Book Hauls!

[J-Sun]

Had to share this -- the syllabus for a literature course that W. H. Auden taught at the University of Michigan.

http://ayjay.tumblr.com/post/32688676580/w-h-auden-taught-at-the-university-of-michigan

In these theory-ridden days, I imagine many younger English PhDs and professors haven't read these things ... let alone undergrads.

How about y'all? See anything there you haven't read but -- "Oh yeah! I should read that!"

I must at least give The Education of Henry Adams a try, even if I don't end up reading all of it. It's one of those books that I see mentioned here and there, again and again, but to which I've never applied myself.

But what a list!

Is this the right thread? It's not hauling anything.

Either way, cool list - I've read about a dozen of the Required section and have about a half-dozen more. I've read excerpts of Pascal in a philosophy anthology and some Eliot and don't need to read more. Haven't read Ibsen (except "Doll House") or Adams but I can live with that. I guess I don't see anything where I think "Oh yeah! I should read that!" except that I have to wonder why the recommended Rilke and Baudelaire are journals. I've read and have more of both but not journals. If there's something remarkable about them and I continue to be interested in what I already have, I guess I'd look into that.

Thanks for passing it on.

 

[Southern Geologist]

On Kindle:

Ian Sales - The Eye With Which the Universe Beholds Itself

I liked the first story in the Apollo Quartet so much I immediately ordered the second.

In the mail:

Healy and McComas - Adventures in Time and Space

 

[GOLLUM]

Had to share this -- the syllabus for a literature course that W. H. Auden taught at the University of Michigan.

http://ayjay.tumblr.com/post/32688676580/w-h-auden-taught-at-the-university-of-michigan

In these theory-ridden days, I imagine many younger English PhDs and professors haven't read these things ... let alone undergrads.

How about y'all? See anything there you haven't read but -- "Oh yeah! I should read that!"

I must at least give The Education of Henry Adams a try, even if I don't end up reading all of it. It's one of those books that I see mentioned here and there, again and again, but to which I've never applied myself.

But what a list!

It's certainly an interesting list...

I have all of the listed 'books' except for the Elliott, Johnson and Racine (the only author on that list I'm not familiar with) and one or two libretti; nothing from the critical reading list.

Putting aside Shakespeare you can get all of those listed 'books' except for the Elliot from our friends at Penguin Black Classics. I have The Education of Henry Adams from them but like yourself I've not read it yet.

The Racine is the work from that list that I've bookmarked for further investigation.

 

[Southern Geologist]

A delightful haul that resulted from the sale of a piece of furniture I no longer need:

On Kindle:

James Blish - Cities In Flight (all four books in one volume)

in the mail:

Iain M. Banks - Inversions
Leigh Brackett/Robert E. Howard - The Sword of Rhiannon/Conan the Conqueror combo novel (I purchased this for the Brackett, but I won't complain about the bonus.)
Jane Frank - The Art of Richard Powers
Peter Van Greenaway - Take the War to Washington
Edmond Hamilton - Star Kings
Clifford Simak - City
A.E. Van Vogt - The Empire of Isher

 

[Triceratops]

Got Karin Slaughter's Triptych for 25 cents. Seems like a good who-dunnit so far.

 

[MontyCircus]

50 Short Science Fiction Tales - The perfect anthology for my short attention span!
Stranger in a Strange Land - Pretty big book!

 

[AE35Unit]

Stranger in a Strange Land - Pretty big book!

I read it years ago and loved it. Is yours the complete and unabridged version? Im not sure what the difference is or which version I read years ago but now I have a versuion with that label on the cover.

 

[Rodders]

Yeah, i too was very impressed with that one.

I picked up Dan Abnett's Lost (a Gaunts Ghosts omnibus) as well as Anansi Boys and Fragile things by Neil Gaimen.

 

[Extollager]

\....nothing from the critical reading list.

Re: the Auden list

The Ker and the Lewis are the only critical books I own from that list, but I would take Auden's recommendations of the others seriously if I were looking for books on those topics. But what a class that must have been, and what a reminder of worthwhile things I've yet to read....

 

[Extollager]

Recent acquisitions:

Anthony Trollope -- Barchester Towers with Ardizzone illustrations; The Small House at Allington

Wilkie Collins -- The Woman in White, in an orange-spine Penguin edition

http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/533752-orange-spine-penguin-english-library-books.html

Arthur Koestler -- Arrow in the Blue

H. L. Mencken -- The American Language
Tom McAlindon -- Shakespeare Without "Theory" -- essays

 

[Southern Geologist]

H. L. Mencken -- The American Language

I love Mencken and the topic of that book is fascinating. Let me know what you think if you get around to reading it any time soon.

