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Insomniac

07-01-2009, 09:10 PM

Yo, I'm not very familiar with forums, so I'm not sure if I'm doing this righ--

Oh, who cares...?

My name's Matt (aka Insomniac -- if you can't tell...). I'd like to say hi to everyone who's introduced themselves before me and also to those who've been here prior to this introduction ceremony.

Hi.

I'm from the notorious redneck state of Minnesota -- and I can prove Minnesota's notoriety of redneckness is justified.

Author's Note: This is a rant; there is no need to pay attention to most of the following paragraphs.

I just graduated high school about a month ago. Before I graduated, however, our class (of 2009 BABY!) realized something. We had not been taught grammar. Somehow, in nearly every year that our grade was supposed to have been taught grammar, we missed that important section. Fortunately, are English teacher realized this our senior year. Unfortunately, most of the grade had no idea what grammar was. That entire quarter of school was then devoted to grammar.

Most of my classmates sentences were composed thus, "Me and Billy swam to the pontoon and dived off it and kept doing it because it was fun and it was hot out and someone lost there swimsoot and cried because everyone saw his ****." This is a fictional example but many (and by many I mean most) of the seniors literally wrote similarly to this.

I'm lucky, as I loved to read books and therefore picked up most of my grammatical skills accidentally. Still, I'm unable to differentiate between interjections and conjunctions. Wait, that's a lie. . . ummm, *singing to self* Conjunction junction, what's your function? Bla bla-bla bla and bla-bla-bla... *thinking* Oh yes, conjunctions hook-up sentences...

This proves (in my opinion, anyways) that Minnesota is definitely THE redneck state. Well, there's Wisconsin and those **** packers...

Oh, my point of this rant was to lead up to me asking you guys to help with any grammatical errors you may find in my stories.

I really want to learn how to better my writing, and grammar is one of my sore spots. Transitions, interjections, pronouns. . . uh, conjunctions. . . um. . . interjections, semicolons. . .

You get the picture. . .

Author's Note: End of rant.

Anyway, I have a few previously written short stories (and short-short stories) that I'll try to post on here sometime. I'll also try to write (uh, type. . .) up some new ones.

What I'm really looking for from you guys as I write -- aside from praise and awe -- is help with grammar, punctuation (colons, semicolons, these things -> -- (dashes? Oh, uh, can I put parentheses within parentheses? (Is that how you spell that? (What's the plural for that? (you get the picture. . . (oops, I keep doing parenthesizing (and again. . . (okay, I'll stop. . . (seriously, I'll stop this time))))))) , and anything else it looks like I need help with.

Actually, I'm a terribly lazy procrastinator so there's a high chance that you guys won't ever see me again. I'm totally serious. It's hard enough to get myself to brush my teeth twice a day. I mean, really. . . twice?

In conclusion (<- haha. . .), that's all.

Thanks guys.

Azazel

07-01-2009, 11:23 PM

hello peoples, i am azazel.wll i just found this site and am interested in becoming an integral part of your literate community...so i dont know....hello...also....i am a poet and am writing a compilation of my works...i am naming consensus sapientium...i am looking for information on how to get it published....so if anyone has some tips for me please feel free to reply....i will be checking this site on a daily basis.good day.

Nickolas Cook

07-02-2009, 04:03 PM

Hello all. My name is Nickolas Cook. I'm a two time published horror writer, but love all literature. I live in the Southwest desert with my wife and four wonderful little Chinese Pugs. I practice Krav Maga, BJJ and Hiraido Ju-Jitsu and collect books and music (love my iPod).

StuRuckus

07-02-2009, 09:37 PM

As far as introductions go, I fear mine will most likely not be the most eloquent, or the longest. I will however, make it straight forward. I have a Bachelors in literature, a degree in computer science, to be direct networking and security information. Therefore I am firmly entrenched in the world between science and conjecture; intrinsic and ethereal. Just a small warning if I ever rant too much regarding something seemingly innocuous. I have spent any time in between working and school, traveling. I have visited great libraries all over the world, and like to think that I am fairly dedicated to the literary world and understanding as much what other people feel about a piece as I myself feel, no matter how varying or diverse. True literary genius will allow for interpretation to the nth degree. Only in our discussion can we keep it alive though, for without debate, some would never recognize the works for what they truly are.
In conclusion, I hope to be a viable and respectful addition to this site. It will be good to make your acquaintances.

-Stu^

eyemaker

07-02-2009, 09:46 PM

Welcome stu!:)

King Mob

07-03-2009, 01:13 PM

Ante todo buenas tardes. I'm Mariano (King Mob, in allusion to Grant Morrison's Invisibles). Argentinian, male, human, and living (for now). I'm studying filmmaking in a cute little university in the city of Tandil (near Buenos Aires).

I've published a couple of short stories in anthologies and read a lot and play the bass and listen to music and (activity) and (hobby) and (hobby). Sorry, i like John Barth. I like comic books too.

And now I'll borrow StuRuckus' last introduction words because I wouldn't be able to say it better: "In conclusion, I hope to be a viable and respectful addition to this site. It will be good to make your acquaintances."

See ya!

Grzywa

07-05-2009, 03:23 PM

Hello everyone !

I got MA in English a couple of years ago and am looking forward to discuss litarature with anybody here. My major interests are James Joyce, Henry James, Beat Generation. I love music too, play the guitar and listen to anything good from Haydn through Miles Davis to Joy Division and further on.

Stephen_Lucan

07-05-2009, 07:24 PM

Hello, allow me to introduce myself. I am Stephen_Lucan, an inspiring writer. I plan on posting both short stories and poetry, as well as reading them and giving feedback to those of us who crave it. Which is practically all of us.

"They say that when good Americans die they go to Paris."

-- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

shahsaab1

07-09-2009, 01:39 PM

everyone has nice and long Intro's i dont think i can get mines as long as theirs but will try :)

Ok so I would like to go by Shaw, i'm college student im almost done with my associates moving on to a 4 year college i really love playing basketball, cricket, football, and anything that breaks a sweat. I am orginally from Pakistan but lived in US all my life i speak 3 different languages. I really love poetry i dont write my self but i read it every chance i get. I wanna grow up to be somewhat of a poet i guess. I am trying myself to write my frist poem which is kind of tough because of school work and other problems but i will complete it one day. I guess thats really it for me :D

daisychains

07-10-2009, 07:59 AM

Hello everybody...

My name is Amanda and i'm a 17 year old student living in Australia. I'm interested in beat generation literature (at the moment), and history (Australian history, and WW1).

:)

SuzEtruscan

07-10-2009, 03:25 PM

Hello to all from lieraturelovin Suzi in Ca!
Love learning others opinoins-
my philosophy...
Life is a crapshoot
have fun & learn something new everyday
or your not doing it right! LOL

poetsforkidz

07-11-2009, 12:17 AM

I am new to poetry and have written only two poems in my now very long adult life!

I like reading and music.

Iam New Zealand so my posting times will be weird to those on the other side of the globe.

I have looked through other forums and this one appealed as it was easy to navigae through.
Nice to be here.

Thaneoffife

07-11-2009, 01:14 PM

Hello all, I am an aspiring journalist though not having much luck on that front. The last book I read was War and Peace which lead me to this forum. Currently starting Team of Rivals and 1984. Think it is wonerful to see the so many people sharing views about what they are reading.

don alfa

07-11-2009, 04:04 PM

Hi, i have few books that i have read that i haven't thoroughly read them which i barely can remember the titles for the reason that i like doing various things at a time.

RomaNosferatu34

07-11-2009, 05:26 PM

Hello eveyone, my name here is RomaNosferatu34 and I just released Five new Novels . three are vampire series that will keep you on the edge of your seat with action, suspense and ghastly deeds, as Werewolve klans and Vampire Empires clash to gain and maintain control.
If you loved Underworld, this will Rock your world even better.

BEFALLEN is a modern day twist bewteen Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella and by no means a fairy tale. This adventure is filled with murdeous plots, and deadly schemes for wealth as the heir of the curse soon discovers the one he loves he also despises.
Story takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1842, and will keep you on the edge to turn the next page.

AZERTIDE is a teenage, young readers Sci-fi fantasy filled with eviol plots of a Warlock using Witches to gain control of the world from his half Brother and Wizard Akron.
If you love Harry Potter, this will be the wave of the future.

Vanucrona

07-11-2009, 06:33 PM

I am and have always been interested in writing. However, I pursued a career in science and then dentistry. I was on the faculty of a large American Helath Sciences center of more than 20 years before leaving with an "early buy out". Now I am in full time private practice and I work with and for former students.

I have always had trouble choosing reading material until about three years ago when I embarked on reading the Modern Library's 100 most Significant English Language Novels of the Twentieth Century. So far I have read about 40.

They are not all good but they do exhibit a wide (and I mean wide) range of writing styles.

BookMarkMe

07-13-2009, 05:13 PM

Hello

I'm Mark from Cornwall, England, the pointy bit at the south west tip. At the tender age of 43, now my daughter has left home; I've managed to convert her bedroom into a library and taken the opportunity to explore the classics for the first time.

I'm currently in Russia literary speaking and thoroughly enjoying the trip. :-)

mikemaster70

07-13-2009, 10:23 PM

salutations fellow book-worms!

as u can probably guess, my name is mike! i am a 16 (will be 17 in 6 days!) year old student from new york. my hobbies would include various activities such as reading, video games, friends, "surfing" the net, and, of course, shopping! i enjoy all sorts of music, except country and some rap :sick:, my favorite color is green, my favorite food is quite possibly pizza, and i love to dance!! its kinda hard to choose my favorite book, but recently i had to read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne as a summer reading, which i absolutley loved. im kind of a comma freak and sometimes over use them and im hoping to meet some interesting and unique ppl!

Beautifull

07-13-2009, 10:42 PM

mikemaster70

07-14-2009, 11:38 AM

welcome, if it's unique ppl you're looking for, unique ppl you'll find!:)

thanks! unique ppl are always the best, unlike like those normys :sick:!

alyssa897

07-15-2009, 06:39 PM

Hello everyone. My name is Alyssa and I'm seventeen. This community seems very helpful, hopefully I will see you all in the forums.

Night_Lamp

07-16-2009, 03:31 PM

Hello,

I'm a mid-30's full-time english major at University of Western Ontario. I have a large home library, and my favorite texts are mostly 18th and 19th century. Genre wise; gothic lit. is my speciality.

Zee.

07-16-2009, 09:38 PM

Hi Night_Lamp :) hope that you take up my book club proposition! :)

Nucleardeath

07-16-2009, 09:38 PM

Hello Everyone!! Its nice to see a friendly Forum. I read mostly tech manuals, non-fiction science books and text books. I am trying to incorporate more classic literature and fiction in to my library, this seems like a good place to start. So any suggestions feel free to send them my way :).

dish17

07-17-2009, 09:40 AM

My first love was Hector. He is most underrated, at least by my older boys who actually read. I made the mistake of allowing an xbox in my home for the younger two and am ready to pull the plug.

I, myself am older 40's, who lives and breathes horticulture and sports, but find myself seriously undereducated and am considering my options for improving that condition.

I currently live in south central PA, but would consider moving if anyone has any suggestions for a nice cultural college town who welcomes adult students. Actually central PA is close to a lot of cities with art museums and public gardens and the beach if I'll get off my behind and drive, or take the train, which I do, but not often enough.

I am off to find the Dumas thread. Am I correct that he has some obscure adventure serials? I'll find out I guess.

Nice to meet you.

toboe

07-17-2009, 10:04 PM

Hi everyone, my name is Toboe here, I am 22 and a life long book lover. I have dabbled in writing poetry, short stories etc. I hope to learn a lot from this forum , and maybe make some friends along the way. My favorite author (right now) is the Japanese Author Haruki Murakami. I love his simple realistic writing tinged with an almost Kafka-esque touch, and his anti-climatic endings are great. I have already posted a short story on this forum and I am hoping some people will read it and comment on it, maybe if you have some writing advice, or just want to tell me what you thought of it. Well, that's all I hope I have a great time here. Peace :)

kiz_paws

07-18-2009, 01:19 AM

A warm welcome to all the new people! :)

VampireOutlaw

07-18-2009, 07:54 AM

Hi. (:

I'm currently 25 years old man, and...

