I have a stack of books next to my bed, including the new Pynchon, Banville's The Sea, and a book on Enlightment-era medical practices by a friend of mine, but, sadly, no time to read at the moment.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Hayden - Feb 13, 2007 10:48:20 am PST #1941 of 28476
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:53:04 am PST #1942 of 28476
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ooh, yum, Kathy! I might hit you up for a dub of that next fall; I teach "The Odyssey" to my seniors.
I still have to send you my copy of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants--I'm a bad Buffista! If I had a way of converting tape to CD, I'd do it and then send you the tapes or a copy of the CDs. Oh, well, I can pull out my double-tape boombox and dub you some tapes while I'm listening, if you'd like!
Strix - Feb 13, 2007 10:56:33 am PST #1943 of 28476
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Tapes are fine; the kids trashed my boombox, and the CD player no longer works, anyway.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:58:59 am PST #1944 of 28476
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Cool! I'll make sure to pull it out this spring and dub it for you.
JohnSweden - Feb 13, 2007 11:10:41 am PST #1945 of 28476
I can't even.
I'm re-reading Connie Willis' Lincoln's Dreams. I'm just a couple of chapters in, so the magical realism drug-like effect it had on me when I first read it hasn't kicked in yet. Maybe it won't. I'm enjoying the details so far.
Amy - Feb 13, 2007 11:16:26 am PST #1946 of 28476
Because books.
Try some Edith Wharton, if you're in a mood. I like her better than Henry James, except "The Turn of the Screw."
I adore Edith Wharton, but I've already read everything of hers. Well, almost anyway.
I'm not sure if I would ever be in the mood for The Odyssey.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 11:19:55 am PST #1947 of 28476
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I first read The Odyssey in college, and it really is a riveting story, AmyLiz! Just like with Beowulf, you have to get the right translation, otherwise it can be a slog to get through. The Fagles is excellent--IIRC, he just published a translation of The Aeneid in the past few months.
Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2007 12:04:40 pm PST #1948 of 28476
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I read The Odyssey for fun a few years ago. I had it on the bus one day and was snickering over some snark, and somebody in another seat asked me what class I was reading it for. They looked uneasy when I told them I was reading it for fun. The same kind of look when I was reading "Engines of Creation" on the bus. Freak the mundanes!
IAmNotReallyASpring - Feb 13, 2007 4:05:32 pm PST #1949 of 28476
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Banville's The Sea
Corwood, have you read any of his other stuff? It's the same but more.
brenda m - Feb 13, 2007 4:19:12 pm PST #1950 of 28476
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I adore Edith Wharton, but I've already read everything of hers. Well, almost anyway.
Including the porn?