29 Dec 02
Originally posted by GwaihirI've read both The Castle and The Trial, although I'm more partial to the shorter works myself. The Hunger Artist is an absolute favorite of mine. If you haven't read that one, I recommend it highly.
Some Kafka, i've managed to read The Castle and The Trial brilliant!
What about Fyodor Dostoevsky i read Crime and Punishment a few years ago an absolute classic and i've just finished The Idiot (by the same) probably one of the greatest books that's ever been written!
I've also read Crime and Punishment, which I enjoyed quite a bit. I have a copy of the Idiot, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I'll have to move it to the top of my priorities.
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29 Dec 02
Originally posted by rwingettThanks for the recommendation i shall procure a copy of his short stories soon.
I've read both The Castle and The Trial, although I'm more partial to the shorter works myself. The Hunger Artist is an absolute favorite of mine. If you haven't read that one, I recommend it highly.
I've also read Crime and Punishment, which I enjoyed quite a bit. I have a copy of the Idiot, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I'll have to move it to the top of my priorities.
The Idiot does take some getting into but it is worth it.
Have you read America i was thinking of getting that soon?
30 Dec 02
Originally posted by GwaihirNo, I have a copy of America, but I have never read it (so many books, so little time). I am led to believe that it is not one of his best works though.
Thanks for the recommendation i shall procure a copy of his short stories soon.
The Idiot does take some getting into but it is worth it.
Have you read America i was thinking of getting that soon?
02 Jan 03
Originally posted by rwingettCamus does make you think. The stranger is a great book. Although it is quite short, it is crammed with so many provocative ideas that I came away from it in a bit of a daze and without any clear thoughts.
Some of my favorites would be:
The Metamorphosis-Franz Kafka
Death in Venice-Thomas Mann
The Stranger-Albert Camus
Waiting for Godot-Samuel Beckett
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting-Milan Kundera
04 Jan 03
Proust - all
Celine, Ferdinand
Stephen King - The Shining, Misery, Rose Matter
Clive Barker - The Great and Secret Show, and part II, Everville.
The Plague - Albert Camus
The Trial - Kafka
2001 A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clark
Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain
Mary Shelly - Frankenstein
Brian Aldiss - Frankenstein Unbound
Ray Kurzweil - The Age of Spiritual Machines (non fiction, or is it?🙂
Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged
Anything on C.G. Jung
21 Jan 03
Originally posted by bbarrI'm a huge Rothko fan. Well, a fan of Abstract Expressionism in general. Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, and of course...Jackson Pollock, just to name a few. You're right, a tiny little avatar would never do them justice. The German Expressionists are another group I'm also fond of. Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Franz Marc are all wonderful. Do they have any good art museums in Seattle?
Yep, he and Rothko are my two favorites. I wish the avatars were bigger, so all could bask in Kandinsky's brilliance. I'd put up a big pic in my profile, by the Bennett-Yoda Judo morph is too good to pass up.
21 Jan 03
Originally posted by rwingettWell, the Seattle Art Museum has some really nice offbeat shows, but their main shows are always a bit mainstream. They have Gilda and Diego here now. The University's Henry art museum is better, in my opinion. They had a Blue Four exhibit a couple years back, and I was able to see some Kandinsky and Klee. Slim pickins' here in Seattle though, compared to San Fran, New York, etc...
I'm a huge Rothko fan. Well, a fan of Abstract Expressionism in general. Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, and of course...Jackson Pollock, just to name a few. You're right, a tiny little avatar would never do them justice. The German Expressionists are another group I'm also fond of. Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Franz Marc are all wonderful. Do they have any good art museums in Seattle?
21 Jan 03
Originally posted by bbarrGilda and Diego? Is that Diego Rivera and...uhhh...Gilda Radner? That would be an interesting pair, instead of Diego and Frida. I must confess that I am not familiar with Gilda and Diego. Are they an artistic tandem like Gilbert and George?
Well, the Seattle Art Museum has some really nice offbeat shows, but their main shows are always a bit mainstream. They have Gilda and Diego here now. The University's Henry art museum is better, in my opinion. They had a Blue Four exhibit a couple years back, and I was able to see some Kandinsky and Klee. Slim pickins' here in Seattle though, compared to San Fran, New York, etc...
It's fairly slim pickins' in Detroit as well. We did have a big Edgar Degas show here in the fall, which was quite good. U of M has a nice little gallery as well. They have some interesting stuff there once in a while.