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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:06:04 No.5499831 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>5500198 >>5500258 >>5500341 >>5501215 >>5502577

Hey, /bant/. Reading anything good right now?

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Anonymous ID:jDLMakyp Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:06:59 No.5499834 Report

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:10:55 No.5499852 Report

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>>5499834
Oh, well, I just finished reading something and was wondering if /bant/ had anything good to suggest.

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Anonymous ID:rxctMkVV Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:14:07 No.5499871 Report

Quoted By: >>5499883

>>5499852
Try Terry Pratchett's books. Discworld series is pretty fun.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:16:27 No.5499883 Report

Quoted By: >>5500322

>>5499871
Thanks! I've heard about it a couple of times. Never gave it a shot though, maybe its about time I did.

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Anonymous ID:ppBsWTSV Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:21:01 No.5499913 Report

Quoted By: >>5499989

There is this historian called Leo (Arakel Babakhanian). Reading second volume of his Armenian history. I like how he writes, am a very slow reader though.

Kek Kumar

Kek Kumar ID:x9Iublaq Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:22:07 No.5499927 Report

Quoted By: >>5499989

All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:29:35 No.5499989 Report

Quoted By: >>5500242

>>5499913
I like reading on history. Armenian history sounds like a very interesting one, since you guys have centuries of cultural development. I really hope I get a chance to get aquatinted with both Armenian and Georgian history sometimes!
>>5499927
Never heard of it. Is it something modern?

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Anonymous ID:kCzYEP4q Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:53:55 No.5500198 Report

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>>5499831
Yep, your post.

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Anonymous ID:ppBsWTSV Thu 14 Jun 2018 19:59:06 No.5500242 Report

Quoted By: >>5500325

>>5499989
> Armenian history sounds like a very interesting one
yep, for me it is, shame lots of people around think it's useless and boring (history in general really)
>I really hope I get a chance to get aquatinted with both Armenian and Georgian history sometimes!
my all sources are in native language, so can't help with that. Sorry, Russanon, but good luck with your plans~

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:02:01 No.5500258 Report

Quoted By: >>5500315 >>5500318 >>5500325

>>5499831
Hadji Murat, and I need to continue reading the Nibelungenlied. I just finished reading les enfants terribles

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:08:52 No.5500315 Report

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>>5500258
Oh, and I started to finish as I lay dying by Faulkner as well. I need to finish War and Peace, I have up some long long time ago.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:09:23 No.5500318 Report

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>>5500258

Oh, and I started to read as I lay dying by Faulkner as well. I need to finish War and Peace, I have up some long long time ago.

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Anonymous ID:NMRqeimu Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:10:25 No.5500322 Report

Quoted By: >>5500346

>>5499883
Color of magic is not very good, but if you manage to get past that everything else is amazing.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:11:09 No.5500325 Report

Quoted By: >>5500334

>>5500258
Nibelungenlied? Damn, I still have so many "must-reads" to cover...
>>5500242
For some reason people dont pay too much attention to history in genral. It might not be all that usefull for most people, but I just find all the events and people very interesting and even somehow inspiring.
And its alright, I guess I will be able to find something decent in Russian or English if I put my mind to it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:13:41 No.5500334 Report

Quoted By: >>5500346

>>5500325
It is worth reading and it wouldn’t take very long, even if you are reading something you can still read it on the side. Download it from Gutenberg on your phone or something and read it every while or then.

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Anonymous ID:38onvI8v Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:15:51 No.5500341 Report

Quoted By: >>5500369 >>5500401

>>5499831
she's rubbing its skin the wrong way, she's gonna cut her fingers

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:16:53 No.5500346 Report

Quoted By: >>5500351

>>5500334
The thing is, I tend to read a lot of things at the same time. And often end up not finishing some books just because I switch to a different one and it completely absorbs all my attention. Its actually a pretty bad habit, but since you claim it can help reading the Nibelungenlied, I guess its not all that bad.
>>5500322
Thanks for the advice! Not too fond of most fantasy series, but I did enjoy quite a few. Hope this one makes the list too.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:17:55 No.5500351 Report

Quoted By: >>5500369

>>5500346
You just described me.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:23:04 No.5500369 Report

Quoted By: >>5500398 >>5500401

>>5500351
Sometimes it just gests absurd, when reading Don Quixote I finished it all but like 10-15 last pages. Was so weird to go back to it after several years only to discover that there is hardly anything left to finish.
>>5500341
Nice observation. Not sure what kind of scale sharks have though.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:29:36 No.5500398 Report

Quoted By: >>5500435

>>5500369
I think it is because I have too much books, sometimes I get too excited and say ‘fuck it’. I started reading Blood Meridian for two chapters then I stopped, and it is the same thing with countless books - they keep getting pilled up. Right now I want to start to continue reading in search of lost time and start in the shadow of young girls in flower, and I am really anxious to start it because I really liked the first book, but it is probably wise to leave it even if it is going to take me 1000 years or maybe some whim even to start it.

