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Hi! My name is Luiz. I'm a philosophy undergraduate here in Rio, Brazil. I've always loved books - math, philosophy, history books as well as novels, poetry books, etc. I'm a fan specially of (good-written) fantasy books, and Tolkien is my favorite author. :D
"The oblong gilt frame disposed its enclosing lines; the poplars and willows, the reeds and river - a river of which he didn't know, and didn't want to know, the name - fell into a composition, full of felicity, within them,; the sky was silver and turquoise and varnish; the village on the left was white and the church on the right was grey; it was all there, in short - it was what he wanted" James, The Ambassadors
sometimes even the most tiresome reads lead to exceptional passages
Hello, I am a lit major in the University of Helsinki; live there also. I speak English, Swedish and Finnish most fluently and more or less understand written German, French, Spanish and Italian as well as the variations of Swedish in the likes of Norwegian and Danish.
Looking forward to discussing some topics literary.
Favourite authors (just to mention a few to intro myself) might include Bukowski, Camus, Genet, Celine and such with a twist of philosophical stuff like Nietzsche and Heidegger as well as the kings Joyce, Grass, Perec, Mann. You'll get the idea.
Glad to have found this site.
I am new to creative writing, but I was a scientific writer/programmer. I liked writing code because it was very functional. Now I like creative writing because I think of it as a function to develop emotion, inspire thought and evoke questions from readers.
I try to follow the standard writing devices I remember from school. I plan on providing lots of sample work or just stories from newspapers or currents I think would be better with exposition or more detail.
My name is Chad Bloom and I am a high school senior and I am set to graduate in a less than a month. I stumbled across this forum while working on my senior paper for my English class. I liked some of the things said on here and there were a few things on here that made me laugh. I will post quite a bit of a response on things I read and on things I have different opinions about...
Hi! I am just a fellow doing my oddjobs here and there. have come accross here as i was looking up some poetry. i do some work like that myself but it is rather neanderthal, still has to evolve a lot. nice to be arround in such places
Hi just testing
Hulo. I'm new. I'm tryin' to learn a little bit about Literature.
Hi everyone! I'm new to this page, I'm thrity and am finishing and undergraduate course of languages/education while I work as a teacher. I love reading and always have, and discussing books (when done voluntarily!) does enhance the reading experience for me. Pluss, hearing other people talk about books they really like is inspiring...
On my bedside table right now I have the Pullman-trilogy His Dark Matter, but I'm wanting to re-read The Canterbury Tales afterwards - I once read them on a vacacion years ago.
Hello!
Sweet, Hi Everybody! I am a Middle School Student, new to the writing world.... Adivice would be great... I'm afraid I need all the help I can get! Thanks,
Hello everone.
This is Pruthvi Krishna Meka. but if its a bit hard to pronounce then i go by Krishi. I say its hard because a lot of my friends got tripped by my name too. Any thats me... i really like to read a lot of books. i cant much time nowadays as my studies dont permit me a lot of free time. But the divinity in reading has been alluring me for sometime now. so, i decided to flex my timetable to read. you know, the best way to relax is to do what you like most. so, here i am. i am really glad to see a forum for books. its really awesome.
and about me i personally like most of the history lits speial quotes to horodotus.. and i really like the harry potter series. and since i am into the sciences, i like robin cook novels. well thats about me litwise.
and i hope i fit into the community soon.:-D
Hello.I,m from the Netherlands so excuse for the errors in English not beeing a native speaker.
I,m a retired Academy Professor ( History and also Communication ).
I,m following courses ( no lecture duty anymore :) ) in Art History and researching myself.
My life long interest is culture in its widest sence.
I was always interested in the link between Litterature Art and Music.
A kind of totalerlebniss ( free after Wagner )
For instance Arthurian material or other courtly romances the text and the translation in art and music.( ..... , Tennyson, 19 century paintings of the lady of shalott till the song by Laureena Mc.Kennith album: the Visit )
Or the Chanson the Roland ....Orlando Furioso .... till even today in Sicilian folkart
Or the translation of Greek Mythology in Renaissance and Baroque Art( Ovidius and other sources were important as around 1500 printable translations appeared not anymore the Ovide Moralise but the litteral :) translations )
Of course there was the work of Dante Christine the Pisan Chaucer and many others Ovidius was not unknown in the Middle ages .
So in searching for Art i discovered this site with a special section for Art .
So i hope it will be a fruigal contact with this Forum.
turanclancath
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Greetings.
I'm AJ. I'm a great lover of books, particularly of the fantasy genre, although I seldom have as much time to read as I would like. I'm also an aspiring author (of fantasy, surprise! surprise!) and my first book is nearing the final stages of editing to be published this summer. That's the plan, anyway.
Even though I'm a slow reader and haven't much time, I do enjoying discussing books which is a rarity where I live. Seems my husband and I are the only two people who read around here. So it's to find a place such as this. I look forward to many interesting conversations :)