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From which side?
"Wat is het een gezellig boel hier".
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It's in relatively straightforward language...
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For Joyce yes.
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I came across this again. One of my favourites especially with Burton.
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Never having read any Böll, I can't agree or disagree, but the movie based on his novel Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum was a cracker.Scot Dutchy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:34 amDont blame you. I am one who never understands the big fuss about Joyce. I have the same feeling about the German author Heinrich Böll. To me much overrated. IMHO.
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I must admit that was one of his better ones but the filming was very good and improved it no end.
"Billard um Halb Zehn" was heavy going. I read in Dutch: "Biljarten om Half Tien".
Dutch has plenty post war heavy authors which bore you to death although in the literary world they are still gods.
"Billard um Halb Zehn" was heavy going. I read in Dutch: "Biljarten om Half Tien".
Dutch has plenty post war heavy authors which bore you to death although in the literary world they are still gods.
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If I wanted stream of consciousness I'd just sit and think about shit. Give me elves and dragons and mighty-thewed barbarian warriors any day.
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plenty literature on those themes; or you could just play Role Playing Games. May I recomment the writings of Robert E Howard?
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I've read pretty much all his heroic fantasy, Conan of course, Bran Mac Morn, Kull, Solomon Kane. All the Cthulhu mythos stuff. I read a couple of his Westerns and tried to read the boxing stories, but they don't stack up against the fantasy and horror.
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indeed, I so wish I had the boxing stories in OV, unfortunately, I have those only as French translation.
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I can only agree here. When I refer to Tolkien as the Dickens of fantasy fiction, that's not really meant as a compliment. I don't need every leaf in the forest described for me in excruciating detail any more than I need that for every cobblestone in Victorian London. I'll cheerfully admit his importance to the genre, but almighty Bob, I gave up halfway through 'Fellowship' and haven't gone back.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:35 amTolkien for me. Lord of the Rings? Yawn of the Rings more like.
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Fucking heretics. JRR sits at the right hand of Eric Clapton.
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The "sex, drugs and rock'nroll" conversation wouldn't be a long one...
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Cool man.
"Wat is het een gezellig boel hier".
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Pipeweed, man. Only the best Longbottom Leaf.
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