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·Both should be here tomorrow.
What are you reading??
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·One of the most famous works and almost one of the oldest in human history ( yeah I know there are other older works) Just got this one this afternoon, funny I don't remember ever reading the Iliad as a kid though like most of us have an understanding and appreciation of what the story portrays so I better get to it.
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·One of the most famous works and almost one of the oldest in human history ( yeah I know there are other older works) Just got this one this afternoon, funny I don't remember ever reading the Iliad as a kid though like most of us have an understanding and appreciation of what the story portrays so I better get to it.
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·I just dug out my old copy of The Odyssey to read before the Christopher Nolan film comes out. I should also read The Illiad again. It's been twenty or so years since I read them cover to cover.
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·I just dug out my old copy of The Odyssey to read before the Christopher Nolan film comes out. I should also read The Illiad again. It's been twenty or so years since I read them cover to cover.
Wasn't aware that Christopher Nolan was making a film of it, that will be an unmissable film for sure. Been a very long time since I read the Odyssey, I would have been 10 or 12 when I read it, at that age I was heavily into ancient civilization and archaeology.
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·Wasn't aware that Christopher Nolan was making a film of it, that will be an unmissable film for sure. Been a very long time since I read the Odyssey, I would have been 10 or 12 when I read it, at that age I was heavily into ancient civilization and archaeology.
The first time I read The Illiad
and The Odyssey I was about probably the same age, and I too was heavily into ancient civilizations and archaeology. I last read them in college, and was still into ancient civilizations and trying to decide between pursuing a career in archaeology or history (I wound up as an historian).
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·Christmas gift
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·It comes out next July and stars Matt Damon as Odysseus.
The first time I read The Illiad
and The Odyssey I was about probably the same age, and I too was heavily into ancient civilizations and archaeology. I last read them in college, and was still into ancient civilizations and trying to decide between pursuing a career in archaeology or history (I wound up as an historian).
Your early life sounds identical to mine but I had a fascination with language and communication in its many forms from paper, cuniform, picto, through to modern media such as radio and with at least 6 generations of engineers embedded in my DNA mistakenly went for telecommunications.
If I were to follow my true love I would have gone archeology, history and English literature though I suspect I might get diverted by the academic discipline of Anthropology, with a specific focus on Cultural / Social Anthropology and Archaeology.
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·Your early life sounds identical to mine but I had a fascination with language and communication in its many forms from paper, cuniform, picto, through to modern media such as radio and with at least 6 generations of engineers embedded in my DNA mistakenly went for telecommunications.
If I were to follow my true love I would have gone archeology, history and English literature though I suspect I might get diverted by the academic discipline of Anthropology, with a specific focus on Cultural / Social Anthropology and Archaeology.
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·I've written primarily on Southern Plains Indian tribes, and while I come from a history background my work usually carries with it an anthropological aspect.
Whilst I haven't been actively studying language and ancient culture in a very long time I was amazed to see recent advancement in ancient language deciphering using AI and modern scanning techniques, specifically ancient cuniform writing on clay tablets from many thousands of years ago and the subtle differences in the AI translations that radically alter the interpretation of earlier manual translation leaving more questions than answers.
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Came out last month so I read as USA approaches 250.
Burstein is a bit of a TJ fan boy, 400 pages is long, it has some good bits. I did skim but made it through FWIW
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Continuing the American history theme, just under 500 pages out last year
Well written yarn covers Daniel Boone & Davy Crockett up thru Kit Carson & William “Buffalo Bill” Cody and weaves in other notables like Geo. Washington & Sitting Bull
Hutton, a 50 yr AH prof wrote a few other western history books, moves him from fan boy to expert.
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·Kids book but why not.
Well written, has a plot, isn't silly.
Well written, has a plot, isn't silly.
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·I am in Hospital at the moment ( for the last week!!! ) so not a lot happening and all happening in glacial hospital time.
I managed to find this to read to stave off the mind numbing boredom.
I managed to find this to read to stave off the mind numbing boredom.
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·Just read Gatsby again. I read a lot of books, I don't watch any TV at all.
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·Just got it, still reading the prince. Very different books
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·Closing out the month with Crime and Punishment, there's nothing like Russian literature to remind you of how good you have it.
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·Currently reading a biography about Adolf Hitler, written by his childhood friend. The book chronicles the time from when they were both in their late teenage years.
My main take from the book was that Hitler was a moody bugger, even then, which obviously only got worse as he got older.
My main take from the book was that Hitler was a moody bugger, even then, which obviously only got worse as he got older.
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