Oh, and I did already mention that My Antonia is all summary and no scene.
I like that one too. The language is beautiful.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
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."
Dana - Jul 02, 2004 6:56:01 am PDT #4168 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Calli - Jul 02, 2004 6:57:05 am PDT #4169 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I was introduced to Shakespeare in 7th grade by a guy on whom I had a massive crush. He was reading one of the comedies and grinning, and I worked up the nerve to actually ask this paragon of hotness a question. Out loud, even. He went off on this long screed about the coolness of the play, and how there were all these amazing insults and jokes, and so on. With all the energy of a crushed out 7th grader, I found a book of Shakespeare's plays and spent the next few months devouring them. Ah, the power of hormones. And I found out that he was right about the plays.
The guy moved away around 10th grade (and I moved in the 11th) and I've never seen him since. But I still love the plays. I think this may be the healthiest thing romantic feelings for another person ever did for me.
Fred Pete - Jul 02, 2004 6:59:12 am PDT #4170 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
So, to take that back to the discussion of canon, what makes it okay to say "No thanks, I don't like fantasy" and not okay to say "No thanks, I don't like whaling?" Why is one percieved as an expression of individual taste and the other percieved as a hostile attack on intellectualism?
Jessica, I wouldn't quarrel with anyone who didn't read MD for that reason. Life is too short to read everything, and everyone has to have criteria for what they will and won't read. But the non-fan of whaling shouldn't look down the nose at someone who loved MD.
Nutty, I read the unabridged CMC just last year. Wonderful, sprawling story of the type I'm a sucker for. And much of it is extremely vivid. But I can't remember the ending for the life of me.
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2004 6:59:34 am PDT #4171 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I like that one too. The language is beautiful.
Huh. I don't recall the language; I'll take a look at my copy when I get home. But if we're talking beautiful language, I go with Lolita. Which does get a bit weird in the last hundred pages, but man. Oh, the last paragraph nearly made me cry.
Lilty Cash - Jul 02, 2004 6:59:34 am PDT #4172 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I like that one too. The language is beautiful
Yes. It's so serene and wistful.
Kate P. - Jul 02, 2004 6:59:43 am PDT #4173 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ooh, I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo right now and enjoying it immensely. Debating over reading Nutty's whitefont, but I think I'll come back to it once I've finished the book.
brenda m - Jul 02, 2004 7:00:12 am PDT #4174 of 10002
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
Okay, Monte Cristo. Whitefont for the innocent:
Damn. Now I want a sandwich.
Connie Neil - Jul 02, 2004 7:00:19 am PDT #4175 of 10002
brillig
Oh, gosh, we've got to whitefont?
Kate P. - Jul 02, 2004 7:01:53 am PDT #4176 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
connie, for my part, I don't much care if you do, as it's not hard for me to skip on by (and I may be the only one currently reading it).
Jessica - Jul 02, 2004 7:02:52 am PDT #4177 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But the non-fan of whaling shouldn't look down the nose at someone who loved MD.
Has that happened here, though? It seemed to me to be mostly the other way around.
(I was directing these questions/comments at the whole thread, BTW, not trying to pick on Fred Pete. I'm genuinely curious.)