Thirith on 30/10/2008 at 17:44
I read Ulysses (well, most of it) for a course a couple of years ago. I enjoyed it in smallish doses, but I tend to get tired of experimentation for experimentation's sake - and without characters that I can connect to in some way I tend to lose patience more quickly anyway.
I haven't read any of Beckett's prose, I'm afraid, just some of the plays. Here too, I enjoy him in smaller doses (I like many of the short plays), but I find the usual suspects (e.g. Godot, Endgame) somewhat tiring. I see what he's doing, but I don't get an emotional kick out of him doing it, just an intellectual one. However, I haven't really spent enough time on him to say much beyond that.
A commentary on Paradise Lost? Sounds fascinating. Are you doing it for yourself, for a course, for students, for the internet?
sh0ck3r on 30/10/2008 at 19:31
You should definitely try Molloy. When I started the commentary I was doing it for myself, but now I'm using parts of it for my portfolio in trying to get into a masters program.
Thirith on 30/10/2008 at 19:35
Good luck with that! :) And I will check out Molloy, although it might take a while...
Soviet Travolta on 30/10/2008 at 22:19
I just finished The Road, by Cormac Mac Carthy, and it came right into my very favourite books list. Now i'm getting into Stanislas Lem's Solaris, after seeing both movies...
Then i'll probably go on my project of reading all Philip K.Dick :)
Yell Piranha on 30/10/2008 at 22:35
Im in the middle of both the Bourne Trilogy and Ian Banks Use of Weapons.
I just finished the Identity and wont be rushing to start on the other books as I found the storyline wasnt very tightly controlled and just not as engaging as I was hoping.
Use Of Weapons is just brilliant, however. It is my second run through and although I realise Ian Banks doesnt sit well with everyone I think his Culture series is superb.
My biggest problem at the moment is finding the time to sit down and have a decent reading session. Since starting work in London I've had other things to do and sleep to catch up on.
Thirith on 30/10/2008 at 22:45
I find that most of Iain M. Banks' books benefit from a second reading. He's more or less the only SF author I still read.
N'Al on 31/10/2008 at 09:25
Jeez, are you lot serious?
I gave up 3/4 of the way through Consider Phlebas cause it was such inane drivel. Do the later books get better then, or what?
Thirith on 31/10/2008 at 10:15
(Shhh... It's perfectly possible for a good writer not to be to everyone's taste...)
D'Juhn Keep on 31/10/2008 at 11:43
Quote Posted by Random_Taffer
Have you ever read
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin?... I'm waiting eagerly for the next installment, which is due sometime in February.
Ha ha ha ha
Don't do it fett
The first 3 books in the 7-part series came out in 1996, 1998, 2000. The next book was revised and split into 2 books, the first of which came out in 2005, the second part is still being written and will
definitely not be available in February. GRRM is 60 and overweight. I can't recommend the series to anyone in good conscience until it's all finished, despite it being really really good. :(
N'Al on 31/10/2008 at 11:56
Quote Posted by Thirith
(Shhh... It's perfectly possible for a good writer not to be to everyone's taste...)
O rly?
What about my original question then;
do the books get better later on?