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Anonymous ID:NMRqeimu Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:30:25 No.5500401 Report

Quoted By: >>5500444

>>5500369
>>5500341
>mfw always thought sharks have smooth skin but in reallity their skin is made out of teeth

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:36:28 No.5500435 Report

Quoted By: >>5500494

>>5500398
For me right now right now its a couple of biographies - Lawrence's, Napoleon's and Rommel Papers, which proved to be the hardest to read with all the military terminology and the very way he wrote it. When it comes to fiction the thing I regret dropping most is The Brothers Karamsov, since I'm quite fond of Dostoevsky. Got caught in the middle of the exams with it and had to leave it for better times. Been like 3-4 years so far, still waiting.
Also Goethe, but the third part of Faust was just too boring to get through.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:37:43 No.5500444 Report

Quoted By: >>5500505

>>5500401
I kinda never thought of it before. But when American anon points it out, it actually does make sense.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:40:56 No.5500494 Report

Quoted By: >>5500522

>>5500435
>Faust
I still on the first act, but I want to read it again since I was not really in the mood when I progressed through it so I didn’t get as much out of it as the start. Also, how is ‘Brothers Karamazov’? I liked Dosto as well, but I got the Idiot to read before that.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:42:30 No.5500505 Report

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>>5500444
Checked

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:47:43 No.5500522 Report

Quoted By: >>5500544

>>5500494
In my opinion "the Idiot" is just the best thing he had ever written. Easily one of the top 5 of my all favorite books. I didn't see that much potential in "Brothers Karamazov". I mean, don't get me wrong, its great and has its own gems of philosophy, but for me it just can't live up to "The Idiot". It was 3-4 years ago though, so I might look at it differently if I take it up again now.
>Faust
At first its a real page turners. But closer to the end it gets so filled with references to Greek (if I recall correctly) mythology, that it gets hard to get through.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:51:53 No.5500544 Report

Quoted By: >>5500568

>>5500522
>"The Idiot"
Looks like it gained some priority, probably after I finish war and peace and in the shadow of young girls in flower though.

I heard from a Russian woman that she had to study War and Peace and Crime and Punishment at twelve.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:57:39 No.5500568 Report

Quoted By: >>5500580

>>5500544
Well, we technically get to read all the basic stuff in school. At least Russian authors, which we have quite an array of. Yet, its hardly enforced in most schools. And its getting worse every year with the new system of exams introduced.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:00:28 No.5500580 Report

Quoted By: >>5500610 >>5500634

>>5500568
Do you remember what you studied at school? The British syllabus is absolute shit, so I probably had to read like 3 good books before a-levels.

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Anonymous ID:yLR3gfUQ Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:06:05 No.5500610 Report

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>>5500580

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:08:49 No.5500634 Report

Quoted By: >>5500696

>>5500580
In Russia schools have (or at least used to have, since I imagine its different now) a rather good syllabus in theory. When it comes to literature it included all sorts of authors and genres. Same goes for history, but to a lesser extent. When it came to practice though, teachers were given full discretion for what to focus on, so they either concentrated on completely irrelevant stuff they liked personally and left everything else out, or simply didn't care at all. If it wasn't for my family and a home library, I probably wouldn't be interested in literature at all.
And its getting even worse now, since the new exams don't require a student to read anything aside from a handful of book summaries.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:15:53 No.5500696 Report

Quoted By: >>5500742

>>5500634
>If it wasn't for my family and a home library, I probably wouldn't be interested in literature at all.
I guess that is how it is for most people
>And its getting even worse now, since the new exams don't require a student to read anything aside from a handful of book summaries.
That sucks, on the other hand British exams included a question on a scene from Hamlet that isn’t even included in the majority of copies. Oh well, pretty sad since the Russian syllabus used to have such a reputation.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:21:42 No.5500742 Report

Quoted By: >>5500839

>>5500696
Yeah, we used to be very well-read as a nation. But now it looks like the whole country is going down the drain somehow. I'm not one of those self-hating Russians, but its still rather sad to watch what is happening...

Which scene btw? I only read Hamlet in Russian, so not sure about how complete it is.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:34:17 No.5500839 Report

Quoted By: >>5500907

>>5500742
I think it is this one: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.4.4.html
I heard of it somewhere so I just tried googling something and I found it, https://jwpblog.com/2018/06/08/hamlet-44-to-examine-or-not-to-examine/.
>Yeah, we used to be very well-read as a nation.
I still find Russians far more well read then anyone else, so it is a case of everything being shit.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:43:21 No.5500907 Report

Quoted By: >>5501044

>>5500839
Thanks! I'll be sure to check it out and compare to my copy.

