The Tempest
Interesting in how it anticipates aspects of colonialism in the New World and also illustrates ideas around male vs. female magic, but not especially interesting story-wise.
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Ach, ich lese ein Mathebuch. Wie aufregend. Zahlen tanzen vor meinen Augen wie betrunkene Oktoberfest-Besucher. Warum? Weil das Leben nicht schon kompliziert genug ist, natürlich. So geht's.
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"Our truest selves exist within the observational incongruencies among general first impressions and further analyses of the finer details."
- from my Ph.D. thesis in psychobabble
"Our truest selves exist within the observational incongruencies among general first impressions and further analyses of the finer details."
- from my Ph.D. thesis in psychobabble
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The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald
I liked it, especially the last page. </3
There is however something... dutiful? About his style. I enjoy it but I can't shake the sense he is being a good student.
Great Expectations, Dickens
Dickens is amazing.
Resumed Moby Dick so I'm on the homestretch with that now. Had to put it down half-way last time. Yeah, basically reading the classics. Thought I might catch up on what all the normal people were reading while I was reading Trotsky & Co.
I liked it, especially the last page. </3
There is however something... dutiful? About his style. I enjoy it but I can't shake the sense he is being a good student.
Great Expectations, Dickens
Dickens is amazing.
Resumed Moby Dick so I'm on the homestretch with that now. Had to put it down half-way last time. Yeah, basically reading the classics. Thought I might catch up on what all the normal people were reading while I was reading Trotsky & Co.
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Bleak House, Dickens
It's not hilarious like Great Expectations but I'm interested so far.
It's not hilarious like Great Expectations but I'm interested so far.
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I'm 250 pages in (1/3 of the book in this edition) and starting to realize I won't reencounter the pace from Great Expectations. This novel has something the other doesn't, though - a profound illustration of pre-Victorian society. I will probably keep reading Dickens after this.
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On Mental Toughness. HBR
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Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
The protagonist is a Nazi war criminal (he worked for Goebbels and famous for his blistering antisemitic radio broadcasts) on trial in Israel in the early 60s. The twist? He was working for the Americans the entire time. Being Vonnegut, the retelling takes many curious turns and involves many curious characters. On the way he has a lot to say about the nature of normal people being evil.
Though written sixty years ago, it feels more relevant than any time in many decades. Excellent.
The protagonist is a Nazi war criminal (he worked for Goebbels and famous for his blistering antisemitic radio broadcasts) on trial in Israel in the early 60s. The twist? He was working for the Americans the entire time. Being Vonnegut, the retelling takes many curious turns and involves many curious characters. On the way he has a lot to say about the nature of normal people being evil.
Though written sixty years ago, it feels more relevant than any time in many decades. Excellent.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
I'd have read it earlier if they had told me it had civil war in it. And boy was that a relief, because without the war it's just a book about small town crazies, prostitutes and incest.
If you want one book to understand Latin America, this would be the one.
It's also a Netflix series now, though I'm saving that for later. Only half-way through the book.
I'd have read it earlier if they had told me it had civil war in it. And boy was that a relief, because without the war it's just a book about small town crazies, prostitutes and incest.
If you want one book to understand Latin America, this would be the one.
It's also a Netflix series now, though I'm saving that for later. Only half-way through the book.
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I loved One Hundred Years of Solitude so much, I read two more (short) novels by Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold and No One Writes to the Colonel. I really liked the latter.
I'll be reading a few others I'm curious about but I'm pausing to read The Absent City by Ricardo Piglia, a dystopian detective novel set in Buenos Aires.
I'll be reading a few others I'm curious about but I'm pausing to read The Absent City by Ricardo Piglia, a dystopian detective novel set in Buenos Aires.