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Definetly relate, something very drawn out can be challenging to grasp the whole of the subject matter.

Thanks. That's a good summary. I liked how Dick got the story into second gear somewhere around the middle of the book. And indeed, it did sound sometimes like a commentary on his own marriage.

It's not the Big Bang, it's a black hole; the ship crosses a worm hole to another parallel universe. He also throws his book to the black hole and that's how the book reached our time and Gene Wolfe was able to translate it. Brilliant.

I know English small. I say - your pictures for video is brilliant!

Just read this book about two weeks ago. Nice to hear other people's opinions of it.

Sharing my musical impression of THE HARBOR DAWN, filled with fog horns and buoy bells. From my fantasy for viola and orchestra THE BRIDGE. music.th-cam.com/video/FnHVMaJibHw/w-d-xo.html&si=Lr_0V0IzFX7nnHR_

Seems good! Haven't been into movies in a while. I'll have to check some of these out.

Yes it was a covenant made with Noah.

Thanks for your honest and in-depth review! I agree with most of what you said but found some of the subthemes related to the formation of the GDR and the initial socialist dream and the whole idea of a country simply not existing from one day to the next interesting. The love story was monstrous and because taking up most of the narrative, masking the more interesting aspects. The mass of cultural/historical/political content was indigestible, especially for non-German readers. Having read it in both languages, I feel it is an excellent translation.

Urth of the New Sun was not part of New Sun at all initially. It came about when David G. Hartwell, Wolfe's editor at Timescape Books, did not like the end of Citadel and wanted an extra paragraph to be added to the end about Severian's mission to bring the New Sun. Wolfe was adamantly opposed to that. After an argument between the two they came to the compromise that Wolfe would write a fifth book with Severian's journey to Yesod.

Cruise control reading.

Minute 24: 40 "The title is not the greatest. Jedi Search" -- Sounds like the title for a talent search- Solid Gold, America's Got Talent, American Idol, Jedi Search.

Just skip to Specter Of The Past/ Vision Of The Future by Timothy Zahn. Then read the New Jedi Order.

Just realized I forgot to mention Qwi Xux’s insane naivety when it came to thinking the Death Star would be used for altruistic purposes. Really, Kevin?

I couldn't agree with you more.

This seems legendary!

Diaspora is a very hard read. I resorted to the Audiobook and its much more digestable when someone is reading it too me :D

Just finished this novel. It is my first Conrad book. I thought it was brilliant-and absolutely horrifying. Definitely want to re-read it..

Nice!

May I suggest you an author that I love and appreciate? I am talking about the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis and his novels 'Christ Recrucified', 'The last Temptation of Christ', 'Freedom or Death', 'The Fratricides', of course 'Zorba the Greek' etc. Another important work of Kazantzakis is his 1938 epic poem 'The Odyssey, a modern sequel' beautifully translated in English by Kimon Friar. If you are interested to discover him I would suggest to start with 'Christ Recrucified'.

Just an extra information on Krasznahorkai, which may be helpful for your further 'Krasznahorkai-discovery': «'Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming' is the latest Krasznahorkai novel to reach English readers, in a typically extraordinary translation from Ottilie Mulzet. It represents, as the author recently told The Paris Review in his Art of Fiction interview, the conclusion of a tetralogy: "I’ve said it a thousand times that I always wanted to write just one book. I wasn’t satisfied with the first, and that’s why I wrote the second. I wasn’t satisfied with the second, so I wrote the third, and so on. Now, with Baron, I can close this story. With this novel I can prove that I really wrote just one book in my life. T h i s is the book-'Satantango', 'Melancholy', 'War and War', and 'Baron'. This is my one book."»

Have you ever thought of reading a reform theology volume? Calvin's "The Institutes of the Christian Religion" you might find interesting.

