QueenZone discussion #1198674

catqueen wrote: Is anyone reading anything particularly good at the moment?  Or in the recent past?  Or have any books to recommend?  I usually have several books going at a time, which I dip in and out of, although i don't read nearly as much as I used to.  At the moment I'm rereading One Red Paperclip, by Kyle MacDonald.  Its about a guy in Canada who played a game called 'bigger and better.'  He started with one red paperclip, which he traded for a pen (bigger or better then the paperclip).  This was traded for something else, and so on.  He ended up travelling all over Canada, and possibly part of the USA to make trades.  His goal was to get a house in a year, and he did it.  Its a great, lighthearted, optimistic and happy book for the extremely bleak weather we're undergoing here. Anyway, is anyone else reading anything good?

dragon-fly wrote: To Yara: Very interesting what you wrote! So you have Slav roots? I always thought that your name sounded familiar. It's very close theme for me. We are proud of our culture. You can ask me to send the books for your mother. I'm gladly agree, if you want. I can find anything on Ukrainian or Russian. Let me know. 

its_a_hard_life wrote: I mainly read musician biography/autobiography books. Currently in the middle of Slash's autobiography. It's epic. [img=/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif][/img]

                              Yara wrote:                              

                                                              catqueen wrote:                               Is anyone reading anything particularly good at the moment?  Or in the recent past?  Or have any books to recommend?  I usually have several books going at a time, which I dip in and out of, although i don't read nearly as much as I used to.  At the moment I'm rereading One Red Paperclip, by Kyle MacDonald.  Its about a guy in Canada who played a game called 'bigger and better.'  He started with one red paperclip, which he traded for a pen (bigger or better then the paperclip).  This was traded for something else, and so on.  He ended up travelling all over Canada, and possibly part of the USA to make trades.  His goal was to get a house in a year, and he did it.  Its a great, lighthearted, optimistic and happy book for the extremely bleak weather we're undergoing here. Anyway, is anyone else reading anything good?                              

My mother always enjoyed reading Gógol’s books but never had his complete works in their original languages. She’s from Ukraine and she can’t barely speak Portuguese or English to this day -  giving books to my mom as a gift is a nightmare because Brazil is not a very good market for books in Russian, Ukrainian and Hebrew. Anyway, I was recently in New York and managed to buy all the books by this author - some very good editions for a ridiculously low price. The Strand saved me. She was thrilled to have the chance to read again the works of one of her favorite authors in the original language. I read some tales in the plane back home and I enjoyed them a lot. I had only read his masterpiece - ?Dead Souls?. A book I thoroughly enjoyed, and I usually hate reading novels or books on humanities. The book must be seriously good if even I liked it so much. So we’ve been getting together in weekends to slowly and carefully read Gógol’s ¨Tarás Bulba¨. It’s a fascinating novel in all regards - the writing is incredibly beautiful and the plots and sub-plots are all very compelling and exciting. It’s a story about a Cossack family. It begins this way but gradually becomes something ¨ larger than life¨ as it deals with feelings and issues which transcend the very particular setting in which the novel takes place.  It’s a tale about family ties and community duties, often in contradiction; about the limits of tolerance in a specific historical moment and the clash between many different ethnic groups; about fear of the unknown and, above all, though, about love in its most absorbing and inebriating expression. It’s an old book. Worse: it’s a book from the 19th Century telling a story which is supposed to happen in the 17th Century! You can probably buy it for U$ 5. But it is surprisingly worth reading. At least for this math-geek here, it proved to be surprisingly good. : ))) 

Freddies Lunch Box wrote: and bearly legal

KillerQueen840 wrote: I read anything Stephen King or true crime. Some of my favorites from King are: The Green Mile (number one pick), 'Salem's Lot (just finished reading it again), Misery, The Stand The Shining and Gerald's Game For true crime books....I love John Douglas (he's a genius). I suggest reading his book The Anatomy of Motive. The Murderer Next Door: Why the Human Mind is Designed to Kill was also very, very interesting book. I don't remember the author but I'm going to have to read that again. Perhaps tomorrow.

Holly2003 wrote:

  Freddies Lunch Box wrote: and bearly legal

Bear porn. Kinky.

Freddies Lunch Box wrote:

  Holly2003 wrote:  

      Freddies Lunch Box wrote:   and bearly legal  

Bear porn. Kinky.

makes for many a great night.

