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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?
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.
: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.
Hi everyone, I'm Ana from Brazil. :)
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
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
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!
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by muhsin
xoxo
Hello all newbies :wave:
Just dive in and join in any of the discussions cgoing on in the rest f the forums :D
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! ;)
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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.
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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
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 .
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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~
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. :)
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.
Hello there.
My name is Alex, and I am a literaholic.
Ha...
Anyway, I enjoy writing, reading, and talking utter bollocks.
Good day!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by CHEKHOV
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.
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.
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by colette3652
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.
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. :)
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.........:)
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 !
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.
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,Quote:
Originally Posted by Neilius
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.
Hi Dave,Quote:
Originally Posted by MN Dave
What do you like to read at the moment?
Hi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veho
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.
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:
Welcome Teo. Hope you enjoy lit net. :)
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
Hi!! I'm just taking my first stumbling steps around the literary zone, don't mind me... ;-)
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! :)
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 :)
Hello :wave: all newbies!
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.
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. :)