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Posted September 21, 2019
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angine: ...
Good idea! I think I should find a few weeks to do exactly the same.
Have a nice reading!
Posted September 23, 2019
In celebrating the autumnal equinox I took the endeavor to begin my journey to Mercury of E.R.Eddison's "The Worm Ouroboros".
Post edited September 23, 2019 by Dunatarh
Posted September 23, 2019
Time of Contempt. The second Witcher book in the series.
Posted September 23, 2019
Wincton Grum Black heart.
Posted September 23, 2019
Old issues of "Pixel Magazine".
Yep. Now I can see. I don't need a new hardware. Retro gaming is my love.
Posted September 24, 2019
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.
Posted September 24, 2019
Stupid replies made by certain Idiots on a forum!
Post edited September 24, 2019 by fr33kSh0w2012
Posted September 24, 2019
The Shining by Stephen King

I'm about 260 pages in... I'm trying to read The Shining and Doctor Sleep
before I go see the upcoming Doctor Sleep movie.
Post edited September 24, 2019 by PhilD
Posted September 27, 2019
Dream of the Red Chamber. This is a translation of a translation that leaves out some characters and side plots.
Posted September 30, 2019
Right now, mostly assigned readings for school. As for my free time it is Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss, which I just started, and this relates to one of my classes that I am taking this quarter.
Post edited September 30, 2019 by CrazyProfessor2
Posted September 30, 2019
I'm generally a literature snob, but my guilty pleasure is Stephen King. Just finished The Institute, and I think it's up there with his best.
Posted September 30, 2019
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wasp08: I'm generally a literature snob, but my guilty pleasure is Stephen King. Just finished The Institute, and I think it's up there with his best.
I was an English major and I'm getting tired of people referring to King as a "guilty pleasure". Yeah, he's put out some crap, but EVERY WRITER HAS. Being successful and appealing to a mass audience doesn't make your work any less legitimate (which is an obscenely subjective term onto it's own). Verne, Dickens, and Twain (just to name a few) were wildly successful and adored by the masses while they were alive and working, but no one refers to them as a "guilty pleasure". Mr King is a great writer, and he deserves to be recognized as such.

SO READ ON, and don't feel bad about it. :D
Posted September 30, 2019
World War Z.
Posted September 30, 2019
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muttly13: World War Z.
GREAT BOOK!
Posted September 30, 2019
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wasp08: I'm generally a literature snob, but my guilty pleasure is Stephen King. Just finished The Institute, and I think it's up there with his best.
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tinyE: I was an English major and I'm getting tired of people referring to King as a "guilty pleasure". Yeah, he's put out some crap, but EVERY WRITER HAS. Being successful and appealing to a mass audience doesn't make your work any less legitimate (which is an obscenely subjective term onto it's own). Verne, Dickens, and Twain (just to name a few) were wildly successful and adored by the masses while they were alive and working, but no one refers to them as a "guilty pleasure". Mr King is a great writer, and he deserves to be recognized as such.

SO READ ON, and don't feel bad about it. :D
I have a First Class BA in English language/Lit and an MA with Distinction in Creative Writing. This means that I can't help but see King as a guilty pleasure. He isn't a particularly good prose stylist, and his work doesn't offer the level of sophistication that I have been taught to value. But he is an exceptional natural storyteller. The elements that make him special are almost impossible to teach. Part of it is a natural empathy for his characters. The good thing is that academics are now beginning to recognise this, and to accept that there's something beyond technical and theoretical excellence.

But, you know, what's wrong with having a guilty pleasure anyway? I love masturbation.
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