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Joykins · 08-10-2012, 10:27 PM

I thought Cat's Cradle was funny and absurd.

It probably says something that I think all these "difficult books" are funny except The Faerie Queene. (I though Faulkner was a hoot sometimes too. I mean, setting a broken leg in cement? Doesn't get much funnier than that.). But Spenser's fake-retro English coming FROM Elizabethan English was kinda funny to me.

There are some authors I find I have trouble reading unless I slow down; some dense 18th century stuff, or philosophy, or Early Modern/Middle English. Generally I just find a book difficult to finish if I don't like it though.

08-10-2012, 10:27 PM	#32
Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,610 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	I thought Cat's Cradle was funny and absurd. It probably says something that I think all these "difficult books" are funny except The Faerie Queene. (I though Faulkner was a hoot sometimes too. I mean, setting a broken leg in cement? Doesn't get much funnier than that.). But Spenser's fake-retro English coming FROM Elizabethan English was kinda funny to me. There are some authors I find I have trouble reading unless I slow down; some dense 18th century stuff, or philosophy, or Early Modern/Middle English. Generally I just find a book difficult to finish if I don't like it though. Last edited by Joykins; 08-10-2012 at 10:32 PM.