tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post1275341449477848299..comments2023-05-02T09:08:52.494-05:00Comments on Resistance is futile: The Classics ClubAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-12239421357002290352012-12-07T06:48:11.170-06:002012-12-07T06:48:11.170-06:00:) Well, I'll await your review of With Her in...:) Well, I'll await your review of <i>With Her in Ourland</i> to see if I feel like reading it. ;) Or I can just make conclusions vicariously through you. The Yellow Wallpaper was a pretty amazing story. Did you see my review on it? <br /><br />The Coursera class will be offered again, so you can always take it then. I had a lot of fun with the class, but I wish that I'd had more time to read background information about the authors and/or literary criticisms of the works. But the books just kept coming so quickly! I was even thinking about auditing the class next time it's offered so that I can read some background information. It was certainly a lot of fun!<br /><br />Being a biologist is a lot of fun. I'm glad you're enjoying your class. :) Are you in high school? I didn't get to do cool stuff like that in high school. :pAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-13962660041146511542012-12-06T17:31:15.113-06:002012-12-06T17:31:15.113-06:00I love your classics list; you're the first pe...I love your classics list; you're the first person I've seen who's reading <em>Flatland</em>, which is awesome. Also, you read <em>Herland</em>! None of my friends have heard of it! I agree with you that Herland was not an entertaining read. I also noticed many of the disturbing elements of Herland that you spoke of in your post about it, which is why I want to read the sequel (which I'm hoping clarifies some of Gilman's views on men). Gilman's work is really a reflection of her time period--in <em>The Yellow Wallpaper</em>, it becomes apparent that Gilman thought men to be as harmed by societal expectations as women. After all, John loved Jane but had no idea how to help her because society wasn't very permissive of studying women, let alone the needs of women suffering postpartum depression. I hesitate to say that <em>Herland</em> is Gilman's way of saying that perfect women are asexual--instead, I think it's necessary to read <em>With Her in Ourland</em> before really coming to a conclusion. After all, these two works (along with <em>Moving the Mountain</em>) were, I believe, published consecutively as part of a serial publication and were thus not be intended as stand-along stories. <br /><br />ALSO I noticed that you took the Coursera course on SF/fantasy! I wanted to take it, but was away at camp.<br /><br />Not only that, but I also noticed that you're a biomedical engineer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So cool. I want to be some sort of biologist, chemist or psychologist when I grow up. As of yet, I'm unsure. I'm taking a research biology class right now, and it's so much fun (we just did a lab in which we conducted a bacterial transformation of E. Coli using pGLO and then purified the GFP using an HIC column). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-73889537867593613942012-11-28T14:02:58.441-06:002012-11-28T14:02:58.441-06:00Thanks Mabel! Thanks Mabel! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-68598194859293061622012-11-27T15:07:38.315-06:002012-11-27T15:07:38.315-06:00I just wanted to say hello and wish you luck on th...I just wanted to say hello and wish you luck on this list. I like your recent article about relaxing to inspire creativity. :)Mabelhttp://mapleandaquill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-75362115722383882172012-10-09T07:32:12.084-05:002012-10-09T07:32:12.084-05:00No, I didn't know they were released a couple ...No, I didn't know they were released a couple more of Tolkien's poems. You're probably right, they'll be instant classics. Though I find that I generally better appreciate the books / stories / poems that the writer has published during life better than the stories he or she decided not to publish. Sometimes there are unpublished gems though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-37180007028225513702012-10-08T16:06:30.198-05:002012-10-08T16:06:30.198-05:00I am not doing the Classics Club but am interested...I am not doing the Classics Club but am interested to see your wonderful reading list. Since you named several Tolkien books, I wondered if you had heard there will be a new, never-before-published Tolkien coming out in May: <a rel="nofollow"><i>The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún</i></a>. Two long poems. Instant classic? Seems likely.Fayhttp://readramble.typepad.com/read_ramble/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-29288575137070643282012-09-13T05:39:07.839-05:002012-09-13T05:39:07.839-05:00Thanks Jennifer, Sarah, and Fanda!
Fanda: It woul...Thanks Jennifer, Sarah, and Fanda!<br /><br />Fanda: It would be nice to have company. I already tried and was having a little trouble concentrating on it and set it aside. I'm not sure when I'll try again, but probably within the next year. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-65596795440646630262012-09-12T21:28:13.275-05:002012-09-12T21:28:13.275-05:00Welcome to the club, Rachel!
It's a great list...Welcome to the club, Rachel!<br />It's a great list... Do tell me when you want to read Darwin, I'd be happy to find a company to read it, it's one of books that terrifying for me, but I still want to read it in the future.Fandahttp://klasikfanda.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-73731798003806828932012-09-12T17:24:54.457-05:002012-09-12T17:24:54.457-05:00Welcome to the Classics Club! No worries if your ...Welcome to the Classics Club! No worries if your list changes a little in five years :) I keep adding to mine! -SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-52779434788361299482012-09-12T07:24:16.089-05:002012-09-12T07:24:16.089-05:00Resistance is futile indeed! I'm glad you'...Resistance is futile indeed! I'm glad you've decided to join Rachel :) <br />The Relentless Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059240496186812005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-82801932036829953572012-09-12T05:43:49.111-05:002012-09-12T05:43:49.111-05:00Thanks Jessica! You all made it look like so much ...Thanks Jessica! You all made it look like so much fun that I decided I'd try. I'll just have to curb my obsessive need to stick to lists and make it a "living list" like the Classics Club Q&A says.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-23876088850366856182012-09-12T03:32:47.980-05:002012-09-12T03:32:47.980-05:00I'm so glad to see you've decided to join ...I'm so glad to see you've decided to join the club. Interesting list. I love that you have some C S Lewis and Tolkien on there. Happy reading!jessicabookwormhttp://thebookwormchronicles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com