I was a lot more of a book worm when I was a kid; read tons of true-story based books and adventure books (one of my favorites were "This Boy's Life" by Tobias Wolf, and one book about a dog named Kazan that was part wolf and through tragic events he finally found himself in the wild... I don't know what it's original neme was...) In my teenage years I read less but when I did read it was either Stephen King or J.R.R Tolkien. Later I got into the Harry Potter series, The Phantom of the Opera, and the newest found love (about a year ago) is The Vampire Chronicles. Of non-fantasy category I don't read much but sometimes...

My favorite books... Absolute number one is The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, and not only because the fandom is my newest love and vampires have been my lifelong love, but because the book just has everything a story should, especially a vampires that of. And a book about Lestat could not get more in-depth and better than that... and that book made Lestat into my all-time number one favorite fictional character.

Anyways, other favorite books are Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan has also been close to my heart all my life), The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, a fanfiction story about it (published as a book) by Susan Kay titled "Phantom", Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Of non-fantasy books my absolute favorite is The Deep End of the Ocean.

Past few latest years I've only read books that are the source material to movies I've loved. In other words I'm more of a film freak. What's absurd is that I got into The Vampire Chronicles only after seeing the film Queen of the Damned. But then again it was not the film itself that stirred my interest but what I saw so to say "between the lines". Somehow I saw the adorable, incredibly deep, strong and psychological father-son relationship of Marius and Lestat's and that's why I begun read the books. And was more than happy to learn what I had felt was exactly how it was originally, and to learn all about the reasons why = Lestat's mortal life and psychological developement all in all.

My dearest hobbies are making fan videos, forum roleplaying and writing fanfiction all in all. Drawing fan art is also lots of fun. The Vampire Chronicles are clearly the most and strongest inspiring books and I'm happy I'm talented in video editign and drawing, so I can get the visions out as long as writing fanfiction on them is prohibited- *SIGH*

I'm very,artistic and creative soul and a very, very passionate fan all in all ad especially if I can relate to something on especially personal level. In any case I always, always dig deep and give a good thought or a thousand good thoughts to what I watch/read/see. It makes me happy. And I love to share what I've figured out - in other words I host in-depth fan sites, love discussing the fandoms and I also looove debating. And psychology- now, THAT is the thing I love above all else in life. Well, maybe family comes first.

Then what do I hate?
Ungratefulnnes, when the compiter is being an ***, shallow people who don't even want to get it, and... One thing I strongly oppose is fanfiction slash hysteria - all in all but especially the false homosexual visions on The Vampire Chronicles. Yet I so have nothing against gays.
If someone interested - I reason my opinions and attitudes very in-depth, here, on one of my fan sites (http://hiddenkiss.net/lestatandmarius.php?page=ongays).

To end this post in a good note:

Other things I love are ie; children, animals (especially wolves, dogs and cats), night time, past centuries, hot dogs, summer...

Favorite...

MOVIES: Peter Pan (2003), Young Guns 1 and 2, The Breakfast Club, Queen of the Damned, Interview with the Vampire, any Lindsey Lohan movie, old Star Wars trilogy, LotR trilogy, The Phantom of the Opera (2004)...

TV: LOST, That 70's Show, Monk, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, Little House on the Prairie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel...

MUSIC: Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Skillet, 30 Seconds To Mars, Breaking Benjamin, James Blunt, Green Day, Lifehouse, Snow Patrol... Skillet, Skillet, Skillet, Skillet, endlessly Skillet!!!

pjjrfan1

07-18-2009, 02:32 PM

Just call me PJ, I'm a 58 year old male who likes to write stuff and up until I discoverd drugs and alcohol was voracious reader, that was until I was 19. And I con't drink or take drugs anymore, haven't for quite some time. I want to get back into the swing of reading and writing. And this place is great for sharing ideas and for igniting what's left of my imagination which is still vast.

Le Dingue

07-18-2009, 10:51 PM

Greetings fellow bookheads!
My name is Dave. I've had the nickname 'Le Dingue' since I was maybe 14 and it's become a sort of internal persona, a kind of main character in the novel I laughably think of as my life!
Does that sound pretentious..? I probably deserve to be called worse things than that. Very occasionally I've been paid great compliments, though without exception these have always surprised me and sometimes left me feeling a little embarrassed.

Anyway, this is me rambling on.
Writing is, for me, a bit like trying to dictate from a radio programme... even writing this insignificant little blurb here.
Somehow thoughts, words and one's ego are all that there is of any continual substance and emotional value as the clocks tick relentlessly.
Smoking yet another cigarette...

God I'm morbid! 44 years old and I'm so pissed off with that, I already think of myself as 45 just to make it worse so that when I re-realise that I'm actually 44 it's just one tiny smidgin less bad!!
If you're young make damn sure you have the best time you possibly can, go like a racehorse for all the slices you can get, absolutely!

That's me anyway, maybe see some of you in the odd thread here and there.

Dave

Chrissi

07-20-2009, 06:49 AM

Hello All

I am new to this site I am currently doing 2 English Modules through UNISA.

Hope this site will be able to help ;)

Delmar McGill

07-20-2009, 05:33 PM

I like reading but am not a literary sort. I have varied tastes and enjoy listening to people talk about books, depending on how the discussion goes. I'll wander around a while and see if I fit in anywhere.

Delmar

peng

07-20-2009, 09:11 PM

this is the first time i post something on a web. a liitle bit nervous.i don't know whether this might be read and responded. i have recently read some novels in the Norton Anthology of American Literature. as a foreign language learner, i felt i couldn't understand them very well, thoug i really love those writing, say, Winter Dream by F. Scott Fitagerald, Pnin by Vladmir Nabokov, the man who studied Yoga by Norman Mailer, The life you save may be your own by Flannery O'connor, Life Story by John Barth, and many others, which happened to make me feel the people's life in those stories are quite the same as what i witness today in China.Anyhow, i log in in order to get some help from the English native speaker,esp. experts on literature.

diggyisking

07-21-2009, 04:12 PM

Hiya, Im diggy and i started french in the j8th grade. Absolutely love the language and still have a far way to go to be able to speak it fluently:)

Copernicus

07-21-2009, 07:47 PM

Hello everyone,

I never know what to say when introducing myself. I'm just me. Words that I could use to describe myself seem to belong to someone else. I'm currently falling back in love with reading and I've joined up here to discover books I might never find by browsing the bookshops in the city.

Peace,

Copernicus. :)

Indil

07-21-2009, 11:07 PM

Hey everyone, I just signed up for this site, and I'm not the best at figuring what to say, but I'm lacking inspiration but am craving to write. Hopefully I'll get some feedback when I produce something.
Since a lot of reading influences a lot of writing, I guess I'll say that I have a (more recently selective) list of favorite books/authors that include Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke, etc), JRR Tolkien (the linguistics genius), Anne Rice (some reservations on this but I love her style sometimes), and whatever happens along the way.

By the way, 'indil' means flower in Quenya (elvish by JRR Tolkien), fyi. Not my name

countes

07-22-2009, 02:10 PM

Hey everyone I'm new here so I guess I have to make some sort of introduction - Here it goes I'm 17 running on the fuel of enthusiasm, working hard for a freedom of a kind that would probably never come. I am in a really funky mood right now so if you want to know more you'd have to ask later. : )

suzdal

07-22-2009, 02:13 PM

Hi, I'm Alejandro fom Bueno Aires and I´ve always shared our grest writer J.L.Borges fascination with ancient germanic literatures, espcially anglo-saxon and scandinavian.

Manchegan

07-22-2009, 08:04 PM

I'm 23 and just joined because I finished Don Quixote but found I had no one whith whom to discuss it. This site looks awesome for a nerd like me. Well, I'm off to the Cervantes forum...

Dinaliuyang

07-22-2009, 09:16 PM

Hello everyone, I'm the new here, and I like reading and wrting novels and short stroies.

mdmsll BB

07-23-2009, 06:18 PM

Hello literature lovers,
to answer the forum's request I come here with a brief introduction :)

I was born in the Netherlands, but have been roaming the earth for quite some years now. At this moment I am 25 years of age, and back in the capital of my mothercountry. This winter I will be attending the New York Film Academy in New York City, an adventure I am well looking forward too!

My lit-hero is Anaïs Nin, I love her for so many reasons, her words being the most prominent one.

Some of my favorite books are...

Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler
Innocents by Gilbert Adair
In Defense of Sin by John Portmann
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Wilderness and The American Night by Jim Morrison ♥
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town by Charles Bukowski
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Scent of Your Breath by Melissa P.
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

I also really love John Wilmot's Poetry and written letters!

I hope to also roam this web forum when I have time, and getting to know interesting other literature lovers!

PS.
I cannot believe I didn't write down Anaïs' works in my favorites list!
Safe to say, I love everything she ever wrote ;)

LMK

07-23-2009, 06:47 PM

I just learned of your site today and have not yet had a chance to look around. I imagine that you will learn more about me from any comments I post than anything I may think I know about myself.

...hmm...what I read (I'll jump between Titles and Authors here) anything by Amy Tan, David Baldacci, Vince Flynn, John Mortimer's Rumpole Series, almost anything by Alexander McCall Smith (Ladies No.1 Detective Agency, 54 Scotland Street, Sunday Philosophy Club) series', Charles Dickenson, Les Miserable, Cold Mountain, Snow Falling on Cedars, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Secret Lives of Bees, Poe, Dan Brown, and so many more.

I look forward to learning more about the site and the members.
~L

Mdmsll BB,

I am so glad to see Lolita listed in your favorites list. This is a funny book, so absurd, how anyone can think it is porn, obviously hasn't read it fully.

~L

mdmsll BB

07-23-2009, 11:06 PM

Hi L, fellow newling ;)

I agree with you, it's taking one part and stretching it, while overlooking the essential ingredients. My theory is that people see in things, the things they wish to see, so when people call Lolita pornography, well, that says a lot about them ;)

LMK

07-24-2009, 12:00 PM

Hello mdmsll BB,

Well said!

Remii

07-24-2009, 07:22 PM

Hello. My Preferred name is Remii though its nothing like my real name. I always thought you should have two names. the one that your parents give you, which reflects there personality, and the name that you bestow upon yourself, which ultimatly reflects yourself, your soul all compressed into this one name.

I always like to introduce myself with a statement that i hope will effect readers in some way even if it is minute.
i have just finnished yr nine, and I have been thinking more and more about my future. I decided to keep my options open and explore everything. i have started with my favourites including writing. i would welcome ANY advice that anyone has to offer!
I hope you enjoy things that i post.
:D

HipHopAvenger

07-25-2009, 10:15 AM

Hello all. Young and younger.:)

I am a newcomer to this precious site. I am glad to be here. I was reading books since my childhood, even though most of them were fairytales and the stories about adventurers and so on. So when I saw that site for the first time I was overpowered by all these comments, which are good-minded and good-natured mostly.

I hope in the good companionship here.
I should say that my English is not very good.
But I am still working to improve it.
Sometime you can find some bad grammar.:yawnb: :)

fenella

07-25-2009, 12:21 PM

Hello to you all. I'm Fenella and if I told you my age you would never believe it, but I still have a few marbles left. Reading, painting and the internet are my lifelines.Still love the poetry of my youth, Hiawatha.Ballad of East and West. The Traveller. Hope to renew my acquaintance with old and new.

mazzam

07-25-2009, 02:47 PM

Hello! I am probably among the younger members of this site. I am a junior in high school, and I love to write. I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to do after college, and writing is a possibility, so I thought I'd find a way to get feedback. Let's face it, asking mom if your story is any good has a slightly biased return.

