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Old 05-09-2013, 01:13 PM   #16501
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Just finished Time After Time by Kate Atkinson (recommended by @poohbear_nc, if my memory serves), a solid 5 star read. A rather different take on time travel, beautifully crafted.

Now moved onto something grittier and darker, Sandman Slim, a recommendation by @CWatkinsNash I believe.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this (yes - I am guilty of the recommendation) - it IS a quite different slant on time travel - very deeply thought out.
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Old 05-09-2013, 01:23 PM   #16502
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Do you mean Life After Life?
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Old 05-09-2013, 03:28 PM   #16503
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Which translation, if any, are you reading?
William Cowper's translation. Please tell me there's an easier one!
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Old 05-09-2013, 03:35 PM   #16504
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I did. And pooh was kind enough not to pick me up on it .
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Old 05-09-2013, 03:40 PM   #16505
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William Cowper's translation. Please tell me there's an easier one!
The best one by far, IMHO, but speaking as a classicist, is Richard Lattimore's. If you can't read the Greek original (and, alas, those who can are an ever-shrinking minority), Lattimore's version is about as close as you can get to the "feel" of the original. It is available as an ebook. His "Odyssey" is also the best, in my view.
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Currently reading a classic: Starman Jones, by Robert Heinlein. Some of the science shows it's age, obviously, but it's still an excellent story. And an enjoyable read.

Meanwhile, I've abandoned Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicles. What a complete and total waste of electrons. ALL too obviously a book written and conceived by a committee, and not a very well disciplined one. That's one series I won't be bothering with again.
Finished Starman Jones. On to a mystery next, I think. Hmmm. Campion? Morse? Phyrne Fisher? Decisions, decisions...
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Old 05-09-2013, 05:42 PM   #16507
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I did. And pooh was kind enough not to pick me up on it .
Not to fear! I knew what you meant to type ...
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Old 05-09-2013, 06:01 PM   #16508
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The Name of the Wind was a good book, I really enjoyed it. But for some reason I got distracted and never read the rest of the series. I'll be interested to see what you think. Maybe it will encourage me to dig out the next one from the bottom of my TBR.
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Well you won't have far to dig since at this point in time there are only two books in the series, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear. The third book, The Doors of Stone has a 2014 expected release date.
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Finished Starman Jones. On to a mystery next, I think. Hmmm. Campion? Morse? Phyrne Fisher? Decisions, decisions...
Charlie...when I began reading The Name of the Wind I had just read your post about you currently reading Starman Jones and as I progressed in my reading I began to be reminded of Robert A. Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy! I've never heard anyone compare Rothfuss to Heinlein, at least not till now! But anyway I'm on a Nancy Drew break after having finished 25% of Day 1 of Kvothe's story!


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Old 05-09-2013, 07:16 PM   #16509
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Just starting to read Albert Camus "Resistance, Rebellion and Death", which includes some of his Combat editorials, speeches, etc.
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Old 05-09-2013, 07:18 PM   #16510
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William Cowper's translation. Please tell me there's an easier one!
Depends on what you find easier. If you find prose easier to read than verse, Penguin Classics publishes a decades-old translation by E.V. Rieu.

The translation I have read is by Robert Fagles. It's in verse and has many footnotes.

I also bought but haven't yet read the Lattimore translation. I've read that it shows as much fidelity to Greek as is possible with the English language. I know that it uses spellings that you may not be accustomed to (Menelaos for Menelaus, Aias for Ajax) because many English translations use spellings that have been influenced by Latin.

I've flipped through a contemporary translation by Stanley Lombardo. It's very visceral and even slangy.

Here are a couple of Mobileread threads that also discuss translations:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185961
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=175779
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Old 05-09-2013, 08:15 PM   #16511
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I just wanted to re-post something that I sent to alansplace the other day;

Just wanted to say 'thanks.'
You've always spoken of the Dresden Files so highly, and so a couple of years ago I 'tried' to read 'Storm Front' but couldn't get past the first 50 pages. But you continued to rain praise on the series, so a year later I tried again. Same results and I figured, well, it just wasn't my cup of tea. It happens...

But last week someone gave me an audiobook of 'Storm Front.' I've been walking for exercise, between 5-10km a day, usually listening to music to walk along with. But instead, I loaded up the audio book, and got so engrossed with it that I kept walking, and wound up walking almost 18km! Absolutely delightful story! My feet are killing me, but I can't wait to get back to it on my walk today. I'll certainly try to read the next in the series, but if that doesn't work, I'm sure the audiobook will! Thanks for being so persistent in your recommendation of the series.



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Old 05-09-2013, 08:45 PM   #16512
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I just wanted to re-post something that I sent to alansplace the other day;

Just wanted to say 'thanks.'
You've always spoken of the Dresden Files so highly, and so a couple of years ago I 'tried' to read 'Storm Front' but couldn't get past the first 50 pages. But you continued to rain praise on the series, so a year later I tried again. Same results and I figured, well, it just wasn't my cup of tea. It happens...

But last week someone gave me an audiobook of 'Storm Front.' I've been walking for exercise, between 5-10km a day, usually listening to music to walk along with. But instead, I loaded up the audio book, and got so engrossed with it that I kept walking, and wound up walking almost 18km! Absolutely delightful story! My feet are killing me, but I can't wait to get back to it on my walk today. I'll certainly try to read the next in the series, but if that doesn't work, I'm sure the audiobook will! Thanks for being so persistent in your recommendation of the series.



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You're quite welcome, enjoy! Wow, that was quite a walk!

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Old 05-09-2013, 09:00 PM   #16513
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Charlie...when I began reading The Name of the Wind I had just read your post about you currently reading Starman Jones and as I progressed in my reading I began to be reminded of Robert A. Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy! I've never heard anyone compare Rothfuss to Heinlein, at least not till now! But anyway I'm on a Nancy Drew break after having finished 25% of Day 1 of Kvothe's story!

Now that is a comparison that I would not have thought of.
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Old 05-09-2013, 09:08 PM   #16514
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Depends on what you find easier. If you find prose easier to read than verse, Penguin Classics publishes a decades-old translation by E.V. Rieu.

The translation I have read is by Robert Fagles. It's in verse and has many footnotes.

I also bought but haven't yet read the Lattimore translation. I've read that it shows as much fidelity to Greek as is possible with the English language. I know that it uses spellings that you may not be accustomed to (Menelaos for Menelaus, Aias for Ajax) because many English translations use spellings that have been influenced by Latin.

I've flipped through a contemporary translation by Stanley Lombardo. It's very visceral and even slangy.

Here are a couple of Mobileread threads that also discuss translations:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185961
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=175779
You could look at George Chapman's translation. Here's a recommendation from John Keats :

"Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold"
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Old 05-09-2013, 10:44 PM   #16515
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Next is What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris. A historical mystery set in 1811 England. My first with this author.
This was well-written with interesting characters. The Regency London scene described sufficiently without becoming wordy. The plot was fairly simple and drawn out by, perhaps, 75 pages. It was tiresome, though, the constant re-interviewing the same suspects to reveal more info each time. This book doesn't portray the early 1800s British justice system favorably. Whether that is accurate or not, I do not know. Same goes for "Bithil Syndrome." Overall, the author's writing skill will prompt me to look at her other titles. Rated C [3 stars].

Next is Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood. Also, my first with this author.
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