Not really.

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The sequels are also bangers, well worth the reads!

Is the translator trying to keep the terza rima/terzina ? Maybe it complicates the translation a bit... I mean I think the rhyme is essential for the musicality of it but if you're having a hard maybe you can try a blank verse translation and then observe the musicality on the Italian text (if jn your country translations have original text on the opposite page)?

I've heard some ppl consider his work as " ppl in superstituos event" as opposed to horror.

But you should definitely check out arita Hayworth and the Shoshanna redemption as well as the body!

Thanks for that!

Thanks for the reply. Hahaa! Thats funny! It makes sense that those old Italian languages are hard to be translated.

Beautiful. I would buy a whole series of poems like this.

Do you mean like actual spoilers, or shit where society expects you to know how A Tale of Two Cities ends? Or what the plot of 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 is about?

Yes, but he was one of the people who defined modernism and he’s T.S. Eliot.

Memory all alone in the moonlight.

Dude was hilarious. Anyway, there was actually a lot of debate about using others’ works without crediting them back then. These writers intended it to be more of an homage than straight up plagiarism.

For example, Auden’s The Sea and the Mirror is basically The Tempest fanfiction, but it’s brilliant for so many reasons that makes it literary art on its own. Allusions to other work was a trademark of modernism. Commenting on tropes and breaking the fourth wall is when modernism starts to fade and post-modernism becomes in vogue.

> I hope I never attain the kind of fame ...

Pretty sure they already answered your questions.

I prefer the best looking cover. I hate movie / tv-show editions and I hate it when they put all these advertisement things on the cover, like quotes and "stickers" that are printed on.

Which means I often prefer original art from the time before the book became a movie or a "TikTok sensation".

Honestly my only issue with King is no fault of his own. I think he's a great author of course, but it's gotten ridiculous how the TV/film studios are with him. There's so many amazing stories out there by other authors that would make great adaptations but instead they choose some random deep cut that king wrote in 15 min when he was high a random day in 1977. Now some of his lesser known stuff is good, but come on now. Are we really turning down magnum opuses for king's b-sides? You'd think he was the only author has ever written anything, the way this has gone

I haven’t claimed to be anyone of significance. My statement still stands.

Just noting that "The right to harass the author about sequels that may or may not be in progress" is NOT on the list.

You're taking the text far too literally though, and kind of doing the opposite of critical thought. Like, even with a very basic surface level reading of Harry Potter: the main character literally would not be alive without the mysterious power of Love, therefore one can indeed come away with the read that love does indeed conquer evil in the end.

No, but, the thing is, when you say that you think someone has the right to "read a text for themselves and decide for themselves what they think it means" someone might read that and interpret it AS "all interpretations are equally correct", and then they might go back and cite your statement as a support of their argument. There could be a huge difference between your ability to comprehend and interpret text and when which is appropriate to the needs of the moment at hand...someone else, later, might not. And you didn't even say that much, it was much shorter, just "The right to their own interpretation of the text".

They might just say "I have the right to my own truth, and see, this out-of-context statement completely supports my position". You can't control who is going to read a bare statement of apparent fact, about a "right" and interpret what you said in a different way than you actually meant it if you don't qualify your own statement. The added qualification and your clarification add to the quality of the discussion and 3rd party reader's understanding. It was a bit too simplistic, a bit too concise.

read it while camping the ending nearly made me cry

I think it is a "you are allowed to on principle, but depends on specifics" sort of right.

No one is allowed to make fun of someone for reading out loud. But you are allowed to ask people to not read out loud in a quiet space or in a way that distracts others.

Just as you have the right to read anywhere, but if you are in the middle of driving, please don't do that for the safety of others. Context is everything here.

I would say 7 and 9 are debatable. There are definitely times and places where it isn't appropriate to whip out a book and start reading, or read aloud. I'd say one of them should be replaced with "The right to their own genuine interpretation of the text" and another with maybe "The right to understand" - which is to say that a reader should always have the right to learn the context and content of what they read and anyone who tries to tell them "no it's just a story, turn off your brain and stop thinking about it" is being a huge asshole.

Try out Jo Nesbø's stuff.

I burned out on basically every thriller writer on earth except him and Jeffrey Deaver's Rhyme novels. Though I hear good things about Joseph Finder, so I'll see what's up there at some point.

Edit: forgot to say if you do go with Nesbø, even he stresses to skip his first two books. The Bat and Cockroaches.

Both movies and TV Mini kind did away with the destruction of Derry. I will say the Tim Curry ending felt closer to the ending of the book. >!Beating Pennywise to death, rather than insulting him till he shrinks and then ripping out his heart. !<

I read many books in my life, but every time I have to think of one that is worth reading, East of Eden is the only one that pops up in my mind. Definitely read it and don't give up if the initial part seems a bit dense, your perseverance will be rewarded. It's definitely a literary gem, it humbled me and made me feel less lonely in this futile human experience, connected to people I'll never meet, but know that are kindred spirits. It's an ode to the beauty in us, despite all the ugliness. It's a book dear to my heart and I surely intend to re-read it and cherish it even more.

You should see the entire field of study dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft's letters. Of course, that motherfucker wrote more letters in his life than most people ever dream possible, so it kind of makes sense.

I hope I do so people will realize that we're all a little screwed up and should quit being so judgemental of each other over it