So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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There is a version of this book at my library with an introduction by Stephen King. I'd check it out.I am currently being made to read Lord of the Flies for school.
With an introduction by Stephen King? Neat!
Now into the chapter where the hotel room farce happens. And we now know where Diredian champagne comes from ("Champagne des Champignons, Methode Inconnu").
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Thanks to a protracted World Series Game 3 (I just now looked up the final outcome; note that my two favorite teams are the Angels, and whoever's playing the Dodgers), I only got a few pages further into the chapter: the ice cream parlor scene, the final setup for the hotel room farce, and a Lovecraft reference that I wasn't even aware of, until I did a Google search to find out the significance of Princess Deedee's "Miskatonic University" sweatshirt.
******* About 22 hours later *******
Thanks to a protracted World Series Game 3 (I just now looked up the final outcome; note that my two favorite teams are the Angels, and whoever's playing the Dodgers), I only got a few pages further into the chapter: the ice cream parlor scene, the final setup for the hotel room farce, and a Lovecraft reference that I wasn't even aware of, until I did a Google search to find out the significance of Princess Deedee's "Miskatonic University" sweatshirt.
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Last year I tried to read A Clockwork Orange and gave up ten pages in because the Nadsat words were frustrating me. I am now trying again to read it. Weirdly enough it is not as frustrating to me this time. As a matter of fact I almost understand it. Lol
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It's not nonsense, it's argot. Burgess was a linguist, so there is a definite sense to Nadsat. All the words are derived from existing language, largely Russian, Cockney rhyming slang, or Biblical references, so it isn't just gibberish.
I haven't attempted to read A Clockwork Orange or Finnegan's Wake, but my understanding is that if you're having trouble with the former, you probably shouldn't attempt the latter.
I'm just over 60% through Lost to Eternity, and the threads' relationships to each other are starting to become more apparent. I will admit to liking the 2024 and 2292 time periods a bit more than 2268, which seems very much like your standard TOS episode most of the time.
When you can have a character muse whether angels like pizza, I have to imagine that feels like a pretty good day for an author.
When you can have a character muse whether angels like pizza, I have to imagine that feels like a pretty good day for an author.
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Second of the Murderbot books).
Those are good books!
Yeah, I'm enjoying them. Just finished that one at lunch so will move on to the next tomorrow
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