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[IrishZebra]

Orwell has him pegged as a fascist.

http://www.toqonline.com/2009/05/orwell-on-yeats/

A facist woofter, hmm

 

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[phoibos]

The Host - Stephanie Meyer

 

[phoibos]

ince memed - yaşar kemal

 

[mikhail]

kipling is the ultimate fascist

Orwell slightly disagrees.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Orwell slightly disagrees.

slightly is right, it seems he tippytoes around the term describing him of all the attributes but one or contextualize him in a historical time frame

 

[sallyinzaghi]

I've only read 1984 from Orwell, haven't read his other stuff and never really knew why, but another author I really like would be A Burgess

 

[mikhail]

slightly is right, it seems he tippytoes around the term describing him of all the attributes but one or contextualize him in a historical time frame

Yeah, but he'd thought about this a lot - he'd written extensively about Socialism, the USSR's betrayal of it, the USSR's appoligists in English Socialism, the rise of totalitarianism, and many other aspects of the left-right divide. He'd his finger on the pulse of fascism, and if he argues that a racist jingoist isn't quite the same thing, I'll go with it.

 

[Henry]

Just read The Cossacks, by Tolstoy. Definitely one of the best novellas I've ever read, if not the best.

 

[Hust]

Reading "Albion's Seed: Four Britsh Folkways in America" by David Hackett Fischer....so far so good...I am on page 72 of 946 :dazed:


Andy, when are you going to read the books I recommended?

 

[Bjerknes]

Don't worry, I got them. I'm just still researching trading techniques. Perkins will be started soon.

 

[Hust]

 

[abejaa]

Mein Kampf - Adi Hitler

 

[Dostoevsky]

My dad is reading that now.

 

[IrishZebra]

The Greatest Show on Earth- the evidence for evolution - Richard Dawkins

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

A Game Of Thrones- George R. R. Martin

I'm looking for part II, "A Song of Ice And Fire."

good book, Craka. I've read the 4 or 5 books in the series so far and they are all great. Too bad the the fucker is taking forever to release the new book.

"A Song of Ice and Fire" is actually the name of the whole series. Just finished reading the fourth part, "A Feast for Crows," and the fifth book still hasn't been released although the author says he's been finished writing it for months. And there are supposed to be two more after that, so i don't know when I will ever get to finish it.

Anyone ever read "1984" by George Oswell? Is it good? I just started and so far so good.

 

[Red]

Yeah, 1984 is really good.

 

[mikhail]

Anyone ever read "1984" by George Oswell? Is it good? I just started and so far so good.

The characters are a little thin, and Winston's a bit whiny, but as a collection of political ideas, it's brilliant.

 

[Henry]

The characters are a little thin, and Winston's a bit whiny, but as a collection of political ideas, it's brilliant.

haha, winston is both whiny and spineless

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Hmm, why do you say Winston is whiny? What could he have really done differently in those circumstances?

 

[mikhail]

Hmm, why do you say Winston is whiny? What could he have really done differently in those circumstances?

Actually, whiny is a bit off my intended meaning. He's miserable, and much of the book is a torrent of his misery. It's not a very sympathetic presentation of a character.