Vincent Veyrat Masson Veyrat Masson itibaren El Cano, San Onofre, Sucre, Kolombiya
Bunu birçok kez okudum ve her seferinde daha önce olduğundan biraz daha az beğendim. Roman olarak gizlenmiş iyi yazılmış bir felsefe parçası olmaya devam ediyor, peki ne değişiyor? Sanırım genç, oksimoronik, alaycı idealizmimin kaybı için bir kıstas.
Biseksüellik konusunda çok fazla kitap yok, bu yüzden bunun için oldukça yüksek umutlarım vardı. İyi: Düşünmediğim birçok ilginç nokta getirdi. Baumgardner, queer beklentilerle hetero ilişkilere giren ve böylece daha eşitlikçi bir ilişki yapısı elde edebilen bi kadın hakkında konuşuyor. Ayrıca toplumda biseksüelliğin daha büyük bir şekilde tanınmasının LGBT hakları üzerinde nasıl olumlu bir etkisi olabileceği konusunda ilginç bir noktaya işaret ediyor çünkü bir zamanlar aynı cinsel cazibe yaşayan nüfusun yüzde 10'u olduğu düşünülen şey büyük ölçüde artacaktır. Ayrıca, imtiyazlı kişilerin bir sivil haklar mücadelesi üzerinde nasıl faydalı bir etkiye sahip olabileceğine dair iddiasını da anlatacağım çünkü belirli haklara sahip olanların (biseksüel, heteroseksüel ayrıcalık durumunda) zalimce talep etme olasılığı daha yüksektir herkes için aynı muamele. Kötü: Pek çok toplumsal cinsiyet özcü varsayımı. Tüm lezbiyen ilişkilerin besleyici ve iletişim açısından zengin olduğunu ve biseksüel kadınların bile bir erkek partnerinde aynı nitelikleri bulmayı bekleyemeyeceğini tekrar tekrar iddia ediyor. Varsayımları aynı anda lezbiyen ilişkileri ve karikatür heteroseksüel ilişkilerini idealize eder. Geniş kategorilerdeki 'erkek' ve 'kadın' kategorilerinde bu kitabı okumaktan çok daha fazla kişilik varyasyonu var. Baumgardner, kadınları gerçek kadınlar veya hassas erkekleri gerçek erkekler olarak görmüyor gibi. Çok rahatsız edici. Ayrıca tüm çalışma boyunca kötü bir sınıfçılık boşluğu olduğunu düşündüm. Son karar: Zor bir konuydu ve Baumgardner'a korkusuzca mücadele ettiği için hayranım. Yine de kitap biraz düzensizdir ve biseksüellik, biphobi ve biseksüel ayrıcalık konusunda söylenecek çok şey bırakmaktadır.
I've never studied prehistory properly - my history degree mostly concentrated on the Early Modern period - but I found this book completely fascinating. I've read it three times now! Obviously I don't have the academic background to be able to judge it properly but it at least seemed a really scholarly account and it was well written, which isn't a very common combination! Definitely recommended.
I listened to this on CD after reading the book. And it was totally enjoyable and made my commutes seem short...
This was my first Ray Bradbury novel. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised. I have read a few of his short stories, but they seemed to be "hard" science fiction in a way that did not appeal to me. Perhaps it is because Fahrenheit 451 continues to meld closer to the culture with time, but at this stage, it hardly seems to be set in a futuristic setting at all. The central notion of the evolution of firemen from someone who fights fires to someone who sets fire to books and their covetors was captivating for me. It reminded me of something I read in law school about the evolution of the notorious horse salesman to the modern mechanic. The occupation evolved with technology and societal need. The other thing that will stay with me about the book is the interesting discourse on fire -- source of destruction ala the book burnings and Atomic weapons, but also source of light -- symbol of the resistance to the tyranny of the modern dark ages. Also a place of warmth, for comraderie, even for the preparation of nurishment. It was an interesting contrast in its destructive and constructive character. Perhaps that also serves as a metaphor for mankind in this book. Well anyway, not to wax too philosophical, but it was a fine work. There is an interesting afterword from Bradbury that is kind of a rant against minorities. He seems overly worried about self-censorship that stems from sensitivity. He seems to anticipate the worst excesses of political correctness. Fortunately, society at large seems to have moved beyond this discussion. What now seems most prophetic in Bradbury's book is the endless profusion of talking heads on television saying nothing. In Fahrenheit 451, they had managed to individualize the experience of television through some clever software. I really don't think that such an experiment is that far off. We already have some interesting experiments with interactive television.
When i first read the Talisman years ago, it was basically a lengthy tome about a boy coming of age. Given that it was a collaborative effort of two of horror's genre-masters at their prime, it did well outlining the tribulations that lil Jack Sawyer went through in the search of a "Talisman" to heal his mother, and to seek the truth about his father. Although it crossed 600+ pages, it felt warm & inviting, with characters that you could relate to. This sequel, penned 15 year later, catches Saywer as an adult, with the co-authors well past their "best-of" date. What could have been a remarkable modern horror tome ends up a rambling monologue that tries to ascend into the higher "literary" stratosphere that the authors have recently tried to emulate. As much as i love Straub & King, these 600+ pages dragged on and on to yawn-inducing lengths. For much of the first act, you wished you could just slap Sawyer awake and tell him to get on with it. Other than the memorable inclusion of a quasi-prophet blind disc-jockey, all the characters are a mess of could've-beens and fickleness. The second act that features the "big reveal" peters out too long that you could see it coming a mile away. And by the time the final third act kicks in (literally with some hell's angels type-bikers), you just wished that they stepped it up a notch. And of course it ties in with Dark Tower mythos, of course it lays open ended for a sequel, and of course the ending feels less than satisfactory ... but i just hope that the authors finally let Jack Sawyer ride off into the sunset and leave him be. ~ S