Well, I'm not sure how well-read Russia is right now. When I ask my Russian friends about literature, its either really well-read people, who have read just about anything, or "I don't like reading" kind of people. Somehow I rarely meet someone in-between.

Anyway, it was real pleasure talking to someone who likes literature. Looking forward to discussing books with you again, my friend!

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Anonymous ID:YE+dsTgx Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:45:23 No.5500923 Report

Quoted By: >>5500995

No the only person who cares about what I read is me I have shit taste

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Anonymous ID:oU5vD2yF Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:53:03 No.5500984 Report

Quoted By: >>5500988 >>5501035

Hi :D

Still reading the sociology book about hiking fn, and I started some mangas too today (Dr Stone, Golden Kamui and Made in Abyss)

Also since you like old movies I discovered one in the last Death in Rome music video, it's called Paracelsus and it seems very interesting, I'll probably watch it in a fex days ^^ Did you know about this one?

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Anonymous ID:oU5vD2yF Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:53:22 No.5500988 Report

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>>5500984
rn not fn*

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:53:54 No.5500995 Report

Quoted By: >>5501071

>>5500923
Come on, reading pretty much anything is better than reading nothing at all.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:57:24 No.5501035 Report

Quoted By: >>5501052

>>5500984
Nice to see you again! No, I have never heard of that one. Since you recommend it, I just have to give it a try. Than you very much, mate!

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:58:05 No.5501044 Report

Quoted By: >>5501083 >>5502603

>>5500907
Me too. I will just add one thing though, I am not one normally to read sci-fi but because of Tarkovsky's films I ended up reading both Solaris and Roadside Picnic and they were both much better then expected - just one one more thing worth reading if you haven't considered/read them yet.

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Anonymous ID:oU5vD2yF Thu 14 Jun 2018 21:58:51 No.5501052 Report

Quoted By: >>5501103

>>5501035
Well I can't really "recommand" it since I haven't watch it yet but it looked good ^^

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Anonymous ID:YE+dsTgx Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:01:04 No.5501071 Report

Quoted By: >>5501103

>>5500995
It's all involved fantasy

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:02:01 No.5501083 Report

Quoted By: >>5501157

>>5501044
I am not a big fan of sci-fi. Probably the only "semi-sci-fi" author I like is Kurt Vonnegut. But I suppose at least "Roadside Picnic" is a "must-read". I've heard a lot of positive feedback about Solaris as well, but it just sounds extremely depressing. Thanks for the advice!

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:04:05 No.5501103 Report

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>>5501052
Well, you never know unless you try. Guess I have an occupation for tomorrow morning now)
>>5501071
I've heard it can be pretty good sometimes.

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:10:01 No.5501157 Report

Quoted By: >>5501222 >>5502603

>>5501083
>Solaris
This one in particular is good, and it is even well respected and established by academia , it is quite a complex piece of work so it is definitely worth reading.

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Anonymous ID:F2NgWxS1 Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:16:27 No.5501215 Report

Quoted By: >>5501235

>>5499831
Murakami

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:17:02 No.5501222 Report

Quoted By: >>5501829

>>5501157
I know its going to be depressing, but guess I will give it a chance. They say the film adaptation is pretty good too btw.

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:18:03 No.5501235 Report

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>>5501215
Tried reading him. He is unique for sure, but is he actually enjoyable to read?

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:37:07 No.5501829 Report

Quoted By: >>5501904 >>5501936

>>5501222
>They say the film adaptation is pretty good too btw.
Tarkovsky is my favourite director so you should probably watch anything by him, maybe even watch the film first if you want to. Watching him is completely incomparable with anything else, so he is unmissable
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R2-DaRZzh0I (Not Solaris, but another film of his The Mirror)

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Anonymous ID:0oaW5QgU Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:46:50 No.5501904 Report

Quoted By: >>5501997

>>5501829
I will definitely check out his films. Sometimes film adaptations can be even more masterful than the books. Thanks again for your advice!

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Anonymous ID:oU5vD2yF Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:49:25 No.5501936 Report

Quoted By: >>5501997

>>5501829
I'll watch the mirror, sounds cool :D

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Anonymous ID:DoZyLVJG Thu 14 Jun 2018 22:57:52 No.5501997 Report

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>>5501904
>>5501936
:-)

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Anonymous ID:gskL14J8 Fri 15 Jun 2018 00:12:10 No.5502577 Report

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>>5499831
I actually really like russian authors, dosto and chekhov in particular but most of the 19th century writers from Russia just write wonderful short stories and novels

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Anonymous ID:gskL14J8 Fri 15 Jun 2018 00:17:16 No.5502603 Report

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>>5501044
>>5501157
I read little to no sci fi but Solaris was a real experience, very insightful, definitely one of my best reads. I had more trouble with vonnegut though

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