by Jules Verne
Jules Verne's science fiction is from a time when "scientist" means "person who knows the scientific name of thousands and thousands of fishes."
Saturday, June 28, 2008
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Quartet: Four Masterpieces of Great Fiction
by W. Somerset Maugham
A cheesy package (tired of reading masterpieces of regular fiction?) for some interesting stories. I read exactly enough of R.C. Sherriff's screenplays to know that they were terrible. Namely, the final scenes, in which Maugham's secret intention for all the endings to be happy was finally realized.
A cheesy package (tired of reading masterpieces of regular fiction?) for some interesting stories. I read exactly enough of R.C. Sherriff's screenplays to know that they were terrible. Namely, the final scenes, in which Maugham's secret intention for all the endings to be happy was finally realized.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
So many proverbs! Imagine how awesome it would be if you talked like that. Also, colonialism WTF.
So many proverbs! Imagine how awesome it would be if you talked like that. Also, colonialism WTF.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Super cool. Try to find the translation I have: It is translated very directly from the original, which makes every sentence sound upside-down and backwards.
Super cool. Try to find the translation I have: It is translated very directly from the original, which makes every sentence sound upside-down and backwards.
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