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pwhodges:
I am reading Nisioin's "monogatari" series (Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, etc) as they come out in English translation. I read Kabukimonogatari while on holiday, and Amazon tells me it will deliver Hanamonogatari around next weekend.
Theta9:
Finished the "Corwin" arc of the Amber series; taking a break before diving back into Merlin's story.
In the meantime, Harlan Ellison's recent passing reminded me that I got his book "The City on the Edge of Forever" a while ago on iBooks when it was on special.
Finished the first half, a protracted rant against Roddenberry and everyone else who slandered Ellison's character and ability, and eviscerated his script. Now at the actual meat, I've read the two plot treatments and am finally into the first draft of the script itself.
LeeC:
Just finished "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris. It covers Theodore Roosevelt's life from birth to the moment he became president. I cannot remember the last biography I've read but this was truly amazing. Theodore Roosevelt is perhaps the most interesting historical figure I have ever read. It seems almost fantasy to see him born as a sickly little boy with super asthma and nervous diarrhea only to grow up and become a literal cowboy while also writing 13 books, fathering 6 children, being an active politician and even fighting in a war (he was 38)! His boundless energy and will power along with his keen intellect is near superhuman. Its almost unbelievable! He put together his own museum of natural history when he was 8 years old. He tracked down boat thieves from his ranch pursuing them down an icy river, got in a fist fight with an armed cowboy that was shooting up the saloon, stalked the streets of New York City at night as Police Commissioner to catch cops sleeping on the job, lead a couple of battle charges in a war, modernized the navy, ran the state of New York. Just wow. His resume is staggering that its no wonder he became president. His oration and charisma alone could have done the job but he had the experience, intelligence, and the grit to do it.
There's just so much more I want to say but the words escape me. You just really need to check it out.
It was a bully of a read and I am delighted to recommend it. :-D
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 04 Jul 2018, 11:44 ---Just finished "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris. It covers Theodore Roosevelt's life from birth to the moment he became president. I cannot remember the last biography I've read but this was truly amazing. Theodore Roosevelt is perhaps the most interesting historical figure I have ever read. It seems almost fantasy to see him born as a sickly little boy with super asthma and nervous diarrhea only to grow up and become a literal cowboy while also writing 13 books, fathering 6 children, being an active politician and even fighting in a war (he was 38)! His boundless energy and will power along with his keen intellect is near superhuman. Its almost unbelievable! He put together his own museum of natural history when he was 8 years old. He tracked down boat thieves from his ranch pursuing them down an icy river, got in a fist fight with an armed cowboy that was shooting up the saloon, stalked the streets of New York City at night as Police Commissioner to catch cops sleeping on the job, lead a couple of battle charges in a war, modernized the navy, ran the state of New York. Just wow. His resume is staggering that its no wonder he became president. His oration and charisma alone could have done the job but he had the experience, intelligence, and the grit to do it.
There's just so much more I want to say but the words escape me. You just really need to check it out.
It was a bully of a read and I am delighted to recommend it. :-D
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I'm just over halfway through the second volume, Theodore Rex, and it's not quite as good, but is still fantastic. The way I described the first one, possibly even in this very thread, was that it reads like a novel, but it's about a real person. TR was so extraordinary a person that his life's exploits seem fictional.
LeeC:
Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin to see what all the hubbub is about. I never imagined I would be swept up in such a story, but I am glad I was. Jane Austin wrote wonderfully and kept it at a nice pace. Its a nice drama about 5 sisters and their mother's mission to see them married before their father dies and they lose everything to his cousin. Not that the Father is on his deathbed or anything, he's in good health. Wonderful characters, witty verbal sparring, middle class intrigue, and a decent love story. Elizabeth was an interesting character and her observations and changes in feelings toward some of the characters felt natural and never forced. After the first 10 chapters I thought I knew what was going to happen, only for a cast of new characters to show up and constantly wreck everything and change the scenario. I don't know why, but I kept imagining Elizabeth's father as Stephen Fry. His sarcastic humor, especially toward his silly wife, was always a welcome sight. I honestly felt nothing for Jane and really didn't care much about the courting of Mr. Bingley. I detested Lady Catherine, Lydia, Kitty, Wickham, Caroline Bingley, Mrs. Bennet, and Mr. Colins, but I think the author didn't have much regard for them either. I kind of feel like many girls today try to be a Lydia as oppose to a Jane or Elizabeth, only to end up a Mrs. Bennet. That just be in my experience though, and I don't read too much into it. Just a fleeting thought.
Worth a look if you haven't. Time to go back to my original post and cross that off the list.
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