Marc and Russian literary classics.... what the fluck?

[riverc0il]

I could never get into Dickens. Tried once and it bored me to tears. Always wanted to read some Dostoevsky but haven't had the chance yet. I have a queue of about a dozen books right now just waiting, so Dostoevsky will have to wait some more.

Marc is showing off his refined aesthetic tastes, who knew?

 

[Marc]

I could never get into Dickens. Tried once and it bored me to tears. Always wanted to read some Dostoevsky but haven't had the chance yet. I have a queue of about a dozen books right now just waiting, so Dostoevsky will have to wait some more.

Marc is showing off his refined aesthetic tastes, who knew?

Actually, I'd be the guy sitting on the bus with a shoe in one hand and a leather bound copy of Crime and Punishment upside down in the other.... rambling on to some frightened young woman that I knew Horowitz was gay all along.

 

[andyzee]

Actually, I'd be the guy sitting on the bus with a shoe in one hand and a leather bound copy of Crime and Punishment upside down in the other.... rambling on to some frightened young woman that I knew Horowitz was gay all along.

Try Vladimir Nabokov.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

And Jazz. Give the US some credit for that.

And not just any Jazz, Redneck Jazz. What can Russia offer that can even hold a candle to Danny Gatton? That's right, nothing.

 

[ctenidae]

I could never get into Dickens. Tried once and it bored me to tears. Always wanted to read some Dostoevsky but haven't had the chance yet. I have a queue of about a dozen books right now just waiting, so Dostoevsky will have to wait some more.

Marc is showing off his refined aesthetic tastes, who knew?

The only author that bores me more than Dickens is Victor Hugo, but Herman Melville ranks up there too. The 40 page description of Paris from the top of Notre Dame definitely gives Hugo the award.

 

[Marc]

The only author that bores me more than Dickens is Victor Hugo, but Herman Melville ranks up there too. The 40 page description of Paris from the top of Notre Dame definitely gives Hugo the award.

In order of increasing boringness, IMHO:

Dickens -> Steinbeck -> Hemingway

Never read any Victor Hugo.

 

[riverc0il]

Don't forget Rand. I got 100 pages into Atlas Shrugged, very intrigued and interested, but bored out of my mind. Four page long descriptions setting the scene and endless internal pointless dialogue. Over done by at least 500 pages.

 

[ctenidae]

Don't forget Rand. I got 100 pages into Atlas Shrugged, very intrigued and interested, but bored out of my mind. Four page long descriptions setting the scene and endless internal pointless dialogue. Over done by at least 500 pages.

I have yet to find anyone who actually read all the way through Gault's speech.
I sure haven't.

Reading Matt Simmons' "Twilight in the Desert" now. I understood his point in the first 5 pages, and don't doubt it. Now I'm slugging through 200 pages of proof I don't need. He's being thorough to avoid criticism, and often says you can skip this part, but I just can't. So, I'm reading more about oil field behaviors than I ever needed to.