KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Is that the dude who writes books based on some ancient Rush songs?
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Anthem was actually pretty good up till the end, then it got extremely preachy. Also the love interest skirted the lines of pedophilia, yuck. But I’d give it a 6/10 overall because the journey was, for the most part, positive, it just turned sour at the end. Rush retold the same story way better and far less problematically in “2112”.
On to We the Living.
On to We the Living.
Eliot1988
Educated Fool
My number is 11, as all their numbers who are of us.
My colour is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the seeing.
Also I have a secret glory for them that love me.
But to love me is better than all things:
if under the night stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me,
invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein,
thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom.
For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all;
but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour.
Ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in spendour & pride;
but always in the love of me, and so ye shall come to my joy.
I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous,
I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you.
Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!
I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness.
To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self.
The exposure of innocence is a lie.
Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this.
Let the Scarlet Woman beware! If pity and compassion and tenderness visit her heart;
if she leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses; then shall my vengeance be known.
I will slay me her child: I will alienate her heart: I will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered.
But let her raise herself in pride! Let her follow me in my way! Let her work the work of wickedness! Let her kill her heart! Let her be loud and adulterous! Let her be covered with jewels, and rich garments, and let her be shameless before all men!
Then will I lift her to pinnacles of power: then will I breed from her a child mightier
Aleister Crowley
My colour is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the seeing.
Also I have a secret glory for them that love me.
But to love me is better than all things:
if under the night stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me,
invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein,
thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom.
For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all;
but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour.
Ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in spendour & pride;
but always in the love of me, and so ye shall come to my joy.
I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous,
I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you.
Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!
I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness.
To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self.
The exposure of innocence is a lie.
Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this.
Let the Scarlet Woman beware! If pity and compassion and tenderness visit her heart;
if she leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses; then shall my vengeance be known.
I will slay me her child: I will alienate her heart: I will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered.
But let her raise herself in pride! Let her follow me in my way! Let her work the work of wickedness! Let her kill her heart! Let her be loud and adulterous! Let her be covered with jewels, and rich garments, and let her be shameless before all men!
Then will I lift her to pinnacles of power: then will I breed from her a child mightier
Aleister Crowley
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Black Bart
Ancient Mariner
Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries
Harper Lee, Go Set A Watchman
Harper Lee, Go Set A Watchman
Okay, what the hell are you doing and why are you spamming this thread with random quotes?
Eliot1988
Educated Fool
Sorry I just thought they might be interested in someone.
If it matters I do not upload again.
terrell39
Ancient Mariner
Gabrielle Walker - Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent
She talks of spending about a week at each location of scientific study and each base, the stories veterans of Antarctica tell her, the wildlife she encounters.
Since I won't ever go, this is pretty detailed about what it's like
She talks of spending about a week at each location of scientific study and each base, the stories veterans of Antarctica tell her, the wildlife she encounters.
Since I won't ever go, this is pretty detailed about what it's like
As part of my quest to read a good biography of every US President, I just finished Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen Ambrose, a one-volume condensation of his previous two-volume bio. Ambrose is good at providing both praise and criticism where they are deserved; his writing is somewhat formal without becoming stuffy.
Ambrose documents how Ike kept the Cold War cold, even when many of his advisors wanted more military action, even possibly including using atomic weapons. I was impressed that Ike was the first major advocate for both nuclear test bans and reducing atomic bomb stockpiles, routinely asking questions like "How many times do we need to destroy the Soviet Union, if it comes to that?" It was a shame Ike let the Dulles brothers run wild with the CIA, but I do have some new sympathy for the handling of Cuba, since it turns out no one knew what to make of Castro when he first took over.
The biggest strike against President Ike is his aversion to doing anything about helping desegregation after Brown. Sure, he sent the troops into Little Rock when the situation became impossible to ignore, but aside from that he was a closet racist who tried to ignore the civil rights movement entirely. He did complete the desegregation of the Army and Washington DC, but only because those projects started before his presidency.
