What are you currently reading?

[Florestan]

No, this version is abridged too. But hopefully I'll enjoy it.

You're in for a threat. He was a man after your own's heart... 

[NikF4]

You're in for a threat. He was a man after your own's heart... 

Ah, my reputation precedes me. Oh well, too late to worry about that. 

[Draško]

No, this version is abridged too. But hopefully I'll enjoy it.

I think abridged/highlights version is the way to go.

Some time ago I picked up one random volume of the full version (4th one, out of 5 iirc) and it was a bit of a slog to get through, gets quite repetitive: he travels to somewhere, and great man that he is they greet him with open arms, he seduces woman or two, then he gets into trouble (usually business or gambling related) through no fault of his own (he's never at any fault), some evil men on account of that trouble want to kill/imprison/rob him, and he has to run ... and then he arrives in another place and rinse & repeat. Maybe that is down to that particular volume and the earlier ones are more varied, but I anyway decided against reading the whole thing and to maybe go for abridged version in some indefinite future. Also his extremely high opinion of himself gets somewhat tiresome across that many pages.

[NikF4]

I think abridged/highlights version is the way to go.

Some time ago I picked up one random volume of the full version (4th one, out of 5 iirc) and it was a bit of a slog to get through, gets quite repetitive: he travels to somewhere, and great man that he is they greet him with open arms, he seduces woman or two, then he gets into trouble (usually business or gambling related) through no fault of his own (he's never at any fault), some evil men on account of that trouble want to kill/imprison/rob him, and he has to run ... and then he arrives in another place and rinse & repeat. Maybe that is down to that particular volume and the earlier ones are more varied, but I anyway decided against reading the whole thing and to maybe go for abridged version in some indefinite future. Also his extremely high opinion of himself gets somewhat tiresome across that many pages.

I'll continue on with the read tonight (friday night spent at home reading a book  ) and see how I get on with it.

[SimonNZ]

Started:

[Florestan]

I am anti-Israel as I would have been anti-Nazi.

Israel is not perfect --- there's no such thing as a perfect country, anyway --- but comparing it with Nazi Germany is either insane or trollish. Don't bother to reply, I'm done with you right now for ever.

[Ken B]

I am anti-Israel as I would have been anti-Nazi.

Well, I believe half of that.

[LKB]

You're in for a threat. He was a man after your own's heart... 

< Imagines a Casanova Zombie staggering about, intent upon ripping Nik's beating heart from his body for a quick snack. >

Run Nik, run!

,

LKB

[Florestan]

< Imagines a Casanova Zombie staggering about, intent upon ripping Nik's beating heart from his body for a quick snack. >

Run Nik, run!

,

LKB

Drat! It's the second time I made this typo. Coincidentally, it worked in both cases.

[SonicMan46]

Well, some more books in various stages of being read - some on my iPad and others as hardbacks - still love the feel of a physical book!   Dave

Rush - Benjamin Rush (2018) by Stephen Fried - done & an excellent read; one of the 'founding fathers', signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a famous physician of Philadelphia.

The War Before the War (2018) by Andrew Delbanco - historical account of slavery in America, especially in the antebellum era of the early 1800s - extremely well researched w/ plenty of details - about a third of the way done.

The Plot to Destroy Democracy (2018) by Malcolm Nance - the cover tells it all - half way done and the facts are astounding - cannot see Trump getting 'off the hook' if this ends as I expect?

Wireless Networking (2017) by Gordon Colbach - done - always trying to maintain my knowledge about this topic since I'm the home IT guy and I have an aging Apple Extreme router that may need replacement soon?

The Great War in America (2018) by Garrett Peck - not started yet but about the aftermath of WW I in the USA - should be good!

Heirs of the Founders (2018) by H.W. Brands - not started yet (last 2 from the History Book Club - just arrived) - basically, the followers of the 'Founding Fathers' - US politics in the first part of the 19th century w/ Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, & Daniel Webster.


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[Jaakko Keskinen]

Slowly continuing with Ulysses. Much outrageously funny and insightful lines but at the same time all those chaotic lines which at first glance seem to have no thematic unity contribute to slow progress.

[lisa needs braces]

On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers (1956).

More therapy via audible. Jordan Peterson spoke highly of this psychologist.

[Florestan]

The Cats' Bridge

Halfway through this highly recommended, page turner love story set in Oriental Prussia in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.

[JBS]

The Cats' Bridge

Halfway through this highly recommended, page turner love story set in Oriental Prussia in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.

"Oriental" Prussia?  Are you implying that Kant's inscrutable writing style was due to the fact that he was from China?


TD


An epic poem, written in sort of modern English (some middle English vocabulary creeps in) adaptation of the alliterative poetry of the Anglo Saxons, but abandoned after several cantos.  Based on what is here, rather a  shame.  But one needs to lament that  in moderation, since what Tolkien abandoned it for was the start of the Middle Earth mythos.

[Florestan]

"Oriental" Prussia?  Are you implying that Kant's inscrutable writing style was due to the fact that he was from China?

I should have wriiten East Prussia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Prussia  Oriental Prussia is the Romanian name of the region.

Anyway, if you find Kant inscrutable I wonder what you call Hegel. 

FWIW, I prefer Schopenhauer to both of them; he's far more realistic and his prose is a sheer delight (read it in translation only but the tranlations were made by professional philosophers and writers and they all praised the high literary qualities of his writings).

[Mandryka]

Disturbing, imaginative. Unputdownable.

[Florestan]

Unputdownable.

Please, give us your musical equivalents to this. The first five coming to your mind will do.

[NikF4]

I haven't read this before -

[Ken B]

I haven't read this before -

That's on my kindle. I loaded it up last month, after 30 years on the to be read list. I am keen to hear your reaction.

[NikF4]

That's on my kindle. I loaded it up last month, after 30 years on the to be read list. I am keen to hear your reaction.

I'll do that, yes. I'm looking forward to starting it and when finished I'll certainly post any thoughts I might have.