Reading The Idiot by Dostoyevsky

Quote from: Don Gately on March 03, 2026, 09:32:08 PMReading The Idiot by Dostoyevsky

I just started Crime and Punishment. Looks like it's gonna be a meaty one!

Crime and Punishment was decent. The Idiot was a slog and Igave up on it pretty quickly. Might be due a revisit.

Well we ll see , i enjoyed Crime and Punishment, ive always loved Russian literature.

Reading The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien about a war criminal who flees to the Wesht to become a healer. Very well-written. It's bleak but there's enough humour injected to keep it from becoming a joyless slog.

Also reading Jurassic Park which is surprisingly well-written and a lot more violent than the movie.

Indeed. In the book the dinosaurs also have guns.

I haven't got to that part yet but the dinosaurs are listening to gangsta rap so the guns can't be far behind.

Guns dont kill people raptors do

Quote from: nukeabuse on March 05, 2026, 12:50:26 AMGuns dont kill people raptors do

Class  :laugh:

The book is awesome. It's interesting how a bunch of scenes from it were used in the Lost World film too. The Lost World book, while prob better than the film, is nowhere near as good as the first book.

#1989 March 05, 2026, 06:06:10 PM Last Edit: March 05, 2026, 06:08:15 PM by Carnage
I must read more of his, the three I have read (Jurassic Park, Eaters Of The Dead and Sphere) were all good craic.

Just started Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews, I love a bit of (post-) Cold War intrigue. Saw the fillum when it came out but can't remember much about it.