Re: Literature!!!

Lee Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:38 pm

That would probably have to be at London or Europe mostly since I don't recall running into anything of the likes during the United States around that time.

Loyal Subject Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:42 pm

yeah he lived at Oxford University. he was a teacher there.

Shanghai Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:45 pm

Random question:

Male or female children?

*Gets shot*

Lee Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:46 pm

Do you know if subjects such as nude child photography was common in United States during that time? I never ran into such a topic like that...I would of thought even back then there would be some kind of law about such a thing.

If it was so common place in London during that time then what are researchers trying to do?

Loyal Subject Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:50 pm

@ Konata: the girl's name was Alice...do i need to explain further =p

@ Lee: only some historians argue that it was a popular trend in England. those are the ones that want to preserve Lewis Carroll's name I guess. i dont think there was such a thing going on in the US. but im just going by a handful of historian's arguments. some also argue that their age difference was not so much the problem, it was mostly because Lewis Carroll wasn't very wealthy and would not make a good suitor. there are so many stories of scandal regarding Lewis Carroll, it would be impossible to find the truth.

Lee Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:51 pm

@ Konata: the girl's name was Alice...do i need to explain further =p

Have you ever heard the song about the Man named Sue?

Loyal Subject Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:55 pm

^ No.

Alice Liddell...Alice in Wonderland....=/

Shanghai Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:07 pm

ALIIIIIIIIIIIIICE! GIVE ME THE DRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG!

Loyal Subject Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:09 pm

O_o what?

Lee Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:11 pm

Yeah seriously what are you talking about?

Shanghai Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:05 pm

Onii-sama... You are... the devil...

Loyal Subject Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:11 pm

*Still has no clue as to what is going on*

Lee Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:12 pm

You're not the only one...

Loyal Subject Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:26 pm

So anyway, I got pretty far in Sylvie and Bruno. I really like this story. It's strange like Alice.

Lee Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:59 pm

Is that the book that you said had a lot of weird twists and was very psychedelic like?

Loyal Subject Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:50 pm

^ i thought i was talking about Alice then...i dont remember =/

Lee Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:00 pm

You know you were talking about a book where a ghost realizes he was haunting the wrong house in the end...wasn't that by them or the book?

Loyal Subject Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:40 pm

^ oh right. that one by Lewis Carroll. i remember now =D all the stories im reading are by Lewis Carroll hence the strange things happening. yeah....does that answer your question? =p

Uruviel Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:37 am

So.... now that I'm here, time for Inheritance Cycle discussion?? ^_^

I'm intrigued to know about the latest theories you guys have come up with........

zfish9 Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:23 am

Okay, my theory is that the next book is going to be rather dark. my main evidence is the very begining of Solembum's (The werecat's) prophecy to Eragon.

When all seems lost, and your power is insufficient, go to the rock of Kuthian and speak your name to the vault of souls."

now this may be looking at it a bit pessimistically for Eragon, but this pretty much implies that before Eragon does this, the Varden and the Elves are screwed. and seeing as it starts with "When all seems lost" then this means that either the Varden/Elves are almost completely destroyed, Galbatorix ends up winning the war, or (to Eragon at least) Arya, once again, turns him down.

Loyal Subject Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:47 pm

ive got no predictions. i dont even remember the book well enough to have theories in my head. other than Arya and Eragon will end up together even though Arya has turned Eragon down before. that's my only prediction. and it's not a very good one I know =p.

Uruviel Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:44 am

LOL. Oh, Eragon - he's so hopeless.
I want Nasuada and that other king (what was his name??) to get together. Or her and Murtagh, but I have a bad feeling he might die T_T
About your theory, zfish, Solembum says "when all seems lost"..... Maybe when Paolini wrote it he was thinking of a Riders-of-Rohan-Gandalf-and-Shadowfax "Look to the East" moment??

Ooh, it could also be that Eragon has to die first to enter the Vault of Souls or something. Like he can only enter there as a soul....?

I'll have to read the books again when I get a chance!

Uruviel Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:40 am

So I was killing time at Coles (bookstore) last friday after work and this book on their "This Year's Top Sellers" shelf caught my eye. It's called Halting State, written by one Charles Strass. This is what the jacket says:

"In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates, a dot-com start-up company that's just floated onto the London stock exchange. But this crime may be a bit beyond Smith's expertise.

"The prime suspects are a band of marauding orcs with a dragon in tow for fire support. The bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four, and the robbery was supposed to be impossible. When word gets out, Hayek Associates and all their virtual "economies" are going to crash hard.

"For Smith, the investigation seems pointless. But the deeper she digs, the bigger the case gets. There are powerful players -- both reall and pixallated -- who are watching her every move. Because these is far more at stake than just some game-head's fantasy financial security..."

I had to buy it -- it's supposed to be sci-fi (which I normally stay away from), but I'm trying to expand my reading variety, and it seems like there's a mix of fantasy (Dragons and Orcs! Laughing

) and sherlock holmes-esque mystery and hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy type humour. I've only read the prologue so far, but it's already interesting -- hopefully it'll prove to be a really good read Happy

zfish9 Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:50 pm

interesting... i'll have to find a chance to read that book, it sounds very interesting!

Loyal Subject Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:45 pm

im still trying to get my hands on interview with a vampire but that isnt going so well.....

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