To discuss your weekly readings of books, textbooks and papers.
I read almost nothing this week but a few pagea of Ben Wilson's Metropolis. But it didn't stop me from buying this when I went to the bookstore last Sunday
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It's the 2nd time I've read this. A lot better than I remember. The narration is nice and I wish more fantasy authors wrote in this style. Instead of the weird pov stream of consciousness (is that Hemingway? Idk 🤷♀️) .
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yeah it's not joyce. I dont think stream of consciousness is the right phrase. It's just the modern writing style where we write from a POV and try to immerse the reader. That's good but I do enjoy the storytelling style of tolkein.
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Hemmingway's writing is punchy and to the point. He gave you very little insight into what characters were thinking directly and expected the reader to understand characters motivations by their actions and physicality.
You may be thinking of Faulkner, who is a bit more long winded dives more into characters thought process and ideas.
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I'm also reading it for the first time since middle school and getting more out of it. Tolkien was one cool guy.
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