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Lynn What are You Reading? 07-17-2013, 04:36 PM
Frankenstein I'm reading 'History of the... 07-17-2013, 04:50 PM
jhenry Thanks to both of you for... 07-17-2013, 05:09 PM
Leatherstockiings Last week I was revisiting... 07-17-2013, 06:16 PM
crouton976 I'm actually trying to figure... 07-17-2013, 06:36 PM
Leatherstockiings Darth, I have read a lot of... 07-17-2013, 06:50 PM
Birnando I'm reading Greg Iles,... 07-17-2013, 08:55 PM
MrMagnus Hmmm i read the back of the... 07-17-2013, 10:06 PM
Hirlau No,,,,,,,,,, 07-17-2013, 10:07 PM
jhenry Hmmm. Yes, but only if it is... 07-17-2013, 11:05 PM
thebigspendur I'm reading "fun with Dick... 07-17-2013, 11:09 PM
Jimbo Well see spot and puff... 07-17-2013, 11:19 PM
chay2K Right now, I'm about half way... 07-17-2013, 11:21 PM
Sunbird My wife and daughter have... 07-17-2013, 11:25 PM
edhewitt just finished "snuff" by... 07-18-2013, 01:11 PM
JimmyHAD I'm reading the Bible from... 07-18-2013, 01:20 PM
WW243 Woe To Live On by Daniel... 07-18-2013, 11:01 PM
nun2sharp Such a beautiful piece of a... 07-22-2013, 05:52 PM
Ketsco101 It hasn't been recent, but... 07-22-2013, 06:56 PM
ScottGoodman They Fired the First Shot... 07-17-2013, 09:58 PM
Jimbo I'm not reading anything... 07-17-2013, 10:10 PM
nun2sharp I did plenty of reading in... 07-17-2013, 10:21 PM
Jimbo Game of Thrones? Never heard... 07-17-2013, 10:23 PM
crouton976 Well, good. At least you'll... 07-17-2013, 10:54 PM
Sailor You have a good taste with... 07-18-2013, 07:48 AM
PigHog Currently half way though a... 07-17-2013, 10:26 PM
Geezer A good source of used and... 07-18-2013, 03:28 AM
edhewitt why don't you read something... 07-18-2013, 01:05 PM
Cangooner World War Z. I haven't seen... 07-18-2013, 10:54 PM
ScoutHikerDad Just finished the 2nd in Rick... 07-18-2013, 12:20 AM
Theseus Currently rereading "The... 07-18-2013, 01:04 AM
sinnfein Just started Endurance:... 07-18-2013, 01:17 AM
str8tlkr Currently reading various SRP... 07-18-2013, 01:20 AM
32t I enjoyed this book and... 07-18-2013, 02:05 AM
pixelfixed read it last week, a great... 07-18-2013, 02:11 AM
jhenry You'll really enjoy The Guns... 07-18-2013, 01:21 AM
32t Water for Elephants 07-18-2013, 01:55 AM
pixelfixed Happy,happy. happy,by the... 07-18-2013, 01:56 AM
leadduck Revolutionaries by Jack... 08-15-2013, 09:52 PM
jhenry Great read leadduck. I know... 08-15-2013, 10:12 PM
pixelfixed Read that,Great book,an also... 08-15-2013, 10:30 PM
1OldGI Adam Carolla, In Fifty Years... 08-17-2013, 06:03 PM
Birnando This weekend I'm reading Nick... 08-17-2013, 06:55 PM
Laurens Some time ago I read Richard... 08-17-2013, 10:42 PM
jhenry The Incorporation of America:... 08-17-2013, 10:56 PM
Razorfeld Just started the latest Harry... 08-17-2013, 11:17 PM
ProudMarineDad "When God Weeps: Why Our... 08-18-2013, 12:13 AM
Cangooner Very sad to hear of the death... 08-30-2013, 06:11 PM
Razorfeld When a light goes out in this... 08-30-2013, 06:23 PM
pinklather Forgotten Man 08-30-2013, 08:20 PM
MickR Lonely Planet's 'Travel... 08-30-2013, 10:20 PM
Jimbo Sounds like my job around... 08-30-2013, 10:25 PM
MickR The few pieces I have done in... 08-30-2013, 10:29 PM
32t I personally have never fell... 08-30-2013, 10:35 PM
RoobtheLoob Just finished The Great Train... 07-22-2013, 12:15 AM
Sunbird George Orwell's "Coming up... 07-22-2013, 10:09 AM
MickR 'Around the World in 80 Days'... 07-22-2013, 10:27 AM
MandoRob My wife and I have been... 07-22-2013, 03:00 PM
TheGeek I dare say they have. And... 09-13-2013, 02:14 PM
MickR Yes, and it is regrettable... 09-13-2013, 10:19 PM
32t For everyday reading the... 09-13-2013, 10:45 PM
TheGeek Totaly agree Mick I prefer... 09-14-2013, 01:26 PM
edhewitt Hey geek, you still reading... 09-14-2013, 01:30 PM
TheGeek Yeah when i get chances I... 09-14-2013, 01:36 PM
edhewitt WHAT, ER, EH sorry I drifted... 09-14-2013, 01:52 PM
NotMuchOfAChin I think Amazon's book pricing... 09-14-2013, 09:06 PM
MickR I would add that there is an... 09-15-2013, 12:06 AM
edhewitt I would add that there is an... 09-15-2013, 01:03 AM
Einar Reread of an biography on... 10-06-2013, 12:38 AM
Cangooner Right now I'm about 1/2 way... 10-06-2013, 01:46 AM
MickR I went and bought a Kindle... 10-06-2013, 10:51 AM
1OldGI Mick, I recently converted to... 10-06-2013, 11:03 AM
Leatherstockiings I am pretty sure I read... 10-06-2013, 02:23 PM
vmathis12019 Over the Hills and Through... 10-06-2013, 05:50 PM
lz6 "Forged In Battle" by Yossi... 10-22-2013, 10:06 PM
Birnando I've been listening to the... 10-22-2013, 10:23 PM
MickR I currently have two books on... 10-23-2013, 12:20 AM
Mmmike I just read stephen king's... 10-23-2013, 01:14 AM
