Right now I’m writing out my story before it’s drawn into a comic.
I have a few more chapters to go, but I’ll link it here when it’s done. I’m starting to write with a more active and immediate voice.
Trying to read Holy Bible new revised standard version © 1989, the one printed by Oxford University Press.
Old Testament: 996 pages
Apocrypha: 298 pages
New Testament: 284 pages
In reality each page is equal to 2 normal pages. They print 2 pages on 1 page so in reality those page numbers are probably doubled compared to a normal book layout if you know what I mean. Has anyone else finished the bible by reading it word for word, page after consecutive page, cover to cover?
If you are going to read the bible cover for cover I’d recommend the Chronological bible. It breaks the bible up it up into daily reading assignments. Some parts of the OT are pretty rough to read through and are really dull. I have read the Chronological Bible a few times and I’ve also read the Qu’ran. Reading the Qu’ran fucked up most of my OT knowledge as the books are similar but Islam made revisions to the OT that did not exist in the original versions.
I never want to read through the bible again.
As someone who wasn’t the least bit religious but was told by my father I should read it be more educated and understand the world and its people, I picked up some 400-page condensed version aimed at children. It was quite interesting and enjoyable.
If you’re doing so for religious reasons, however, just get the King James version or whatever.
Speaking of my own reading, I finally finished Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia.
Good book, but has some weaknesses courtesy of it being the author’s first work.
Thanks for sharing.
I also like writing from my childhood and always want to improve it but i never try.
Like to read articles based on different different topics like study, technology, child education.
I’m currently reading Love in the Time of Cholera. The writing is beautiful but dense as fuck. Read for two hours yesterday and only finished 25 pages lol.
Been reading “Body Language” by Julius Fast. Basically it talks about how to tell if people/broads are lying to you etc based on their posture/gesture/demeanor. It’s a short book- should be done by end of the week.
Seeing how the Bible is the most influential book of all time…yeah I agree with him.
Only translation i can stand is KJV. But i wish I knew Aramaic.
I’m not religious or anything like that. That’s why I like the New Revised Standard Version. It’s easier to read/understand, etc.
Anyone reading the new Franzen novel?
Maybe.
So, Daemon and Freedom™ are cool.
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland by Philip K. Dick.
Jim Fergessen is an old mechanic who has decided to retire and is thinking about what to do with the finances he’s accumulated through his business over the years. One possibility would be to invest in the new high tech auto shop that’s being developed on the other side of town, but Al Miller, a man with no real future who sells junk cars on Jim’s property feels he’s entitled to some of the money Jim has made over the years. He also suspects the new auto shop deal to be a complete sham.
Got a third of the book left to go before I finish it. Things didn’t really pick up until halfway through, but it’s a neat read. Prior to reading this, I’ve only heard about PKD through the movie adaptations to his work, so it’s cool to actually check out one of his books.
Just finished super sad true love story, now I’m reading S by Doug joust and J.J.Abrams.
Not quite sure what to think of it yet, with all the notes scribbled around the text I’m still getting into a grove on how I should actually approach each page. It is the most unique book I’ve ever read so far, and the way it set up with the random supplemental reading material throughout I don’t see how it could work in paperback form.
I just finished Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell tolls by Hemingway. I think he is a talented author, but his stuff is too dreary for me to really enjoy or appreciate. It was kind of funny how basic stereotypes of countries from WW1 have basically remained the same though.
Try Hemingway’s short stories- they’re more varied in tone, and even when they’re dreary they’re a quick shot of bitterness, like a good espresso.
What stereotypes?
He also served in I think the Italian army in WWI. So yeah.
I am aware of this fact. Just because a stereotype exists doesn’t mean it isn’t accurate. I just found it kind of amusing that some things haven’t changed after 100 years. Tolstoy did the same thing in War and Peace and his basic explanation of a Frenchman or an Italian is still pretty accurate today.