BF3s Book Club

2010-12-21 17:13:44

#501

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6729|Kakanien

Uzique wrote:
you're so boring, you've been doing the asinine 'language elitism' thing for months and months

this is an anglophone forum made of mainly american/english speakers... i've told you this before...

you're not impressing anybody by telling them to go read something they can't even grasp, language-wise

even you should detect the irony of this statement

+ it was a serious suggestion. everyone should be able to find an english version of this novel

oh, and btw:

"die eitelkeit anderer geht uns nur dann wider den geschmack, wenn sie wider unsere eitelkeit geht"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-12-21 17:15:38

#502

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6724

Die Deutschen sind alle Homosexuellen

2010-12-21 17:16:43

#503

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6726

i don't see any irony, no, as i don't ever tend to recommend books to people in foreign languages... nor films, or any other media

so maybe you should keep ya head down

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2010-12-21 17:17:20

#504

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6729|Kakanien

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
Die Alle Deutschen sind alle Hhomosexuellen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-12-21 17:18:59

#505

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6724

More than one kind of Nazi.

2010-12-21 17:19:48

#506

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6409|what

My dog has no nose.

2010-12-21 17:20:25

#507

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6729|Kakanien

Uzique wrote:
i don't see any irony, no, as i don't ever tend to recommend books to people in foreign languages... nor films, or any other media

so maybe you should keep ya head down

don't they teach you to prescind at uni?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-12-21 17:28:38

#508

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6729|Kakanien

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
More than one kind of Nazi.

all americans are fat and stupid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2010-12-21 17:29:34

#509

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6724

cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
Doctor Strangelove wrote:
More than one kind of Nazi.
all americans are fat and stupid

Damn Straight.

2010-12-22 03:36:14

#510

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6988|St. Andrews / Oslo

I think I'm going to head out and buy Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. It's gotten some prizes and is supposed to be good - not sure if English kings is mum's kind of thing, but she might enjoy it.

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2010-12-22 15:58:11

#511

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6726

i am just about to read 'if i die in a combat zone' and 'going after cacciato' by tim o' brien. after reading 'dispatches' by michael herr last year i found an unexpected fancy for vietnam war literature-- serious, journalistic, hard-hitting, deep vietnam war literature. i heard from my american literature course professor that 'going after cacciato' is probably the closest thing to a piece of classic literature to emerge on the subject of the vietnam war... and i was happily surprised to find it in my room when i got home from university, having ordered it on amazon months ago. really looking forward to finding a few spare hours to get into it, when my work/course reading allows

a summary:

Going After Cacciato is a war novel written by author Tim O'Brien and winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1979. This complex novel is set during the Vietnam War and is told from the point of view of the protagonist, Paul Berlin. The story traces the events that ensue after Cacciato, a member of Berlin's squad, decides to go AWOL by walking from Vietnam to France, through Asia. Cacciato, an Italian word pronounced "catch-ee-otto" means "hunted"/"caught" in Italian.

i'll give a review when i'm done. i can definitely recommend herr's 'dispatches' to anyone with a vague interest in brilliant vietnam literature.

Last edited by Uzique (2010-12-22 15:59:00)

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2010-12-24 07:04:49

#512

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6988|St. Andrews / Oslo

Jenspm wrote:
I think I'm going to head out and buy Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. It's gotten some prizes and is supposed to be good - not sure if English kings is mum's kind of thing, but she might enjoy it.

Hah, so I found out yesterday that not only did my dad buy her the same book, but she bought it for herself as well.

Got massive props for choosing the right present

2010-12-24 08:09:51

#513

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6726

to be honest the greatest gift you could give your mother this xmas is an instruction to stop reading shitty historical fiction

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2010-12-25 21:27:59

#514

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6362|eXtreme to the maX

Sun Tzu - The Art of War - Samuel B. Griffith (Translator), B. H. Liddell Hart (Foreword) Publisher: Oxford University Press (September 15, 1971)

Been planning to read this a while. Format was a bit odd, lapsing into alternative interpretations by different commentators which was a little confusing.
Some of the forword was prophetic, noting the US military never learnt from history and never would, placing too much reliance on weapons and too little on intel and tactics (Sun Tzu puts no weight on weapons).

Really the whole of 'The Art of War' could be whittled down to four or five basic ideas - all of which AQ and the Taliban seem to be employing expertly.

Fuck Israel

2010-12-25 21:47:39

#515

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6753

Dilbert_X wrote:
Really the whole of 'The Art of War' could be whittled down to four or five basic ideas - all of which AQ and the Taliban seem to be employing expertly.

and Miyamoto Musashi described more succinctly and accurately. Apparently the chinese didn't learn from Sun-Tzu either, or the japanese wouldn't've pwnd them pre-WWII.

2010-12-25 21:50:40

#516

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6362|eXtreme to the maX

burnzz wrote:
Dilbert_X wrote:
Really the whole of 'The Art of War' could be whittled down to four or five basic ideas - all of which AQ and the Taliban seem to be employing expertly.
and Miyamoto Musashi described more succinctly and accurately. Apparently the chinese didn't learn from Sun-Tzu either, or the japanese wouldn't've pwnd them pre-WWII.

That was in there, as was the Red Army beating the Nationalists by the same means.
Multiple sides employed the tactics in the Chinese internal wars, the side which won was able to say the other had failed to employ them correctly - rightly or wrongly.

Sun Tzu is there for everyone, but people forget it - or think they're smarter.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2010-12-25 21:52:20)

Fuck Israel

2010-12-26 10:22:46

#517

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6726

i have that book, i remember buying it years ago. have read bits here and there. it's good.

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2010-12-26 14:55:29

#518

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6362|eXtreme to the maX

Think I'll see what I can find by Miyamoto Musashi, thanks.

Fuck Israel

2011-01-02 20:16:20

#519

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6857|132 and Bush

Does anyone have an account here : http://www.goodreads.com/ ?
It's easy to setup. You can just connect with FB if you like. It's much better than the now defunct Visual bookshelf.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-01-02 20:30:58

#520

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6726

im already part of a book club. a really expensive one.

Last edited by Uzique (2011-01-02 20:31:40)

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2011-01-02 20:38:57

#521

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6857|132 and Bush

fuck you .. you're one of the ones I would have really liked to join. In fact, i think I sent you a request on fb.

BTW, mine are 90% history and science .

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-01-02 20:39:46

#522

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5614|London, England

I'm on goodreads but I haven't updated it in years.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-01-02 20:42:25

#523

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5958|College Park, MD

Kmar wrote:
Does anyone have an account here : http://www.goodreads.com/ ?
It's easy to setup. You can just connect with FB if you like. It's much better than the now defunct Visual bookshelf.

If I connect with FB, does it show my facebook profile and whatnot to you guys?

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2011-01-02 20:43:36

#524

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6726

to be honest im not sure it's something i'd find the time/interest for... i have to think about and discuss books all day

music and films come in as spare-time hobbies

i'll give it a look

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2011-01-02 20:44:38

#525

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6857|132 and Bush

I don't think so .. see mine? http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4728394
i think it's just for if you want to publish your reviews to your homepage.

Galt, I'm just starting to add some of my books now.

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