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07-27-2008, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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It's not Old English, it's Early Modern English. It's relatively easy to get, and most collections will have a glossary of confusing terms.
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07-27-2008, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Osaka, Japan
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Originally Posted by TurquoiseXx
Thanks JCC. When I have the chance I will get that book.
Oh, and in my mind it's Old English haha. I remember when I was in highschool trying to read some of his works. I felt like my head was going to explode even though I enjoyed it.
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Without sounding too pedantic, the term "Old English," as agreed upon by linguists, refers to the English spoken prior to the 1066 Norman conquest of England, and bears more resemblance to German and Norse than it does to Modern English.
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07-27-2008, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by viscus
Without sounding too pedantic, the term "Old English," as agreed upon by linguists, refers to the English spoken prior to the 1066 Norman conquest of England, and bears more resemblance to German and Norse than it does to Modern English.
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Yeah, Old English is Beowulf-era, there's probably a handful of linguists alive that can read it well enough to say they've any knowledge of the language. Elizabethan is Early Modern.
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07-27-2008, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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I stand corrected.
Although I do enjoy reading, I'm no literature buff by any means.
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07-27-2008, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Osaka, Japan
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Back on topic: I recently finished A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin and am a few pages into it's sequel, The Tombs of Atuan. Before that I read Count Zero by William Gibson.
As for a recommendation Turqoise, I mostly like sci-fi and fantasy, almost never re-read books, and am not a literary buff by any stretch of the imagination, but you might try American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I enjoyed it more than any other book I've read.
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"Now some of you may encounter the devil's bargain if you get that far. Any old soul is worth saving at least to a priest, but not every soul is worth buying. So you can take the offer as a compliment."
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You're not entitled to your opinion.
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07-27-2008, 09:12 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Wow, American Gods sounds really good. I will add that to my list. Thanks.
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07-27-2008, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Zootown
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Originally Posted by Methadrine
The complete works of Shakespeare. Fucking state of the art.
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Do not mock (I know you aren't) the Complete Works. I am in the middle of it for the third time. I am also knee deep in The Complete Plays of Anton Chekhov. Because I am so core. *Insert eyes rolling* I have a really hard time getting all the way through a book without starting another.
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07-27-2008, 10:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Chekhov is fantastic.
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07-27-2008, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Zootown
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I am a fan. Very much so a fan.
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07-27-2008, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
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'Out of the Silent Planet' by C.S Lewis.
I'm almost certain that Phillip Pullman used it for inspiration for the parts about Mary Malone's actions in The Amber Spyglass.
I just wish I had the other two books to the 'Space Triology'...
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07-28-2008, 12:26 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Originally Posted by JCC
Chekhov is fantastic.
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The black monk's the only one I've read, but I remember enjoying that a lot.
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07-28-2008, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Tulsa
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Right now, I am reading Ariel: the Restored Edition (book of poems) by Sylvia Plath.
God, I love how she writes/wrote.
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07-29-2008, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
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I just started Huxley's "After many a summer dies the swan."
Has anyone read it?
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07-30-2008, 06:38 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Flushing, NY
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The Road Less Traveled-M. Scott Peck
Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud is next.
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08-14-2008, 12:19 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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The Hot Zone = Richard Preston, about the Ebola Zaire virus.
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08-14-2008, 12:25 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In your dreams.
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In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
I have an essay due tomorrow on it.
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08-14-2008, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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World Mythology - Donna Rosenberg. its a little too summarized but is required for my mythology class
Celtic Myths & Legends - T.W. Rolleston, in my spare time
and Digital Lighting & Rendering - Jeremy Birn, because I have to for class...
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08-21-2008, 10:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Somplace.
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No, I cannot say I have.
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
I just started Huxley's "After many a summer dies the swan."
Has anyone read it?
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Is it any good? Let us know.
I am reading some story I printed off of here so I can read it in the garage. (Can't smoke in the house.) I forgot who... wait a second... here it is...
When Gods Die by maria Alexander.
NOT BAD. Not bad at all.
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08-22-2008, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: I though it was supposed to be warm here
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I just finished this book this morning, Dermaphoria -by Graig Clevenger. it's pretty good.
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08-24-2008, 05:27 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Viktoria Faust - Smrtno uplasen (I'm not sure for English translation....something like Deadly scared
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08-24-2008, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wisconsin.
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BloodAngel by Justine Musk.
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08-31-2008, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
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Analyses of Oratorical Style (Yes, it is spelled that way in the book)
- R.E. Pattison Kline
Fascinating book, and from this I also learned more of the Latin orator Cicero.
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08-31-2008, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 330
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A collection of Raymond Carver short stories.
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08-31-2008, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Cardiff
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Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal - Terence Ball & Richard Dagger
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08-31-2008, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Even though I've been reading it for a long time and haven't finished it I'm still reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King.
On another note I'm also reading a book called The Complete Illustrated History Aztec & Maya.
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