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September 23rd, 2018, 06:45 PM | #2461 | |
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Hate that book with a vengeance.
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September 23rd, 2018, 11:14 PM | #2462 | |
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Like many books that have a flare of popularity, part of the book's significance was its time and place. It was a time when publishing a book with the word "fuck" in it could get a writer prosecuted in much of the United States. "The Great Gatsby" had a similar history. I read it 12 or 13 times before I understood its greatness. I agree that "Catcher" has little of the literary quality of "Gatsby". |
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My Religion (1884-1885) by Leon Tolstoy
My Religion (1884-1885) by Leon Tolstoy
An interesting book written by one of the most famous anarchists ever: Leon Tolstoy. Leon Tolstoy who claimed to be nihilist during a long part of his life, slowly became Christian. But he was disgusted by the interpretation of the Jesus Christ's sermons made by Christian churches, that manipulated people thanks to unfair dogmas. Quote:
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In the last Chapter (the twelfth) Tolstoi demonstrates that if humanity consciously follows this sentence "Resist not evil" with no fear, as it was followed by the first Christian martyrs, the domination through the State instaured by of the greedy, brutal and lazy people will disappear by itself, because evil people will have no possibility anymore to exploit the good ones. You can read it in English following this link here |
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September 24th, 2018, 11:27 AM | #2464 |
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Re-reading The Tomb. The first in the Repairman Jack series by F Paul Wilson. I forgot I had all those books and a vote of thanks to Fatrat1 who mentioned him in the Bakers Dozen thread and thus reminded me I had 'em.
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September 25th, 2018, 12:02 PM | #2465 |
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started to read the Final Book of the 4 , of the Lesbian Journal series that I bought last month - and here it is , so far , not too bad …
Oh and just to add a final insult to my crappy week - when I went to change a lightbulb in a spare bedroom , the plastic bayonet attachment decided to break , so now I have no light and can't read it in there … oh joy of life ( as ever , posted for Brecht ) |
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I'm reading The Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, on book 3 now and it's become a bit of a slog. I'm committed to finishing but find myself looking forward to it being done so I can get on to something else.
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September 27th, 2018, 08:45 AM | #2467 |
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September 27th, 2018, 02:18 PM | #2468 |
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Re-reading "Earth Abides", an old classic by George R. Stewart.
https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Abides-.../dp/0345487133 Great post-apocalyptic literature. xyzde69 would probably enjoy living in the world of this novel.
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October 3rd, 2018, 08:33 PM | #2470 |
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Hell's Prisoner - Christopher V.V. Parnell (2003)
True story of Australian Chris Parnell, who was wrongly accused of drug trafficking in 1985 and found himself catapulted into the maelstrom of madness and degradation that only exists within Indonesian jails. Surrounded by murderers and sadistic, violent criminals, he soon learned that life can be as cheap as a bowl of rice or a cigarette. This is an incredible tale of fatalism and bureaucracy, of corruption and the horrors of prison, but most of all it is a no-holds-barred account of what the human spirit can endure. It almost makes Midnight Express feel like a walk in the park. On the same level of intensity as Henri Charrière's Papillon. Highly recommended
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