Books & Authors - August 2006

I feel the villain Iago had much more scope to grow than the hero Othello. Who'd you like to portray as an actor?

See my other related question too (for hindi movie fans):
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2006-08-10 19:52:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't like reading anything after 1899. I have enjoyed some historical romance written before the 1700's also.

2006-08-10 19:11:32 · 9 answers · asked by DeeJay 7

Which one's more primal an art between novel-writing (detailed fictional prose) & story-writing (brief fictional prose)?

Are (shorter) stories condensed forms of longer works of fictional prose for the fast-forward younger generations?
OR
Are novels extended and detailed forms of stories which could have been told with the help of fewer words?

I think the art of writing novels was popular before the short stories took over... but, at the same time, I feel that brevity should have been involved in a more primal form of literature.

So in short, what came first? The novel or the story book?

I hope you like the question.

2006-08-10 18:51:56 · 7 answers · asked by Abhyudaya 6

as topic

2006-08-10 18:06:26 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I vaguely remember some female empowerment book that discusses a wolf metaphor or something... I think.

2006-08-10 17:48:57 · 9 answers · asked by richieZ 1

I am interested in all of the 20th century, but especially poems and poets from the last half of the century and the present.

I like poems that are accessible but of genuine literary merit. Please do not include those massive textbooks, like the Norton Anthology. Also you do not need to include the Best American Poetry series; they are very interesting, but I have a complete collection of those already.

2006-08-10 17:05:37 · 5 answers · asked by bfrank 5

If you like name several poems.

I am curious which poets of this generation are likely to stand along side, say, Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath from the last.

The first anthology, Six American Poets (ed. Joel Connaroe) included Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes.

2006-08-10 17:01:08 · 3 answers · asked by bfrank 5

2006-08-10 16:10:54 · 34 answers · asked by guitarangel_212 1

No googling or wikipedia-ing. I'll probably know.

2006-08-10 15:57:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just joined, and it seems like an awesome idea. Although, I am not sure how well the system will actually work. I listed 45 books!
http://www.bookmooch.com/

2006-08-10 15:45:35 · 1 answers · asked by Miss D 7

she chose to walk alone
though others wondered why
refused to look b4 her
kept eyes cast upward towards the sky
she didn't have companions
no need for earthly things
only wanted freedom
from what she felt were puppet strings
she longed to be a bird hat she might dance alone
felt jealous of the steam that made the air it's only home
she longed to be a bird tha she might fly away
pitied every blade for planted they would stay
some say she wished to hard
some say she wished to long
but we awoke one autum day to find that she was gone
the trees they say stood witness the sky refused to tell
but someone who had seen it said the stroy played out well
she spread her arms out wide breathed in the break of dawn
she just let go of all she held and
she was gone

2006-08-10 15:40:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-10 15:38:02 · 15 answers · asked by jarvis 4

2006-08-10 15:37:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

For me it was "Go Dog Go" and I was about 3.....and the beat went on.....

2006-08-10 15:02:02 · 57 answers · asked by Genea_80 3

why was Atticus so wrong? ok, so i need help finding these questions in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. If you can help me please do!!!

2006-08-10 14:58:49 · 2 answers · asked by trucat05 2

2006-08-10 14:44:49 · 31 answers · asked by Fantasy Fairy 1

2006-08-10 14:30:57 · 14 answers · asked by iluvtobygirl 1

Does anyone know if there are any new pre-history fiction books coming out in the near future? I'm talking about books by authors such as Sue Harrison, Linda Lay Shuler, Amanda Cockrell, Ardath Mayhar, Brenda Gates Smith, Judith Redman Robbins, Jean Auel, Lynn Armistead McKee, etc. Also, is there a web site that follows this type of author/book?

2006-08-10 14:26:51 · 1 answers · asked by PonderinStuff 2

The heroine was a pigtailed schoolgirl who finds a colony of tiny people during school vacation. She would take a flatboat to the marsh when her governess had a headache or a visit from the vicar. She met the teeny king of the people, and that's all I remember. I would LOVE to read this as an adult!

2006-08-10 14:06:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-10 13:53:46 · 3 answers · asked by Banana B 1

I read this story over 20 years ago I thing... the moral was not wasting resources and recycling what you do use... All of the characters were animals and bugs. I remember their habitat was poluted by humans and they decided how to best clean everything up and utilize what was left behind for others.

It was an extremely inventive story and enjoyable as well.

I remember in particular that the animals had to use everything and had difficulty finding a use for a used glob of purple or orange chewing gum.

Thats all I remember.

10 points to the first to point me to it... (I would give 100 or 1000 if I could!!!)

Thank you in advance for your assistance!!!

2006-08-10 13:48:00 · 5 answers · asked by freaknerd 3

it only cost like $10, but it's new and i just bought it. already read it. can i return it?? would they notice? do they ask if it's been read?

2006-08-10 13:25:56 · 10 answers · asked by nina:0_0 3

2006-08-10 13:08:14 · 25 answers · asked by kdrew2003d 2

Knox trans. "the god who is without honor among all other gods."
Fagles trans. "that god of death that all gods hate."
Jebb trans. "the god unhonored among gods."

In context, I'm guessing Ares is meant since the Fagles trans earlier refers to "the god of death that raging god of war." But could this refer to Hades or Thanatos, since they are more closely identified as gods of death?

Any Classics scholars out there?

2006-08-10 13:02:39 · 2 answers · asked by mistersato 5

2006-08-10 12:56:22 · 2 answers · asked by anthony_adamoa_adamo 1

Answer these harry potter questions?
1.) What did harry use in potions class as the antidote to poison?
2.) list atleast two of the prince's self-invented spells? (written in the margins of Advanced Potion-Making)
3.) Who was Hermione's date to the party given by Slughorn?
4.)What are the 3 D's of apparating? (Twycross's class)
5.) Why did Voldemort come to see Dumbledore, really? (In the memory revealed to Harry)

2006-08-10 12:19:02 · 7 answers · asked by kswift25 2

Looking for something interesting to sink into - please DON'T suggest sci-fi, romance or cowboy -

LOOKING FOR historical fiction, fiction, drama ...

2006-08-10 11:59:29 · 31 answers · asked by workingclasshero 5

I recently bought it at a secondhand book store ("The most important work of fiction yet produced by any living writer" for only 60 cents? What a deal!) and I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to start it now. I've heard it's pretty much the most complicated novel ever (I've read very complicated novels before, but most ever? I dunno). But at the same time, I've heard that it's very good. What do you think, read Gravity's Rainbow or one of the various other novels I have on hand. Oh yes, and why?

2006-08-10 11:50:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm trying to make a book, but I have 2 ideas, but don't know which to pick. One is about a 17 yr old girl, and figuring out that her dad is a serial killer, and while he's in court, she's staying with her mothers sister in law. and she meets a boy along the way, but many things happen to her surprize, and many lies come undone. And another one is that a horrible thing happens in a small town, that all parents are taken for studies, or any adult that is married. and a young 13 yr old takes responsibility of her little sister, and her friends and her 2 baby cousins, and a friends 2 children, and a dog of her dads. Now all of them live in her house and try to survive on there own. And try to still go into school, AND take care of 5 children. And sadly I don't know WHICH to choose!

2006-08-10 11:43:16 · 8 answers · asked by Magdalena's Rose~*~ 3

I have read most meg cabbot, and enjoyed them. Along with the Angus Thongs... series. I don't want anything trashy though. I just really like a good book and I have had a hard time finding one. If someone has a good sugustion I would really appreciate it!
Thankyou!

2006-08-10 11:38:34 · 8 answers · asked by banana4breakfast 1