Panchgani wrote:

  Freddies Lunch Box wrote:  

      Holly2003 wrote:      

              Freddies Lunch Box wrote:       and bearly legal      

Bear porn. Kinky.

makes for many a great night.

Killer sex ... better than a vacuum cleaner and a plastic bag.

Freddies Lunch Box wrote:

  Holly2003 wrote:  

      Freddies Lunch Box wrote:   and bearly legal  

Bear porn. Kinky.

makes for many a great night.

its_a_hard_life wrote: I mainly read musician biography/autobiography books. Currently in the middle of Slash's autobiography. It's epic. [img=/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif][/img]

Mr.Jingles wrote:

its_a_hard_life wrote: I mainly read musician biography/autobiography books. Currently in the middle of Slash's autobiography. It's epic. [img=/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif][/img]

LOL! I remember Slash being on Howard Stern giving away bits from the book. They even mentioned that some of the stories were so raunchy that they could only talk about them on satellite radio.

Zebonka12 wrote: I've been reading Lobsang Rampa.

Marcelo_argentina wrote: I'm also reading at the moment Lobsang Rampa, as Zebonka..the guy was fucking crazy, but his books are just incredibles if you want to fly a little...also reading Robin Norwood (when I travel to work by Train), Why me, why this, why now?...Intresting stuff..Finally I got "The uses of Literacy" from Richard Hoggart...I will give it a chance soon...Love reading...can't live with out books around me..

My Melancholy Blues wrote:

                                                              Yara wrote:                                                              

                                                                                                                              catqueen wrote:                                                               Is anyone reading anything particularly good at the moment?  Or in the recent past?  Or have any books to recommend?  I usually have several books going at a time, which I dip in and out of, although i don't read nearly as much as I used to.  At the moment I'm rereading One Red Paperclip, by Kyle MacDonald.  Its about a guy in Canada who played a game called 'bigger and better.'  He started with one red paperclip, which he traded for a pen (bigger or better then the paperclip).  This was traded for something else, and so on.  He ended up travelling all over Canada, and possibly part of the USA to make trades.  His goal was to get a house in a year, and he did it.  Its a great, lighthearted, optimistic and happy book for the extremely bleak weather we're undergoing here. Anyway, is anyone else reading anything good?                                                              

My mother always enjoyed reading Gógol’s books but never had his complete works in their original languages. She’s from Ukraine and she can’t barely speak Portuguese or English to this day -  giving books to my mom as a gift is a nightmare because Brazil is not a very good market for books in Russian, Ukrainian and Hebrew. Anyway, I was recently in New York and managed to buy all the books by this author - some very good editions for a ridiculously low price. The Strand saved me. She was thrilled to have the chance to read again the works of one of her favorite authors in the original language. I read some tales in the plane back home and I enjoyed them a lot. I had only read his masterpiece - ?Dead Souls?. A book I thoroughly enjoyed, and I usually hate reading novels or books on humanities. The book must be seriously good if even I liked it so much. So we’ve been getting together in weekends to slowly and carefully read Gógol’s ¨Tarás Bulba¨. It’s a fascinating novel in all regards - the writing is incredibly beautiful and the plots and sub-plots are all very compelling and exciting. It’s a story about a Cossack family. It begins this way but gradually becomes something ¨ larger than life¨ as it deals with feelings and issues which transcend the very particular setting in which the novel takes place.  It’s a tale about family ties and community duties, often in contradiction; about the limits of tolerance in a specific historical moment and the clash between many different ethnic groups; about fear of the unknown and, above all, though, about love in its most absorbing and inebriating expression. It’s an old book. Worse: it’s a book from the 19th Century telling a story which is supposed to happen in the 17th Century! You can probably buy it for U$ 5. But it is surprisingly worth reading. At least for this math-geek here, it proved to be surprisingly good. : ))) 

I feel it's a kind of coincidence. Since Sep 1st I've been reading Gogol's "Dead Souls" for the second time. Several years ago I was into Russian novels and I also read some Gogol's: "The Nose", "The Overcoat", and "Dead Souls". As to "¨Tarás Bulba", in my childhood I heard about the story. (I'm Japanese, so all Russian books I've read so far are Japanese translations of them, though)

dragon-fly wrote: If you want a movie about Cossacks you'd better get the one which was made in Russia in 2009. The director V. Bortko.

Mr.Jingles wrote: They even mentioned that some of the stories were so raunchy that they could only talk about them on satellite radio.

cacatua wrote:

dragon-fly wrote: If you want a movie about Cossacks you'd better get the one which was made in Russia in 2009. The director V. Bortko.