I also love discussing books, so I will definitely go check out that section of the forum as well.

I look forward to learning more about you all!

petran

07-26-2009, 06:13 PM

Hi everyone!
I am very happy to have come across this website - literature plays an important role in my life primarily because it has allowed me to reflect, keep things in perspective and make sense of various moments and processes experienced during my time in the army but also now at the office. I look forward to get in touch with people that share an interest in US,German and Russian literature.

ktm5124

07-26-2009, 10:49 PM

Hi everyone!

(Oh no, I used the last poster's greeting!)

I am a twenty-year old university student looking for a place to discuss books outside the classroom. This is especially true for the summer, when I have very few people to "talk literature" with. When I found this site I knew I had struck gold -- taken aback by all the enthusiasm, it dawned on me that this is perhaps the number one spot for book-lovers on the web. Sixty thousand members... this place is more populous than my hometown!

I look forward to some engaging discussions (especially over some nice food... as I write this my eyes dart between the screen and my Turkey Pastrami. Apple Cider, anyone?)

-ktm

mr_tunisiano

07-27-2009, 08:20 AM

hello everybody , well u can call me NEW-COMER cuz i am , never mind i'll get used to the place. well , i'm 22 years old i study english specifically ENGLISH CIVILISATION; the history of ENGLAND , U.S.A..... and the history of every english speaking country , at least the famous ones. anyhow, my love for literature is insatiable. I read every interesting work especially when it comes to NATURALISM. well, if u need any further information about me u have just to contact me , u welcome at anytime.
:banana:

Lady Otter

07-28-2009, 08:28 PM

Well, I've been a very occasional visitor for awhile, and a few of you may know me from another forum: http://www.literaturejunction.com/ as Winifred. Thought I'd say hello, and that I enjoy the variety here!

abhinavhardikar

07-28-2009, 11:43 PM

I am Abhinav Hardikar from India

JimL1

07-29-2009, 12:33 AM

To understand who I am read something I have written:

Compare and Contrast Parental vs. Public Entity Responsibilities

Parents who have been laid off are not relieved of their responsibilities. They still have to feed, clothe, and house their families. Those parents cannot say to their children you are now going to have to pay for the privileges that you previously enjoyed at our expense. Public entities should be no different. The concept that public entities should be able to further burden those parents who have been laid off and are desperately trying to make ends meet due to the current economic problems of this nation is insane. This statement applies to public utilities, and to our governmental elements at all levels, city, county, and federal.

That SRP's application for a rate increase application be approved at this time is pure insanity. SRP should be advised to do as all of us who are in the same situation of trying to make ends meet. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” Do not lay people off and make the situation worse either. Instead, tell SRP and the government entities to "live within your means." One example would be to cut the wages of all those in the entity still making more than the poverty level by a percentage large enough to eliminate that portion of whatever the entity's shortfall is that the management of the entity report cannot be eliminated by other means. This last one must apply to management in particular, perhaps at an even greater percentage that it does to those at the lower levels. Would not this give management incentive to solve the problems or else suffer a pay cut?

The concept of instituting new fees for services not previously charged for, or increasing the fees or charges for services, at this time is equally insane. Just because some poor sucker's head is under the guillotine is not sufficient reason to drop the blade because you have the power to do so. The more money that is required of those who are in danger of having their houses foreclosed, the more foreclosures will occur. The more foreclosures occur, the more the prices of property will drop. Does not anyone get it? Anytime you increase prices or allow prices to increase, in an economic depression the worse, you make the depression.

While we are at it, tell those senators and congress members to eliminate those special medical benefits that they deny all others. Tell them to give back all raises that they gave themselves in the period of this economic crisis. Why is it that it is acceptable to grant all senators and members of congress unlimited health care at the expense of the state but it is socialism to grant any health care to all the citizens of the state? I am not so much in favor of universal healthcare as I am against the concepts described in the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, where "all are equal but some are more equal than others." This is especially true when those who can most afford health care receive it free at the expense of those who cannot afford healthcare.

alpha1

07-29-2009, 02:19 AM

Hello, everyone. I'm Laura. I have responded to a post and am now introducting myself. I guess I'm one of the older crowd here, too. Unlike Virgil, however, with my age comes little wisdom. I do enjoy reading and have read quite a bit. But I am not a scholar. Currently getting back to one of my favorite authors, Erich Fromm. He was an amazing philosopher. I don't really enjoy talking about myself. I am an observer more than a participant. But I don't want to be completely unsociable either. Now, on to more posts.

friedseabass

07-29-2009, 10:16 PM

Hi Everyone,

My name's Vincent. I'm a twenty one year old English major at the University of Texas at Austin. I joined in the hopes of finding more writing opportunities and to meet others in the field. Good to meet you all!

-Vincent

Twhalley

08-03-2009, 07:08 PM

Hello, pleased to meet everyone, you all seem pleasant here! :)
My name's Tom, I'm 15 years old, I live in the UK.

Diego

08-03-2009, 07:56 PM

Hello everybody,
I'm a mother for two gorgeous kids and this was my last semester where I got my Associate Degree in Art. I like free writing and I like poetry. I'm going to start my bachelor Degree in Foreign languages more specific French. I like the rain and the cloudy weather.

CKclockwork

08-03-2009, 09:56 PM

Hey everyone!

My name's Chris and I love writing. I'm an aspiring novelist and I'm currently working on the third version of my second book and an online series with a friend. I like photography too.

Logos

08-04-2009, 04:26 AM

Great to see so many new people here!! Welcome to all :)

Naive

08-04-2009, 11:13 AM

Hello Community!

My name is Glenn. I am a poet-writer. I am here to share and to read what others have shared. I hope to learn a great deal.

cletus

08-04-2009, 01:17 PM

Greetings, my name is Cletus and I am an aspiring writer who tends to view the world through a darker glass than most. While not wealthy, I do live in a gated community in California. My hobbies are reading, writing, and outdoor weightlifting. I look forward to sharing views with other literature lovers. I just revisited Pygmalion and it occurred to me that one underlying theme of this outwardly cheery tale actually is the exploits of an aging pedophile. Does anyone else see that?

djy78usa

08-05-2009, 12:40 PM

Howdy

I'm not a new user, but I've been gone for a while so I figured I'd drop in and re-intorduce myself. My name is Dustin and I live in Clarksville, Tennessee, but I'm originally from Tampa, Florida. I'm a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, and I spent the first half of 2009 deployed to the Middle East. I'm looking forward to seeing some old familiar faces (or avatars) and meeting the users who have joined since I left.

wasabe

08-06-2009, 11:49 AM

:as-sleep:Welcome back to the States Dustin! Thank you for your service.

I am a newcomer to the network and love to read and discuss.
This seems the perfect forum. I may even start a blog and muse a bit on the feelings that have been evoked during this enduring, tropical summer. I have made my mind up to read all the books I have collected over the years and allowed to catch dust on my bookshelves. I have never parted with a single book in my life and our storage space has since dwindled.
I'm from SW FLorida and will soon turn 30 years of age.

FanofdeBeauvoir

08-06-2009, 01:47 PM

Hi everyone, I'm Ana from Brazil. :)

La Pluma

08-06-2009, 02:15 PM

Hello to the wide-world of the Literature Network :wave:, My name is Megan and I just wanted to properly introduce myself! So here goes it.

I joined the Literature Network for two reasons. The first and foremost being that I love Literature of course and I enjoy meeting and discussing Literature with others who share this delightful addiction. The second reason I joined is I am writing a novel and I hope in time I could get feedback from others who have an eye and an ear for good storytelling.

A couple years back I graduated at ASU with a major in Political Science and a Minor in Social Justice and I was supposed to head back to get my MA, but I opted out instead so I could spend time writing--not the best of career choices but certainly the most fulfilling! Who had time for fettered dissertations when there is creativity bursting at the hands?!

Traveling back a little more, to when I was but a wee minnow, is around the time I learned the enslaving power of words-- ideas that sizzle in the thought space like a slow-cooked meal and escapism to other times and places through wakeful dreams. These are the phenomena that I first discovered after reading the Little House on the Prairie Series in 1st Grade. My first "Chapter Books." It was all uphill from there. I read everything I could get my hands on: The Secret Garden, Robin Hood, Little Women, and the on and on into books for "bigger people."

This lasted until I was about 18. And then, it happened-- the great “switch.” I had begun another love affair, one very different in execution but just as rewarding in outcome. I found the “other” world. The world of Non-fiction! In a flash of an eye I was submerged in Noam Chomsky, Emma Goldman, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Peter Kropotkin, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Pilger, Frederick Douglas, Mark Twain, Naomi Klein, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Joseph Campbell, Karen Armstrong, Bertrand Russell, Ward Churchill, Burnett Bolloten, and many others.

For awhile I stopped reading fiction completely. Had I lost my long time passion now that there were ‘real’ ideas enlightening me? That there where places and times that had existed without embellishment?! Who needed the world of make-believe?

Well, I did. After a many years of politicks, philosophy, sociology, history, current affairs and the like, I knew there was something missing in my well read world. I enrolled in a Post-Colonial Sci-Fi Literate Course my senior year of college and KaZamm, in a flash of an eye I was back.

So that is a little slice of the Megan pie, I don’t want to dish out the entire meal and overstay my welcome!

So GREETINGS fellow readers!! Befriend me!!

La Pluma de Megan

KryStaLitsa

08-08-2009, 06:50 AM

hey there,
...uhmm....not sure what I'm doin' here...anyway, I'll give it a try..!!
I'm Greek, 17 years old.I'm still a high-school student,final round!!In one year from now i'll be going at the university,i wanna be a teacher.I'm often dreaming of becoming a writer or a poet, too,but i know that 'd be pretty difficult...!!
I love reading books in their writer's own language,dislike translations!they make me think they kind of ''annihilate'' the writer's own thought and inspiration...that's the reason i'd like to study and learn many many languages...i can only speak english,german and greek,while i can understand ancient greek and latin,so far...but I love prototypes!!!
i love collecting second-hand, old books;i feel they've got a history,but family and friends feel i'm mad...yeap..!sometimes,having no books to read,i like just staying still and taking my surroundings in.it's not much,but it's relaxing and inspiring...i strongly dislike tv and computers...the latter i need though...!I also like cooking,and i love flowers and gardening...shame i don't have time!!
i started reading english literature recently...wuthering heights simply amazed me; W.Shakespeare 's a genius.my approval isn't something he's interested in,though,i think!!
well, that's all the "interesting" KryStaLitsa
P.S.:forgive my english,there's lack of exercise
xoxoxo

Lullaby

08-08-2009, 07:25 AM

Greetings!

I'm Kerry, I'm 19 and reside in the UK. I'm currently at university studying for a degree in Journalism and Media; and I'm also doing a part-time ILEX course at college.
My favourite author is Bret Easton Ellis - his book Less Than Zero changed my life. Although I am also a devout Chuck Palahniuk fan.
My favourite books of all time are as follows:
Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho, Glamorama, Less Than Zero, Lunar Park, The Informers & The Rules of Attraction
Chuck Palahniuk - Choke, Rant, Invisible Monsters & Lullaby
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
George Orwell - Animal Farm
James Herbert - Fluke
Jay McInerney - Story of my Life
J. D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
Ken Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar

And I am currently reading Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

I look forward to posting on the boards!

muhsin

08-08-2009, 07:35 AM

Welcome aboard, KrystaLista.

KryStaLitsa

08-09-2009, 08:51 AM

Welcome aboard, KrystaLista.

hey muhsin,thanks!!!i think i got your point, i'm not sure though...is it about minimalism in writing? about writing wisely but not plenty? :confused: if so,you may be right, but i used to think literature allows its funs to go for the "marriage" of both quality and variety!!!the "wisely but not plenty"-thing is probably in better match with journalism,not literature,i think...please correct me if i'm mistaken!!:yawnb: thanks again a lot:wave:
xoxo

Nightshade

08-09-2009, 09:25 AM

Hello all newbies :wave:
Just dive in and join in any of the discussions cgoing on in the rest f the forums :D

Hannah Colvin

08-10-2009, 03:39 PM

Hi! My name is Hannah Colvin and I am a 10th grader. I absolutely love to read. When I was in 1st grade I read "Little House in the Big Woods" and I read it over and over again. That started my love for reading. Some of my favorite books are...

"Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier,
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck,
"The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
"Wives and Daughters" by Elizabeth Gaskell
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer
"Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
"Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

I love reading! ;)

Salah_Hussein

08-11-2009, 06:53 AM

http://Thinking-in-English-7-Modernism&political-chaos-files/dali-1-150.jpg
Salvador Dali
Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man.
Any person is born once naturally, but lives more than one culturally. We just got out of old world to face stratums of new world in form of modernism and postmodernism.

Salah_Hussein

EllieLouise

08-11-2009, 11:35 AM

Ok here goes. Im Ellie and im 15. I joined this because i am currently writing a story and i just wanted to know peoples views on whether its good or not. I enjoy singing ive taken part in many choirs and things like that. I cant easily socialise with people if i dont know but i do love getting to know people and helping them with their problems ect :)
Eeeh Im not very interesting? Hehe. I try to hard to impress other people.
Im doing good in my sciences. Im getting B's. Which is good for me seeing as i cant concentrait very well.
Thats all :)
Byeeex

Chilomi

08-14-2009, 03:17 AM

OK my introduction
It's begin .First my real family name is 王(Wang ).You are right I come from china (everyone can guess it because of your name ). I'm a highschool student and I really love reading books least of all novels. So I'm here ~I love playing computergames drowing and seeing manga.I love maths too.I hope to read nice novels here and make more friends .
_____________

I can't speak English very well.Maybe my sentence is stiff in your eyes or there is mistake in my introduction .please tell me.I need more education in the English thank you~

Sheujade

08-14-2009, 06:51 AM

I am new to these forums. I found this site by typing in random thoughts.
You know how you go to the store for a certain item and leave with everything except THAT item? Yeah, that's me...a little scattered in life, but always collected on paper. Anyway, I'm here and hopefully I'll get to meet exciting new people who can share in the "random" experiences. :)

muhsin

08-14-2009, 10:23 AM

Welcome aboard, newbies.

I don't know why but I like to welcome you, guys.

Wish you are gonna have great time staying with us here.

Faineant

08-14-2009, 04:09 PM

Hello there.

My name is Alex, and I am a literaholic.

Ha...

Anyway, I enjoy writing, reading, and talking utter bollocks.

Good day!

CHEKHOV

08-15-2009, 02:45 PM

Hi again after an absence of 3 years.:D

Janine

08-15-2009, 03:58 PM

Hi again after an absence of 3 years.:D

Hi and I think we must recruit you for our Chekhov Short Story thread. Obviously, you must like the author. The thread is temporarily on hold but will be up and running soon. Hope you can join us then.

DarkStormyNight

08-17-2009, 04:17 PM

Hello people! :)

Let me see... I'm a college freshman with an elementary education major, a dedicated reader, and an aspiring author. I love to talk about books, and crave the thrill of finishing my own books. Right now I'm praying that I edit my latest manuscript well so I can start sending out those submissions. It's always been my dream to be a published writer. For now though, I'm content to write for pleasure and collect good books to read.

It's so hard to pick a favorite book, especially since I only became addicted to reading a few years ago. Of the books I've read so far, I greatly enjoyed Dracula (Bram Stoker), Watership Down (Richard Adams), Sharpe's Rifles (Bernard Cornwell), and Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis). As far as nonfiction goes, my most profitable read by far has been the life-changing work The Imitation of Christ by the monk Thomas a'Kempis.

Flaneurette

08-17-2009, 06:29 PM

Hiya! I'm a mid-30s female from Austria who loves books and loves writing. I guess I'll be snooping around as I tend to like reading what people have to say about books more than I like actually reading them.

colette3652

08-18-2009, 11:22 PM

I would just like to say hello and hope to call in here quite often.

Veho

08-18-2009, 11:29 PM

I would just like to say hello and hope to call in here quite often.

Hi, what kind of books do you like to read?

Little_Miss_:)

08-19-2009, 11:35 AM

Hi, I'm a high school student and I love reading and writing. Some of my other favourite things include ballet (I'm a professional dancer when not in school) and drama. I look forward to being a part of this site and hope to contribute to the site in some small ways.

simplicity

08-19-2009, 02:02 PM

Hey, everyone!

After reading threads on DH Lawrence and Emily Bronte, I decided I'd sign up to online-literature. And now here's my first post: a quick introduction!

I'm still at school, studying Maths, Physics and Latin and plan to go to uni next year to study Maths, so I haven't experienced quite as much of life as some of you or read so many books either!

There are so many authors that I love: I couldn't begin to list them! At the minute I'm reading Women in Love by DH Lawrence. I read The Rainbow earlier this year and loved it so much. DH Lawrence has such an ability to express deep thoughts and ways of thinking!

But I'll save my opinions for the relevant forums. :)

dolon

08-20-2009, 03:11 AM

hello .........came here for discussion on books which i dont understand......:)so any help from the members will be good for me i'm a voracious reader and like to read all kinds of books any suggestions are also gladly received thank you.........:)

ramjirao

08-20-2009, 05:57 AM

I am Ramgopal Rao from Pune, India - a confirmed bibliophile with a mania for collecting Books ! I have a personal collection of over 4000 Books in my Personal Library !!

Apart from my deep love of the English Language my favourite British Authors include Graham Greene, John Le Carre, V S Naipaul and Philip Larkin. Favourite Cities include London and Calcutta.

I write some Poetry and will post some of my Poems soon !

MN Dave

08-20-2009, 12:32 PM

Greetings.

My name is Dave and I love to read and write. I joined this forum because I don’t read enough of the really good stuff so maybe hanging out here will prompt me in that direction. One never knows.

Neilius

08-20-2009, 07:30 PM

Veho

08-20-2009, 08:27 PM

Hello All!

At the beginning of this year, I lost my job and like so many others, I have ended up ina situation where one is left with few choices (as regards to work).
Therefore, I applied to college for entry to the Access to Higher Education for mature students, from which I will hopefully gain the diploma which will give me matriculation to gain entry to University.

I decided to study English, or at least an english related degree.

So, that is the reason for my joining this forum!

Hope to have fun here!

Neil

Hi,

Have you considered the Open University? It's much cheaper than a traditional university as it's mainly self-study and you are free to get a day job.

Anyway, good luck with your studies.

Greetings.

My name is Dave and I love to read and write. I joined this forum because I don’t read enough of the really good stuff so maybe hanging out here will prompt me in that direction. One never knows.

Hi Dave,

What do you like to read at the moment?

MN Dave

08-20-2009, 10:27 PM

Hi Dave,

What do you like to read at the moment?

Hi.

Just about everything, including the genres: mystery, horror, sf, fantasy, adventure, Western, etc.

There is good stuff to be found everywhere but I want to explore the "classics" a bit more.

I'm.Only.Human

08-23-2009, 03:39 AM

Hello to everyone!
I'm Teo, from Romania, I'm 15 years old and I try to write poems...:redface:
I can't put an avatar or signature:rage:The avatar has the sizes 90x70, but has more than 19.5kb. What can I do? :( And at the signature it says that BB codes aren't allowed:rage:

Virgil

08-23-2009, 08:44 AM

Welcome Teo. Hope you enjoy lit net. :)

yasser

08-24-2009, 05:24 PM

Hi english speakers, i'm a new one to this forum which i like by the way, because it's a commun place for "noobs" and teachers as well, therefore we learn and teach on the same time, such is the good way to learn and share knowledge, anyway i'm expectig a lot in here and i hope to meet people whom are interested in speaking english with others.

regards

Turning Pages

08-25-2009, 12:59 AM

Hi!! I'm just taking my first stumbling steps around the literary zone, don't mind me... ;-)

snailmail

08-27-2009, 02:39 AM

hello all, i just joined tonight. i have been looking for something like this for very long now, and im thinking i found it!

so, anyways, i am a high school student in Corvallis. who loves to write and draw,paint,cook,bike...all that. i love to be with my friends and explore the city(all i can do for now) after school Stella, my best friend, and i plan to hop a train and travel the world. i want to write about some of the crazy things we will see and do! she want to be an artist,and plans to draw and paint plenty of things. after traveling for a few years or so, we want to come back to Oregon and live in Portland, where i will then go to writing collage..(maybe if i can do better in school right now..)

we always talk about this plan and how awesome it will be, we both don't like to be home, for lack of getting along with our family's. so we go and camp out in strange places for the night. very fun to do! :)

ponderful

08-27-2009, 06:03 AM

Hey Literature-Loving People, I'm glad I found you! I'm a sucker for the classics but all my friends are into the stuff on the New Release shelves! It will be nice to have like-minded people to discuss books with :)

Nightshade

08-27-2009, 06:42 AM

Hello :wave: all newbies!

Brad Coelho

08-27-2009, 07:00 PM

I love that I've stumbled onto this place :) I weasled my way through high school w/o reading anything (save for Catcher in the Rye, as the vulgarity drew me in), spent of all my 'book money' in college on booze and stumbled into wine a few years back. Wine has kickstarted my joy for writing, and that joy has finally come full circle to...you know, reading :) I belly-flopped through all of Hemingway's novels last month, and am snorkeling through Vonnegut & Joyce as I type. I'm so appreciative of this board and hope to pull my weight by contributing as much as I can.

Left Field

08-28-2009, 03:21 AM

Hi everyone,

I found this site yesterday from a Google search. It looks like a neat place. This is my first post and just figured I should say hello as the site suggests. :)

David Mearns

08-28-2009, 06:16 AM

Hi Everyone on this wonderful website and forum. I live in Istanbul and presently teach at a high school there to grade 9s, 11s and Drama. I love most literature but my favourite book of all time has to be 1984. I also adore anything Steinbeck and favour a bit of Freddy from Bohemia. Look forward to being an avid poster, and thanks for letting me join

alceste

08-28-2009, 06:15 PM

hmmm..it is great here..:)

let us now begin..with a kind of David copperfield crap:)

I was born in...bla..bla ..bla..:))

I'm a Master's degree student in English Literature..my undergrad is also in english language and literature...I am from Turkey.. and sure most of you have never heard of this country(which is a shame:)..

and wht about Istanbul? i live in İstanbul which is a wonderful city..

Olivia_Dumont

08-29-2009, 01:19 PM

Hi everyone. I'm brazilian and have just joined the forum. I love reading and prefer to do so in the native language of the author. For that reason I like studying languages and speak English, French, Italian and am now learning German and Greek.

Hello everybody, It's nice that we are getting so many new forum members who share with us their precious views. There should be a place to introduce yourself and say hi; and this is it. :D

Come on and tell us about yourself. :D What are your hobbies? What are your favourite books? And also share with us everything else you would like to tell us about yourself.

Have a nice time browing the wonderful world of books and book-worms! :)

Martin Egan

09-01-2009, 06:38 AM

Hi There, I found this wonderful Site while searching for the words of Robert Louis Stevenson's Poem and Epitaph "Home is the Hunter". I'm a Writer, Poet, Musician from Ireland. I live in Dublin just round the corner from the house James Joyce was born in. Martin Egan:wave:

beenjaamin

09-02-2009, 02:36 AM

Just found this site and wanted to post a short story I wrote. Nice place you have here.

MarkyMarkTwain

09-02-2009, 09:11 PM

Hello, my name is Marky Mark Twain. I am an amateur author and literary critic. I just stumbled upon this site the other day while searching for literature forums.

I'm looking for like-minded people to discuss the art of poetry and the novel. I will probably post some of my own work here from time to time as well.

Mannoual

09-03-2009, 12:18 AM

Hi My name is Marie. I came across this site while searching for others interpretation "the idiot" by Dostoevsky. I decided to actually join the site because I'm an avid reader and I always try to find how other readers feel about the same books I read.

