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Post by Zos on Aug 21, 2020 12:09:18 GMT
Sounds fascinating, will have to give it a go.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 22, 2020 3:38:04 GMT
Re-reading the Fagles translation of the Iliad. I see he also did the Odyssey and Aeneid which I will read after.
And the Trojan front shrank back, glorious Hector too as the Argives yelled and dragged away the corpses, pushing on, breakneck on. But lord god Apollo. gazing down now from the heights of Pergamus, rose in outrage, crying down at the Trojans, "Up and at them. you stallion-breaking Trojans! Never give up your lust for war against these Argives! What are their bodies made of, rock or iron to block your tearing bronze? Stab them. slash their flesh! Achilles the son of lovely sleek-haired Thetis the man's not even fighting, no, he wallows in all his heartsick fury by the ships!" So he cried from far on the city's heights, the awesome god Apollo. But Zeus's daughter Athena spurred the Argives on Athena first in glory. third-born of the gods whenever she saw some slacker hanging back as she hurtled through the onset.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 23, 2020 12:33:27 GMT
Lou is The Man!!!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 23, 2020 12:33:49 GMT
Just kidding, he's a brown-nosing shit!
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Post by jackspicer on Aug 24, 2020 6:08:56 GMT
It explains some things I didn't quite pick up in the movie.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 25, 2020 2:43:09 GMT
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Post by Archelaus on Sept 5, 2020 20:05:46 GMT
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
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Post by gspdude on Sept 9, 2020 13:46:19 GMT
Rereading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Book #2 in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series) by Douglas Adams
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Post by Raimo47 on Sept 9, 2020 20:33:53 GMT
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Post by Zos on Sept 10, 2020 14:53:27 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 11, 2020 18:28:47 GMT
I just finished Stephen King’s “The Langoliers,” in the collection Four Past Midnight (1990). After an atrociously-written thriller, Harlan Coben’s The Innocent, and a much-better-written but slowly-paced and ultimately anticlimactic detective story, Elspeth Huxley’s The African Poison Murders, this was the best medicine. The plot: Everyone on a routine red-eye flight disappears—except for 11 people. Luckily, one of them is a pilot, but the remaining 11 may have bigger problems when the plane actually lands… (King apparently shares my unusual fascination with the Twilight Zone episode “The Arrival,” as his premise seems based on Serling’s in that.) Reading a writer like Coben lets you appreciate a writer like King, who is genuinely good at what he does for all that the literary snobs still (amazingly) look down their noses at him. Not that the writing is particularly lyrical or anything, but it’s good solid writing that makes sense, and King can certainly turn a phrase from time to time: “What was the proper sort of music for this strange new world where no phones rang and no dogs barked?” Not that the characters are the best, either: Craig Toomy is a regular King type (cruel but not actually evil businessman willing to screw others to make money, combined with psychologically-scared son of abusive father), and the others are pretty flat. What it is, however, is genuinely great as storytelling, as what’s-going-to-happen-next. It’s exciting, expertly paced, and clever: all of King’s little twists make complete sense yet come off as utterly surprising. There’s a bit of fat on the bones (we don’t really need Toomy’s backstory in so much detail), but not much. t’s just fun. Not really horror—and not really sci-fi either (we never leave Earth, for one thing)—I’m not sure what to call it, except just a great story. Highly recommended. (Now if only they’ll let me write a movie adaptation…)
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 11, 2020 23:08:45 GMT
Just finished It by Stephen King.