What do you personally think of the movie, dragon-fly, being Ukranian? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/europe/13cossacks.html http://www.amazon.com/Taras-Bulba-NTSC-Vladimir-Vdovichencov/dp/B002BB98VI The Amazon listing has a very long and opinionated review of the movie if you scroll down. In some ways he liked the 1962 movie with Yul Brynner better. I don't know quite what to make of it after reading the reviews, because there are so few. At the amazon link there is yet another link to the Bortko movie DVD, with English subtitles, where this review is repeated, and a couple of others are there as well, but still only 3. I guess now I'd like to see both movie versions and read the book now. I'll have to check and see if they have both of them to rent here. Thanks for the info about the new version.

cacatua wrote:

  dragon-fly wrote: If you want a movie about Cossacks you'd better get the one which was made in Russia in 2009. The director V. Bortko.

What do you personally think of the movie, dragon-fly, being Ukranian? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/europe/13cossacks.html http://www.amazon.com/Taras-Bulba-NTSC-Vladimir-Vdovichencov/dp/B002BB98VI The Amazon listing has a very long and opinionated review of the movie if you scroll down. In some ways he liked the 1962 movie with Yul Brynner better. I don't know quite what to make of it after reading the reviews, because there are so few. At the amazon link there is yet another link to the Bortko movie DVD, with English subtitles, where this review is repeated, and a couple of others are there as well, but still only 3. I guess now I'd like to see both movie versions and read the book now. I'll have to check and see if they have both of them to rent here. Thanks for the info about the new version.

dragon-fly wrote:

  cacatua wrote:  

      dragon-fly wrote:   If you want a movie about Cossacks you'd better get the one which was made in Russia in 2009. The director V. Bortko.  

What do you personally think of the movie, dragon-fly, being Ukranian? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/europe/13cossacks.html http://www.amazon.com/Taras-Bulba-NTSC-Vladimir-Vdovichencov/dp/B002BB98VI The Amazon listing has a very long and opinionated review of the movie if you scroll down. In some ways he liked the 1962 movie with Yul Brynner better. I don't know quite what to make of it after reading the reviews, because there are so few. At the amazon link there is yet another link to the Bortko movie DVD, with English subtitles, where this review is repeated, and a couple of others are there as well, but still only 3. I guess now I'd like to see both movie versions and read the book now. I'll have to check and see if they have both of them to rent here. Thanks for the info about the new version.

I personally think (being Ukrainian) that you'd better read the book first:). It'll be much easier for you to judge both movies after the book. It'll give you a possibility to make your own decision. So, the best way to get everything:).  And, don't you think to take seriously this cock's fighting (Ukrainian president vs Russian ex-president from the first link). I'm starting to read again stories by Ostap Vyshnja- that's a laugh!

cacatua wrote:

dragon-fly wrote:

  cacatua wrote:  

      dragon-fly wrote:   If you want a movie about Cossacks you'd better get the one which was made in Russia in 2009. The director V. Bortko.  

What do you personally think of the movie, dragon-fly, being Ukranian? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/europe/13cossacks.html http://www.amazon.com/Taras-Bulba-NTSC-Vladimir-Vdovichencov/dp/B002BB98VI The Amazon listing has a very long and opinionated review of the movie if you scroll down. In some ways he liked the 1962 movie with Yul Brynner better. I don't know quite what to make of it after reading the reviews, because there are so few. At the amazon link there is yet another link to the Bortko movie DVD, with English subtitles, where this review is repeated, and a couple of others are there as well, but still only 3. I guess now I'd like to see both movie versions and read the book now. I'll have to check and see if they have both of them to rent here. Thanks for the info about the new version.

I personally think (being Ukrainian) that you'd better read the book first:). It'll be much easier for you to judge both movies after the book. It'll give you a possibility to make your own decision. So, the best way to get everything:).  And, don't you think to take seriously this cock's fighting (Ukrainian president vs Russian ex-president from the first link). I'm starting to read again stories by Ostap Vyshnja- that's a laugh!

I suppose that reading the book first would be the correct order of things, though you might be surprised at how many people, having seen the movie version Lawrence of Arabia, which had little to do with real events, then went on to find Lawrence's book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, about his experiences in the Arab Revolt. Too bad George Bush never read it! Anyway many of these people now hang out over at TEL Studies, and have seen the movie (Which is such an epic that even with its immense factual flaws is breathtaking.) and read Lawrence's book many times. Anywho...........I'm not sure in what order I will get to these, but as tasks on my list go, life would be sweet if they were all this good!

