Japan - Day 1 - Leaving Sydney
2 weeks ago
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Reading
Just finished reading Juliet, Naked (the latest from Nick Hornby) and really enjoyed it. It was certainly a much easier read than some of the other books I've consumed recently, and I both laughed and thought while reading it, a happy combination. A very strong contrast in tone to Destination: Void by Frank Herbert, which was chock full of weighty discussion on consciousness and the process of constructing it mechanically in an AI. Also lighter than Great Expectations, which was good but hard to get into because of the archaic language. Luckily I had the South Park version at the back of my mind to ease the visualisation process ;)
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I am so glad you enjoyed the book! And the Dickens too - I haven't read Great Expectations (yet) but I really loved Bleak House. I read it not long after watching a BBC adaptation, which probably helped me to dive right into it. I've done the same thing with other classics like Jane Eyre. Ideally I would read the book before seeing the movie, but it can work well the other way around too.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure Tale of Two Cities is the only other Dickens I've read, but I have seen Scrooged and Muppet Christmas Carol, so that surely counts for one more ;)
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