My all time favorite book is war and peace. The way Tolstoy writes just captures me completely. A few of my other favorite books are:

Anna karenin, the brothers Karamazov, shes come undone, I hope they serve beer in hell, enders game, the world according to garp, the harry potter series, I know this much is true, one flew over the cukoos nest, a clockwork orange and watership down (i named my dog hazel after the main character.)

Right now im reading Saturday by the same author as atonement.

Recently I printed out a list titled 1001 books you must read before you die, and im just reading them one at a time.

I'm 23 and My major is biochemistry with a minor in philosophy.

Tu_Lips

09-03-2009, 06:21 AM

am NEW here ! :banana:

am from Bangalore, South India :nod:

my interests:
reading, listening to Classical Music,
Long walks, deep contemplations and
creation of occasional poetry and
:idea:Computer generated Art works !

Brock

09-03-2009, 07:48 AM

Hello everyone, good call Mannoual with the Tolstoy preference: War and Peace, and Anna Karenina are fine masterpieces!

My absolute favourite authors have to be Thomas Hardy, the Brontes, Coleridge, Byron.

Musicology

09-03-2009, 07:53 AM

Greetings,

I am a music writer/researcher deeply involved in a highly controversial book on the life, career and musical reputation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). I am specially interested in the literary relationship between the dominant role of the Jesuit Order prior to 1773 and the rise of the epoch known as the 'Englightenment'. Since, it seems to me from many sources that to some extent the Jesuit Order, despite dominating schools, colleges, publishing, and censorship in the Holy Roman Empire (virtually up until 1773) were definitely pioneers of that later cultural era known as the 'Enlightenment' and that they, after 1773, pursued a secular strategy with Voltaire, Rousseau, Mozart and others up until their restoration in 1814.

The relationships are far too strong to ignore this strong possibility - that, to some extent at least, the rise of the 'Englightenment' was a strategy forumulated by the same Jesuit Order, using, of course, men such Rousseau and Voltaire, Mozart and others.

The links between Englightenment figures such as Baron Grimm (to name only one of dozens) are too great to dismiss this. Grimm being (as you may know) the Paris patron of Mozart during his visit there in 1778.

In short, I am very interested in Mozart and the background to the 'Enlightenment'.

The name of my forthcoming book may speak for itself -

'The Manufacture of Mozart'.

Regards

yanni

09-03-2009, 10:53 AM

Hi there and wellcome

I went briefly thru your posts on Mozart and was pleased with your "consistency" statement on my "Rousseau". I'll try to formulate an answer to your own topic which finds me in agreement, specially the "all manufactured" part.

Cheers

markb

09-03-2009, 04:25 PM

hello, just stumbled on this site while looking up J. Joyce. Attempting yet again to make it through Ulysses(I'm going to do it this time). this is a wonderful site and I look forward to using it and talking with members. (I'm definitely going to need some help with Joyce) take care y'all.

maribel19

09-04-2009, 10:38 AM

Hello!

My name is Maribel and I am a new member here. My mother tongue is Spanish. I came to England 2 years ago and I am trying to improve English. I am passionate for Literature and I am going to study next month at the Open University this year trying to get a degree in English Language and Literature. It will be really dificult because it is a long time I stopped studying. I'm 48 now. I can read books, one of my favourite hobbies but I don't know all the words.

I would be very grateful if anyone could help me with this hard work. Please, forgive my mistakes! Thanks a lot.

DesireKnowledge

09-04-2009, 01:30 PM

Greetings!

I was quite surprised when I found this website! I was searching for a fan based website for Bram Stoker`s Dracula, when I stumbled across this site, and I had to join immediately!

I am a University Student at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, located in Budapest Hungary. I moved from Calgary Canada, to Budapest Hungary about three weeks ago, to study at this University.

I love reading, and have a thirst for knowledge, as my user-name implies I am sure. I currently am re-reading Frankenstein.

christov

09-04-2009, 02:28 PM

Hello all,

I have journals of ideas, and my mind is always racing, but have not put everything into full motion...yet. I have some poems that I have completed and a short story. There are at least two novel ideas that I have been serious about for a couple of years now, and I think it is about time. I welcome the chance to view other ideas and I value outside critiques.

marpey

09-04-2009, 05:24 PM

I stumbled on this site while researching quotes by Wm Shakspere and am so delighted that I did. I am very impressed after reading some of the quotes.
IT IS SO REFRESHING TO HAVE A SITE OF NORMAL WELL READ PEOPLE.
marpey

Sasati

09-05-2009, 10:36 AM

I stumbled over this site and it looks like great fun!

I'm a Dutch person, living in Syria and I have a passion for literature, so I think I will enjoy myself here quite a lot.

jimfan.hk

09-08-2009, 04:39 AM

Hi there this is Jim Fan from Hong Kong. My native language is not English yet I spend most of my leisure time reading introductory books about western philosophy. Feel free to write me a message if you are new too to this big topic and want someone to discuss with.

Jim

dee in tex

09-08-2009, 02:27 PM

I've been lurking a while but decided to join. I have always loved reading but recently have been listening to several classics on audio and really wanted to talk with someone about what I've been "reading". It seems that readers are getting rarer and rarer in our society. When I ask people I know about reading, all I get are blank looks. I've been very active on a hobby type forum and thought I'd look for something similar for literature. This seemed to be the best I found; more active than many. I have an art related undergrad and a masters in accounting (as Monte Python would say "and now for something Completely different"). My reading tastes tend to be classics and sci fi/fantasy. I don't care for romance and I'm ambivalent on mysteries. I do love talking about books and live with a family of reading fanatics - except for the dogs. I live in North Texas (thus my name). Please forgive me as I learn my way around this site, hoping not to step on any toes - or eat any for that matter.

repercussion

09-09-2009, 02:51 PM

Hello to all of you.

I've accidentally found this forum while browsing the net, looking for information about books. I've peeked at some topics here, and I found them interesting, and I so awfully wanted to reply... I resisted the urge, though. Of course, I will reply in the near future. Or I think so. (:

So - a little about myself. I'm seventeen. My name is Gabriele and I'm from Lithuania. Wonder if anybody knows where it is... (: I live in a smaaall town, so there aren't any cinemas, theatres, clubs or anything. That's one of the reasons why I read so much, I guess.
I started reading even before I learnt to read. I made my grandmother read me something every evening, mostly fairy tales, but my favourite one was a coursebook "Readings for 2nd grade". I admit, I was a strange child. (:
When I started to go to school, I found out that there was a whole library of interesting books, that they had Hugo, and Andersen, and Gaarder, and Lindgren, and Stoun, and Twain, and and and... And then the library became like some kind of a magic place for me.
When I was older, as I recall in 7th grade, I started to write. At first it was only a paragraph or two, but eventually it became bigger and bigger. I write short stories now and I'm quite good at it. It's the way I get all the thoughts from my head and can live like a normal person, not always lost somewhere above the clouds. (:

All in all, I'm very very glad I found this forum, I hope I'll fit in and it will be a lot of fun.

P.S. Sorry for my English, it's not my native language. There might be a lot of mistakes...
P.P.S. It's long. :/

Boo Radley

09-09-2009, 04:58 PM

Hello to all. I teach 11 year olds, read when I can, dream about writing, enjoy the outdoors and try to be a decent person.

Lacra

09-11-2009, 08:35 PM

Hello to all members! I am pleased to see that there is a virtual place like this one. I know I will enjoy it, so much!
I live in Cairo, Egypt but I am Romanian. I had to learn English when I arrived in here in order to communicate better to people. I found Arabic, too difficult for the beginning. I started to read in English and I got familiar to this. I have my Master in Comparative Literature and I am just a simple teacher. Wish all of you a nice day!:angel:

isidro

09-12-2009, 12:29 AM

Call me Isidro.

I have a bachelors in English Education and since Masters is not in the cards at the moment, I figured this is the next best thing for now. My favorite books are The Minister's Wooing by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, The Bloody Chasm by John W. De Forest, The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and the list goes on and on. William Blake, Milton, and Dante top my favorite poets, I can't even narrow down to a favorite essayist, and I wish Jane Austen had written more since I have already devoured everything she wrote.

With affection to my dear literati!

kamaiser

09-14-2009, 05:52 AM

hello...
i dont know what to write here...
for your info...i have join this forum bcoz i want to improve my English:nod:......i am being force to take this subject as a major in my study...so hope this forum can help me....glad to be part of this..:yawnb:

alicepalace

09-14-2009, 11:17 AM

Uhm. HI EVERYONE!

Well, I'm here because I'm an Eng Lit student and wanted to talk to some like minded people without the constraints of the class room. As well as studying Literature I have also taken Language and Sociology in hopes of doing some concoction of the three and journalism at university in a year.

I come from sunny ole England town, where it's grim up t'North :)

Okay, that's the last time I'll type out my accent, promise!

I enjoy a wide range of books and only wish I could read more. I'm currently reading Oliver Twist and looking forward to starting either Notes on a Scandal or One For My Baby when I'm done. I'm also studying Dracula, Dr Faustus, Macbeth, A Handful of Dust AND Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf this year. So no doubt I'll be back with many a question.

Earlier this year I managed to get my dream student job in Waterstones. However they wanted me to work Saturday and Sunday and I'd never have a day off or get to see my boyfriend/friends/family/myself properly so I quit...then promptly lost my other job. So that was a bit of a knock back.

When I'm not stressing over work and school I enjoy all the typical teenager things. Shopping, cinema, being blind drunk, anything of that nature. As well as occasionally picking up my knitting needles and maybe even getting a nice afternoon on my bike.

Anyway. That was rather boring. But Hi everyone, no doubt I'll get to post plenty of questions and maybe even some answers while I'm here :)

bronkz

09-14-2009, 07:23 PM

hi :)

aneeicha

09-15-2009, 03:17 PM

hi,everyone, its good to be here. i have a question for anyone who is willing to help me out with it

garrett-k

09-15-2009, 05:58 PM

Hello everybody, I hope to share my short stories on here and receive some good feedback.

Miss Everdene

09-16-2009, 12:57 PM

Emil Miller

09-16-2009, 06:22 PM

Hello guys !
well.... i dont think my personality is such as to require a high flown introduction. So, here is a brief one. I love literature and like to read books, specially novels. Besides reading, I listen to music, watch movies and sometimes i draw too. Thats all !

Hello Miss Everdene,

Welcome to te Lit Net forum. I'm sure you will find your visits interesting and informative. The great thing about the site is that it caters for intelligent readers regardless of their individual tastes. It would be nice to know which country or location you are from which helps to avoid misunderstandings when engaged in the general as opposed to the literary part of the forum.
Anyway, enjoy.

Pollopicu

09-16-2009, 07:42 PM

Hi, my name is Rachel.

I Joined because I love discussing the books I read. I'm obsessed with member book reviews as well.

DocHeart

09-17-2009, 03:53 PM

Hello folks,

Greece here. It gets rather gloomy in Athens in September, even if the whole nation refuses to accept that summer is finally over and insists on walking around looking at the sky and smiling. You seen that movie, Shawn of the Dead? Remember the opening scene where Londoners walk around looking like zombies, even if they haven't become ones yet? That's Athens. Only, in Edgar Wright's cult creation Londoners don't smile. We smile. Constantly. Irritating, stupid bunch of idiotically smiling zombies.

Maybe it's the olive oil.

I enjoy grumbling.

I also enjoy football, cooking, and surfing the net for porn. I often go to a bar called "Jazz in Jazz" whose owner and bartender is in love with an Argentinian dancer and wants to move to ****in Buenos Ayres. I like good whiskeys, but unfortunately I can only afford mediocre ones.

I'm thankful for the last six months, in which I've been with someone who might very well turn out to be the love of my life. It's a woman. Sorry, if I hadn't specified that my whole post would make me look incredibly gay. Which I'm not. Not that I've got something against gays, it's just that I'm not. If I were I would make sure I have the best time possible, but I'm just not. Alright?

