What are you reading?
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"Idylls of the King" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. One of the more recognisable entries into the King Arthur mythos. It's definitely worth a read if you're into knights and chivalry and all that. :thumbsup:
Time to make some research notes! :thumbsup:
For leisure reading:
For mythology refresher purposes:
^ The main one I'm relying on, but I have...
-Mythology by Edith Hamilton
-Classical Mythology (Seventh Edition) by Morford and Lenardon
-The Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterrell
...in reserve for cross-referencing.
For mythology refresher purposes:
^ The main one I'm relying on, but I have...
-Mythology by Edith Hamilton
-Classical Mythology (Seventh Edition) by Morford and Lenardon
-The Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterrell
...in reserve for cross-referencing.
I have read some fanfics on archive of our own for american gods. I wanted to know how people used bilquis and if there are any good dr who/american gods fics. I also wanted to see if anyone else came up with my 12th doctor/bilquis ship (im in the clear).
i also read the first two chapters, its a good read. I wanna work on an outline before i read the rest.
i also read the first two chapters, its a good read. I wanna work on an outline before i read the rest.
The concept behind the story is pretty cool. I like it enough to buy the sequels later on.
"One Thousand and One Nights" a retelling by Hanan Al-Shaykh.
Ever since Aladdin was my first Disney film, I've had a fascination with Arabic folk tales. However, this book is sadly not a new translation but a retelling in which the author handpicked a few of the original tales and put in a few of her own in. Not only that, but the framing device of Scheherazade gradually gets forgotten about until she kinda goes AWOL despite being crucial to the story. All in all, definitely not a good place to start with if you're wanting to read the "One Thousand and One Nights" stories and only sorta passable if you're interested in an alternate take on it.
Ever since Aladdin was my first Disney film, I've had a fascination with Arabic folk tales. However, this book is sadly not a new translation but a retelling in which the author handpicked a few of the original tales and put in a few of her own in. Not only that, but the framing device of Scheherazade gradually gets forgotten about until she kinda goes AWOL despite being crucial to the story. All in all, definitely not a good place to start with if you're wanting to read the "One Thousand and One Nights" stories and only sorta passable if you're interested in an alternate take on it.
Tearing through the graphic novel adaptation of the TRUE White Wolf of the fantasy genre (and not his Polish rip-off), and the protagonist of the only Western equivalent of the coveted Berserk:
Elric of Melnibone.
Elric of Melnibone.
"Et tu, Brute?"
Continuing on with my reading backlog of Classics. This time it's Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". Despite the title, Caesar actually dies a little before halfway into the play. Yet it's his spirit, his mad passion that lives on in the heart of his people that drives the majority of the plot. The famous line above refers to Caesar staring into the eyes of his best friend Brutus, who has backstabbed him (literally and metaphorically) and in that moment Brutus realises that he had become the demon he was trying to stop. The irony is rammed home by the cheering crowd: "Let's make [Brutus] the new Caesar!"
Moral of the story kids, political assassination rarely works...either that or wear a knife proof shirt at all times. :tongue:
Continuing on with my reading backlog of Classics. This time it's Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". Despite the title, Caesar actually dies a little before halfway into the play. Yet it's his spirit, his mad passion that lives on in the heart of his people that drives the majority of the plot. The famous line above refers to Caesar staring into the eyes of his best friend Brutus, who has backstabbed him (literally and metaphorically) and in that moment Brutus realises that he had become the demon he was trying to stop. The irony is rammed home by the cheering crowd: "Let's make [Brutus] the new Caesar!"
Moral of the story kids, political assassination rarely works...either that or wear a knife proof shirt at all times. :tongue:
Just got finished reading:
I need the rest of this series in the worst way.
I need the rest of this series in the worst way.
After reading Pascoe's Ghost, which for some reason only had two stories, even though articles on net say it should have seven, and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by Lovecraft, I finally decided to start reading that Sherlock Holmes I got recently. Alas, I got myself fully set up for a good old-fashioned murder mystery, but it turns out this is a crossover with Time Machine by H.G. Wells, making it science fiction and I kinda lost interest for now. Don't get me wrong, I love science fiction, but it was kinda disappointing to figure out the killer before the detective even got the case, so I'm putting this on hold.
I read a fan fiction, does that count?
(Sees that everyone is reading neat books.)
I am not worthy!
(Sees that everyone is reading neat books.)
I am not worthy!
I read a fan fiction, does that count?
(Sees that everyone is reading neat books.)
I am not worthy!
Fanfictions count. ^^ Literature is literature.
Currently reading Song of the Piper on Wattpad.
Not gonna lie, I didn't see that plot twist with Mara Jade coming. That was REALLY damn cool, I definitely can't wait to see where it goes.
@WolfOD64 I can't even remember the official title for it, but the Thrawn Trilogy is definitely one of my favourite sets from the Star Wars novels. (That, and the X-Wing series).
Currently reading:
I don't know if it was outright intended to be a parody of HP, or of magic boarding school-type stories in general (J.K. Rowling kind of set the bar, but that doesn't mean other people can't write about them; I mean, I don't see anyone bitching about how a lot of Epic Fantasy draws from J.R.R. Tolkien's work), but it's been a pretty entertaining read so far. Simple, maybe even just entertaining on a surface level--but I'm enjoying it, nonetheless.
It does drag a bit, though.
Currently reading:
I don't know if it was outright intended to be a parody of HP, or of magic boarding school-type stories in general (J.K. Rowling kind of set the bar, but that doesn't mean other people can't write about them; I mean, I don't see anyone bitching about how a lot of Epic Fantasy draws from J.R.R. Tolkien's work), but it's been a pretty entertaining read so far. Simple, maybe even just entertaining on a surface level--but I'm enjoying it, nonetheless.
It does drag a bit, though.
Seven Killers. It's a really good Wuxia novel written back in 1973. That was also the time the kung fu movie craze was going on, but it seems to me many of the novels are much better than their movie counterparts. Maybe because there's an extra layer of imaginative mystique in the books.
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. Also chipping away at finally finishing the Dark Tower saga which I really, really like. Enough that I am very skeptical of the film being even half way decent. I think giving it a TV series would have been a better vehicle.