What to read next?

[arctictom]

Can't go wrong with Dostoevsky.

Well... so long as you don't have any inclination to depression or suicidal tendencies...

Yup and Hemingway, and Steinbeck are not uppers either.

[308Mike]

Can't go wrong with Dostoevsky.

Well... so long as you don't have any inclination to depression or suicidal tendencies...

Yup and Hemingway, and Steinbeck are not uppers either.

OMG, I recently read "Cannery Row", and couldn't believe ALL THAT writing was about a stupid B-DAY PARTY!!! UNFRIGGINBELIEVABLE!!!!

My wife found the book in something she pulled out of storage, and since I'd heard so much about it, decided to read it - WHAT A MISTAKE!!! I even had a hard time trying to finish it, it was so bad - and yet so many people RAVE about it!!! UNREAL!!!

I'd like those hours of my life back, if you please!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!

THAT was laughably BAD!! TERRIBLE!!

Yes, if that's ALL I had to read, it would make me want to kill myself!!

I think I'll go pop in a DVD of Jonny Quest now!!

[308Mike]

You might note, the criticalists have dominated much of "serious culture" in the u.s., Britain, France, and Germany since the 1930s, and have been very successful in weakening western culture, and promoting socialism.

That they have been.

[MarkD]

I think I'll just leave this here:

Correia on the Classics

[Vonz90]

Well, the first one I read was Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume V, (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa). It is a collection of historical essays by different historians covering different topics during the timeframe. It is interesting, but a bit uneven. It has a very British tilt, which has some good and bad to it. Also, some of the essays were quite long on flowery language and rather short on details or analysis. All in all, a decent read and I did get some new information/insight on a few topics I was not familiar with in more than an outline form. For free, it was worth the time invested.

I’m currently reading Frederich von Schiller’s History of the Thirty Years War. I’m about finished with volume 1 (out of 5) and so far it is quite interesting. It is very narrative in nature (as was the older style of history) so it is a little light on in depth analysis. But it seems to be rather even handed and (at least so far) quite worth the time.

[MiddleAgedKen]

Can't go wrong with Dostoevsky.

Well... so long as you don't have any inclination to depression or suicidal tendencies...

I've read about the first fifth (you should, considering it's a Russian novel, pardon the expression) of The Idiot so far. It's certainly the lightest Dostoevsky I've ever read.

[Vonz90]

Can't go wrong with Dostoevsky.

Well... so long as you don't have any inclination to depression or suicidal tendencies...

I've read about the first fifth (you should, considering it's a Russian novel, pardon the expression) of The Idiot so far. It's certainly the lightest Dostoevsky I've ever read.

I read that one years ago. Very good, but it is Dostoevsky so that goes without saying. It has a different flavor from most of his others. The last one I read was "Demons", which is also very good and a huge indictment of the leftist of that era.

I really like pretty much all of the big name Russian authors.

Trivia point, there was a Soviet era novel written in the 20's in which the bad guy is a barely disguised version of my great grandfather. Seriously, they did not even bother changing the first name at all and only adding a few letters at the end of the last name (which I have a very unique last name, so there it is really no chance it was coincidence). There are illustrations at the start of some of the chapters which even look just like him.

[Vonz90]

Was he still von und zu at the time?

We are v.z.Xxxx and have been as such since the 1300's. There is another family which is v. und z. Xxxx; but they are completely unrelated. There are also v.Xxxx's and z.Xxxx and they are also completely unrelated. On the other hand, there is v.t.Xxxx - which is the same as us but only in the low German spelling.

As a Baltic German, he was a cavalry officer in the Russian army for WW1 and then fought with the Whites during the revolution. My guess is that he and the author crossed paths and he was a convenient model for the character, although the character in the book has nothing past the very superficial in common with him.

[SoupOrMan]

I think I'll just leave this here:

Correia on the Classics

Hmm. That's my problem with what I write. Not enough robot rape.