Although my friend Dimitri is indeed gay. Married, but gay. I don't see much of him unfortunately, but I do see quite a bit of three guys I've been close friends with since primary school. My friends are a very important part of my life. We all sit there and drink scotch and smoke and wonder whether Dimitri's wife knows what a faggot her husband is.

I think that's it. I've covered everything about myself and run out of conversation.

This is a great forum to discover, and I'm very glad I'm here. I'm looking forward to contributing.

Best regards,
DocHeart

Miss Everdene

09-18-2009, 07:36 AM

Hello Miss Everdene,

Welcome to te Lit Net forum. I'm sure you will find your visits interesting and informative. The great thing about the site is that it caters for intelligent readers regardless of their individual tastes. It would be nice to know which country or location you are from which helps to avoid misunderstandings when engaged in the general as opposed to the literary part of the forum.
Anyway, enjoy.

Hello,
Thanks for your warm welcome. No doubt the site is just marvellous in this regard and I am from Pakistan.

bessecar

09-19-2009, 05:54 AM

Hello everyone. It's good I'm following Miss Everdene, since we're studying Far From the Madding Crowd at school, and I live in Pakistan.

voyage09

09-20-2009, 03:56 AM

Hi everyone, I am new here

Alaska77

09-21-2009, 01:09 AM

Well, you know where I live, now. I was born here and have no plans to live anywhere else, although I have traveled a bit. I, like Virgil, am probably older than anyone here...I'll be 50 next summer, and finally at a place in my life where I can pursue a life dream: Teaching Literature and Language Arts! Which is really not so much about me being the teacher as it is a way that I can continue to learn.

I had a tough time thinking of a favorite book. Last year, I presented a paper on the role of the artist in Kerouac and Nietzsche. Yikes! I really enjoyed reading Dharma Bums and plan to read On the Road if I survive this semester of MAT. Right now I have a stack of textbooks jealously staring me down, so I had better sign off. This looks like a great forum!

Thanks....

bessecar

09-21-2009, 03:18 AM

Hello, Alaska77.

I'm 52 and a teacher as well.

zerstorer1889

09-21-2009, 11:36 AM

Hello. I am Zerstorer.

My favorite books are: The Time Machine (HG Wells), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne).

I enjoy writing and reading, and always carry a spare book.

BaronessBlixen

09-23-2009, 04:04 PM

Hi, I'm new here, too.

I'm a English/German student from Germany and I just love books! Reading and writing are two of my passions. And I'm kind of a weirdo, cause I think I'm one of the very few people who doesn't like Shakespeare ;)

balehead

09-23-2009, 10:08 PM

Hi,
My name's Claire, and I stumbled across this site whilst surfing the net for information on T.S Eliot for a school project .
I like a wide variety of books, things ranging from Alexandre Dumas through to Bret Easton-Ellis and Alex Flinn. I have yet to find a book which will not satisfy me on at least one point (even, God forbid, Twilight -or are we not allowed to talk about that without breaching the rule which states no quibbling over current politics:D-), and hope never to do so.
My favourite authors are deffinately Cecilia Dart-Thornton (The Bitterbynde Series), Louis De Bernieres (Captain Corelli's Mandolin), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime and Punishment etc.), Charles Dickens and T.H White (The Once and Future King), and I highly recommend these to all!!

Some things I really enjoy are reading (big shock), watching Christian bale movies, rock-climbing, tree climbing, horse riding, skiing, writing stories (which I hope may one day be completed and published), clothes shopping .... spending money is a big favourite of mine ...... especially on bale films.......

Anyways; I listen to Short Stack, Tom Felton, Taylor Swift, Huey Lewis and The News (sad, i know), All my favourite musicals (Little Women, Billy Eliot, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, The Little Mermaid.... the list goes on).

I love singing; and my friends and i think I have a brilliant voice, but i've never had an unbiased opinion, we feel the same way about my acting and writing skills ... i get the feeling that a big wake-up-call is waiting for me somewhere down the track, but I will continue to live, totally oblivious of the large possibility that is my inability to sing, act, and write.

That's it for my first post on this site .... hope to meet some other people with the same interests and likes as me!!

Slimjim355

09-24-2009, 01:00 PM

Hello from Jo'burg

I am very pleased to have found this wonderful place and very pleased to meet you all. I look forward to this place of escape.

My warmest regards to you all.

soundofmusic

09-25-2009, 12:46 AM

:banana:You are so fortunate to have so many brilliant friends who recognize all of your talents; My next door neighbors are the only ones who hear me sing (in the shower) and they claim it's just pitifull. It sounds pretty good to me:brow:

Hello folks,

Greece here. It gets rather gloomy in Athens in September, even if the whole nation refuses to accept that summer is finally over and insists on walking around looking at the sky and smiling. You seen that movie, Shawn of the Dead? Remember the opening scene where Londoners walk around looking like zombies, even if they haven't become ones yet? That's Athens. Only, in Edgar Wright's cult creation Londoners don't smile. We smile. Constantly. Irritating, stupid bunch of idiotically smiling zombies.

Maybe it's the olive oil.

I enjoy grumbling.

I also enjoy football, cooking, and surfing the net for porn. I often go to a bar called "Jazz in Jazz" whose owner and bartender is in love with an Argentinian dancer and wants to move to ****in Buenos Ayres. I like good whiskeys, but unfortunately I can only afford mediocre ones.

I'm thankful for the last six months, in which I've been with someone who might very well turn out to be the love of my life. It's a woman. Sorry, if I hadn't specified that my whole post would make me look incredibly gay. Which I'm not. Not that I've got something against gays, it's just that I'm not. If I were I would make sure I have the best time possible, but I'm just not. Alright?

Although my friend Dimitri is indeed gay. Married, but gay. I don't see much of him unfortunately, but I do see quite a bit of three guys I've been close friends with since primary school. My friends are a very important part of my life. We all sit there and drink scotch and smoke and wonder whether Dimitri's wife knows what a faggot her husband is.

I think that's it. I've covered everything about myself and run out of conversation.

This is a great forum to discover, and I'm very glad I'm here. I'm looking forward to contributing.

Best regards,
DocHeart

:eek::redface::banana:I'm amazed and impressed; Are you this funny before the scotch? Well, I'd invite you to any party I had.

phringo

09-25-2009, 11:33 AM

Hello, everyone, my first introduction into this community. Very nice to be a part of it. Looking for Joyceans and Nabokovians and lots of others....

prorhapsody

09-25-2009, 01:55 PM

Hi, to all!

I am a resident of North Carolina. I enjoy having the mountains and the coast within close proximity of each other, and it seems that this has greatly inspired my writing muses, as well as outlook.

I am in my final year of being a student at a local Early College High School (for those of you who do not know of what I speak, I attend high school and college classes at the same time on my local community college campus, and I will graduate this year with an AA in College Transfer without paying a dime.). When I graduate, I intend to pursue a BA of English, and perhaps go on to complete an MA in English or Counseling, this I have yet to decide.

Literature is a natural high for me, and I enjoy it nearly as much as I enjoy stepping outside in the mornings to take a breath of cool, fresh air and watch the sun rise. It is a wonderful opportunity to be among like-minded individuals on this forum, and I look forward to getting to know you all.

sebamancu

09-25-2009, 05:09 PM

Hi, everybody!

oslemxoslem

09-26-2009, 09:13 AM

hi from Turkey :wave:

Niamh

09-26-2009, 09:41 AM

a big welcome to all the newbies! :wave:

her_holiness

09-26-2009, 09:02 PM

Hi, my name is Gigi and I am from Ohio. I enjoy reading the classics, especially the Brits. I am a huge Jane Austen fan and that is originally what drew me to this site.

I would have to say that my favorite book is Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. I can read it again and again and each time I find something I had previously overlooked.

I write in my spare time and have recently decided to make it a priority. I am taking a few online courses to try and disipline myself. I've the inspiration but not the perspiration.

I have been looking around and I am not exactly sure how this site works, I suppose I should read a few of the guideline posts, huh? Anyway, I really hope to find some like minds on this site and become motivated to get through the stack of books I have always wanted to read.

And that dancing banana is just silly...

motherhubbard

09-27-2009, 12:19 AM

hi everyone. I'd like to take this moment to introduce myself. :p

r0land

09-27-2009, 07:16 AM

Hey there,

I just found this cosy hall of literature and hope to get and give some reading inspirations around here.

Looks promising so far .. ;)

r0land

Scheherazade

09-27-2009, 12:53 PM

Hello to all new comers!

Keep posting and don't disappear after your "hellos".
hi everyone. I'd like to take this moment to introduce myself. :pNow MotherHubbard... Would you like to tell us a *little* more about yourself?

:D

Arkady

09-27-2009, 05:05 PM

Let's see what is important. I am 24, from Texas, and love reading. I write short stories, usually in the horror vein. My reading range is vast and inclusive of almost all genres. I found this place while looking for a place to have intelligent, informative discussion of a literary nature. It seems I have found it.

Virgil, I have to say I love your signature. Byron is an absolute favorite of mine. I think Lady Caroline Lamb's description of him is very accurate.

See you all around the forums.

lojay

09-30-2009, 02:30 PM

Hi all!

I'm from Nr. Nottingham in the UK and I found this forum whilst searching for a literary quote. My favourite genres are classics and crime fiction. I am a really big crime fiction reader and love being introduced to new authors. I also enjoy reading children's literature and have recently got interested in illustrators. I'd like to say that I'm an avid writer, but unfortunately I don't seem to have the 'gift.' I would love to learn and improve, though! I enjoy watching adaptations of novels onto the big screen and discussing how will it worked/didn't work. It invariably seems to be the latter! I would love to get out to the threatre more to see some of my favourite plays performed.

Hope to see you all around the forum!

:-)

Shadrach59

09-30-2009, 05:10 PM

..I had initially become interested when I had chanced upon this neighborhood of blogging comrades and chanced upon a discussion forum about Abbadon. Even though many of the theories were imaginative and interesting, the truth about Abbadon is that, in Revalation, the Angel that is Abbadon is a title, not a name, and that title describes Jesus' power given to him at the appointed time that he received the "keys to life and death itself" in which he now posseses the power to oust Satan from heaven and Satan is now limited to the confines of earth, "possesing great anger, knowing he hath but a short period of time". Jesus also has possesion of the power to eventually destroy both Satan and his demons in Armageddon. Abbadon is not a fallen angel, nor a rogue, but is Jesus come to power and possesing great authority given him by his Father, God (Jehovah... Psalms 83:18) Revalation speaks of this angel casting Satan and his demons out of heaven... so how can he be in cahoots with him? Also, all "rogue" angels in defiance of God are called Demons. The title Abaddon is a description of one of the many offices and abilities the Lord acquired when he took his throne. Also, in Ezekiel, you will find that Satan was once a holy, high-ranking covering cherub, who became Satan in the Garden of Eden because he desired the worship of man.

