That's good to know. It's my first time reading any Russian literature.good looks sherbro
Pevear & Volokhonsky are the dynamic duo when it comes to Russian translations. they might not always be the best option, but when it comes to Dostoevsky, they are #1. my friend who was born & raised in Russia refuses to read any other translations of Dostoevsky.
Bought Meditations by Marcus Aurealius a couple months ago.
Sat down and read it a couple of times, but I can't even get through the (multiple) intros. There's a lot of unpacking in every sentence, and 2 footnotes for every 5 sentence paragraph. Tough to tackle.
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
If you like noir he's one of the founding fathers of the genre.
I'm giving Neuromancer a second read (Gibson's whole aesthetic is unbelievable) and also giving Don Quixote a try (First impressions are excellent but suspect it's going to turn me into a sobbing wreck at some point)
Neal Stephenson is one of the most arrogant writers in the trade. I am specifically referring to his hard-headed refusal to accept his editors' recommendations. If you are a pop writer--(and he is)--then I don't care how smart you are, you are not smarter than your editors in that particular area of your craft.
Pages and pages of boring sub-par, banal, witless writing. I'm done. Just wasted an audible credit on an audiobook of Neal's called Anathem and it is one of the most boring books I have ever expected not to be. And I was dumb to expect otherwise because I have encountered this problem in former works of Neal's. And it is not the specifically science/tech parts that I am talking about. Quite often it is just the dull non-technical stretches of dialogue.
So how does he get away with this? I don't think I could answer that without insulting his culties.
I loved Snow Crash and followed it up with The Diamond Age - I couldn't believe how dull and dry a book it was by comparison. No doubt in terms of ideas and concepts it was as interesting as Snow Crash, it just didn't have anything like the same charisma. I've wanted to read more of his work like Reamde but it's very low priority
Cervantes was so ahead of his time—writers like Cervantes (17th century), Sterne (18th century) & Melville (19th century) were postmodern before postmodern was even postmodern. if you love Don Quixote, definitely pick up his short stories collected in Exemplary StoriesHey, I've just picked up Cervantes as well!
if you love Don Quixote, definitely pick up his short stories collected in Exemplary Stories
Freakin epic! Check out First Law Trilogy bye Joe Abercrombie, I believe its the only thing that competes or is better![]()
Finally stopped resisting and started reading this. About halfway through, it’s very engaging
Yeah I read the first two or three of those years ago, before it was finished. I remember liking them a lot but I dont remember a whole lot about it. Almost finished the third Stormlight book since I posted thisFreakin epic! Check out First Law Trilogy bye Joe Abercrombie, I believe its the only thing that competes or is better