 

[Lord Captain Woden]

Payday spree:

From eBay:
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
The Disspossed by Ursala Le Guin
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
A Scanner Darkly by PKD
Martian Time-Slip by PKD
Behold The Man by Michael Moorcock
Last And First Men by Olaf Stapledon
The Rediscovery Of Men by Cordwainer Smith
The Sirens Of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

From used book shop:
Slan by Ae Van Vogt
Emphyrio by Jack Vance
The Pawns Of Null-A by Ae Van Vogt (Hadn't realised this was a sequal so I'm going to have to get a hold of the first one before I read this.

 

[thatollie]

Three Trips in Time and Space - ed. Robert Silverberg
containing the stories; Rumfuddle by Jack Vance, Flash Crowd by Larry Niven and You'll Take The High Road by John Brunner.

The City and The City by China Mieville

The SF Collection - ed. Edel Brosnan
Contents Here

 

[AE35Unit]

A book haul for my daughter. At a parents evening today they had a book fair and she chose The Hobbit! The only Tolkien Ive read and it was years ago. The great thing is she's 8 but its a book I can read too!

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

Uh oh AE, does that mean you're going to read some fantasy?

 

[GOLLUM]

Recent acquisitions:

Anthony Trollope -- Barchester Towers with Ardizzone illustrations; The Small House at Allington

Wilkie Collins -- The Woman in White, in an orange-spine Penguin edition

http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/533752-orange-spine-penguin-english-library-books.html

Arthur Koestler -- Arrow in the Blue

H. L. Mencken -- The American Language
Tom McAlindon -- Shakespeare Without "Theory" -- essays

I have no idea if my Penguin Black edition of Barchester Towers contains the illustrations you mention, I'll have to check over the weekend. It's the only one I own of the so-called Chronicles of Barsetshire which incidentally here at least I have only ever heard it referred to as "The Barchester Chronicles"...and The Small House at Allington by reputation is supposed to be one of his best.
Correction: I'm back home now and find I was in error. I only have a copy of The Warden Book 1 in the series and it definitely does not have any illustrations.

Woman in White is great but naturally I prefer my Penguin Black edition.

I've never been a big biography (auto or otherwise) reader but the name Koestler of course increases my interest somewhat. I presume you've read Darkness At Noon?..if not I would encourage you to do so.

Mencken is a name familiar to me but I've never been moved enough to purchase any of his oeuvre and in relation to that item, probably due to where I reside.

..and the last item on that list I've not heard of but of course Shakespeare and his art is always going to be a fascinating thing to read about.

Overall an excellent looking list.

 

[AE35Unit]

Uh oh AE, does that mean you're going to read some fantasy?

Ha. But Ive read the Hobbit before and hope to read LOTR some day. I like some fantasy but a lot of exists for its own sake.

 

[AE35Unit]

Uh oh AE, does that mean you're going to read some fantasy?

Ha. But Ive read the Hobbit before and hope to read LOTR some day. I like some fantasy but a lot of it exists for its own sake. Book one of such and such a samey saga.

 

[Southern Geologist]

On Kindle:

E.R. Burroughs - A Princess of Mars (Free! )
S.P. Meek - Classic Pulp Fiction by S.P. Meek

In the mail:

Algis Budrys - Rogue Moon
Vincent Di Fate - Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art
Murray Leinster - The Planet Explorer
Laurence Manning - The Man Who Awoke

 

[Extollager]

I only have a copy of The Warden Book 1 in the [Barchester] series and it definitely does not have any illustrations.
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I've never been a big biography (auto or otherwise) reader but the name Koestler of course increases my interest somewhat. I presume you've read Darkness At Noon?..if not I would encourage you to do so.
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..and the last item on that list I've not heard of but of course Shakespeare and his art is always going to be a fascinating thing to read about.

The Oxford World's Classics paperback edition of The Warden is (or was) illustrated by Ardizzone, and that's what I have for that book. Michael Sadleir, in his lengthy study of Trollope, includes a personal rating of all of Trollope's novels in an appendix. I believe The Warden doesn't get a star, while Dr. Thorne gets three! In general the Barsetshire books rate highly with Sadleir. Barchester Towers, the second in the sequence, is the only other one that Ardizzone illustrated, as far as I know.

I'm afraid it was many years ago, but, yes, I have read Darkness at Noon. Reading it again now would probably be like reading it for the first time.

I much appreciate the stance of McAlindon in Shakespeare Minus "Theory". (Note corrected title!)But Shakespeare's Tragic Cosmos would be the one to get first, for most readers.