The Literary Society

Oh, are we talking about plays? I'm currently involved in production of an adaptation of 'Othello".

That's one of my favourite Shakespeare plays.
I'm finding One Hundred Years of Solitude to be extremely odd, but amazingly well written btw
I'm going to buy lots of Virginia Woolf's work off Amazon soon; modernism
What are all your favourite literary periods?

That's one of my favourite Shakespeare plays.
I'm finding One Hundred Years of Solitude to be extremely odd, but amazingly well written btw
I'm going to buy lots of Virginia Woolf's work off Amazon soon; modernism
What are all your favourite literary periods?

Has anybody here read The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier? I just finished it and it's the best book I've read in the last year or so. It comes under the heading 'teenage fiction' but don't let that put you off.

I recently restarted George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Anyone else read this series? I only ever read the first book before getting side-tracked, but so far it's actually pretty good.

My little brother is going to do it at school. What kind of a book is it?

I had to read as part of a module in my course. It's a psychological book in a way, and revolves around a kid railing against the underground bullying mob that pervades the school.

Out of interest, what age is your brother?

Yup, I'm having a lot of fun doing it.

Well, it is magical realism. And yes, it's incredibly well written.

I read things more by content and genre than by period, but I suppose 19/20th century Russian stuff would be one period that might stand out for me...

I just finished reading the play 'Herakles' by Euripedes. I haven't gotten anywhere with stuff I was planning to read due to the Othello project, but I have to read at least two plays for Lit at school, so I'm doing them first.

I haven't read enough to have a favourite literary period
But I liked Mrs Dalloway by Woolf and I like George Orwell and Katherine Mansfield so 20th century?

Think I might join this society later

I've heard of it. What genre? Any good?

I was going to mention that I haven't really delved into magic realism before, I was thinking of reading some Salman Rushdie when I get time, what are everyone's opinions on his work?

20th Century (mostly modernist and postmodernist) works are probably my joint-favourites with 19th century Russian classics.

Ha, don't know you know by now that I only read fantasy?

Only kidding. Yes, it's wonderful, but again, a fantasy classic. Very dark.

Is it a quest-type book? All fantasy books I've read so far (not much, I know) seem to be...

What do you mean? It has a point, yes... but no one really goes on a quest, really. Not in the way I think you mean.

All I can say is, RAFO.

What's RAFO?

I recently restarted George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Anyone else read this series? I only ever read the first book before getting side-tracked, but so far it's actually pretty good.

I've been recommended this before. Comparison to WoT?