Perspektive Web itibaren Rozdol'ne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

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2020-01-12 06:40

Ufuk Çizgisi 1. Seri - Ufuk İbrahimoğlu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Belge Yayınları

How can you not love this man with a story like the following from one of his ex-wives: "In 1956, I went to France, to the University of Paris, and got a doctoral degree. I left Donald my car. In 1959, I saw him in Houston, to get the car back..He told me the car had needed two things: It needed to be painted and it needed new brakes. He couldn't afford both. So he'd gotten it repainted." Or the recounted conversation from friend Herman Gollob. A couple nights before, Gollob was having dinner with a girl who happened to be a student of Barthelme's current wife. He told the girl that he thought Maggie, the wife, was a "snobbish bitch".A couple days later he goes by Barthleme's office and the following conversation takes place, retold by Gollob. "'I understand you think my wife is a snobbish bitch,' Don said. 'My date had ratted on me, possibly because I'd had the poor taste to take her to Stubby's, not one of Houston's chic watering spots,' Gollob says. Fearing a freeze-out from Don, he decided it was best to confess. 'Yes, I do think she's a snobbish bitch,' he replied. 'Rising, [Don:] patted me on the arm and said, 'So do I. In fact, I'm getting a divorce. I'll have to look for an apartment right away. Why don't we share one?'" So far, there are all kinds of little tidbits of information about Barthelme's life that make his fiction even more interesting to think about (if that's possible). For example, the fact that he suffered through "fits" as a child, or some sort of epileptic seizures. Maybe it's because I've also struggled with seizures (that like Barthelme, also have went away) that I connected with his comments about it, saying how "it's the loss of control. I mean, when you fall down without any warning, black out, it teaches you something. It had nothing to do with ecstasy, I'll tell you, it had to do with somebody or something that could take away your consciousness at its volition rather than yours," and that this feeling now "manifests itself only in dreams." There's so much more I could comment on, Barthelme's philosophies about writing, his influences, his strained relationship with his architect father. All of this is also quite fascinating, but the parts that I so far enjoy the most are the passages about Barthelme the man, described in pictures as "laughing uproariously, or squinting wryly even in serious moments." He liked to dance, he loved jazz, and the man played drums. This is a guy who decided on a whim to hitchhike to Mexico City with a friend. "We were around sixteen," he says, "and had run away from home, in the great tradition, hitched various long rides with various sinister folk, and there we were in the great city with about two t-shirts to our names." I mean, seriously, I'll ask again, how can you not fall in love with this man?

2020-01-12 07:40

Talat Paşa - Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ötüken Neşriyat

A novel both luminous and terrifying, Hyperion is a must read. I was surprised at how much I loved this book, and can't wait to get started on the second chapter of this epic story. The thing that struck me most was how adept Simmons is at utilizing classic clichés and troupes of science fiction, while at the same time reinventing them to suit his purposes. Each tale is told in a distinct style that is immediately recognizable to an avid reader of the science-fiction genre, but also contains elements from the whole spectrum of western literature. The story of Brawne Lamia, for example, is a perfect paradigm of cyberpunk noir, but becomes something else within the larger narrative of the book. I loved the following lines which showcased just how self-aware and "meta" Simmons can be: "You've read all the cyberpunk stuff. You know all about the terrible beauty of the datumplane, the three-dimensional highways with their landscapes of black ice and neon perimeters and Day-Glo Strange Loops and Shimmering skyscrapers of data blocks under hovering clouds of AI presence" As someone who has read a great deal of cyberpunk there is always the inevitable description of the beauty and speed of the matrix/datumplane whatever, so it was nice to see Simmons acknowledge the cliché even while exploiting it for his story. The other narratives were equally evocative: The Priest’s tale, “The Man who cried God” reminded me of Lovecraft’s “At the Mountains of Madness” and Poe’s “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym” which are both concerned with scientific expeditions that end with terrifying conclusions. The Poet’s story, “ Hyperion Cantos” filled with literary in-jokes and quick-witted prose, follows the eternal journey of an artist searching for his muse while trying to resist the temptation of mediocrity. The Scholar’s tale, smaller in scale than the others, is all the more poignant because of its’ subject matter: A father’s quest to solve the mystery behind his daughter’s bizarre illness. I would stop reading the book after each of the tales in order to fully digest the implications of the revelations, but ultimately they work beautifully as a whole. Once all the stories are put together the true scope of the crisis is revealed. The entire universe is threatened by the truth in these stories; danger looms from all angles and nothing is what it seems. Of course the key to everything is the enduring mystery of the Shrike, a creation that sends shivers down my spine. The Shrike embodies death perfected, but I don’t believe they are evil in the normal sense. Instead I feel they are closer to Galactus, a necessary purging fire sent to cleanse the universe when its decadence has gotten out of hand. For the Shrike alone I would recommend this book, but the real genius lies in Simmons brilliant manipulation of classic literary devices to create a new and innovative science fiction masterpiece.

Okuyucu Perspektive Web itibaren Rozdol'ne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Kullanıcı, bu kitapları portalın yayın kurulu olan 2017-2018'de en ilginç olarak değerlendirdi "TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi" Tüm okuyucuların bu literatürü tanımalarını tavsiye eder.