what to read next that isn't pynchon

[grladams at teleport.com]

Thomas Mann's "Magic Mountain" is in a new English translation, (not
new-new but still new) that's supposed to be much better to read. I'd be up
for that. I've always wanted to read the Odyssey but wondered if anyone on
this list had a favorite English edition?

The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Edward McCrorie, with an introduction
and notes by Richard P. Martin; Johns Hopkins 2004
Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Lombardo, Stanley, 1943- ; introduction by
Sheila Murnaghan.
The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fitzgerald 1910-; introduction
by D.S. Carne-Ross.
The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes
by Bernard Knox. Note: "This [pbk.] edition contains minor revisions of the
text"--P. 496.
The odyssey / translated by Hammond, Martin, 1944- ; with an introduction
by Jasper Griffin.
The odyssey of Homer / translated by George Herbert Palmer 1842-1933..
and many others I'm sure
Jill

Original Message:
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From:  robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:45:12 +0000
To: pynchon-l at waste.org (P-list)
Subject: RE: what to read next that isn't pynchon


          "Henry" : 
          Big Book:  Isn't there a comparatively recent translation of 
          War and Peace that's supposed to be top drawer?  
          Anyone read it yet?

Anthony Briggs for Viking Press: 

http://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Leo-Tolstoy/dp/067003469X

I bought my copy two years back, but between Proust & Pynchon,
my eyeballs are in search of shorter, more digestable works. Not to 
mention this mounting pile of metaphysical texts constantly demanding
my attention. Evola on Heremetics is proving to be quite the education:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Evola

In addition to W & P, there are two early 20th century masterworks
that seem to apply—Hesse's "The Glass Bead Game" and Thomas 
Mann's "Magic Mountain."

But I suspect the "open sesame" will be:

http://tinyurl.com/5vsju9

http://www.hermeticgoldendawn.org/Documents/Bios/regardie.htm


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