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Kiln |
Feb 18 2013, 03:34 AM
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Forum Bard
Joined: 22-June 05
From: Balmora, Eight Plates
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I'm reading Metro 2033 and George Orwell's 1984 over again. I must just be in the mood for dark settings.
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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Destri Melarg |
Feb 20 2013, 01:25 AM
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Mouth
Joined: 16-March 10
From: Rihad, Hammerfell
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QUOTE(PhonAntiPhon @ Feb 19 2013, 12:04 PM) "Present At A Hanging" - and other stories. Ambrose Bierce
Bierce is fascinating simply because of his disappearance.I'm currently reading Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I highly recommend reading this book over seeing the Spielberg film loosely based on it.
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PhonAntiPhon |
Feb 21 2013, 12:02 AM
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Mouth
Joined: 27-August 12
From: Whiterun, central Skyrim.
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QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Feb 20 2013, 10:40 PM) Midsummer Night's dream I'm only reading it because my teacher is making me Dude (or dudette) Shakespeare is Awesome, seriously.
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Settled in Breezehome - (Mostly)
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King Of Beasts |
Feb 21 2013, 12:04 AM
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Ancient
Joined: 15-November 12
From: Imperial City,Cyrodiil
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QUOTE(PhonAntiPhon @ Feb 20 2013, 03:02 PM) QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Feb 20 2013, 10:40 PM) Midsummer Night's dream I'm only reading it because my teacher is making me Dude (or dudette) Shakespeare is Awesome, seriously. A dude, and I'm not the biggest Shakespeare fan
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Bruh ☠️
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Destri Melarg |
Feb 21 2013, 02:56 AM
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Mouth
Joined: 16-March 10
From: Rihad, Hammerfell
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QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Feb 20 2013, 03:04 PM) A dude, and I'm not the biggest Shakespeare fan Doesn't take away from his Awesomeness. Stop thinking of him as the purveyor of a dead language that you are being forced to eat by your teacher. Approach him as a student of language eager to see how one makes music with words. Either that, or go to netflix and get a copy of A Midsummer's Night Dream. Shakespeare was meant to be seen... not read.
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PhonAntiPhon |
Feb 21 2013, 11:31 PM
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Mouth
Joined: 27-August 12
From: Whiterun, central Skyrim.
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QUOTE(Destri Melarg @ Feb 21 2013, 01:56 AM) Shakespeare was meant to be seen... not read.
This is very true. I studied a lot of Shakespeare back in the day, but he really comes alive when seen or even just read aloud. Remember that plays are dynamic things meant to live outside of our heads, and WS was as fine an exponent of that as you will find.
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Settled in Breezehome - (Mostly)
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McBadgere |
Mar 10 2013, 10:16 AM
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Councilor
Joined: 21-October 11
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As I'm loving the new Spartacus series, I thought I'd treat myself to a dirt cheap book about the rise and fall of the Mighty Roman Empire... So I'm reading that at the mo...It's called Rubicon...By someoneorother...Not bad at all for 3... ...
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Lopov |
Mar 16 2013, 06:45 PM
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Master
Joined: 11-February 13
From: Slovenia
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I've just finished reading a local newspaper. I haven't read a book in ages, the last one was probably Clinical Medicine in November, required for my study. I usually read a lot of books on my holidays in summer but I don't know yet what will they be, probably something crime/adventure related.
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"I saw a politician the other day." "Horrible creatures - I avoid them whenever I can."
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Darkness Eternal |
Mar 16 2013, 08:23 PM
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Master
Joined: 10-June 11
From: Coldharbour
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QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Mar 16 2013, 08:21 PM) QUOTE(Darkness Eternal @ Mar 16 2013, 02:18 PM) The Most Dangerous Game. There is no hunt like the hunting of a man! I remember that story. My stepdad won't take me hunting anymore because I constantly talk about that story when we go hunting XD he says I can go hunt myself XDDD Hehehe! Your stepdad sounds like a cool dude. I would love to go hunting by myself. It's one of those hobbies you wish you had.
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And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed. I long for scenes where man hath never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with my Creator, God, And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept, Untroubling and untroubled where I lie The grass below—above the vaulted sky.”
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Elisabeth Hollow |
Mar 16 2013, 08:29 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 15-November 12
From: Texas
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QUOTE(Darkness Eternal @ Mar 16 2013, 02:23 PM) QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Mar 16 2013, 08:21 PM) QUOTE(Darkness Eternal @ Mar 16 2013, 02:18 PM) The Most Dangerous Game. There is no hunt like the hunting of a man! I remember that story. My stepdad won't take me hunting anymore because I constantly talk about that story when we go hunting XD he says I can go hunt myself XDDD Hehehe! Your stepdad sounds like a cool dude. I would love to go hunting by myself. It's one of those hobbies you wish you had. He's pretty straight-edge, but cool. That's the closest he's ever gotten to cursing XD. He taught me how to skin and dress game, and paid for my hunting license when I was younger, which comes with classes on how to survive if you're ever lost in the woods. So, now I know how to get water from the ground, build a shelter and know to always keep a knife and flint on me, but I live the downtown area of a small city. I miss the woods. I'm about to get all nostalgic and reminisce-y.
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