Beno

09-30-2009, 05:44 PM

Hello, I am beno. A newbie in many senses. I am an undergrad student in Puerto Rico currently finishing a B.A. in Second Language Acquisition and another in Literature. Much like Virgil (granted not as radical as the engineer/literature combo) I was torn between the practicality of an Education degree as opposed to the joy of a literature degree so i went for both. Ultimately the amalgamation of both degrees should prove helpful in the classroom. I hope. About my background, I was born with a book in one hand and a pencil in the other. Sadly, this left me with my hands full and i had to pass on other things, namely a grasp on reality. Responsibility. I am the type of person that will disappear with a book, a pen and a pad, not to be seen for a few days. Aloof. I love to debate, playing the devil's advocate so often that Im now on retainer. I enjoy people who truly believe in what they say and defend it.Tactfully. Always up for a discussion. Im proud to say that the t.v. that I bought last September (2008) has yet to see a minute of scheduled programming. I nearly had a heart attack last night when i saw a trailer for Where the Wild Things Are. I try to stay away from television, but randomly; at friend's houses i'll catch a peek. Its never good... I do however watch movies and play video games. People have often mocked me for my hypocrisy (no to tv but yes to games and movies) Movies have somehow retained a resemblance to an artform,and every so often a movie comes along that moves me. As far as video games go, I am a huge fan. Video Games are our last chance to get kids back into literature. (i know im going to catch a lot of flack for this comment but im more than willing to explain myself. Just ask... be nice:nod:) Dont get me wrong... take your kid outside ad give him some books THAT YOU HAVE READ and discuss them with him/her all while maintaining an active lifestyle. Eventually, when you come back home, and he/she is done reading, and tired and bored and hungry and antsy and hovering, dont give him/her the tv remote... give them an RPG (thats a role playing video game, not a missile launcher)
wow... its amazing how eratic and verbose I can be...
in any case I look forward to foruming (lol) with you in a more structured manner, perhaps then Ill make a little more sense. No promises though.

dreamweaver65

09-30-2009, 08:56 PM

hello all! my name is paulina and i stumbled upon this place while searching stuff about shakespeare villains for fun. i live in california and i'm in college studying to become an archaeologist. i like to read a lot of classic literature, especially austen, shakespeare's sonnets, and anything written by neil gaiman. my love of reading started when i read harry potter at the age of 11. i can't wait to learn about more books to read from this forum! :banana:

Michelle~Jazz

09-30-2009, 11:40 PM

Hello everyone! I'm Michelle and I'm very pleased to have stumbled upon a forum of my interests that appears to be worth it's weight in Zeros and Ones! Let's see... anything about myself worth sharing... I'm 17 years old and have been writing on and off for years. Over time it's become my greatest and most fulfilling passion and I do it nearly all the time. I mainly dabble in novels and short stories, often writing fanfictions of some kind when the dreaded Writer's Block is plaguing me. But I digress, I look forward to my time here on this forum and eagerly anticipate speaking with other literary fans about topics that seem rarely discussed in this day and age. It will be nice getting to speak with a lot of you!

Odysseus93

10-01-2009, 07:02 AM

Yo peoples,
Im a high school student currently a few weeks from my end of year exams. I love books, and I want to learn more about them; especially Ancient Greek literature. I AM SO GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE!!!!! It seems to be the exact thing I'm looking for; a site that is for booklovers, by booklovers.:cool::cool::cool:

jimmygatz

10-01-2009, 07:54 PM

Hello all,

This looks like a great forum. I'm 38 and work as a head writer for a sketch comedy and rock n' roll club in Columbus Ohio. I'm an avid reader - graduated college as an English major. Can't wait to join in the discussions!

greymoon

10-02-2009, 04:10 AM

Greetings everybody, I am so happy to be here! My name doesn't matter, I say, because it's pretty ugly, but I am generally called "Cabbage" (>.< ugly surname)
I came here from disappointment from other sites, in desire to find a place where I could find a chance to become a better artist and writer, without changing my profiles all day long! :lol:
Personally, I hope you guys won't find me weird or boring, everybody is different on this world.
Anyway, I forgot to tell you more about me.
I come from Constanta, in the south east of Romania, but I do not really like the sunlight (I'M A VAMPIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......................... :eek: no way, kidding) and I am 13, studying in 7th grade (here school starts from 6 or 7 years old), and living with my parents. Graduated in boredom; that's what my classmates say about me, but I don't care and act I'm stupid. I am happy-go-lucky but a little introverted, and I WISH I were more independent! Poor wishes! I am bookworm, and love school. My favourite school subjects are maths, physics, English, French, Romanian, biology........ anything but sport :eek2: who the hell invented that?!
I love art and music too, composer: Chopin, band: anything metal/ goth and singer: well, a lot, Mariah Carey, Madonna, and as painters.. marmee! they're so many!!!!!!! You've got to reply though to know my preferences in art and literature!
Thank you for the attention and cheers to you all!

cobame

10-03-2009, 12:39 PM

I love the Firefly quote. I miss them!

Taniya Sinha

10-04-2009, 11:03 AM

ths iz taniya..........n a big hello 2 evrybdy

Gilly27

10-04-2009, 06:32 PM

Hey can u help me out and just tell me how to post a new message on these forums i can't figure it out and it would really help me. thanks

Scheherazade

10-04-2009, 06:43 PM

Welcome to the Forum, Gilly.

You can find the necessary information here:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23208

fargokantrowitz

10-05-2009, 11:39 PM

quick hello from the fklc. http://www.online-literature.com/forums/images/smilies/ladysman.gifhttp://www.online-literature.com/forums/images/smilies/FRlol.gif got some gooeys on the literary glooper. winnowing away out in the mass wonderland of mass mass moredom where literature is something to go on from (there's just so much) but to do and to do. Carry on! the fargo kantrowitz'z literary campsite

grimmajunx

10-08-2009, 12:42 AM

hello, im grimmajunx, but i bet you knew that already. my favorite book(s) are the dark tower series. my hobbies other besides writing are drugs, video games, and...that's about it im 24 and if i'd let myself go i'd become a junkie. but with a goal in my life, which is to become a writer, then i stay sober other than weed until i give up one day which im sure will happen.

meghs17

10-08-2009, 01:07 PM

hey everyone! I'm 18 and i'm from India. Stumbled upon this site a year or so ago but registered only today..well better late than never!! I love to read but unfortunately we dont have much exposure to good literature here so i'm really excited to start exploring :D

veneerofvanity

10-08-2009, 04:16 PM

Hey I'm Sam, from UK.

22 years old, and always loved books, but until now was far too lazy to actually take the time out to read extensively.

Les Miserables was the first book I chose to read 'seriously' and actually pay attention to, rather than just reading to send me to sleep on a night :)

It's now my favourite book.

Other than that I love The Brothers Karamazov, anything by Thomas Hardy and Jane Austen. 1984's a favourite as well.

Really into the classics at the moment, but would appreciate some tips for more modern literature that follows my taste for dire and thoughtful prose :)

Mainly like books that focus on society, and how it affects personal relationships and peoples lives.

Now I sound like a bore, so I'll try and redeem myself by saying that i pass my spare time with photography, music, friends and cosy drinking establishments, preferably all at the same time :)

99CentDreams

10-08-2009, 05:25 PM

Hi, my name is Peter. I live in London, and am studying Literature for A-Level, along with mechanics, philosophy, and history. Writing has always been quite a large part of my life, whether it be through poetry or prose. I also play guitar, bass, drums, and keyboard (everything except singing haha) and am in a couple of bands.

Niamh

10-08-2009, 05:32 PM

welcome to the forum peter. :)

FrankMarcopolos

10-08-2009, 09:31 PM

Hi, I'm a fiction writer and podcaster living in Brooklyn, NY with my pet goldfish, Fred. I've been doing some audiobook-style podcasts of public domain literature on my website, and I've been really enjoying re-reading some of these works, many of which I hadn't read since college.

I look forward to participating in some lively discussion here on the forums!

-Frank

Raoul Shade

10-09-2009, 05:44 AM

Hello everybody. I’m a British photojournalist and translator. I translate poetry from Spanish into English and vice versa. From French and Italian into English and Spanish. I never use pseudonyms. By now you must have guessed that I have two mother tongues (American Indians would call me a forked tongue).

I have translated a great Salvadoran poet, Roque Dalton, into English (one hundred poems) but due to family squabbling over copyright (he was murdered in 1975, the same year another great poet was murdered: P. P. Pasolini) I am not able to publish the book.

I have also translated other Latin American poets into English but I don’t know if it is possible to publish a book. I look for the way things will turn out spiralling from a chaotic world. I hope this forum will help the interchange of literature from different countries and cultures. I believe that is the purpose of translation.

drakemortuare13

10-09-2009, 01:36 PM

I just joined to day in my computer class! I'm supposed to be taking notes on new technologies, but this is more interesting. And worthwhile. Anyways, hoping to establish myself as a young dark-fantasy writer, I've already finished my first short story last night.

"Come away, O child"... I remember that poem. It was rather sad.

Flick

10-09-2009, 08:12 PM

Hello, I'm a teenager and an aspiring (hopefully!) author. I'm very very artistic and distracted easily by pretty colors and interesting sounds. I absolutely can't wait to share my stories with other people all over the world!

I've started two or three novels but stopped writing all of them at around chapter Five. I am in the middle of writing a story called Flick that's based loosly on my experiences with self-infliction.

Aside from writing, I love to draw, take pictures, listen to music, sing, and pretty much do anything creative. I recently stumbled into the rather confusing world of adult literature and am loving it. I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in order to try and actually finish what I start.

I can't wait to read some stories posted by the users here!
~Flick

BlackPearl

10-10-2009, 09:01 AM

Hi everyone, this is my first in any forum …

I come from a creative family were I grew among poetry writers, fashion designers, and artists this made me want to become a writer … I wrote a couple of short stories but not in English …

I love history, music, fashion and reading especially historical romance … my favorite author is Judith Mcnaught …

I'm a dreamy person with a vivid imagination … I really wish to travel back in time and see for real everything that I read about it’s a dream I had and still have

kamzin24

10-10-2009, 09:39 AM

HI There

I am new to this forum.... stumbbled on it this afternoon while looking for information on poetry and how to read and understand it.
I am curretnly studying a BA in Communication Science part time as I work during the day full time as an office manager for an Investment company.

I love poetery but i am so clueless when it come ti understanding it and therfore i feel I am missing out on a very special side of literature. One of my subjects in English literature and one aspect of it is reading and deciphering poetry.

Some of my hobboes include reading, scrapbooking sketching etc but these days i find I have not time to allocate to hobbies with work and studying.

LukeS.

10-10-2009, 02:14 PM

Hello!
This is the obligatory introduction post. I am...
a writer, I believe, although unpublished, and I don't anymore write every single day, which I believe to be necessary. I've attended graduate school for classical languages (Latin and Greek). I taught Latin for a year to college students and another year to middle schoolers (11-14 year olds), which was awful.

Now I'm taking courses in English and a fiction workshop, dabbling in freelance copywriting for money, and eating lots of rice.

Authors? Oh, I'm a big fan of Russians. I enjoy the grotesque and black humour in literature as well as "magical realism." Authors I've read or are reading recently whom I loved include Tolstoi (fave), Borges, Gogol, Dostoevski.

ANSARI

10-11-2009, 01:33 AM

hope u all are f9

bundasamela

10-11-2009, 01:27 PM

hi...everyone..i'm eva 32 years old, from jakarta, Indonesia...i just got an assignment to analyze english poetry..and idont know what to do..any ideas??? maybe we can start with the simplest poem taht i can analyze..but, any tricks or steps in analyzing poetry??? thanx

Anna_MAlkovych

10-12-2009, 01:29 PM

Hi, I am Anna. 19 years old. I am student at local language university. I write poetry and prose both in English and Russian (I am Russian though).My works were never published. Now I am writing a story called "Web" – I hope that it'll come out to be a good one. Came here because I was assigned to make a translation of a poem, which I don't know how to analyze first, I am really good at writing but analyzing is not my thing. It is – The shape of Nothing Happening by Patrick McGuinness. Thanks for listening ( if you did)

MusicForTheSoul

10-12-2009, 09:06 PM

Hey everyone,
I'm Cat, and I am 14 and living in Australia. Ice skating is my main hobby, as well as listening to music and reading.
balehead convinced me to register, and I found out it is actually pretty cool :D
So what else goes on around here? Is there also a forum for music as well as books?

