Here we love experimental works and explorations of ideas. A large amount of Fiction, Buddhist text exploration, Esoterica, Science Fiction, perhaps some movie writers/directors. Much love for Literature here. Welcome and let's get to it!
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Just finished last night. I’m awed, baffled, and frustrated all at once. Wild book. So much to love. So much to question and even roll one’s eyes at. So much to laugh with. So much, finally, to celebrate.
I haven’t read the book for at least 30 years. But there’s two versions, the simple difference is length. It’s the best MM story I can name not linked (as far as I can remember) to his multiverse stories.
I’m learning about Buddhism. This video was both kind and uplifting. I suffered with paranoid schizophrenia. It was true suffering at a magnitude I didn’t know possible. I studied the disease as much as I could in the hospital. This helped me grasp reality and eventually I recovered to around 90 percent. My daughter helped bring me back because I didn’t want to lose her badly., I am drawn to Buddhism and appreciate your knowledge. What would you suggest I do in order to find the right interpretation of Buddhism? I’m more interested in the man and how he was drawn to people who suffer badly. I’m not sure about any of the divine aspects.
Thank you for sharing! Perhaps my Buddhist playlist is good to point you in a direction. Email me and I will drop you pinks to some good resources here on RU-vid 🙏
* The linear labyrinth is of course the Zeno's Achilles and the tortoise paradox. * Scharlach not only devised the scheme to lure Lönnrot to Triste-Le-Roy (the rhombus), but also the stratagem in order to supposedly conceal the fourth killing (the triangle sent), so that Lönnrot thinks he is unveiling the truth by his deductive powers. Scharlach is really the master of deceiving. * I could not figure out which was the Gryphius' word that Lönnrot found so significant: sacrifices. Thank you for that! Cheers from Argentina!
Liked this video, man. I read inherent vice first because I’m a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson and wanted to read it after seeing the movie. I’ve ordered gravity’s rainbow and might wait a while before starting it haha. I think reading some more of his work first could be pretty beneficial to understanding gravity’s rainbow a fair bit better.
There were some hot rumors a few months back that PTA's next movie (starring Leonardo DiCaprio) might be an adaption of Pynchon's "Vineland." It's currently filming. Scheduled for release: August 2025.
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 I would love to see him do another Pynchon adaptation. Inherent vice is extremely underrated in his filmography in my opinion.
@@owenstephen8317 I agree. I think "Inherent Vice" is hilarious. Apparently PTA is quite the Pynchon fan, and "Vineland" is his favorite Pynchon book. (There's also an interesting video on YT about the influence of "V." on "The Master.")
Excellent discussion, of outstanding books by Dan Simmons. I hope he is still writing. Have you discussed "Ilium" and "Olympos" yet? Absolutely amazing...
Thanks. I have tried Gravities Rainbow thrice…have never made it past page 80 on any try. After try one I jumped over to The Crying of Lot 49-I had a false start-meaning about 90 pages deep I realized I had started out on the wrong foot(this is more than two decades ago, is there not a character or characters who are actively tripping on acid throughout the entire course of the book?? I remember that realization being a revelation and starting over haha!) went back, the book contained enough stunning passages to make the prospects of a do over pleasurable, nobody composes a stand alone paragraph with as much shimmering beauty and in this case menace as Pynchon. Still have to bang out GR, until that stops feeling like a fucking death March you’ve given me a few options for book two, thank you so much! Oh…btw it’s pronounced “Oov-rah”.
@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse I'm interested in taking the vows. I've found some simple answers but would really like to hear from someone with the knowledge.
My local book club is reading Light in August after initially trying The Sound and The Fury and rejecting it is too difficult for Faulkner initiates. I will say up front that Faulkner can write a beautiful sentence that will literally stop me in my tracks - he is so amazing in his use of the English language. This book is bleak and difficult and yet now that I'm done I can't stop thinking about it. I do find it interesting that we never know for sure (and I think Faulkner never made it specifically clear) whether Joe Christmas has black blood or Mexican or is of mixed race at all. The point is that in America at the time it didn't matter, the suspicion was enough to set the course of your life. What a tragic character .... On the other hand, Hightower seems to be the other main character but gets much less attention. I found his character to be very confusing and yet emblematic of another major theme of Faulkner's which is "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
I noticed your channel name a couple of days ago on a video in my reccomended feed. Looking into Borges this morning and stumbled across this video. Very cool!
I' m reading the book these days in a good Greek translation (I love the cover on the English version!). I can recognise a great author from the way he writes, knowing that it' s his first work. I have underlined a lot of wongerful lines. The psychological insight of the character is very good, at some points he goes too far with descriptions of inner aspects of his mind in detail.I have not finishd it yet, there is a kind of suspense he manages to create, as to what is haunting this guy, what has really happened in his family. I really loved Stoner and ,of course, have "Augustus" and the "Butcher" on my list. Thanks a lot for the review!
Have you ever thought to read and review another great book on the same subject, more or less? I am talking about Nikos Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation.
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse Yes. Exactly. I'm glad you say this. I love Kazantzakis. I am in the middle of Saramago and I have many problems with this novel but I'll get to the end. Then I will read The Last Temptation again, because I need good literature.
This is really good! I follow a lot of orthodox rabbis and they talk about the Zohar and Kabbalah mysticism. It is rooted in the Jewish faith. Believe they call it the mystical Torah
Wow. I read the reader's edition a few years back. it made an impression but to see the handwritten latin and the luminous imagery is just incredible. Jung encountered the wise old man while forging this journal as a young man and i tend to think of the Liber Novus as a true expression of that archetype, a distillation of the master-pupil dynamic in dreams. Have you read Magister Ludi by Hesse? Its narrative really complements the more astral red book and they share symbolism. Wilhelm Meister's Apprencticeship reveals other aspects of this too i feel. The co-creative faculty in our minds eye
Thank you! There is also a video discussion on the channel where a couple readers and I delve into many of Brautigan's works. I think it is a great discussion. Let me know if you cant find it
