thizzy85

Thanks for sharing The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Thizzy. I'd heard of it before but never read it. The Raven is also my favourite poem. No problem Kylie, luckily I stumbled across it reading Moby Dick. There were a couple references to the poem so I decided to take a gander at it and was absolutely enthralled. That was just a quick little excerpt from the poem... I thought it might be a bit to long to post the whole thing.

the only story I read by him was "guts"... I really should have started with fight club because guts really turned me off from his work. Guts by Chuck Palahniuk (not for the faint of heart)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo! In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, It perched for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Glimmered the white moonshine." `God save thee, ancient Mariner, From the fiends that plague thee thus! - Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow I shot the Albatross."

I've been reading some Poe recently, and I adore 'The Raven'. The metre, the rhyme, the narrative, the spooky feeling behind it. It's all amazingly done. But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore - What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking `Nevermore.' awesome selection. you should check out Gustave Doré's illustrations of "the raven" adds another element http://www.danshort.com/raven/

the odyssey moby dick the divine comedy dante's inferno has been amazing. the other two books don't hold my attention like all the fire and brimstone that is inferno. can't wait to start "paradise lost"

Moby Dick is great. I don't know how they expected me to read this at 16 but I am thoroughly enjoying it now. Its funny how long it has taken me to finish certain chapters. There was one that brought up the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" well I had to read this poem before I continued on. This poem is basically a story like the flying dutchman. A guy shots an albatross and curses the boat. Really an epic poem. Well wouldn't you know the next chapter of Moby Dick was "the Albatross".

Out of the two authors I've only read Clancy's Rainbow 6. I would recommend reading it if you haven't already. The Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum was a good read as well. Same author as the Bourne series. Excellent thriller.

Saltwater Buddha by Jaimal Yogis was a great read. It's a coming of age story about a boy who loves surfing. Surfing is one of the central themes of the book for sure but it doesn't take a surfer to enjoy this book. Fun and easy read.

just picked up a copy of "the odyssey" after reading through this little wiki article "monomyth". even though I had to read excerpts of "the iliad" and "the odyssey" in high school, I never enjoyed it. now its hard for me to put the book down.

I've only finished reading pulp(awesome!) but I started hollywood just never got around to finishing it. I've seen the movie barfly with micky rourke and a documentary on him... definitely an interesting dude. I think its good to watch the documentary on him to get a feel for how he talks. I always read it in my mind in his style... makes an already enjoyable experience all the more entertaining.