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NoahLutz Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 On 8/25/2024 at 12:40 AM, NoahLutz said: I started The Tempest. It seems weird, so far. It was indeed weird. Not my favorite play, but good enough. I finished the first chapter of London’s The Sea Wolf on recommendation of Pearl from Ghost Rider. The first chapter starts out like an action movie. I approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahLutz Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 8/27/2024 at 2:00 AM, NoahLutz said: It was indeed weird. Not my favorite play, but good enough. I finished the first chapter of London’s The Sea Wolf on recommendation of Pearl from Ghost Rider. The first chapter starts out like an action movie. I approve. I highly recommend The Sea Wolf. It is not only an action movie in book form, but a deceptively deep musing on psychological and philosophical themes. I had to run to Wikipedia or Google more than a few times to read a poem or get a sense of to whom the characters referred, and I always felt the better for it. Interestingly, I think that the author inadvertently argues strongly against a few of his main beliefs, but I’ve seen it stated that he intended an the novel as an argument against Nietzsche, and he succeeds very well in this. But, as I said, the frame of the story is an action adventure, and it is a page turner. This morning I just started Much Ado About Nothing (I’ve been on a Shakespeare kick this year), and this one has started out more auspiciously than The Tempest or A Midsummer’s Night Dream, both of which were a little weird and scattered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahLutz Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 On 8/29/2024 at 12:23 AM, NoahLutz said: I highly recommend The Sea Wolf. It is not only an action movie in book form, but a deceptively deep musing on psychological and philosophical themes. I had to run to Wikipedia or Google more than a few times to read a poem or get a sense of to whom the characters referred, and I always felt the better for it. Interestingly, I think that the author inadvertently argues strongly against a few of his main beliefs, but I’ve seen it stated that he intended an the novel as an argument against Nietzsche, and he succeeds very well in this. But, as I said, the frame of the story is an action adventure, and it is a page turner. This morning I just started Much Ado About Nothing (I’ve been on a Shakespeare kick this year), and this one has started out more auspiciously than The Tempest or A Midsummer’s Night Dream, both of which were a little weird and scattered. Much Ado About Nothing was a great palette cleanser. Bright, whimsical, funny, and fun. I’m about 10 chapters into David Copperfield. Dickens is great, but he sure takes his sweet time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 5 hours ago, NoahLutz said: Much Ado About Nothing was a great palette cleanser. Bright, whimsical, funny, and fun. I’m about 10 chapters into David Copperfield. Dickens is great, but he sure takes his sweet time. Much Ado about Nothing is a fun one. I remember seeing it at a Shakespeare Festival and my sides ached from laughing. Also my hubby and I went to see the movie version with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson when we were first dating. Emma was excellent in Sense and Sensibility too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Clive Cussler: Fire Strike, by Mike Maden (Oregon Series) Angel Of Vengeance, by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Pendergast Series) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamas Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 (edited) Years ago I tried a film version with Helen Mirren. It was even more weird! Edit: When I logged in NoahLutz was the last entry here and it was weeks ago, so I replied regarding the Tempest. After I posted, the column of posts was longer. Edited September 18 by Bahamas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahLutz Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/18/2024 at 8:53 AM, Bahamas said: Years ago I tried a film version with Helen Mirren. It was even more weird! Edit: When I logged in NoahLutz was the last entry here and it was weeks ago, so I replied regarding the Tempest. After I posted, the column of posts was longer. I looked into an analysis of Tempest and it made me appreciate the play more. The argument was that it was a companion piece to King Lear, but with King Lear occurring in the real world, and the Tempest existing in a fictional one where resolution is easier and more possible. Also, as Shakespeare’s last play, it was a statement on the importance of imagination and art in driving thought in the real world. Perhaps I’ll give Mirren’s version a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahLutz Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 I finished Merchant of Venice last night, and it is much easier for me to appreciate, possibly because it is much more accessible as a story. The anti-Semitic is a bit in-your-face, but it is usually done as a criticism of Christians not living up to their own moral code. Obviously some all time classic monologues and insights into human nature. Shakespeare is such a gift. I’ve also started Great Expectations. I’m just about 8 chapters in, and it is very funny and immediately engaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NoahLutz Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 2 hours ago, edhunter said: How is it? My daughter is on a Hamilton kick because of the play, and all I know about him comes from the Federalist Papers, which are brilliant, and the play. Is it a fair biography, a hagiography, or a revisionist history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahLutz Posted Friday at 03:30 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:30 PM On 9/19/2024 at 3:20 PM, NoahLutz said: I finished Merchant of Venice last night, and it is much easier for me to appreciate, possibly because it is much more accessible as a story. The anti-Semitic is a bit in-your-face, but it is usually done as a criticism of Christians not living up to their own moral code. Obviously some all time classic monologues and insights into human nature. Shakespeare is such a gift. I’ve also started Great Expectations. I’m just about 8 chapters in, and it is very funny and immediately engaging. Great Expectations was, indeed, great. Very funny in the beginning, and it turned into a sort of action/mystery by the end. Dickens was indeed a master of his craft. I think I’ll now start All Quiet on the Western Front as I have given it to my son to read. I’d like to take in something a bit easier, if not exactly lighter, before moving on to some tough ones I have on my list. I brought along A Brief History of Time on my last vacation, but I haven’t started it and don’t think I will. I think I’m going to stick with some that have been on my reading list longer, but who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NoahLutz Posted yesterday at 04:50 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:50 AM 7 hours ago, Turbine Freight said: How is it? They based the HBO series on this, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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