tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post112204096113797789..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: On my listIsabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1122334908051692162005-07-25T19:41:00.000-04:002005-07-25T19:41:00.000-04:00Auster is worth every single penny. And then some....Auster is worth every single penny. And then some.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1122314515700383922005-07-25T14:01:00.000-04:002005-07-25T14:01:00.000-04:00I can't think of many authors who are hardcover-wo...I can't think of many authors who are hardcover-worthy. I think I judge their worth on a book-by-book basis. I have Atwood hardcovers, received as gifts, but I would've happily waited for the paperbacks. I've spent my own hard-earned cash on Auster.Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1122126126186131452005-07-23T09:42:00.000-04:002005-07-23T09:42:00.000-04:00Thank you for the heads up on Paul Auster's new bo...Thank you for the heads up on Paul Auster's new book. He's on my "buy hardcover" list. Margaret Atwood is great, too, though I often wait for her to come out in paperback (I am very exclusive about who I pay $25(US) for).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1122095514065216322005-07-23T01:11:00.000-04:002005-07-23T01:11:00.000-04:00I've read the Fitzgerald, though prefer the Iliad ...I've read the Fitzgerald, though prefer the <I>Iliad</I> to the <I>Odyssey</I>. (But that was 20 years ago; might think differently now.)<BR/><BR/>Adding <I>Penelopiad</I> to my reading list. I love Atwood's books, and also retellings from women's POVs (which I suppose should really be PsOV) -- e.g., Anita Diamant's <I>The Red Tent</I> and Sena Jeter Naslund's <I>Ahab's Wife</I>.e_journeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381530423919462133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1122078462298429952005-07-22T20:27:00.000-04:002005-07-22T20:27:00.000-04:00The Fagles translation is considered best these da...The Fagles translation is considered best these days. Fitzgerald is good too. Lattimore is generally considered unreadable, although it's the one I was raised on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1122075154581952622005-07-22T19:32:00.000-04:002005-07-22T19:32:00.000-04:00Read the Odyssey!Read the Odyssey!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162443999028523858noreply@blogger.com