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Post by tigerlily on Jun 12, 2009 22:42:25 GMT -4
Previous ThreadLast Post: I read Stephen King's book "Needful things" in last three days . And...OMG! On page ¹ 665 I read a phrase "I'm glad to see you, Mr. Emerson! "  and my heart began to beat more often  By the way, it's clever and very metaphoric book. I have read it with the big pleasure  I stoped reading Mr. King's books cause Ben doesn't like'em...
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Post by pedanticbohemian on Jun 14, 2009 14:14:30 GMT -4
You know you're a Michael fan when. . . He mentioned that he was going to reread James Joyce's Ulysses since it was used in the show and you decide to do the same. LOL Well, it's not like it's a hardship or anything. |
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Who could resist those eyes? Credit to Mrs. Dean Moriart, love ya!
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Post by rhiannonuk on Jun 24, 2009 16:12:29 GMT -4
You know you're a Michael fan when. . .
You recite some of his best Ben lines to yourself while you're doing mundane tasks...
Rhi xxx
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Post by snivellusfriend on Jun 26, 2009 17:46:39 GMT -4
You know you're a Michael fan when. . . He mentioned that he was going to reread James Joyce's Ulysses since it was used in the show and you decide to do the same. I checked out the book from the library after the "Lost" episode. It was the most difficult book I've tried to read! I couldn't believe how some of it was written: "exactly like this no periods or commas you would have to try and figure it out yourself it was very challenging for me worse than Shakespeare which suddenly seemed a lot easier to read compared to this book pages and pages like this no capital letters either" I skimmed through it, reading only certain sections. Seriously, Shakespeare's plays didn't seem so difficult to me, anymore, after trying to read this book. |
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Post by rhiannonuk on Jun 27, 2009 10:58:17 GMT -4
it is notoriously difficult which is why I was so impressed to see Ben reading it. It was a breakthrough novel, the first (or one of) to capture the "stream of consciousness" as in how our thoughts flow from one to the other without a break, hence the lack of punctuation.
I love Shakespeare and love Michael all the more for his passion about the bard (*sighs*)
Blessings
Rhi xxx
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Post by snivellusfriend on Jun 29, 2009 20:00:31 GMT -4
Yes, I understood why the author didn't use punctuation; A part of me thought it was creative, afterwards, but I was annoyed that I had to reread it several times and edit it properly in my mind, seperate the thoughts in order to understand the characters. I guess I don't like being forced to be a book editor; Proper English is nice because it makes it easier to understand what the author is trying to say. I'm glad that Shakespeare used punctuation.
I might've been more interested in the book and would've wanted to read it, completely, if it wasn't turning out to be so much work. I didn't understand what was going on. It would've taken me months or years to finish and completely understand it.
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Post by linusblanket on Jul 25, 2009 5:25:40 GMT -4
Yesterday I found myself leaning to the tv set to have a better view of Ben's chesthair. Does it count?
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I read Stephen King's book "Needful things" in last three days . And...OMG! On page ¹ 665 I read a phrase "I'm glad to see you, Mr. Emerson! " 
