Ooh, I'm actually reading that Le Guin translation (or was, before RotK ate my brain). It's very good. There's not much plot to the individual stories, but the setting is fantastic. Good bedtime reading.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Kate P. - Dec 19, 2003 5:16:22 pm PST #285 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Volans - Dec 21, 2003 9:01:30 am PST #286 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Faulkner Fox is a cool name.
I'm trying to find books we know and love in translation, to practice reading in other languages. Any idea how to harness the power of the Internet to do this? Often when I'm travelling I will pick up The Hobbit in Spanish, or Dune in Romanian, etc. But I'd like to find books in Greek this year, before we go to Greece. Children's books would be best. (In fact, The Hobbit would be great.)
I've found Cat in the Hat, Winnie the Pooh, and Harry Potter in Latin, but no luck with modern Greek.
Consuela - Dec 22, 2003 11:26:52 am PST #287 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Consuela - Dec 22, 2003 11:27:03 am PST #288 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is being turned into a two-play production at the British National Theatre. And the British Christian community is upset.
I shudder to think of what would happen in the instance of a federally-funded production in the US. Mapplethorpe comes to mind. Again.
deborah grabien - Dec 22, 2003 12:12:16 pm PST #289 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'm afraid that all the "gasp how dare you we're so threatened bad! bad!" crap from the High and Mighty is doing is making me yearn to see the stage show.
Maysa - Dec 22, 2003 6:30:09 pm PST #290 of 10002
So Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is being turned into a two-play production at the British National Theatre.
Weren't there rumors a little while ago about New Line doing a three movie-thingy with His Dark Materials?
beth b - Dec 28, 2003 7:39:27 pm PST #291 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
My visting sister just read Weaver. She is glad the charactors are continueing.
deborah grabien - Dec 28, 2003 8:00:07 pm PST #292 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kat - Dec 28, 2003 8:01:43 pm PST #293 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Congrats, Deb! What a nice review.
deborah grabien - Dec 28, 2003 8:18:48 pm PST #294 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Lead review, Sunday paper, and a rave, but David Fusilli, no less.
I am a happy, happy woman.