what to read next that isn't pynchon

[Joe Wright]

I've been wanting to read Hugo's Toilers of the Sea after some glowing
reviews from friends, just throwing it out there.


-- Joe

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:00 PM, grladams at teleport.com <
grladams at teleport.com> wrote:

> 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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