books http://default/ en Book of the New Sun http://default/pieces/book-new-sun <div data-history-node-id="281" class="h-entry node node--type-piece node--view-mode-fulltext ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-sub-title field--type-text field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sub title</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Severian betrays his order by showing mercy…</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item">/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/20160911_book%20of%20the%20new%20sun.jpg?itok=xRxRRBzJ</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Meest bizarre, moeilijke en toch (dus?) meeslepende boek dat ik tot nu toe gelezen heb zijn de vier delen van Book of the New Sun door Gene Wolfe.</p> <blockquote><p> For science-fiction readers, “The Book of the New Sun” is roughly what “Ulysses” is to fans of the modern novel: far more people own a copy than have read it all the way through. A surreal bildungsroman, the book centers on a character named Severian. Trained as a torturer on the planet Urth, where torturers are a feared and powerful guild, Severian betrays his order by showing mercy, allowing a prisoner to kill herself rather than be subjected to his terrible ministrations. He then wanders the land encountering giants, anarchists, and members of religious cults. He eventually meets and supplants the ruler of Urth, the Autarch. </p></blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius">The New Yorker</a>)</p> <p>Als ik ooit nog eens een megalomaan project zou beginnen dan is het dit werk te illustreren middels grafische technieken. Wat een wereld.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://default/tag/books" hreflang="en">books</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://default/tag/gene-wolfe" hreflang="en">Gene Wolfe</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="hidden"><a href="https://brid.gy/publish/twitter"></a></span> <div class="node__links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> </div> </div> Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:59:11 +0000 Roy 281 at http://default Leonardo, de mens en zijn kunst http://default/pieces/leonardo-de-mens-en-zijn-kunst <div data-history-node-id="221" class="h-entry node node--type-piece node--view-mode-fulltext ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-sub-title field--type-text field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sub title</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Wat een leven.</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item">/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Leonardo-Bramly.jpg?itok=AwFHnHp5</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Melle maakt z’n werkstuk over Da Vinci. Wat materialen geleend bij de bibliotheek, deze van Bramly bij de grotemensenboeken. Wat een tragische held. Zijn tijd zo ver vooruit, zo'n diep en breed talent en toch (of juist daarom) erg weinig werken tot een goed einde gebracht. Die onrust van het altijd maar zoeken en onderzoeken wordt heel invoelbaar gepresenteerd.</p> <p>Ik herinner me een titel uit de bibliotheek in Rotterdam van tijdens m’n academie: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonardo-Picador-Books-Ralph-Steadman/dp/0330305697/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427921776&sr=8-1&keywords=I+Leonardo+Steadman">I Leonardo, een zeer vrije interpretatie van Da Vinci’s leven door Ralph Steadman</a>. Ook daar herinner ik me vooral die voortdurend onrustige geest en de machteloosheid tegenover duizenden ongeorganiseerde pagina’s aantekeningen, studies, schetsen. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bol.com/nl/p/leonardo/1001004002498614/">Leonardo, de mens en zijn kunst</a> is zeker een aanrader om eens voorbij de Mona Lisa te gaan en echt kennis te maken met een waar genie.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://default/tag/books2015" hreflang="en">books2015</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://default/tag/books" hreflang="en">books</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="hidden"><a href="https://brid.gy/publish/twitter"></a></span> <div class="node__links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> </div> </div> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:19:52 +0000 Roy 221 at http://default Reading for fun, not profit http://default/pieces/reading-fun-not-profit <div data-history-node-id="204" class="h-entry node node--type-piece node--view-mode-fulltext ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-sub-title field--type-text field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sub title</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Terry Pratchett is a lot of fun.</p> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Started reading fiction lateley. To relaand get the mind off of work things.</p> <p>Just finished my second Terry Pratchett Discworld episode. Both "Guards, guards!" and "Going postal" come highly recommended. So much fun.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://default/tag/books" hreflang="en">books</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="hidden"><a href="https://brid.gy/publish/twitter"></a></span> <div class="node__links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> </div> </div> Sat, 31 Jan 2015 22:29:58 +0000 Roy 204 at http://default