Phrank Agreed! Dr. Sleep was an... 10-23-2013, 01:22 AM
flyboy At the moment i am listening... 11-06-2013, 02:22 PM
Phrank On my old Kobo, using my... 11-06-2013, 02:27 PM
PigHog Only a handful of pages to go... 11-06-2013, 02:36 PM
PigHog Just finished Embassytown by... 12-16-2013, 05:24 PM
diesel I have "Excessions"... 12-16-2013, 05:34 PM
PigHog Excession is brilliant.... 12-16-2013, 05:45 PM
diesel I look forward to it so, I... 12-16-2013, 07:51 PM
PigHog I might buy that one myself. 12-19-2013, 12:38 PM
cosperryan I know this sounds weird but... 12-19-2013, 12:58 PM
Seguragr "Faith of the Fallen" by... 12-19-2013, 01:04 PM
AirColorado "The Field" by Lynne... 12-19-2013, 09:31 PM
JBHoren I'm working my way through... 12-19-2013, 09:42 PM
diesel Thank you for providing a... 12-19-2013, 11:06 PM
WW243 The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale 12-26-2013, 07:42 PM
Sailor Just finished 'Sputnik... 12-26-2013, 07:47 PM
Geezer Enjoying Johan Scalzi's... 12-26-2013, 09:00 PM
str8tlkr Crossing the Tiber by Stephen... 01-31-2014, 10:33 PM
harrygr Civilization by Neil... 05-21-2014, 05:40 PM
ariwhiteboy What are You Reading? 06-02-2014, 11:27 PM
mrsell63 Just re-read "The Camerons"... 06-03-2014, 12:21 AM
aa1192 Since George Martin is taking... 06-03-2014, 12:29 AM
Jimbo I'm working my way through a... 06-03-2014, 03:34 AM
lz6 The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. 06-04-2014, 10:29 PM
holli4pirating Oh, cool thread! I've been... 06-04-2014, 10:39 PM
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aa1192 I am at the back end of book... 06-07-2014, 03:28 AM
Spineshank One Thousand Moustaches: A... 06-28-2014, 06:24 AM
syslight From the Hesse's glass bead... 07-03-2014, 02:50 PM
WW243 A Tale for the Time Being by... 07-04-2014, 08:26 PM
OlDirtyJohn "From So Simple A Beginning"... 07-06-2014, 03:13 AM
aa1192 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo... 07-08-2014, 06:55 PM
Birnando Yeah, the whole trilogy was a... 07-08-2014, 07:25 PM
Sailor I've read so much (too much i... 07-08-2014, 07:54 PM
aa1192 I have a lot of books to get... 07-08-2014, 09:30 PM
pixelfixed Biography of Doc... 07-08-2014, 09:33 PM
aa1192 This off topic but are you... 07-08-2014, 09:47 PM
MickR Both for me mate. I prefer... 07-08-2014, 09:52 PM
pixelfixed Both here.My 5 yr old Nook... 07-08-2014, 09:55 PM
ScoutHikerDad Another library/smelly old... 07-08-2014, 10:42 PM
SS502MC anarchist cookbook 07-09-2014, 04:00 AM
syslight While I use a kindle... 07-14-2014, 10:10 PM
Sailor Old school book reader here.... 07-09-2014, 05:12 PM
Lazarus I am another old school hard... 07-09-2014, 05:34 PM
str8tlkr I'm sure there will come a... 07-09-2014, 05:42 PM
Birnando Both. I must confess that my... 07-09-2014, 05:48 PM
Phrank I prefer my E-reader, it's... 07-09-2014, 06:00 PM
aa1192 What are You Reading? 07-09-2014, 09:45 PM
Phrank Funny you should mention that... 07-09-2014, 11:50 PM
aa1192 I may have to purchase some... 07-10-2014, 11:56 PM
aa1192 Oh man I love calibre!!!! If... 07-14-2014, 10:29 PM
Leatherstockiings I am several chapters into... 07-15-2014, 03:33 AM
WW243 behind the beautiful forevers... 07-29-2014, 11:15 AM
edhewitt I dont mind the cut and paste... 08-09-2014, 10:54 AM
Ulricus Passage at Arms by Glen Cook.... 08-25-2014, 04:41 PM
Geezer Thanks. I have it on order,... 08-25-2014, 07:31 PM
Ulricus Cool, we can compare notes... 08-25-2014, 08:44 PM
WW243 Ok, a short time back I... 08-27-2014, 03:17 PM
Geezer A very good read! Yes,... 09-05-2014, 03:17 PM
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svcaramia A spy among friends 08-27-2014, 03:47 PM
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32t Blink ... 09-05-2015, 01:35 AM
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    Very sad to hear of the death of Seamus Heaney today. First and foremost of course he was a poet - one of the greatest of his generation. But as a mediaevalist, my thoughts upon hearing this news turned immediately to Beowulf. Before his, all translations of Beowulf (that I'm aware of) were either slaves to the translator's notion of poetry that disregarded the beauty of the language, or slaves to the idea of literally translating the language, that sacrificed the wonder of the poem. He found a beautiful balance. If you have never read Beowulf, you really should as it is a fantastic story (not to mention a foundational text of the English language and all that...). And if you want to read it in translation, read Heaney's version.

    All of this to say: I'll be re-reading Beowulf today.
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