Your favourite authors, and why?

[Maia]

I've decided...I think I'll just check wots at the airport - probably just go with a magazine and watch the inflight entertainment.

Thanks anyway Maia.

You lovely people of the forum got very lucky - I got WIFI on da plane, so I'll be able to annoy you all when really really drunk at 20,000 feet.

Have a good trip, then.

[attofishpi]

I've decided...I think I'll just check wots at the airport - probably just go with a magazine and watch the inflight entertainment.

Thanks anyway Maia.

You lovely people of the forum got very lucky - I got WIFI on da plane, so I'll be able to annoy you all when really really drunk at 20,000 feet.

Have a good trip, then.

Cheers. I've had a ridiculous day though that just seemed to happen at the wrong time in attempting to arrange accommodation etc..

Well, the bank decided to lock my visa because apparently someone attempted to use my details for an uber at 3am and the visa/bank security system locked my entire account - I couldn't get any shopping today (*correction, I thought I had more cash but had half the amount thus has to fish out the least imperative products whilst apologising to the large Q building at the checkout. I couldn't pay for my accommodation 30 days in April, but the owner seems understanding and has put the dates on reserve for me.
Gotta wait at least 10 days for new visa card with no money!! Plan tomorrow is go to actual bank and hopefully they will provide the bread to last the 10 days. Gonna get $1000 if I can and make it a rule to always have cash available for these mini-apocalypse moments.

Moral of the story - always make sure you still have plenty of cash for this crap.

[Maia]

I've decided...I think I'll just check wots at the airport - probably just go with a magazine and watch the inflight entertainment.

Thanks anyway Maia.

You lovely people of the forum got very lucky - I got WIFI on da plane, so I'll be able to annoy you all when really really drunk at 20,000 feet.

Have a good trip, then.

Cheers. I've had a ridiculous day though that just seemed to happen at the wrong time in attempting to arrange accommodation etc..

Well, the bank decided to lock my visa because apparently someone attempted to use my details for an uber at 3am and the visa/bank security system locked my entire account - I couldn't get any shopping today (*correction, I thought I had more cash but had half the amount thus has to fish out the least imperative products whilst apologising to the large Q building at the checkout. I couldn't pay for my accommodation 30 days in April, but the owner seems understanding and has put the dates on reserve for me.
Gotta wait at least 10 days for new visa card with no money!! Plan tomorrow is go to actual bank and hopefully they will provide the bread to last the 10 days. Gonna get $1000 if I can and make it a rule to always have cash available for these mini-apocalypse moments.

Moral of the story - always make sure you still have plenty of cash for this crap.

Sounds a bit annoying. I always make sure that I have at least £200 on me for exactly such emergencies.

[accelafine]

Have a good trip, then.

Cheers. I've had a ridiculous day though that just seemed to happen at the wrong time in attempting to arrange accommodation etc..

Well, the bank decided to lock my visa because apparently someone attempted to use my details for an uber at 3am and the visa/bank security system locked my entire account - I couldn't get any shopping today (*correction, I thought I had more cash but had half the amount thus has to fish out the least imperative products whilst apologising to the large Q building at the checkout. I couldn't pay for my accommodation 30 days in April, but the owner seems understanding and has put the dates on reserve for me.
Gotta wait at least 10 days for new visa card with no money!! Plan tomorrow is go to actual bank and hopefully they will provide the bread to last the 10 days. Gonna get $1000 if I can and make it a rule to always have cash available for these mini-apocalypse moments.

Moral of the story - always make sure you still have plenty of cash for this crap.

Sounds a bit annoying. I always make sure that I have at least £200 on me for exactly such emergencies.

That seems like a lot and doesn't sound very safe. I never have more than about $2 cash on me

[Maia]

Cheers. I've had a ridiculous day though that just seemed to happen at the wrong time in attempting to arrange accommodation etc..

Well, the bank decided to lock my visa because apparently someone attempted to use my details for an uber at 3am and the visa/bank security system locked my entire account - I couldn't get any shopping today (*correction, I thought I had more cash but had half the amount thus has to fish out the least imperative products whilst apologising to the large Q building at the checkout. I couldn't pay for my accommodation 30 days in April, but the owner seems understanding and has put the dates on reserve for me.
Gotta wait at least 10 days for new visa card with no money!! Plan tomorrow is go to actual bank and hopefully they will provide the bread to last the 10 days. Gonna get $1000 if I can and make it a rule to always have cash available for these mini-apocalypse moments.

Moral of the story - always make sure you still have plenty of cash for this crap.

Sounds a bit annoying. I always make sure that I have at least £200 on me for exactly such emergencies.

That seems like a lot and doesn't sound very safe. I never have more than about $2 cash on me

It's well hidden, hehe.

