I hadn't read much Stephen King before that, but I've come to think of him as a very skilled writer. I also suggest The Shining, another good Stephen King novel, if you're into horror. Very different from the Stanley Kubrick film if you've seen it.
evenratman wrote:Right now I'm reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, but my all-time favourite book is A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick. My signature is an abridged quote from it.
I also read Misery by Stephen King by recommendation not too long ago and it was really good.
I read Cell and Misery a while ago. Good freakin stuff.
evenratman wrote:Right now I'm reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, but my all-time favourite book is A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick. My signature is an abridged quote from it.
I also read Misery by Stephen King by recommendation not too long ago and it was really good. I hadn't read much Stephen King before that, but I've come to think of him as a very skilled writer. I also suggest The Shining, another good Stephen King novel, if your into horror. Very different from the Stanley Kubrick film if you've seen it.
Hmm lately i have been wanting to start reading horror and was thinking of what ones to start off with, Might try misery. But i mostly just read fantasy
Biotechnic wrote:Finishing the last of the "Emperor" series by Conn Iggulden. It chronicles Julius Caesar's life (with a few fictional liberties). Pretty good series.
I have the first book in that series. Haven't gotten around to reading it yet though.
I'm quite like historical novels. Finished "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett a while ago. Great series, and highly recommended if you like that genre.
I'm reading Homer's Iliad. Well, I'm supposed to. It's not that I'm not looking forward to it, or that I don't utterly enjoy the Greek epic, it's just that when I "have" to do something, it loses all its appeal It's a psychological thing.
Argonanza wrote:Right now Im reading Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel. The whole Clan of the Cave Bear series is stuffed with passionate intercourse, but I like it.
I can't say I'm particularly fond of the series Earth's Children. I do find the first book interesting, but the rest.. nah. The main characters are almost flawless, and the information (about flora, fauna etc.) is not merged smoothly with the plot. At least that's what I think.
Leilah wrote:it's just that when I "have" to do something, it loses all its appeal It's a psychological thing.
I know exactly what you mean. Whenever I've been assigned to read a specific book in school, it's taken ages to get through it. But when I choose a book myself, it almost always ends too quickly. :/
I don't read anything at the moment, because I finished my latest book yesterday and have yet to pick up a new one.
What are you reading.
It's a psychological thing.
