tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post6379985455297921666..comments2023-11-05T16:19:05.197+08:00Comments on Unam Sanctam: Book MemeAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-37362446692693003252007-03-24T21:50:00.000+08:002007-03-24T21:50:00.000+08:00Chad, thanks for the info. I'll be looking forward...Chad, thanks for the info. I'll be looking forward to it. I agree that a series is the way to go. Unless they have like a decalogy planned =)<BR/><BR/>I wonder when A Dance with Dragons is coming out? I keep on checking the site. When it finally comes out, I have to re-read the entire thing to get my bearings again.<BR/><BR/>Londoniencis, thanks for the recommendations. I'm looking forward to getting down to reading them. Ulysses...haha. I actually thought it was the Greek myth re-told in prose when I got it =) Loads of beastly long words that had me going to the dictionary a lot when I read it years ago. Interesting.<BR/><BR/>I have to confess that the real reason I got many of the classics was that, as a poor student, the classics were cheap and very long, long enough to keep me entertained for a few days. Take Tolstoy's War and Peace for example. Cheap and long.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-3466574206841975782007-03-24T10:22:00.000+08:002007-03-24T10:22:00.000+08:00Interesting list and interesting choices. I would...Interesting list and interesting choices. I would heartily recommend Huxley's <I><B>Brave New World</B></I>, which is the "other" great dystopian novel with <I><B>1984</B></I> and Zamyatin's <I><B>We</B></I>, and considered a modern classic. DuMaurier's <B><I>Rebecca</B></I> is a "top of the second division" sort of thing - don't necessarily read the book, but <B>do</B> see the film (1940, with Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, directed by Hitchcock). <B><I>The Little Prince</B></I> is the sort of childrens' story beloved by adults - it is certainly part of the European collective cultural conciousness, but look at it in a bookshop before you commit to it: I love it, but it may not be to your taste. I notice that <B><I>Ender's Game</B></I> is on your "to do" list - great book, enjoy. And you've actually read <B><I>Ulysses</B></I> - I'm impressed!Londiniensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310965192661014230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-46959245614446208752007-03-23T22:31:00.000+08:002007-03-23T22:31:00.000+08:00Oh yeah...my wife and I are big fans of GRR Martin...Oh yeah...my wife and I are big fans of GRR Martin's work. We are always recommending him to other fantasy readers or folks who like Tolkien. I do tell people the books are basically rated-R and have the same kind of gritty content a movie of the same rating would.<BR/><BR/>Did you know the HBO is going to be producing a series based on the books? This is definitely the way to go with producing them, as opposed to a movie, IMHO.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534825533948115912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-76342967354220908952007-03-23T14:55:00.000+08:002007-03-23T14:55:00.000+08:00I expected that u would have read more... hehe.. j...I expected that u would have read more... hehe.. judging by the stacks of books that u have, and the bed which ur books sleep upon.. anyway.. still waiting for the grotto post...Mark Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902952824971869057noreply@blogger.com