This was my second Ambrose book this year -- this past spring, I read Undaunted Courage, his book on the Lewis and Clark expedition. That book was a much better exercise in storytelling; this Ike book tends more in the direction of being a list of facts. This may be just the result of the choice of topics, since exploring the frontier was more exciting than most of Ike's presidency. The most exciting parts of this book were about Ike's military career, especially his handling of the Battle of the Bulge. I suppose violence and surprise are cheat codes for making your book a page-turner.
Ambrose documents how Ike kept the Cold War cold, even when many of his advisors wanted more military action, even possibly including using atomic weapons. I was impressed that Ike was the first major advocate for both nuclear test bans and reducing atomic bomb stockpiles, routinely asking questions like "How many times do we need to destroy the Soviet Union, if it comes to that?" It was a shame Ike let the Dulles brothers run wild with the CIA, but I do have some new sympathy for the handling of Cuba, since it turns out no one knew what to make of Castro when he first took over.
The biggest strike against President Ike is his aversion to doing anything about helping desegregation after Brown. Sure, he sent the troops into Little Rock when the situation became impossible to ignore, but aside from that he was a closet racist who tried to ignore the civil rights movement entirely. He did complete the desegregation of the Army and Washington DC, but only because those projects started before his presidency.
This was my second Ambrose book this year -- this past spring, I read Undaunted Courage, his book on the Lewis and Clark expedition. That book was a much better exercise in storytelling; this Ike book tends more in the direction of being a list of facts. This may be just the result of the choice of topics, since exploring the frontier was more exciting than most of Ike's presidency. The most exciting parts of this book were about Ike's military career, especially his handling of the Battle of the Bulge. I suppose violence and surprise are cheat codes for making your book a page-turner.
Just finished my second James Michener book, The Source -- his exploration of the history of Israel / the Holy Land. It's the second Michener book I've read, after reading Centennial (about Colorado) last month. I like his style of historical fiction. He drops facts with the density of a university textbook and his books are page-turners nonetheless. I've heard good things about both Chesapeake and Hawaii, I'll aim for one of those next.
But first, I've got about a half dozen books on the history of country music and early rock'n'roll to read. I recently took a trip to Memphis and Nashville and got a book at most of the museum gift shops. I'll probably spend the next month neck-deep in the music of Hank Williams Sr, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. I oughta be feeling properly mean and nasty by the time the Maiden album comes out.
But first, I've got about a half dozen books on the history of country music and early rock'n'roll to read. I recently took a trip to Memphis and Nashville and got a book at most of the museum gift shops. I'll probably spend the next month neck-deep in the music of Hank Williams Sr, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. I oughta be feeling properly mean and nasty by the time the Maiden album comes out.
BlackCountryBushido
Prowler
Not reading it yet, but I have Alan Moore's Jerusalem staring at me just waiting to be opened. But the size of the thing is just so daunting! I know it'll be good but do I really have the time to dive into 1266 pages? Just finished Terry Pratchetts The Hogfather. Read it before. I'll read it again. Classic Pratchett.
Courbet
Educated Fool
I just finished Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. It was very good!
I usually read two books at a time, one 'new' and the other a classic. On that front I am working through the Collected fiction of Anton Chekhov (just finished The Black Monk) I am working through the Russians and going on to the Irish next I think.
I usually read two books at a time, one 'new' and the other a classic. On that front I am working through the Collected fiction of Anton Chekhov (just finished The Black Monk) I am working through the Russians and going on to the Irish next I think.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50202953-piranesi
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Do you think the Ike book read like a list of facts due to being a condensed volume? Did Ambrose do the condensing himself or was it some random editor?
The second question is easy: Ambrose did his own condensation.
The Eisenhower book seemed more like a list of facts because so much more detail is known about Ike's life. For the Lewis & Clark book, Ambrose sometimes had to conjecture from scanty known facts. He had to construct a story about an unexplored frontier, instead of recounting a well-known modern world. So it's not about the condensed volume, it's about how clearly the material is known, and how much room is left for speculation.