Longer update later, probably Wednesday when I don't have two tests I haven't much studied for.
Read all of Clarke's Childhood's End today at work. Interesting. He's more optimistic than I am about a lot of things, but more pessimistic about others. . . I think it's safe to say that we agree about how things are likely to turn out but not on how they'll get there. It's a neat book, though. Makes you think.
I also got started on Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler. At least I think I did. I may have actually read selections from books by various authors entitled "If on a winter's night a traveler," "Outside the town of Malbork," and "Leaning from the steep slope." (Although I may not have read any of "If on a winter's night a traveler" at all. It's unclear.) I may also be getting a crush on a woman reading some of the same books due to printing errors. (It's disconcerting to read a book about the experience of reading a book.)
Book-a-minit's summary is "You think you're reading 'If on a winter's night a traveler' by Italo Calvino, but you're not." This appears scarily accurate. I cannot tell whether the book is brilliant or just pulling a nifty stylistic trick. Leaning towards brilliant, though.
And now off to study S<.
Read all of Clarke's Childhood's End today at work. Interesting. He's more optimistic than I am about a lot of things, but more pessimistic about others. . . I think it's safe to say that we agree about how things are likely to turn out but not on how they'll get there. It's a neat book, though. Makes you think.
I also got started on Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler. At least I think I did. I may have actually read selections from books by various authors entitled "If on a winter's night a traveler," "Outside the town of Malbork," and "Leaning from the steep slope." (Although I may not have read any of "If on a winter's night a traveler" at all. It's unclear.) I may also be getting a crush on a woman reading some of the same books due to printing errors. (It's disconcerting to read a book about the experience of reading a book.)
Book-a-minit's summary is "You think you're reading 'If on a winter's night a traveler' by Italo Calvino, but you're not." This appears scarily accurate. I cannot tell whether the book is brilliant or just pulling a nifty stylistic trick. Leaning towards brilliant, though.
And now off to study S<.
