tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post441949905342304614..comments2024-02-20T15:12:28.660-08:00Comments on A Time-Travelling Apocalypse: My Writing Week: Issue 16, Year 5.Graham Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-63816302452096569152012-05-05T23:55:28.214-07:002012-05-05T23:55:28.214-07:00On watching Jeopardy again, they mentioned One Fle...On watching Jeopardy again, they mentioned One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which was also on my high school curriculum. How could I forget it? It gave me the message at high school that I better conform or else society will get back at me. So sad when the chief smothered him. But glad the chief escaped.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-79957367625272261342012-04-21T21:44:04.069-07:002012-04-21T21:44:04.069-07:00A comment on my facebook page by Amy Chapman about...A comment on my facebook page by Amy Chapman about this post reminded me that To Kill A Mockingbird was also on my high school curriculum, in year seven I think. I do recall assigning the racist theme to America's past when reading it, which I obviously would not do now.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-17571046149053845722012-04-21T00:47:26.915-07:002012-04-21T00:47:26.915-07:00Foreskin's Lament...yeah, it's a Kiwi thin...Foreskin's Lament...yeah, it's a Kiwi thing. If I remember correctly, it was about rugby. And self-identity. Key quotation: "Whaddarya?"Traciehttps://traciemcbridewriter.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-68680585429679335712012-04-21T00:18:55.601-07:002012-04-21T00:18:55.601-07:00Tracie,
LOL at the showing of Lady Chatterley'...Tracie,<br /><br />LOL at the showing of Lady Chatterley's Lover. <br /><br />Foreskin's Lament????<br /><br /><br />Anthony, <br /><br />I've enjoyed the movie of the Outsider's years ago. Sad ending. <br /><br />I will see what I can do about removing the robot thingy, but when it wasn't there a whole lot of junk comments were being placed on my blog by robots. I find the verification a pain myself, especially when I can't work out the letters.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-58075733029247497102012-04-20T03:31:15.749-07:002012-04-20T03:31:15.749-07:00Great Waste of Time... most overrated novel of all...Great Waste of Time... most overrated novel of all time.. Americans are obsessed with it, but God knows why... It holds a mirror up to the vacuous, money obsessed side of culture...<br /><br />I read Shakespeare, didnt get it and didnt see the relevance.. was too young I guess.... <br /><br />We had The Outsiders, which we could relate to... good book.<br /><br />1984 would have been good. I think I read it off my own bat. <br />By my later hgh school years I was reading 3 books a week. (3 hrs a day on a bus).<br /><br />=]<br /><br />(ps can you take off the 'prove your not a robot' verification? its a pain)Anthony J. Langfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027216695415849158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-75203648739154339022012-04-20T02:21:46.913-07:002012-04-20T02:21:46.913-07:00You're doing well to even remember what novels...You're doing well to even remember what novels you studied at high school! For me it was the 80's in New Zealand, and it was a play called "Foreskin's Lament" by Kiwi writer Greg McGee and "Sons and Lovers" by D.H. Lawrence. The latter was interminably boring, except for when our English teacher couldn't find a video of "Sons and Lovers" so he showed us another D. H. Lawrence movie adaptation, "Lady Chatterley's Lover", instead. Even the kids who didn't take English turned up for English that day...Traciehttp://traciemcbridewriter.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-66504325417927173892012-04-18T23:48:29.872-07:002012-04-18T23:48:29.872-07:00Hi Chris,
Good to hear that someone else detested...Hi Chris,<br /><br />Good to hear that someone else detested the Great Gatsby. I feel guilty whenever I hear or read that it is rated the best American novel ever. <br /><br />I was reading action/adventure novels at high school. Wilbur Smith, Alistar MacLean. <br /><br />GrahamGraham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-25162204095056934472012-04-18T17:37:51.720-07:002012-04-18T17:37:51.720-07:00Hey Graham, I'm glad you mentioned The Great G...Hey Graham, I'm glad you mentioned The Great Gatsby - such a horrible read! We had it as a book to read in year 10 or 11. The only other book I remember from High School was Tell Me I'm Here a book about a boy written from his mun's perspective who suffered from Schizophrenea. I remember enjoying it, but failed to finish it in the time allotted so I fluffed my way through. I also remember going back and finishing it in my own time so it must have been good! I do remember enjoying it.<br /><br />The only other books I remember from High School was the Belgerade series by David Eddings. A friend told me to read them, and there began my love of Fantasy...Chris paveyhttp://www.chrispavey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-68184691155044047302012-04-17T23:39:52.209-07:002012-04-17T23:39:52.209-07:00I could have gone that way Patty, but then someone...I could have gone that way Patty, but then someone shoved the Lord of the Rings into my hands at Uni.But after uni, I didn't read much for many years, until I found myself in a house without a telly and close to a very good second hand bookshop with lots of science fiction.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-59231038575999451142012-04-17T19:35:47.077-07:002012-04-17T19:35:47.077-07:00My high school reading caused me to detest the dis...My high school reading caused me to detest the dissection and reading of fiction so much that I never touched anohter work of fiction for twenty yearsPattyhttp://pattyjansen.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com