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Jun. 27th, 2014 08:57 pm1. I starting to think whoever is writing the soap opera, General Hospital, is a conservative and traditional Republican.
2. Had a rather interesting conversation today, albeit brief, with my co-worker about Roger Zelzany's Lord of Light. Long story not so short? Co-worker, who tends to share my taste in science fiction and fantasy novels and tv shows, had told me about "Lord of Light" while I was reading Illona Andrews "Magic Strikes", which is the first time I'd stumbled upon Hindu mythology in a fantasy novel. He told me that I really needed to read "Lord of Light" which was amongst his favorite science fiction novels, a true treasure. That he had just uncovered his copy of it the other day - and would bring it in for me to read. A few months past, and about 10 books later, he loaned me "Lord of Light" - explaining that this was something he treasured and held dear. So, with more than a little trepidation, I decided to start reading it. I'm always a bit fearful about reading books that friends love or highly recommend, because what if you really hate it? I mean there's a 50/50 chance that you will. Then what?
And, well...several weeks later.
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Anyhow, what I've learned from this experiment so far - is how differently people read books. We focus on different things. And well, no matter how much we try to understand how someone else related to or read a book, I'm not sure we can. Not quite. We end up just making assumptions.
3. Loving The 100 - which is an interesting depiction of a group of people trying to resettle a world their ancestors almost destroyed. And hoping not to make the same mistakes.
2. Had a rather interesting conversation today, albeit brief, with my co-worker about Roger Zelzany's Lord of Light. Long story not so short? Co-worker, who tends to share my taste in science fiction and fantasy novels and tv shows, had told me about "Lord of Light" while I was reading Illona Andrews "Magic Strikes", which is the first time I'd stumbled upon Hindu mythology in a fantasy novel. He told me that I really needed to read "Lord of Light" which was amongst his favorite science fiction novels, a true treasure. That he had just uncovered his copy of it the other day - and would bring it in for me to read. A few months past, and about 10 books later, he loaned me "Lord of Light" - explaining that this was something he treasured and held dear. So, with more than a little trepidation, I decided to start reading it. I'm always a bit fearful about reading books that friends love or highly recommend, because what if you really hate it? I mean there's a 50/50 chance that you will. Then what?
And, well...several weeks later.
( Read more... )
Anyhow, what I've learned from this experiment so far - is how differently people read books. We focus on different things. And well, no matter how much we try to understand how someone else related to or read a book, I'm not sure we can. Not quite. We end up just making assumptions.
3. Loving The 100 - which is an interesting depiction of a group of people trying to resettle a world their ancestors almost destroyed. And hoping not to make the same mistakes.