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Post by Kitty Pryde on Nov 20, 2008 20:43:43 GMT -4
Aw, but think of the people you would disappoint! *giggles*
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Nov 20, 2008 20:45:29 GMT -4
I s'pose.
And I really should know better with the men folk here. They nearly always have their minds in the gutter
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Post by Hank McCoy on Nov 20, 2008 20:51:22 GMT -4
I thought that was one of our good points.
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Post by Guido Carosella on Nov 21, 2008 14:10:43 GMT -4
Yeah, I'm not seeing the problem.
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Nov 21, 2008 15:16:38 GMT -4
I was going to say something but I think I'll keep my mouth shut since I don't want to put myself further in the gutter
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Post by Doug Ramsey on Nov 24, 2008 20:43:32 GMT -4
I like to quote Oscar Wilde concerning the gutter:
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Nov 24, 2008 20:48:52 GMT -4
ooh, I like that quote of his
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Post by Doug Ramsey on Nov 24, 2008 21:01:35 GMT -4
Yeah, he's a personal favorite of mine. I like to imagine that The Portrait of Dorian Gray was his fictional biography.
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Nov 24, 2008 21:03:09 GMT -4
that's one book I need to actually sit down and read. I read bits of it but never could settle down to read it in its entirity. Which reminds me - I have a date with a white whale at some point. I started reading Moby Dick and haven't gotten back to it. ::sigh:: so many books, so little time
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Post by Kitty Pryde on Nov 24, 2008 21:03:45 GMT -4
Ooh, I looooooove The Portrait of Dorian Gray!
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Post by Doug Ramsey on Nov 24, 2008 21:14:48 GMT -4
Ugh... Moby Dick.
You do realize that the only reason that Herman Melville got "American Classic" status is because at that time in history, everyone was writing short stories except him, and school systems needed SOMETHING semi-intelligent to fill the gap in literary history.
Don't take my word for it, but since I live about 5 miles from his house, I assure you, its true.
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Nov 24, 2008 21:18:29 GMT -4
I figured I'd read it merely because I've watched the movie so many times. Surprised my mother when I realized that the Peaquod was an example of a microcosm. I was, I believe, in third grade or so.
it's either that or read Dracula for the hundredth time
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Post by Doug Ramsey on Nov 24, 2008 21:28:52 GMT -4
Heh. Maybe you should read the book that inspired Bram Stoker to rip off write Dracula. The Vampyre, by.... you'll love this... Doctor John William Polidori. History of this tale: Through her half-sister Claire Clairmont, Mary Godwin and her future husband Percy Shelley came to know Lord Byron. During the summer of 1816, Lord Byron invited them to stay for a while at his Villa Diodati in Switzerland. There they met Byron's physician friend Dr John Polidori. On June 16th, while a storm raged outside, the five of them amused themselves by telling ghost stories and revealing private skeletons. From Mary's previous experience of miscarriage came the desire to raise her child from the dead which led to the creation of the Frankenstein monster. From Polidori's homosexuality, suicidal thoughts, and fascination with vampires came the story "The Vampyre". Man, I would have loved to have been there during that visit. |
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Nov 24, 2008 21:33:17 GMT -4
ooh, I think I might
I need fresh blood in my vampire books
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I didn't just say that, did I?
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Post by Doug Ramsey on Nov 24, 2008 21:36:04 GMT -4
If you look carefully, "The Vampyre" in the post above is a link to the actual book...  |
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