Thanks,
MusicForTheSoul

balehead

10-12-2009, 09:21 PM

Hey Cat,

Nice to see that you finally made an account :lol:

There's a music forum section somewhere ... I'll try and find the link for you :)

LLItaly

10-13-2009, 06:24 AM

Hi everyone, I am a writer and English language and lit teacher based in italy.
So hello!

memorylane10

10-13-2009, 07:44 PM

Hello everyone! Being an English Major I figured it would be great to connect with some folks via some sort of forum. Hoping that I can do so here!

safia

10-16-2009, 04:46 PM

Hi :nod:,
It's nice to be a member of this world. . .
Being a literary student we really need such a forum like this one and you've provided it to us i must say thanks to you; the generators and operators of this forum. . . .
Well Im a student of third year literature(English). . .
thnx

Iván Hernández

10-17-2009, 05:50 PM

Hello everyone. I'm Iván, I am spanish and i'm learning our lenguage... sorry if I am wrong in some word.
I'm new in this forum and i'd like to meet people to speak about literature. Well, I'm 19 years old and I'm writting my first novel (I hope to finish it soon). I like to write poetry too. I prefer the prose poems though I consider myself to be a novelist and not poet. My favourite authors are: Charles Bukoswki, Henry Miller, Jack Keroauc, Jaime Bayly, Franz Kafka, Guy de Maupassant and Gerard de Nerval.

Well, that's all... :wave:

snape

10-17-2009, 10:13 PM

DanielBenoit

10-17-2009, 10:20 PM

Welcome son of Maryd ;)

snape

10-17-2009, 11:28 PM

Thanks my friend

Heathcliff

10-18-2009, 02:41 AM

Hello everyone.
I'm Snape's sister and Maryd.'s daughter.
I'm 13 and I'm in year 8 Enrichment English, Mathematics and Italian.
My favourite book at the moment is Wuthering Heights, even though it took ages to get through.

Maryd.

10-18-2009, 06:51 AM

Hi my two special children... Be good children on Litnet:smash:

Julkaah

10-18-2009, 12:05 PM

So.. hi ! My name's Juliette, i'm 18. I'm French so I'm already sorry about the mistakes I'm gonna make but I'll try to be careful, promise :blush:
i'm studying literature and philosophy and it's nice to meet people with the same interests !
See you soon on the forum :wave:

Farah786

10-18-2009, 01:21 PM

Hi everyone, :wave: I will be writing more soon, just to say 'hi' all, and look forward to reading your posts.....

AlaskaDan

10-18-2009, 08:18 PM

Hello everyone. I'm challenged on what to say without saying too much and becoming a bore or a braggart.
I was born in Berlin during the Airlift in 1948. I am the son of a German war refugee and a French Army Captian. My mother brought me to the USA after marrying a US Army soldier. Our first day in the USA was the Fourth of July. I still have the plane ticket. Being an Army brat took me all over the USA and Europe and most especially Alaska where I found the poetry of Robert Service. More recently I have lived in So. California, where my children still live. I am now in Oregon. My life has taken me to many interesting places and people. I enjoy writing poetry but I do not tease myself that it is any good, but I still write it.

samantha20

10-20-2009, 11:17 AM

Hi! I registered last year but have always been 'spying' on people's posts and have never really posted anything myself. So I'm new here, I guess. I am a student majoring in bio and love reading books. I wish I can say I love writing, but unfortunately I am a terrible writer and that really keeps me from writing actively. I just keep a journal and never let anyone read it :P
Glad to join this place!

Ian The Poet

10-20-2009, 01:01 PM

Gone Away

OrphanPip

10-20-2009, 01:05 PM

Well introductions are always difficult.

A little about myself, I was born and grew up in Montreal, I attended McGill University and received a degree in microbiology, and I enjoy reading when I have the time ;). So, I hope to enjoy my time here and not be too much of a burden.

piglet

10-22-2009, 03:27 PM

Heya,:wave:
I'm Piglet and I'm 14 nearly 15.
I love to read and I love the Twilight Saga. I'm currently reading a book by Torey Hayden.
My Favourite authors are Stephenie Meyer, Jodi Picoult and Torey Hayden.
I look forward to reading and posting into the forums.
See you around :)

Maraver

10-22-2009, 04:29 PM

Hello everybody.
I love so much some of the English literature that I have decided to participate in this forum, although I'm afraid that I could not contribute very much for English is not my mother tongue.

Read you soon.

RheaReader

10-22-2009, 06:03 PM

Hello all, glad to be a member of a forum again - it's been years since I was a regular poster.

I've always been in love with reading (see my username/4th grade nickname). Growing up in a tiny town in the rural Midwest, books have always been a key factor in my entertainment and imagination. I am on a mission of sorts to read novels acknowledged to be great works of literature, while still enjoying my Nora Roberts collection. I hope to find suggestions on this forum, as my list of great novels from the Modern Library suspiciously contains many books published by the Modern Library and doesn't contain any books written after 1970. :rolleyes:

Later.

Jayme Massacre

10-22-2009, 07:56 PM

Hello..wow i have no idea how to post things such as my poems ha im a dumb kid

estelwen

10-23-2009, 12:43 PM

I enjoyed reading this thread and thought I'd add my bit. Greetings to all; I have been looking for a community like this for a while and was glad to stumble across this site. I'm looking forward to learning from everyone.

As for myself: I have been an avid but highly unorganized reader, home schooled through high school. After a brief foray into university-level piano performance studies, I stepped out of academia for some years, earning a certification in teaching ESL/EFL and working in various music-related positions. Now in my mid-twenties I am beginning to earn a bachelor's degree in English language and literature.

Outside of words I work as a barista and a professional harpist. I am marrying a man soon who is truly above all others. To him I say in Anne Bradstreet's words,

"If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can."

I don't know how much I will be able to post on these boards but I feel privileged to join. Thanks all!

VulpesFulva

10-26-2009, 02:50 PM

Hello, all. I'm 23, graduated this past summer with an English degree (Creative Writing track) and have been slowly spreading myself out all over the interwebz in recent months. You can find me on DeviantArt, blogspot (under thevulpesfulva), and writing.com. There are other sites to which I also belong, but I don't think it's necessary to post my Web history here.
Anyway, I hope to put up some of my stuff, both new and old, onto my blog here.

Happy reading and writing!

alexray

10-26-2009, 06:34 PM

hi, im alexray, im from the united states and im 17. I enjoy reading, but not writing. i found this site doing research on F.Scott Fitzgerald. There is so much interesting stuff here!

Virgil

10-26-2009, 07:22 PM

Hello, my name is Andrew, I am in year six and I am 11 years old. I'm also Maryd's son. I love Michael Jackson, and I also love spiders. I have a bird-eating spider named Stanley who is 2 years old. I love singing and I'm (according to my friends and relativies i am very good.)

Hello everyone.
I'm Snape's sister and Maryd.'s daughter.
I'm 13 and I'm in year 8 Enrichment English, Mathematics and Italian.
My favourite book at the moment is Wuthering Heights, even though it took ages to get through.

How wonderful, a family affair. :) Welcome.

BoSox

10-26-2009, 09:10 PM

Hello everyone!
I guess I'll take a few minutes to introduce myself. I'm a 22 year old married female, and I just moved to Maryland. I found this site after searching around for a decent forum where people discuss literature on all levels, from serious to just giving opinions. I read a few topics and really thought I could add a little to the place. It seems to be a more verbal group, as suppose to Goodreads or Amazon where most conversations are review-based.
I started reading heavily a few years ago when me and my husband packed up with his immediate family and moved to Georgia. I'm originally from Baltimore, and being so close to the city I read a little but there are so many distractions I never thought seriously about books. But once I moved from the city to the country, I found myself with minimal entertainment, a lot of free time, and not enough things to fill my day. Then I discovered literature.
It's been three years since then and I've read a little from every time period and a wide range of authors. I've decided to return to college and pursue my English degree. I'm looking to get an MLS and eventually become a librarian.

Oh, and I love the Boston Redsox. :D

A New Comb

10-26-2009, 09:29 PM

alright, hi.

my username is actually a moniker i thought of for who is arguably my favourite musican, Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
(if you've never heard of them, kindly do yourself a favour and listen. if you have, let's be friends.)

the nickname i (begrudgingly) go by is Mimi; it's disguising an even more undesirable real name.

i can never seem to describe myself in one or two clean sentences, as most seem to be able to, for they are varied, skewed, and more often than not are simply perceived as odd, to some degree. But here, I'll try:
I think in Serbian, speak in English, dream in French, struggle when reading Dostoevsky and Pushkin in Russian, and am learning German with a reckless abandon. I am eternally, inexplicably fascinated and in love with the majestic city of Vienna, rain and monsoons, far too many writers and poets to name, sleeping, the science of dreams, the moon, medicine, psychology, and the stillness and comfortable melancholia that comes with winter.

a_little_wisp

10-26-2009, 10:15 PM

VulpesFulva

10-27-2009, 12:22 AM

Welcome, you. :lol: You're gonna love this place. Maybe I'll get to read some stuff you haven't posted on the other forums yet! Yay!

One can only hope. :D

Themis

10-27-2009, 04:32 AM

I am eternally, inexplicably fascinated and in love with the majestic city of Vienna, ...

*sighs* Ohhh! :)

A New Comb

10-27-2009, 11:07 PM

*sighs* Ohhh! :)

Oh, don't tell me you live im Wien... oder Österreich..

Skwurll

10-28-2009, 06:56 PM

This is my first post...

Enjoy.

ussi

10-28-2009, 09:40 PM

haiyo all!

I'm 18, live in Indonesia. Crazy about Jane Austen and blogging. Majoring Literature (3rd semester). This site is really help me working out my assignment. Thanks! I love to join the forum, but my English isn't really good :p

Dazed Bookie

10-28-2009, 11:30 PM

What a great website! I read to the point of exhaustion, and prop my eyes open to keep going. The forums here are very interesting.

salwamornie

10-29-2009, 03:23 PM

Hi everyone,

It's very exciting to be in this discussion forum. I hope to be able to meet (online) like-minded, passionate readers who enjoy everything from Shakespeare to Stephenie Meyer. :nod::nod:

Kind regards.

Father

10-30-2009, 12:17 AM

Hello,
just signed up and this is my first post.
I "attempt" to write poetry and love to read it more and gladly review/comment on others work, however be warned I am not a professional, in fact I am self taught for all the good that's done me. :(

Hope to read many fine works here, and thank you for this place of literate refuge!

Noor Sandhu

10-30-2009, 06:01 AM

Hi
I am Noor Sandhu. I am from India. I am a student of Masters in English and also Coordinating the Performing Arts Department of my school where I am also teaching English.
Ayn rand is my favourite author. I have just finished Waiting for Godot and Dr Faustus.

753c

10-30-2009, 05:23 PM

Hello All,
I am excited to join this forum. I love contemporary literature, and books with literary merit from all genres. Some of my favorites are Richard Ford, Graham Greene, and Cormac McCarthy.

jokerface77

10-30-2009, 05:52 PM

Hello everyone,

I am a communtiy college student about to transfer to USC next fall, majoring in English. This is a great website and I look forward to learning as much as I can from all of you.

Thank you.

Vanished

10-30-2009, 11:35 PM

Good evening, at least it after midnight where I live. What can I say about myself that would be profound? I guess the truth is always the best option. I am married, I have two children (one who teaches literature to high school students) the other who works at a hospital. My husband and I live in a zoo, no that is not a joke it is a fact. We run a small non profit zoo and somehow my life was brought here to live among the animals. It has enriched me, most likely is responsible for my children being who they are as they were brought up living in a zoo, and is a passion for which I have never grown weary.

Reading the previous posts I have to say I am dismayed at the lack of passion for literature as a university course or career. I love books, any books of any kind. I am a voracious reader and writer and believe that the written word is more powerful than any other art form. It brings our imaginations to life, we form pictures in our minds and travel on a journey with each turn of the page. Without literature both past and future we would be less than we are. Yes, I have a Masters in Science and I am a primatologist but for me the written word can change the world. For the work I do with endangered and exotic species the written word could possibly save a species from extinction. For it is the written word that gives me knowledge, that gives me the opportunity to share my knowledge, but more importantly to share my passion for those animals that struggle to survive. To create awareness of their stories and hope that their stories will not be heard as a history lesson but as a lesson that changed their fate. Okay, I guess I have done more than introduce myself, but you did ask for it :-)