Comments on: …and now for something completely different… http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2004/07/02/and-now-for-something-completely-different/ yet another iOS developer Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andy Ruff http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2004/07/02/and-now-for-something-completely-different/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Andy Ruff Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:48:01 +0000 http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/2004/07/02/andNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent.aspx#comment-694 Ah, as Rob points out, Toltstoy seems to fascinated with long sections detailing social gatherings (e.g. the first 300 pages of War and Peace--another good one if you can last through several hundred pages). You might want to give Kafka another shot, I believe Barnes and Nobles has a collection of his stories for super cheap. (Also cheap, Drover Thrift Classics... out of copyright literature for under $2). I recommend Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow for a couple-hundred pages of a weird WWII story. It was written in the mid-70s, ever evident as soon as you get to the story of adventures of toilet travels and wormwood binges. I felt it was Battle of the Bulge meets Clockwork Orange. Ah, as Rob points out, Toltstoy seems to fascinated with long sections detailing social gatherings (e.g. the first 300 pages of War and Peace–another good one if you can last through several hundred pages). You might want to give Kafka another shot, I believe Barnes and Nobles has a collection of his stories for super cheap. (Also cheap, Drover Thrift Classics… out of copyright literature for under $2).

I recommend Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow for a couple-hundred pages of a weird WWII story. It was written in the mid-70s, ever evident as soon as you get to the story of adventures of toilet travels and wormwood binges. I felt it was Battle of the Bulge meets Clockwork Orange.

]]> By: Rob Calhoun http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2004/07/02/and-now-for-something-completely-different/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Rob Calhoun Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:37:45 +0000 http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/2004/07/02/andNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent.aspx#comment-693 Anna Karenina is a great book. Be forewarned that there are many long, tedious sections--especially those concerning the various social gatherings of the nobility---to plow through. The amazing thing is that by the end of the book, you suddenly realize why Tolstoy put all of that stuff in there, as it's essential to the point he's trying to make. It's a long read but definitely worth it! Anna Karenina is a great book. Be forewarned that there are many long, tedious sections–especially those concerning the various social gatherings of the nobility—to plow through. The amazing thing is that by the end of the book, you suddenly realize why Tolstoy put all of that stuff in there, as it’s essential to the point he’s trying to make. It’s a long read but definitely worth it!

]]> By: mike http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2004/07/02/and-now-for-something-completely-different/comment-page-1/#comment-692 mike Sat, 03 Jul 2004 01:09:12 +0000 http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/2004/07/02/andNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent.aspx#comment-692 LOL. No way! Watch, he'll probably love it. :-) LOL. No way! Watch, he’ll probably love it. :-)

]]> By: Trina Chow http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2004/07/02/and-now-for-something-completely-different/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Trina Chow Fri, 02 Jul 2004 14:40:08 +0000 http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/2004/07/02/andNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent.aspx#comment-691 lol. Dick is reading "Moby Dick" right now! lol. Dick is reading "Moby Dick" right now!

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