[Maia]

The latest from The Bridge, by the way, is that the girl with three alien brains in her spine, Piper, or "Pipes" (yuck) for short, now aged 24, has just thrown up a load of wriggling alien worms into the toilet. I'm sure it was intended to shock, but I couldn't help laughing. One of the main problems that I'm finding with it is that there's no single character to identify with, and the narrative keeps swapping between a group of them, not all of which have been in it from the start. This needn't necessarily be a problem, though here it has the effect of making me not care very much about any of them.

[Maia]

Well, I've finished The Bridge. It was a bit slow moving towards the end, but then picked up slightly for the denouement in which Piper, the girl with the three alien brains in her spine, and, by this time, a fourth, next to her stomach, went through the "bridge" that they'd been building for the whole novel, having, before she set off, finally got together with her childhood sweetheart, Scotty, and then, on the other side, met the aliens, great big long snake-like things, the size of trains, living out in space. Who, among us, cannot relate to that?

[accelafine]

Not much point in reading it now then

[Maia]

Not much point in reading it now then

It's not one I'd recommend. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

[Alexiev]

I was just poking through my copy of Don Quixote-- the first and still one of the best Western novels-- when I found this masterstroke:

Sancho is referencing Orlando Furrioso.

"It serms to me," said Sancho, "that the knights who did all these crazy things were driven to them... but why should you go crazy? What lady has rejected you?

""That's it exactly," replied Don Quixote, "that's just how beautifully I've worked it all out -- because for a knight errant to go crazy for good reason, how much is that worth? My idea is to become a lunatic for no reason at all....

[Maia]

I'm currently reading, or rather re-reading, a book called The Mammoth Book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley. It's not a novel, but rather a non-fiction work, which, despite its slightly frivolous sounding title, is actually by far the most comprehensive investigation into the historical and legendary aspects of the Arthurian story that I've ever read, and I highly recommend it for anyone even vaguely interested in the subject. It first goes into the historical background, then the growing legend through the Middle Ages, and then explores modern adaptations.

The Roman legions finally left Britain in 407, to protect the Continental empire, leaving Britain exposed to barbarian raids on all sides. The British authorities appealed to the Emperor Honorius for help in 409, and in a famous letter he wrote back to say that no help would be forthcoming, and they must look to their own defences. And so, for the first time in nearly 400 years, Britain was independent of Rome, very reluctantly so. From this point onwards we enter the Dark Ages, which don't really come to an end till about 597, and the mission of St Augustine, sent from Rome to convert the Pagan English to Christianity. Around 200 years, in other words, during which the Roman province of Britannia was transformed into a patchwork of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and during which the Arthurian story takes place. One of the most fascinating periods of history, in fact, for those who are history buffs, like myself, primarily because, while there's so much that's mysterious about it, a great deal is actually known, especially from archaeology. I even had dreams of becoming an archaeologist myself, when I was at school, almost entirely, at least initially, on the strength of my interest in this period.

[Phil8659]

Favorite Author? That is easy. Which author is one born, by nature, by science, designed to read every moment of our life?

That author is called the Universe.

In asking such a question, which human author, then one can get into particulars, but that one person cannot be a favorite, but favorite human.

In that case, one has to further ask, for which purpose? amusement? or for learning?
Amusement has several of interest, and they are not actually measured.
for education,
fuck it. the question is too simple to actually answer. Oh, I got it. One's favorite author, human, should be one's own parents.

In A = B equations, one has to state, which "=" or which equality is being asked to apply. When you ask someone to apply any standard of measure, one has to state the particular relative difference,
I really do not do small talk well.

But, there is an assumption, a very grave assumption, in the question. Do people actually know what it means to be able to read?
Can anyone actually read, when reading is defined as a defined class, of grammar systems, all defined exactly the same, is it possible, as Plato asks, can one know an art, and not be able to apply that art over all members of its class? Plato says no, the Bible says no, that is why it states that mankind will not even be able to read it until after a certain time in human history.
Being literate means one actually knows what grammar is, and mankind does not, at least yet.
So, Who can name their favorite author, when, they provably cannot even read? One has to assume they know, and assume that they can actually make a judgment, but all of that is currently a dream, a delusion.

The mind has one job to do, one method of doing it. When it is achieved, mankind will be literate. There will no longer be wars, or other horror stories to tell or fear. Mankind will be free to do the job he is being made for. The good author, devotes their life to helping bring about that day. They only story that interests them during their life, is the story that never ends.
One mate, one home, one life, and keeping one's attention on the sunrise. It could be called the Story of Unity. There can be no human unity, until mankind can master the unit.

[attofishpi]

I'm currently reading, or rather re-reading, a book called The Mammoth Book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley. It's not a novel, but rather a non-fiction work, which, despite its slightly frivolous sounding title, is actually by far the most comprehensive investigation into the historical and legendary aspects of the Arthurian story that I've ever read, and I highly recommend it for anyone even vaguely interested in the subject. It first goes into the historical background, then the growing legend through the Middle Ages, and then explores modern adaptations.

