I'm such a slow poke. No, I am a researcher.
And yes, I can sense the irony in that.
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I'm such a slow poke. No, I am a researcher.
And yes, I can sense the irony in that.
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Well I'm definitely not rich yet
It's opened my mind to a lot of ideas I wouldn't have otherwise been exposed to, or allowed me to explore others which pique my interest, for example I'm not reading a book on polyamoury alongside a treatise on occultism.
A friend of mine explained her view of why reading is important - that all the lessons we learn in life come from experiences. Reading a novel or even watching a film gives you an opportunity to see an example of a situation which should teach you something. In doing so we can learn more in a lifetime than would otherwise be possible. I realised that that's what art actually is.
It's opened my mind to a lot of ideas I wouldn't have otherwise been exposed to, or allowed me to explore others which pique my interest, for example I'm not reading a book on polyamoury alongside a treatise on occultism.
A friend of mine explained her view of why reading is important - that all the lessons we learn in life come from experiences. Reading a novel or even watching a film gives you an opportunity to see an example of a situation which should teach you something. In doing so we can learn more in a lifetime than would otherwise be possible. I realised that that's what art actually is.
"Herr Lehmann" is great!
@Wittl
Got this today, together with like 12 of those Penguin little black classics books - which are, unlike the 1kg Poe book that almost fills out my entire messenger bag, perfect to read on the bus
Poe making me look up the dictionary from time to time, but it's worth it.
Got this today, together with like 12 of those Penguin little black classics books - which are, unlike the 1kg Poe book that almost fills out my entire messenger bag, perfect to read on the bus
Poe making me look up the dictionary from time to time, but it's worth it.
I gotta say, in the last weeks I didn't read a lot. I moved in another flat two months ago, so now I often go to work by bicycle, cause it's quite close. And god damn, I shouldn't have made this netflix account a month ago, that has been a bad idea.
We had some sort of books night tonight where they have huge discounts on books so I had to go and buy some. Sadly I didn't have much cash so I bought only 2. Felt horrible seeing people buy 5+ but at the same time surprising lol.
I bought Dictionary of the Khazars (wrriten by Pavic @Post Ironic I recommend this one if you have a chance) and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
I bought Dictionary of the Khazars (wrriten by Pavic @Post Ironic I recommend this one if you have a chance) and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
True... but you chose two brilliant books. 
I loved Pavic's novel. It's so very Borgesian, gothic, phantasmagoric. Definitely a predecessor of Mark Danielewski's disturbing House of Leaves. I have the Male version of Dictionary of the Khazars. Apparently there is a single different paragraph a couple hundred pages into the book in the female version. Regardless, I found it quite stunning. The melding together of myth, folklore, history, oral storytelling, and so on is fantastic.
Oh, by the way. Do you like Guillermo del Toro? His early stuff like Devil's Backbone, Cronos, and Pan's Labyrinth? If you do, you should definitely see his new film, The Shape of Water. It's fantastic.
I loved Pavic's novel. It's so very Borgesian, gothic, phantasmagoric. Definitely a predecessor of Mark Danielewski's disturbing House of Leaves. I have the Male version of Dictionary of the Khazars. Apparently there is a single different paragraph a couple hundred pages into the book in the female version. Regardless, I found it quite stunning. The melding together of myth, folklore, history, oral storytelling, and so on is fantastic.
Oh, by the way. Do you like Guillermo del Toro? His early stuff like Devil's Backbone, Cronos, and Pan's Labyrinth? If you do, you should definitely see his new film, The Shape of Water. It's fantastic.
True... but you chose two brilliant books.
I loved Pavic's novel. It's so very Borgesian, gothic, phantasmagoric. Definitely a predecessor of Mark Danielewski's disturbing House of Leaves. I have the Male version of Dictionary of the Khazars. Apparently there is a single different paragraph a couple hundred pages into the book in the female version. Regardless, I found it quite stunning. The melding together of myth, folklore, history, oral storytelling, and so on is fantastic.
Oh, by the way. Do you like Guillermo del Toro? His early stuff like Devil's Backbone, Cronos, and Pan's Labyrinth? If you do, you should definitely see his new film, The Shape of Water. It's fantastic.
I loved Pavic's novel. It's so very Borgesian, gothic, phantasmagoric. Definitely a predecessor of Mark Danielewski's disturbing House of Leaves. I have the Male version of Dictionary of the Khazars. Apparently there is a single different paragraph a couple hundred pages into the book in the female version. Regardless, I found it quite stunning. The melding together of myth, folklore, history, oral storytelling, and so on is fantastic.
Oh, by the way. Do you like Guillermo del Toro? His early stuff like Devil's Backbone, Cronos, and Pan's Labyrinth? If you do, you should definitely see his new film, The Shape of Water. It's fantastic.
Oh hell yeah! I never knew it was out and by the looks of it, it looks amazing. I'll watch it asap (or asairt -- as soon as it reaches torrent
). Btw, this is going to be the first book by J. Joyce for me. That one lured me the most so I had to buy it. The guy in the shop pushed me to buy Dubliners instead eventhough he loves both.