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Writer's Block: The long and short of it
Jun. 8th, 2011 08:29 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Hell if I know, as I didn't check the page numbers on most of 'em, but here's a few contenders:
- In college I read The Tale of Genji. It was an abridged version that cut out the umpty squintillion detailed descriptions of people's clothing, but it was still pretty long.
- I've read a four-volume edition of Journey To The West translated by Anthony Yu.
- I read Atlas Shrugged in high school. Still got the copy my parents gave me for my eighteenth birthday. Rather liked it. Still fond of it even though I recognize the flaws and issues and problems it has. Just because I like it doesn't mean I have to believe in it.
- Haven't finished the Shah-Namah of Firdawsi yet. I should get back to that.
- I can't really claim Romance of the Three Kingdoms because even the three-volume edition I have is still abridged.
- Outlaws of the Marsh. Four volumes. Black Whirlwind's favorite epithet is rendered as 'frigging' in my translation. A lot.
- On the James Michener side of things: The Source, Alaska, and Poland. Don't remember which one was longest.
- I can't really claim the Divine Comedy as a single book, as I bought it as three separate volumes by three separate translators. For the record, yes, I read the whole thing. I liked the Purgatorio and the Paradiso.
- I'd say the Bible, New American Bible or Jerusalem Bible translation, but compared to other translations the NAB isn't really all that big. Still, I've read the whole thing, so that's probably a contender too.
On the shortest front, the only one I can peg with any real accuracy is Slugs, by David Greenberg. I still have the copy my parents gave me for my eighteenth birthday. Yes, in the same package as Atlas Shrugged. Yes, I was just as thrilled about this book as I was about Atlas Shrugged. This should tell you something about me.
Hell if I know, as I didn't check the page numbers on most of 'em, but here's a few contenders:
- In college I read The Tale of Genji. It was an abridged version that cut out the umpty squintillion detailed descriptions of people's clothing, but it was still pretty long.
- I've read a four-volume edition of Journey To The West translated by Anthony Yu.
- I read Atlas Shrugged in high school. Still got the copy my parents gave me for my eighteenth birthday. Rather liked it. Still fond of it even though I recognize the flaws and issues and problems it has. Just because I like it doesn't mean I have to believe in it.
- Haven't finished the Shah-Namah of Firdawsi yet. I should get back to that.
- I can't really claim Romance of the Three Kingdoms because even the three-volume edition I have is still abridged.
- Outlaws of the Marsh. Four volumes. Black Whirlwind's favorite epithet is rendered as 'frigging' in my translation. A lot.
- On the James Michener side of things: The Source, Alaska, and Poland. Don't remember which one was longest.
- I can't really claim the Divine Comedy as a single book, as I bought it as three separate volumes by three separate translators. For the record, yes, I read the whole thing. I liked the Purgatorio and the Paradiso.
- I'd say the Bible, New American Bible or Jerusalem Bible translation, but compared to other translations the NAB isn't really all that big. Still, I've read the whole thing, so that's probably a contender too.
On the shortest front, the only one I can peg with any real accuracy is Slugs, by David Greenberg. I still have the copy my parents gave me for my eighteenth birthday. Yes, in the same package as Atlas Shrugged. Yes, I was just as thrilled about this book as I was about Atlas Shrugged. This should tell you something about me.
