Happy belated birthday to you, KP! Can't believe this almost slipped by me.
For you, something very special (unless you've already seen it...): ...
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Happy belated birthday to you, KP! Can't believe this almost slipped by me.
For you, something very special (unless you've already seen it...): ...
Pick a band/artist: Porcupine Tree
1. Are you male or female? Prodigal
2. Describe yourself: Sentimental
3. How do you feel about yourself? Feel So Low
4. Describe your...
What a great topic for a thread.
I definitely second the Beast in the Jungle recommendation; that occurred right off the bat on reading the OP.
Another James title I would suggest is The...
Won't post the whole song, but here's an excerpt:
'You don't try to be liked, you don't mind.
You feel no sun,
You steal a gun
To kill time'
from 'Fear of a Blank Planet' by Porcupine Tree.
For the most part, I too would say, When in doubt, go with Penguin - certainly between the three mentioned in the OP. The covers crease very easily (or perhaps it's just more apparent because they...
Here you can track most of these down on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) at some point (mostly Saturday afternoons), though not Jeeves and Wooster, sadly.
In fact, most of the shows I can even...
Thomas Gray - Far From the Madding Crowd
I have to endure this every afternoon while trying to read in my home! :flare::flare:
These days, I need complete silence. I used to put on Chopin recordings while reading, before I was really...
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I second the Philip Dick - some others of his come to mind: Lies, Inc, The Man in the High Castle.
Also, Fish's Is There a Text in This Class?
Steven Wilson - 'Insurgentes'
Porcupine Tree - 'Deadwing'
Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side of the Moon'
Radiohead - 'OK Computer'
Opeth - 'Watershed'
Rush - 'Moving Pictures'
Porcupine Tree - 'Fear of a...
The Castle of Otranto kind of fizzled for me. Redeemingly short, though.
'Anesthetize' - Porcupine Tree
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
I saw something at the bookstore the other day called Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde by Thomas Wright. Just came out a couple months ago.
Madness and Civilization - Michel Foucault
Orientalism - Edward Said
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
I also got derailed about halfway through Emma;...
'Christenings' - Blackfield
'The Thing that Should Not Be' - Metallica
'Tinto Brass' - Porcupine Tree
'Sailor Song' - Regina Spektor
'Takk...' - Sigur Ros
You steal a gun
To kill time
Porcupine Tree - 'Fear of a Blank Planet'
The Wretched - Nine Inch Nails
Man on the Silver Mountain - Dio
Visiting someone special. :)
After that, the rest of the break goes to studying various works of 'classic' lit in preparation for next fall's GRE. Should be fun.
Reviewing The Golden Bowl for tomorrow's discussion.
This is a great idea.
It doesn't appear that discussion has commenced yet, but when it does I would certainly like to participate in this as well. I've previously read about two thirds of the...
Thank you for the thread, KP!
And many thanks to all with your kind birthday wishes. It was indeed a happy one. :)
And Brad Pitt!
I love the attitude he presents in that portrait. He seems...
La France contemporaine - I forget the author
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
Pudd'nhead Wilson - Twain
Huckleberry Finn - Twain
A Connecticut Yankee - Twain
All for classes.
Everyman - Philip...