Hopefully this will spark some interesting discussions. Right now, I’m in the middle of The Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis, which explains what medieval Europeans believed about the nature of the universe and their place in it. It’s quite fascinating–though much of it seems insane to modern people, you can see how much of it is surprisingly reasonable if you don’t have the luxury of modern science and philosophy.
this piece of polish literature
its set in the 1647 cossack uprising in the polish-lithuanian commonwealth and it’s ~1100 pages long
im only on like page 390 when im typing this kek
Ooo, that sounds quite interesting. I might have to pick that up this point.
I’m not currently reading anything myself at that moment unless chemical literature counts. Just haven’t had as much free time in general, and most of it is spent on my computer. Anyone have any recommendations?
I bounced off that, but the academic notes seem really interesting, so I do want to go through it at some point. (I cheated and skipped to the end–Sellic Spell and the ballads are good fun.)
I can’t recommend it enough! Especially if you want to read any medieval or Renaissance-era books; it offers much-needed context.
Well I’ve gone through half of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris, and I just started Paradise Lost by John Milton. I’ve just read the editors notes and short biography of Milton
I just finished Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and am now reading Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac and other essays. Sapiens was really informative and Sand County is eloquent.
Trying to get through the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I absolutely loved The Hobbit, and I have completed Fellowship of the Ring. Now I am on The Two Towers, and some of it has become a drag, yet I have motivation to keep going, and the boring parts are mixed with good.
I’ve been going through some semi recent additions to my Bionicle Novel collection. I read Beware The Bohrok a couple days ago, and plan to read Makuta’s Revenge sometime soon.