PC, most of his books deal with duality. It was Narcissus and Goldmand that got me. What a fantastic book. I'm a bit afraid to reread less I like it much less than I did then.
Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.
'Shindig'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kat - Jan 27, 2005 8:15:04 am PST #4126 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Calli - Jan 27, 2005 9:14:34 am PST #4127 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I worry about rereading Hermann Hesse for just this reason.
I remember reading Beneath the Wheel as a break during finals. Bad, bad idea. Very bad.
Daisy Jane - Jan 27, 2005 9:26:45 am PST #4128 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My Rand epiphany was early high school, by junior year I was over it. I have a friend who is just now reading it and having her epiphany. I keep trying to tell her to lie down and it will pass.
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 10:02:22 am PST #4129 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think I was the wrong age for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I just couldn't get too excited about Phaedros.
The Partyman - Jan 27, 2005 10:02:51 am PST #4130 of 10001
[insert something funny here]
YAY!
*Happy Dance*
I have Wonderfalls DVD Goodness!!!
Not quite sure how, given that the release date is Feb 1st, but my generous Father had apparently ordered them as a (belated) Christmas gift, and they arrived on his doorstep yesterday!
I am giddy with anticipation at sitting sown and watching the entire series, and basking in commentary goodness.
Favourite bit from my quick look so far: Tim using the word "specificity" in one of the special features. That is now my word of the day.
*sings* "I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls......."
DavidS - Jan 27, 2005 10:03:23 am PST #4131 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think I was the wrong age for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I just couldn't get too excited about Phaedros.
I hit it as a sophamore in college and that was about perfect. I still think the importance of Rhetoric is misunderstood.
-t - Jan 27, 2005 10:28:25 am PST #4132 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I was the wrong age for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
This may have been my problem. I tried to read it in college, and all my friends were all into it, but I couldn't actually finish it. Zen and the Art of Archery, though, I loved.
Sigh. I have to wait and see if anyone gets me Wonderfalls for my birthday before I buy it myself, even though I'm firly sure no one will.
sumi - Jan 27, 2005 11:09:36 am PST #4133 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm extremely jealous of The Partyman right now.
JohnSweden - Jan 27, 2005 11:41:41 am PST #4134 of 10001
I can't even.
I think my Ayn Rand issue (and Tim, frankly, I don't give a shit if you think she's brilliant. You're wrong.) rests around the idea that her whole philosophy was justification for behavior that was juvenile and selfish, unnecessarily self-important and self-indulgent and just generally crappy.
So much word. And amusement at the third wife gig.
The Partyman - Jan 27, 2005 11:55:56 am PST #4135 of 10001
[insert something funny here]
I'm extremely jealous of The Partyman right now.
I'm extremely jealous of Tim.
I can only dream of being able to use "specificity" so effortlessly.