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Offline Ment
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Whenever I saw Vitka starting his discussions about the magnificence of Paris and other nonsense, I would skip a few pages. Perhaps that's why I managed to keep my sanity intact, unlike Ment.
I did the same, but it didn't help. However, my psyche seems to be starting to normalize.
The author has a truly interesting style; for some reason, it reminded me of Cervantes.
Wow... Interesting associations.)
Although the only character who evoked even a small amount of sympathy and understanding in me was Claude Frollo, even though he's supposedly an anti-hero and not a very good person.
Same here. He's some kind of strange alchemist and doesn't know how to control himself, but compared to his surroundings, he seems relatively adequate and capable of good deeds. I also liked the writer, the author of the play, but Hugo doesn't seem to pay much attention to this character, so he turned out to be somewhat underdeveloped and a "minor" character.
and in general, he's European.
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Lord of the Flies
A very good and realistic book. As a schoolboy, I can say that it very accurately depicts the psychology of children and the hierarchical structure in their environment. I won't write anything more, because it's unlikely that everyone has read it, and it would be a shame to spoil the impression with spoilers.
E si sui vius, er mi grans benananza,
e si ieu muoir, er mi grans deliuriers
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watch the movie based on it later. I haven't read it, but I watched the movie from the 90s or so.

Be strong. Believe
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Watch the movie based on it later. I haven't read it, but I watched the movie from the 90s or so.
Something reminded me of the Disney cartoon based on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and the mess it was.
 

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Something reminded me of the Disney cartoon based on "Lord of the Flies" and the mess it was.
I liked the priest's song there. But overall, it's a mess, I agree.

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Lord of the Flies
A very good and realistic book. As a student, I can say that it very accurately depicts children's psychology and the hierarchical structure in their environment. I won't say anything more, because it's unlikely that everyone has read it, and it would be a sin to spoil the impression.
Even now, as a non-student, I can say that children are quite the little beasts.
Where do we go?
Where do we end up when we save the world?
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I bought a book by some Elena Karol with an intriguing title: "Violetta. Once upon a time... a lich." I started reading it. From the very first pages, it became clear that I wouldn't find anything remotely serious in it. It's written in a typical "girly" style; apparently, the author is around 60 years old and decided to jump on the bandwagon of vanilla mainstream. Honestly, you can read something like this if you have nothing else to do, but only if you have nothing else to do. But another book, in a similar genre, that I'm currently reading is more interesting. The author is Roger Zelazny. The book is called "Knight of Shadows - Prince of Chaos." It's full of psychedelic elements; sometimes it seems like the author was heavily into drugs. I recommend it to fans of all things entertaining. I also bought Puchkov's "Ukraine is Russia." After skimming through it, I noticed some hints of Soviet ideology and all that. I'll probably save it for later; I already have a lot to read.
Смысла нет, но вы держитесь там. Удачи, здоровья, хорошего настроения!
И пока в кармане пачка милкиуэйев - значит все не так уж плохо на сегодняшний день
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I've read very little from guidebooks or phrasebooks over the last six months.
Except for a few books to better understand local traditions.

In Orissa (India), I read "Black Balamut" by Oldi, based on the Mahabharata, about the life of Krishna and other events in Orissa and Rajasthan during that period ))
An interesting little book in the genre of alternative history mythology. They turned the Mahabharata upside down; Krishna and the Pandavas ended up being almost the main villains ) Krishnaites would hardly understand ) But I liked it. For a general understanding of local mythology and remembering a heap of names from the Indian divine pantheon, it's a decent book.

