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GODDAMN THANK YOU NOW I'LL NEVER GO TO BED

Am currently reading The Red Wheel by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. It was meant to be twenty volumes long, but thankfully he never finished it. I think that he's a very, very talented writer (even if some of his scenes are ridiculous, especially the erotic ones), but this is so bad I can't even. At least language-, character- and plotwise. What is good about it is the incredible amount of historical facts and details. The dude was sure hardworking! This research is amazing, it's better than in many genuine non-fictional works on the matter.

The last book I finished prior to that was The Flying Inn, and here is everything I think about it: http://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/774029.html?thread=638351757#cmt638351757
(warning for tl;dr and literary fangirling)

Then there also was The Critique of Pure Reason, and it sure is good, although I do not see it as the cleverest book on metaphysics ever. His German syntax makes it rather dreary at times, but there are some incredibly interesting ideas (such as the one about the difference between "empirical" and "real" things).

Not exactly a book, but I'm all over the place waiting for my Les dossiers du Professeur Bell to arrive. This is an absolutely ridiculous French comic about Bell and the supernatural. As a fan of Murder Rooms, I just want to lie down and die of happiness that something like this exists.

BOOKS ARE AWESOME

General opinions: I have this thing I call "literary death". In short, this is an aesthetic theory that says that literature is saturated with mortality.
Just take a widely known and loved character; say, let it be Sherlock Holmes.
Not only was he himself thrown into a waterfall and taken out of it later on, but both his prototypes are dead, his creator is dead, and all the people who knew Conan Doyle are also likely to be dead (or will be dead in the nearest future). The man in question, I must remind you, has technically never existed.
Hence Sherlock Holmes is not simply dead, he's dead in the power of five.
Naturally I do not doubt that upon hearing this some Holmesians would recite the famous poem written by Vincent Starrett; and to this I shall say that there’s nothing more cold and deathly in the entire business than this image of time that froze like a fly in a piece of amber. What lacks motion must also lack life.
/not a serious theoretical opinion, just a sad mind game.

Edited 2013-04-21 22:08 (UTC)

Can I please say how much I love the Murder Rooms trilogy? This grim Victorian atmosphere. Naked madmen running around in the forests impersonating wolves. Witches. Super awkward and completely fucked up relationship of the main heroes (and the ensuing angst), the way Doyle is scared when the Doctor wants to kill McAndrew.
Even the drowsing stick business <3

I'm sorry I've nothing constructive to add but ALL THOSE BOOKS SOUND SO INTERESTING! I'm going to take those mentions as recommendations.

Aww <3 This comment makes me happy.
(although one should have a lot of patience to make it through The Red Wheel)

>Then there also was The Critique of Pure Reason, and it sure is good, >although I do not see it as the cleverest book on metaphysics ever.

A FELLOW PHILOSOPHY BUFF OH JESUS YES

I also have a great interest in philosophy... or, er, pretend to have: not sure if I have the right to call myself a philosophy fan while I hardly read anything (it's not about my lack of understanding, I just happen to suffer from anxiety-driven procrastination for a long time, so bringing myself to books is not as simple as I'd like it to be) but I've read Kant alright. I would say that despite being one of the most eloquent and clear-minded thinkers he might not be the most inspiring one. Speaking of which, I'm super excited to know what you consider to be a better (in terms of quality and/or appealing to you personally) book on metaphysics? Just for the sake of sharing, my current love is Kierkegaard.

Now I almost regret having preferred a good night sleep over hanging about on f!s.

Same here! I'm just getting into it. But I'm young, and everything is ahead of me, including some Greek philosophers and a couple of modern ones I'd particularly like to read.

So haven't tried Kierkegaard yet, but I think he's on my list now.

My favourites are Hume and Russell (although I do not share Russell's excitement in regard to mathematical philosophy); whilst Russell's History of Western Philosophy is not written in order to represent the author's stand on the matter, it certainly does contain opinions I agree with and is generally beautiful.

I must also confess that I like some of Dawkins' stuff, including The God Delusion. Doesn't mean that I agree with him on all accounts, but he's interesting, bright, and, I think, not nearly as diehard as people like to allege.

Are you still here? Because I've been busy and didn't have time to comment back.

Just wanted to say that Russell is great indeed, I'm looking forward to reading his 'History...' from cover to cover. From the passages I've read I've got the impression that this work combines simple language and good sense of humour with profound understanding of the subject and therefore is one of the best sources on Western philosophy (up to Russell, of course).

Ay, I still am :)

You may have some problems with his ideas, since you're a Christian, but I personally feel that his writing shouldn't rub religious people the wrong way. If he states harsh opinions, it is only when the philosopher in question expresses cruel and unreasonable attitudes towards people; Russell is simply very sympathetic, and some of the most odious Christian theories scare him (say, Saint Augustin's beliefs regarding sins). He also expresses admiration for the religious philosophers he thinks are good people/logicians, and I honestly can see very little anti-religious bias in his work (if only we don't count the fact that he aspires to be very logical and is slightly nonplussed by the concept of unreasonable belief).

And yes, his sense of humour is one of my favourite parts of the History. "Aristotle seems to be a combination of Plato and common sense. It is, of course, very difficult to imagine: these two things are hardly compatible".

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