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  1. In Topic: JPK's Classics Read

    09 June 2025 - 03:49 PM

    View PostJPK, on 17 May 2025 - 04:09 PM, said:

    THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY was gorgeous all the way through. I went in to this one knowing that this was Wilde's only novel, and the overall premise of the aging. Very quickly in, I realized that Wilde must have been gay as I definitely picked up on the male gaze going on but was surprised to find it being pointed towards the men of the novel.



    He certainly was. Even spent two years in prison for sodomy and gross sexual misconduct. He was a bit too open about it - in his lifestyle as well as his writing - for the uptight Victorian society.

  2. In Topic: JPK's Classics Read

    21 January 2025 - 05:31 PM

    View PostJPK, on 20 January 2025 - 03:28 PM, said:

    Alright, I've been a busy man lately. Some updates.

    MEDITATIONS by Marcus Aurelius: mercifully short book, this one. If you're unaware, this is essentially a Stoic philosophy written by a Roman Emperor. Apparently it was never meant to be published but was more of a personal journal of sorts. I hate read this book, and probably should have dropped it for something else but I fell prey to a sunk-cost fallacy mentality on it. There were bits in there that I thought were actually thought-provoking (like major sections about accepting death and your place in the greater place of nature) but so much of it just doesn't stand for me. He repeats as a core mantra that everyone dies and to accept death and that everyone is forgotten usually eventually, but that very premise is difficult to take since I'm reading his words nearly 2000 years after his lifetime and so many of the names are of men, mostly emperors and philosophers, that are still known as well.



    If you want some fun Roman stuff, try Suetonius' Twelve Caesars. Just don't base an history essays on his juicy gossip without cross checking a bunch of other sources. :D

    Meditations and Augustin's Confessions were more like must reads for me.

  3. In Topic: Need a new series.

    12 January 2025 - 12:05 PM

    View Postpat5150, on 12 January 2025 - 03:49 AM, said:

    Another series that just might be right up your alley would have to be the Godless World trilogy by Brian Ruckley. All three volumes are currently on sale on Amazon and you can download the entire series for about 7$ here.


    You don't see that recommended often. I second it, though.

    John Gwynne, esp. his latest, the Bloodsworn trilogy, and Scott Oden's Grimnir Saga (a trilogy as well, those never die out ;) ). Both are inspired by Viking cultures, makes you wonder why. :lol:

    Historical Fiction can get pretty grimdark, too, esp. if the MCs find themselves on the losing side. :tongue: Try Harry Sidebottom's standalone The Lost Ten; in case you like that he got plenty more books, the Throne of the Caesars trilogy and the Warrior of Rome series.

  4. In Topic: JPK's Classics Read

    05 January 2025 - 01:00 PM

    View PostJPK, on 05 January 2025 - 03:05 AM, said:

    Next up for classics I've found myself agreeing to a pair of buddy reads, so I'm doing to do something I don't plan on being the norm and doubling up.

    On deck is Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES and I'm scheduled to start Marcus Aurelius' MEDITATIONS on Monday.

    I'm about 50 pages into ATOTC and have to say I'm absolutely loving it so far. I'm always partial to stories set around the French Revolution and the first couple chapters here are absolutely compelling. I do have to note that I'm finding a lot more humor here than I originally anticipated, but it does fit the duality of the novel as set in the opening paragraph. A particular gem from chapter 4:
    Spoiler

    It's still pretty early to say, but I have the distinct impression already that I'm really going to like this book.


    Maybe I'll give Dickens another shot. I burned out on him with Oliver Twist and David Copperfield both of which I didn't really like, and never read anything else by him. Going to follow your read-along. :)

  5. In Topic: JPK's Classics Read

    05 January 2025 - 12:55 PM

    View PostJPK, on 04 January 2025 - 03:43 AM, said:



    My favorite character has to be Mr Bennett. I completely understand the desire to hide from everyone and seclude myself in my library.


    I can totally relate to that feeling.