Now, in light of an upcoming trip to Thailand, I'm reading "The Third Gender" by Totman about ladyboys. The book is more documentary than fictional. Well, what can I say. Poor people. Although, if they like living that way, it's their business.
..разым двазым трызым рызым пята лата сигерь мата локом боком крюк за крюк из бульмы бульма урюк..
Знание некоторых закономерностей освобождает от изучения многих фактов.
Мечты сбываются рано или поздно, так или иначе.
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I started with the book on Perl, also known as "Learning Perl, 5th Edition" by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and Brian d. Foy. It's a captivating read. After working with C, I felt like I had found a genie.
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Platonov -- The Pit
E si sui vius, er mi grans benananza,
e si ieu muoir, er mi grans deliuriers
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By the way, about audiobooks. I sometimes listen to them in English to improve my listening skills. I came across "It's a long story" from Cambridge, which is for English learners. It's a funny story. I listen to it and laugh :) The difficulty level is probably "for beginners" because the text is quite easy to understand. At least, with my "pre-intermediate" level, I don't have any problems understanding it.
..разым двазым трызым рызым пята лата сигерь мата локом боком крюк за крюк из бульмы бульма урюк..
Знание некоторых закономерностей освобождает от изучения многих фактов.
Мечты сбываются рано или поздно, так или иначе.
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read "Black Balalut" by Oldie
Inspired by Yashur's posts about "chaining," I started rereading the last volume of the trilogy - "Go Where You Want."
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Heh, "a rather unceremonious exception" :)
More precisely, not an exception, but it still read as "biowaste" to me.
We certainly don't believe that Earth, with its bloody history of wars, and humanity, with all the negative traits of its nature, are a rather unceremonious exception for the Cosmos, but that the vast expanses of space are populated by beings who were more perfect than us even at the dawn of their history.
Inspired by @name's topic about green little men, I finally started reading Lem's "Sum of Technology", where he presents his vision of the search for extraterrestrial civilizations.

The style is a bit heavy (perhaps a poor translation), but some parts are quite interesting.
In other words, we understand progress as movement along a line of increasing development, and the future as an era of Great and Mighty Deeds.
What did a Stone Age man expect from the earthly or extraterrestrial future? - Huge, magnificently polished flints! And what could a resident of the ancient world expect on other planets? - Surely, galleys with oars a kilometer long!
:D

He also criticized the idea of paradise, but with good reason.
Planets with greater climate and geological stability than Earth (that is, those that we are inclined to consider "paradises," meaning their "suitability" for the existence of life) may in reality represent areas of homeostatic stagnation, since life evolves not thanks to a "built-in" tendency towards "progress," but only in the face of impending danger.
..разым двазым трызым рызым пята лата сигерь мата локом боком крюк за крюк из бульмы бульма урюк..
Знание некоторых закономерностей освобождает от изучения многих фактов.
Мечты сбываются рано или поздно, так или иначе.
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I read two books by J.D. Salinger: "Franny and Zooey," and then the famous "The Catcher in the Rye." I highly recommend both; the writer is powerful, and I really want to compare his level of expressiveness to Fyodor Mikhailovich. ;)
perhaps an unsuccessful translation
It's strange; is it really difficult to translate from Polish?
 

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the famous "The Catcher in the Rye"
One of my favorite books; I've reread it about four times (I don't remember reading anything else more than twice, except maybe "Monday" by the Strugatsky brothers).
I read "Dr. Bloodmoney" by Philip K. Dick. I don't know why I decided to start with this book of his, rather than with his more famous ones. It's quite a peculiar thing – not quite science fiction, but rather psychological, I suppose. The level of the author's imaginative craziness in some places is reminiscent of books about Warhammer).
I'm too f*cking old
To sell my soul
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And last week, I remembered that I hadn’t visited the SCP website since mid-autumn. There’s a ton of interesting and not-so-interesting stuff accumulated there, so I spent some time sorting through it. For those who don’t know, it’s a rather fascinating collaborative literary project, presented as a website of a secret intergovernmental organization that deals with capturing and studying all sorts of anomalous and unknown things. Of course, most of it is nonsense, but sometimes you can find very interesting things to suit any taste, from cute and uplifting to chillingly horrifying.
А, вот почему.

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