The Roman legions finally left Britain in 407, to protect the Continental empire, leaving Britain exposed to barbarian raids on all sides. The British authorities appealed to the Emperor Honorius for help in 409, and in a famous letter he wrote back to say that no help would be forthcoming, and they must look to their own defences. And so, for the first time in nearly 400 years, Britain was independent of Rome, very reluctantly so. From this point onwards we enter the Dark Ages, which don't really come to an end till about 597, and the mission of St Augustine, sent from Rome to convert the Pagan English to Christianity. Around 200 years, in other words, during which the Roman province of Britannia was transformed into a patchwork of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and during which the Arthurian story takes place. One of the most fascinating periods of history, in fact, for those who are history buffs, like myself, primarily because, while there's so much that's mysterious about it, a great deal is actually known, especially from archaeology. I even had dreams of becoming an archaeologist myself, when I was at school, almost entirely, at least initially, on the strength of my interest in this period.

Awesome Maia - I've often wondered where the King Arthur myth came from, what facts of the time so much of the legend were built upon. Will definitely check that out.

[Maia]

I'm currently reading, or rather re-reading, a book called The Mammoth Book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley. It's not a novel, but rather a non-fiction work, which, despite its slightly frivolous sounding title, is actually by far the most comprehensive investigation into the historical and legendary aspects of the Arthurian story that I've ever read, and I highly recommend it for anyone even vaguely interested in the subject. It first goes into the historical background, then the growing legend through the Middle Ages, and then explores modern adaptations.

The Roman legions finally left Britain in 407, to protect the Continental empire, leaving Britain exposed to barbarian raids on all sides. The British authorities appealed to the Emperor Honorius for help in 409, and in a famous letter he wrote back to say that no help would be forthcoming, and they must look to their own defences. And so, for the first time in nearly 400 years, Britain was independent of Rome, very reluctantly so. From this point onwards we enter the Dark Ages, which don't really come to an end till about 597, and the mission of St Augustine, sent from Rome to convert the Pagan English to Christianity. Around 200 years, in other words, during which the Roman province of Britannia was transformed into a patchwork of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and during which the Arthurian story takes place. One of the most fascinating periods of history, in fact, for those who are history buffs, like myself, primarily because, while there's so much that's mysterious about it, a great deal is actually known, especially from archaeology. I even had dreams of becoming an archaeologist myself, when I was at school, almost entirely, at least initially, on the strength of my interest in this period.

Awesome Maia - I've often wondered where the King Arthur myth came from, what facts of the time so much of the legend were built upon. Will definitely check that out.

Excellent. It's by far the best and most comprehensive book I've ever read on the subject.

[Phil8659]

I'm currently reading, or rather re-reading, a book called The Mammoth Book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley. It's not a novel, but rather a non-fiction work, which, despite its slightly frivolous sounding title, is actually by far the most comprehensive investigation into the historical and legendary aspects of the Arthurian story that I've ever read, and I highly recommend it for anyone even vaguely interested in the subject. It first goes into the historical background, then the growing legend through the Middle Ages, and then explores modern adaptations.

The Roman legions finally left Britain in 407, to protect the Continental empire, leaving Britain exposed to barbarian raids on all sides. The British authorities appealed to the Emperor Honorius for help in 409, and in a famous letter he wrote back to say that no help would be forthcoming, and they must look to their own defences. And so, for the first time in nearly 400 years, Britain was independent of Rome, very reluctantly so. From this point onwards we enter the Dark Ages, which don't really come to an end till about 597, and the mission of St Augustine, sent from Rome to convert the Pagan English to Christianity. Around 200 years, in other words, during which the Roman province of Britannia was transformed into a patchwork of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and during which the Arthurian story takes place. One of the most fascinating periods of history, in fact, for those who are history buffs, like myself, primarily because, while there's so much that's mysterious about it, a great deal is actually known, especially from archaeology. I even had dreams of becoming an archaeologist myself, when I was at school, almost entirely, at least initially, on the strength of my interest in this period.

Awesome Maia - I've often wondered where the King Arthur myth came from, what facts of the time so much of the legend were built upon. Will definitely check that out.

Excellent. It's by far the best and most comprehensive book I've ever read on the subject.

One could add an Episode of Babylon 5, as a study in metaphorical association and application.

All of history is about mankind attempting to establish a unified code of justice. We pick and choose our hero's based upon how we imagine that it can be accomplished.

How one works their love of a thing, depends upon their intelligence to achieve it. Most people give up because of the work involved which they actually cannot do.
One can reduce the whole of it to one question; At what point does one give up on finding love? Then one can ask, what are the numberless ways we can excuse our quitting? etc.