If there were a throwdown to determine the reigning monarch of Modernism, Virginia Woolf would whup James Joyce's ass so badly he'd be crying for his mommy all the way home to Dublin.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
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."
Jen - Jun 16, 2004 7:02:35 am PDT #3282 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 7:03:07 am PDT #3283 of 10002
brillig
The hardest (in terms of non-linear plot and of adventurism with language) thing I've ever read is the "Illuminatus!" trilogy. Sometimes the characters are stoned, sometimes they're flashing to multiple time streams, sometimes they appear out of nowhere and disappear never to be seen again, sometimes the character speaking changes to someone else who is somewhere else mid-stream. Plus you've got a millennia-spanning, multi-cultural conspiracy tracking through the whole thing.
I adore it.
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2004 7:05:00 am PDT #3284 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
If there were a throwdown to determine the reigning monarch of Modernism, Virginia Woolf would whup James Joyce's ass so badly he'd be crying for his mommy all the way home to Dublin.
Ooh. I see summer movie potential. Ballistic: Woolf vs. Joyce.
juliana - Jun 16, 2004 7:07:19 am PDT #3285 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I've never read Ulysses. It's one of those things, like eggplant, that people say you're supposed to appreciate, but which I've never been tempted to try.
Connie is me.
And me. I have attempted to read Ulysses, and my eyes start crossing after the first paragraph.
Maysa - Jun 16, 2004 7:10:26 am PDT #3286 of 10002
Has any Buffista read it? I've never met anyone who has.
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 7:10:50 am PDT #3287 of 10002
brillig
Hee. I've started a cult.
flea - Jun 16, 2004 7:11:42 am PDT #3288 of 10002
information libertarian
Susan, if you've never read Nora Roberts I think you have to try at least one. I'd go for one of the trilogy Sea Swept, Rising Tide, Inner Harbor. Okay, there is sort of a secret baby, but it's in the past!!
Also, try Mary Jo Putney's modern books. If you like her historicals, it might be especially interesting to see the same writer write in a different setting.
Jennifer Crusie has no secret babies, and is big with the snark, and Southern Ohio is defintiely another place...
Those are about the only contemporary romance authors I have read.
Hayden - Jun 16, 2004 7:14:01 am PDT #3289 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
If there were a throwdown to determine the reigning monarch of Modernism, Virginia Woolf would whup James Joyce's ass so badly he'd be crying for his mommy all the way home to Dublin.
The gauntlet is down! Woolf may have pioneered the language, but with Ulysses, Joyce perfected the form.
Calli - Jun 16, 2004 7:15:13 am PDT #3290 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Has any Buffista read it? I've never met anyone who has.
I've read Ulysses. Liked it, too. For days afterwards I kept making connections and having, "Oh, waitaminute" moments about it. Finnegan's Wake, however, nsm.
erikaj - Jun 16, 2004 7:15:41 am PDT #3291 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I have, but not for real, with like, understanding and shit. I picked it up on "Banned Books Week" one time and just got stoned on the sounds. Cause if it was banned, it's got to be good(I'm such a lefty cliche)