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[truepenny]

Read The Changeling this weekend, and disagreed vociferously with the editor's introduction, which is always a good sign.

The godlike committee member is apparently not answering my email due to being out of the country, which is at least a good reason.

Went browsing in a bookstore this weekend (bad Truepenny, but there were extenuating circumstances) and found Stephen Greenblatt, Hamlet in Purgatory, and René Girard, Violence and the Sacred, both of which are on my infinitely expanding list of books I need to read. (I put back the dual-language edition of Perrault, because that is in fact IRrelevant to the dis, but we wants it, precious, we does, yes, gollum.)

I love buying books, even ones I don't particularly want to read. It's something about ownership.

Hey, matociquala, have you heard of this one? City of Sin: London in Pursuit of Pleasure by Giles Emerson. I made myself put that one back, too, but he starts with Londinium and works his way forward. It looked pretty cool.

Time for bed.

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Argh. As if you people haven't made me spend enough money yet. *g*

Welcome home, Truepenny. We missed you.

[oursin.livejournal.com]

I think that the Emerson book is the tie-in volume to a truly dreadful Channel 4 series called 'Sin City', though whether it bears any resemblance to this, with its St Vitus Dance cutting between medieval brothels and modern lap-dancing clubs, etc, and never giving a moment's rest in case the viewer lost interest (history as all-action video-game), I don't know. But suspect that if it is that book, it may be a bit of a scissors and paste job, which depends very much on what they're cutting up and where they're pasting it in. I.e. it could be a useful overview with pointers to the literature on the subject or it could be dreadful.

(Of course, I'm not at all prejudiced towards the programme by the fact that the interview they did with me came out making me look as if they'd called me up from the grave for the purpose.)

Oh, yes, owning books. I'm still trying to psych myself up to get out of the house large numbers I know I don't want and am never going to read again.

And by the way, I've friended you. Hope this is okay and no reciprocity required.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Absolutely okay. Glad to have you around.

And you're right. This is what I get for never watching TV. City of Sin, which apparently came out as Sin City last year (unless that's actually a different book--it was hard to tell from what information Amazon grudgingly offered), is tied in with the documentary. Which, as you say, doesn't mean it can't be interesting and/or useful, but does lower the odds a bit.

I'm sorry they made you look like one of Burke and Hare's unsatisfied clients. That is annoying.

[loligo.livejournal.com]

I love buying books, even ones I don't particularly want to read. It's something about ownership.

Heh. Two simple sentences that explain a *lot* about the state of my house....