Assume your theory is correct then there are two important questions to ask. 1) What is the plot and 2) is it...worth reading? Because, and here is the most salient point, if it has no plot then how can you "detect" the plot holes? Even mystery novels, with plot holes, make emotional sense at the end. They have a culprit and a motive. Gene Wolfe is not a writer who grips your attention. He doesn't, or can't, write anything exciting or beguiling. He's full of interesting facts without any narrative coherence. The new sun has no sun. There is no one source that sheds light on everything! If you can't trust the narrator then there is no narrative. You've just read a travel catalogue written by a tourist who doesn't know the histories of the places he's visited nor his own history. All he can do is describe he can't or won't explain.

Nice voice

You should do The Left Hand of Darkness. Also written by Ursula.

The Distinguished Provençal in Paris is a master piece

I finished reading this morning, but different from you I didn’t like 😅 it takes me a couple months to finished. the big problem for me is that I didn’t understand many chapters, they were confused. I’m a little upset with it, because it’s a very famous and well rated book and I was expecting to like it. It’s possible that the edition I read has a problem of translating and editing (I read in Portuguese). But listening your opinion help me saw the book differently, and now I intend to watch the bbc series (I didn’t know this adaption existed and I expected it helps me to enjoy more the book)

Song name?

Thank you for your video 👍🏻

I would have to consider these films: Star Wars, The Godfather, The Seventh Seal, 2001: A Space Oddity, Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, M, Citizen Cane (of course) and somewhere in there maybe a musical. These are first thoughts. I don’t know if I could limit it to ten easily. Thanks for the video. 👍

Me at age 7 casting spells to change the tv volume while my sister secretly uses the remote

close to zappa's insanity live!

I finished reading Kairos today and I agree with everything what you said about it. I am giving 3 stars...

Hello! I would loke a video about some book fo Bukowski, thanks, keep on keepin on

Nice review

You might be interested to see the Cronenberg film “Existenz”. Thanks for all your videos on Philip K. 👍

I'm from Chile, and i had never heard of this book!! Will surely read !

Hii!! I'm so glad to have found your channel. Really great recommendations, I have so much to read now, really thank you!! Keep it up!!

Interesting. I have never been able to finish this novella because it truly creeps me out so badly. I can see your idea that he might have been getting back at some demand for a ghost story. Weren’t they especially popular at the time? Thanks for the video. 👍 PS I also read Portrait of a Lady and enjoyed the writing and story. Wasn’t satisfied with the very end, but I got over it.

Pleasant voice to hear.

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On the second page severian mistakes Roche for drotte, in between that, severian says he has a perfect memory, from then on the whole thing gets thrown into the air. I think severian has adhd

If you really wanna go deep, read Borges, Stapleton last and first men, and possibly lost world, however it’s still a mind fuck, the fact you got all this in your first read is impressive

Started reading “group portrait”. It’s been great.

Coincidentally I also finished this book yesterday after a previous aborted attempt a little over a decade ago. I loved your review and agree with your impression of the book wholeheartedly. I had already watched the BBC mini-series which is a very faithful adaptation of the book, and I'm certain that helped me immensely in reading it this time around. There are some chapters early in the book that can be challenging in understanding where in the timeline they take place. I picked up the 3 books of the Karla trilogy recently, primarily with the intention to read The Honourable Schoolboy. As I'd already watched and loved the mini-series adaptation of the 3rd book - Smiley's People, THS was the only story I was completely unaware of. I wasn't originally planning on attempting TTSS again, but I'm glad I relented. Despite knowing the general plot and who the mole is, TTSS was an incredible read and is now firmly in my all time favorites. The strength of its characters and intricate plotting promises it to be a rewarding re-read. THS is a bigger book but I'm really excited to get into it.

I loved it. Also loved Flow My Tears and Martian Time Slip.

Best 24 fictional hours ever.

Bolaño's stories are so sad and soul-crushing. He's one of my very favorite writers, I greatly prefer him over McCarthy personally.

Loved your discussion. Mostly when I look up for book reviews on TH-cam, I get flashy content which almost screams out that the person reviewing a book hasn't even read or understood it properly. Most people like to talk about books to feel intellectually superior, but there are only a handful who actually read a book and are intellectually superior. Your discussion depicts that you belong to the latter group. Also please don't get upset about views or subscribers, we are talking about art and not fashion. It's time we draw a line between these two. Just keep up the good work, happy reading !