The Literary Society

Ah, I see. A couple of times, however, I've already got a possible meaning in my head - brain automatically filling in the blanks - but I turn to the glossary to make sure anyway, and it turns out to be a different meaning. The unusual syntax compounds things a bit, I think. I'm certainly glad I have a glossary (though now you could probably just get it off the internet). I wonder how much easier it is for people who know Russian to understand the text (I understand that most of the words are taken from/have roots in the Russian).

I became very good at guessing words by their context, by the end. Then it made sense. Ish.

I love the ACO argot; it's quite interesting how occasionally the nadsat meaning contradicted what it seemed without understanding nadsat - like horrorshow coming from 'harasho', good, but when you first read it without saying it out loud it has such negative connotations. smart stuff, Burgess :P I preferred reading it without a glossary because it rather indoctrinates you into the novel which I also thought was quite clever!

What did you think of it? (in any aspect of the book )

Hey, apologies for the delay, I've been busy with revision this last week!

Haha, you excited about going to uni? I still remember how I felt in the run up to going... the excitement was insane.

Lol, I get what you mean about forgetting about minor characters in books like ASOIAF. The same thing happened to me in WoT - I've read and re-read those books many, many times, and I still forget some of the minor characters.

I'm afraid I haven't read War & Peace, although I've heard a lot about it. Is it any good? Always seemed a bit heavy going for me. I've not really been reading very much lately - at least nothing outside of medicine - although the last books I read were the first trilogy of "Ender" books by Orson Scott Card (namely Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide). Having gotten to know you a bit better now, I suspect you might enjoy them immensely.

Finally getting settled into A Clockwork Orange. Not the easiest book to read: really struggled through the first chapter (about 9 pages ) quite simply because of the back and forth required between the text and the Nadsat glossary. Doesn't help that it's not written in a particularly normal syntax.

Enjoying it so far nonetheless.

Anyone read A Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood? Truly the best book I've ever read...

I'm not really that excited about uni to be honest, I'm dreading results day and I haven't even done my first exam yet! I'm not even half way through War & Peace.. that's mostly because of exams etc, but also because I'm finding it a bit hard to read through.

Anyone read A Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood? Truly the best book I've ever read...

I'm not really that excited about uni to be honest, I'm dreading results day and I haven't even done my first exam yet! I'm not even half way through War & Peace.. that's mostly because of exams etc, but also because I'm finding it a bit hard to read through. It does make me look rather intelligent walking around with the massive book under my arm though.
I've been watching the Game of Thrones TV series, they've adapted the books really well and I enjoy watching the scenes play out.

I did fairly recently - usually don't like dystopian novels like that (I think she called it 'speculative fiction' actually which is pretty cool) but found this one excellent! I found the ending absolutely chilling; just the idea of a historical lecture about a character we've come to know so personally and the quite crass way they deal with it is really interesting. What did you like about it?

I just think it was the writing that did it for me... I think Margaret Atwood is truly an amazing writer!

Hi Newbie to this thread.

I just finished reading Love in the Time of Cholera, and just like with One Hundred Years of Solitude, was blown away by how well Gabriel García Márquez writes. The way he describes Colombia...




I read my first Margaret Atwood novel the other week, when I was recovering from surgery: The Year of the Flood. I keep meaning to read A Handmaid's Tale, as everyone keeps recommending it and I love her writing style. My library doesn't have it, though...

Hi Newbie to this thread.

I just finished reading Love in the Time of Cholera, and just like with One Hundred Years of Solitude, was blown away by how well Gabriel García Márquez writes. The way he describes Colombia...




I read my first Margaret Atwood novel the other week, when I was recovering from surgery: The Year of the Flood. I keep meaning to read A Handmaid's Tale, as everyone keeps recommending it and I love her writing style. My library doesn't have it, though...

Hi Newbie to this thread.

I just finished reading Love in the Time of Cholera, and just like with One Hundred Years of Solitude, was blown away by how well Gabriel García Márquez writes. The way he describes Colombia...




I read my first Margaret Atwood novel the other week, when I was recovering from surgery: The Year of the Flood. I keep meaning to read A Handmaid's Tale, as everyone keeps recommending it and I love her writing style. My library doesn't have it, though...

Welcome!

Marquez.

Welcome to the thread

Hi...

You should read 'Oryx and Crake'. It's superior to 'The Year of the Flood' by some way.

Sí I'm looking into more books of his, though I don't think any can ever top One Hundred Years of Solitude.



Thank you! This seems like my kind of thread; I'm so glad there's a society!



Yes, I've heard that, too. Some of the same characters are in it, is that right? I really like Margaret Atwood's characters, so I can't wait to read more of her books

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