Topic: Reader's Nook

[tarascon]

When I was a teenager I got my hands on a Mexican comic book published by the communist party which took all the Disney characters (like Scrooge McDuck, I think) and portrayed them as capitalist oppressors. It was in Spanish but I got the point.
I cannot find any reference to this comic online; probably suppressed by the corporation.

Btw, I do not consider myself a communist. My allegiance lies with The Temporary Autonomous Zone.

>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Autonomous_Zone
Hakim Bey is the nom-de-guerre of a Caucasian British chap...

[goldshirt*9]

struggling through the
elric of melnibone series 

[tarascon]

A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan

[6pairsofshoes]

Those links I posted don't work very well.  The one to the Book of Kells won't open, the other one you have to flip through a billion pages before you see anything.  I'll go find some better digitized stuff and link it.

Somebody just posted a link to zillions of older comix that have been digitised, here's the link:  They're all out of copyright so free access.
http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/download-15000-free-golden-age-comics-from-the-digital-comic-museum.html

[Beatrix]

^thanks Six. 
I'd like Book of Kells, can I find it at Half Priced Books, I wonder?

time to google

[6pairsofshoes]

I don't know.  There are facsimilies.  It's basically a collection of Gospels.
Here's a link. 
http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/index.php?DRIS_ID=MS58_003v
Pretty much eye candy.  Kells is where it ended up I believe.  There are competing theories about its origins.  The Lindisfarne Gospels are also beautiful.  The zoom in feature at these sites is well worth checking out as the designs, illustrations, are really intricate.

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/lindisfarne_lg.html

[tarascon]

I had The Book of Kells. Once. Beautiful edition the book was about 11x24, or so. Sold it years ago (with all my art books).

[6pairsofshoes]

Your avvy's hairdo reminds me of a hedgehog.  Sorry, I had to say it.

[goldshirt*9]

Sonic by chance.
Gave up on the Elric.
Decided to go for a Thomas Covenant fest

[tarascon]

Your avvy's hairdo reminds me of a hedgehog.  Sorry, I had to say it.

Samuel Beckett was a hedgehog sort of person. 

Started The Ugly American by  Eugene Burdick & William J. Lederer. http://www.amazon.com/The-Ugly-American-Eugene-Burdick/dp/0393318672

Wrapping up Bright and Shining Lie.

[6pairsofshoes]

I envy those who can read for pleasure.  All my reading is for work if not the occasional newspaper article.

[goldshirt*9]

I never read newspapers, possibly because i'm too tight to waste money on them 

[xtopave]

Does anyone buy newspapers anymore?

I finally finished Män som hatar kvinnor (aka The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The first part is dense (not to say boring). It picks up speed in the middle (mostly bc the girl is a compelling character) and the ending is meh... Has anybody read the other parts?

[Maudibe]

Does anyone buy newspapers anymore?

I finally finished Män som hatar kvinnor (aka The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The first part is dense (not to say boring). It picks up speed in the middle (mostly bc the girl is a compelling character) and the ending is meh... Has anybody read the other parts?

I read the whole series, I agree he can get a little dry at times. It's probably better in Swedish
I haven't bought or even read a paper in a few years now. Really not since Shultz died.

[tarascon]

Embers of War by Fredrik Logevall.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/books/review/embers-of-war-by-fredrik-logevall.html?_r=0