Yara wrote:

  cacatua wrote:  

      dragon-fly wrote:      

              cacatua wrote:              

                              dragon-fly wrote:               If you want a movie about Cossacks you'd better get the one which was made in Russia in 2009. The director V. Bortko.              

What do you personally think of the movie, dragon-fly, being Ukranian? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/europe/13cossacks.html http://www.amazon.com/Taras-Bulba-NTSC-Vladimir-Vdovichencov/dp/B002BB98VI The Amazon listing has a very long and opinionated review of the movie if you scroll down. In some ways he liked the 1962 movie with Yul Brynner better. I don't know quite what to make of it after reading the reviews, because there are so few. At the amazon link there is yet another link to the Bortko movie DVD, with English subtitles, where this review is repeated, and a couple of others are there as well, but still only 3. I guess now I'd like to see both movie versions and read the book now. I'll have to check and see if they have both of them to rent here. Thanks for the info about the new version.

I personally think (being Ukrainian) that you'd better read the book first:). It'll be much easier for you to judge both movies after the book. It'll give you a possibility to make your own decision. So, the best way to get everything:).  And, don't you think to take seriously this cock's fighting (Ukrainian president vs Russian ex-president from the first link). I'm starting to read again stories by Ostap Vyshnja- that's a laugh!

I suppose that reading the book first would be the correct order of things, though you might be surprised at how many people, having seen the movie version Lawrence of Arabia, which had little to do with real events, then went on to find Lawrence's book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, about his experiences in the Arab Revolt. Too bad George Bush never read it! Anyway many of these people now hang out over at TEL Studies, and have seen the movie (Which is such an epic that even with its immense factual flaws is breathtaking.) and read Lawrence's book many times. Anywho...........I'm not sure in what order I will get to these, but as tasks on my list go, life would be sweet if they were all this good!

List? What LIST? READ THE BOOK!!! Just grab it and let it take you wherever your imagination wanna go to. I’m seriously thinking about sending the book to you by mail! I’m starting to get exasperated. And I know what the answer will be: "I have a life outside of the world of the novels...". I can’t stand this line and its variations anymore, I’m going slightly mad. READ THE DAMN BOOK! :op It’s short and cheap.  That "Everyman’s Library" Collection has a whole volume devoted to his tales, I’m almost sure Tarás Bulba is there. It’s sheer pleasure and I’m quite sure you finish reading it in two or three days. SHEER pleasure. You read it in one go. Bring the Cossacks to your bathroom. Bring them on! To the kitchen. To BED - the whole horde of Cossacks. : -))

QueenPaulo wrote: i start to read BRIAN MAY: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY by laura jackson today! ;DDDD

cacatua wrote: I made about a dozen stops in town today (three bookstores and one library) and couldn't come up with hide nor hair of Taras Bulba in any way shape or form, except for 1 DVD version at the library which was most likely the old one. I didn't even get that because I was sure the video rental place on the other side of town would have it, which they didn't. I'll order the book online. I already have a whole stack of books to read beside my chair, but this has become a quest now.

catqueen wrote:

QueenPaulo wrote: i start to read BRIAN MAY: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY by laura jackson today! ;DDDD

What do you think of it?

QueenPaulo wrote:

  catqueen wrote:  

      QueenPaulo wrote:   i start to read BRIAN MAY: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY by laura jackson today! ;DDDD  

What do you think of it?        

    hey catqueen, i'm liking of the book, i don't know why the people didn't like.... The unique bad thing is that Laura Jackson don't show so much the Brians point of think  

catqueen wrote:

QueenPaulo wrote:

  catqueen wrote:  

      QueenPaulo wrote:   i start to read BRIAN MAY: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY by laura jackson today! ;DDDD  

What do you think of it?        

    hey catqueen, i'm liking of the book, i don't know why the people didn't like.... The unique bad thing is that Laura Jackson don't show so much the Brians point of think  

Glad you like it, I wasn't too impressed, as you said, it doesn't really show much of Brian's point of view, but I'm still glad I got it.  I thought it seemed like she got most of her information from articles and people who barely knew Queen, and based the whole book on fairly limited information.  It would be better if she would have asked Brian stuff and asked people close to him, and also focused more on Brian rather then Queen.  And the book is not authorised by Queen, as far as I know.  Glad you're enjoying it though, even if the content leaves a bit to be desired, its still a nice book to have, I think.