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Post by jackspicer on Sept 12, 2020 16:58:53 GMT
I just finished Stephen King’s “The Langoliers,” in the collection Four Past Midnight (1990). (Now if only they’ll let me write a movie adaptation…) Well, there is the made-for-TV movie.... Be prepared for some horrible CGI.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Sept 14, 2020 0:37:20 GMT
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Post by Marv on Sept 14, 2020 16:56:58 GMT
I just finished Stephen King’s “The Langoliers,” in the collection Four Past Midnight (1990). After an atrociously-written thriller, Harlan Coben’s The Innocent, and a much-better-written but slowly-paced and ultimately anticlimactic detective story, Elspeth Huxley’s The African Poison Murders, this was the best medicine. The plot: Everyone on a routine red-eye flight disappears—except for 11 people. Luckily, one of them is a pilot, but the remaining 11 may have bigger problems when the plane actually lands… (King apparently shares my unusual fascination with the Twilight Zone episode “The Arrival,” as his premise seems based on Serling’s in that.) Reading a writer like Coben lets you appreciate a writer like King, who is genuinely good at what he does for all that the literary snobs still (amazingly) look down their noses at him. Not that the writing is particularly lyrical or anything, but it’s good solid writing that makes sense, and King can certainly turn a phrase from time to time: “What was the proper sort of music for this strange new world where no phones rang and no dogs barked?” Not that the characters are the best, either: Craig Toomy is a regular King type (cruel but not actually evil businessman willing to screw others to make money, combined with psychologically-scared son of abusive father), and the others are pretty flat. What it is, however, is genuinely great as storytelling, as what’s-going-to-happen-next. It’s exciting, expertly paced, and clever: all of King’s little twists make complete sense yet come off as utterly surprising. There’s a bit of fat on the bones (we don’t really need Toomy’s backstory in so much detail), but not much. t’s just fun. Not really horror—and not really sci-fi either (we never leave Earth, for one thing)—I’m not sure what to call it, except just a great story. Highly recommended. (Now if only they’ll let me write a movie adaptation…) I loved the Langoliers story. I had already mostly seen the tv film from the 90s and thought...it was weird and the cgi was awful...but the story here pulled me right in and i honestly kind of fell in love with it. The eclectic cast of characters worked for me and the 'eaters' work much better in imaginations than they probably ever will on the screen. It was my favorite story in Four Past Midnight.
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Post by Marv on Sept 14, 2020 17:01:56 GMT
Im almost done with Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Ive been picking at it for a little while and ive only got about 100 pages left. I'd be much farther but the availability of doing other hobbies over the summer took precedent.
I also recently signed up for audible and am halfway thru The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter. Its my first experience with Winter, don't even know how many other novels he has, but I really enjoy this story. I don't agree with the tagline of 'Gladiator meets Game of Thrones' tho. It's really just a tale of a young man seeking revenge...step one is to become a killer...so to do that he starts working his way up the ranks of this worlds army and basically trains like crazy becoming one of the better soldiers in his ranks. That's about as far as i am. So far he's really angry and becomes a borderline maniac during battle. Its very fun to listen to.
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Post by darknessfish on Sept 14, 2020 19:51:33 GMT
After a very poor start, this is building up into quite an enjoyable (if possibly aimless) tale of searching for meaning in suburban England. I've read a couple of Sayle's books now, and he seems pretty reliable, always has that chance of making you laugh out loud with the unpredictable.
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Post by mmexis on Sept 16, 2020 2:40:21 GMT
After reading YA for almost a year as part of a selection committee for a reading program, I have finished: Am now moving on to
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 16, 2020 3:45:02 GMT
Well, there is the made-for-TV movie.... Be prepared for some horrible CGI. Oh, I know about that—a miniseries, right? Haven’t seen it, but did see (of all things) the Nostalgia Critic review. Still, I think that the story deserves a regular movie adaptation. I loved the Langoliers story. I had already mostly seen the tv film from the 90s and thought...it was weird and the cgi was awful...but the story here pulled me right in and i honestly kind of fell in love with it. The eclectic cast of characters worked for me and the 'eaters' work much better in imaginations than they probably ever will on the screen. It was my favorite story in Four Past Midnight. Glad to see another fan; I kind of fell in love with it too. It’s genuinely great storytelling. As you say, the “eaters” work well in the reader’s imagination… (The movie adaptation in my head does change their design a bit for onscreen.)
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Post by Zos on Sept 16, 2020 11:45:54 GMT
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