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Also, I've just finished reading India by Sanjeev Bhaskar and am halfway through Holy Cow by Sarah Macdonald. Looking forward to some fiction in half term! I'm going through an India phase so have The God of Small Things, The Glass Palace and The Far Pavilions lined up......
Well I was in history and me and two friends were talking to a couple of our class mates and one of them's Rebecca who loves a dog puppet from a kids channel called Hacker and she does impressions. She's also a 'bof' as my two friends call her (jokingly). I was telling them about a show I watched inwhich one of the panel were Holly Willaby and I said the host called her Holly Williboobie so I said "let us have new names" so I said to Rebecca "you can be Beccaboobie Bofboph" and to shut her laughing friend up I renamed her Olivifreckle. Then Beccaboobie got annoyed and said "fine, you can be... em... Nickidoodle Retarded Spazticky" and to de-offence my name I changed it to Nickidoodle Pazdicky (because I'm a little crazy) and I prefered it to Jellybean, so here I am
there is something about non-fiction that grabs me. So many interesting stories that happened to real people with all the mystery, thrills, love interests, I could go on but i'll just say the last time I checked out a fiction book was a romance story for my mom. (she likey those)
This may be a little off-topic, but I'm starting to think that maybe Buddhism isn't always the end goal. Meaning liberation is the goal for some, but not for all. I've been practicing for a while now consistently and have found great peace in meditative insight and a much clearer way of seeing the world. Of seeing life.
I've never been able to finish anything, and my very first and most powerful "dream" of what to do when I grew up was to be a fiction author. Something has always held me back, but now whatever that something was is gone now. My energy, motivation, ambition and creativity are all pulling together toward my earlier goal now.
I even traded my family my $4k Dell laptop, a beast of a gaming system, for a much cheaper (lightweight) one of theirs that is more practical for tugging around and using as a writing platform. With each new step in this direction, confidence and happiness increases exponentially.
I've found my bliss. Maybe Buddhism can just be the guiding light to finding what makes you happy, instead of detaching you entirely from the world after all. I only believe in this one life, and I'll deal with what suffering may come as long as I try my best to do what truly makes me happy.
As to that I'll be writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror and perhaps Mystery.
It's been an interesting journey, and this end was never expected but is wholly welcome.
Happy Towel Day everyone! I can't believe it's been 9 years since Douglas Adams died. For those who love fiction (especially funny fiction), don't miss the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. For those who love non-fiction, don't miss Last Chance to See, which is about Mr. Adams' travels to see super endangered species before they go extinct. And any time you're feeling down and need a short read to cheer you up, pick up The Salmon of Doubt, where the short story "Cookies" never fails to send me into hysterics.
I miss you, Douglas Adams, and yes I do know where my towel is!!
LOL, I love Douglas Adams's books, and all it had to do was smoke something he found on the floor and be unleashed onto a computer! That's what the books sounded like anyways, but still really good
...books on religion and spirituality, of course.
...heavy fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries (Charles Dickens, Gunter Grass, Thomas Mann, Herman Hesse, and Margaret Atwood are some of my faves).
...classic horror, especially H.P. Lovecraft's stuff.
...Holocaust literature - fiction, nonfiction, or memoir. That particular historical event fascinates me more than any other, even though I have no family connection to it.
...popular science books, especially those that concern themselves with physics or medical subjects.
...books on autism, another pet interest of mine.
...goofy books from the humor section of the bookstore.
I haven't read any Gunter Grass or Hermann Hesse. I'm interested in doing so. Could you tell me a little more?
Gunter Grass is a German writer who used to write long, mysterious books about the Nazi era whilst wrestling with his own demons as a former member of the army (not Jew-killing) branch of the SS. His favorite device is magical realism, or the use of strange and fantastical elements in work that is not completely fantasy. In translation, his prose comes across as earthy and thoughtful. If you want to read him, it is best to start with The Tin Drum, his first novel and his magnum opus. Almost all of his other books use characters and ideas from that novel; it is the spring from which the rest of his oeuvre flows.
Herman Hesse, also German, wrote esoteric, philosophical novels. Because you are interested in Buddhism, you might like Siddhartha, which is an alternative history of the Buddha's life,the best. Demian, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game are also excellent, though.
No, I haven't - its about a boy with Asperger's isn't it? I've heard good things about it though. And I think it has won some literary prizes. How is your book coming?
I like magical realism, and my son has a copy of The Tin Drum, so that will be on my summer vacation reading pile! Along with Siddhartha.
My books coming along OK. I've made up quirky names for the characters I've just got to the part where 5 year old Tedogy Googie's parents have been destroyed along with his home (Leaning Lighthouse) and where his land (Crumbling Cliff) has been reduced to a stump of earth and he's been taken to his new home my his social worker Roger Kids (notice the rather sick pun?). Thanks for asking
Have you ever read The Mystery of the Dog in the Night Time?
All the best
Nickidoodle
Yes I have! I thought that it was an almost dangerously ambitious book for a non-autistic person to write, though the author was mostly successful. It was interesting for me to see the ways in which I could relate to Christopher...and the ways in which I couldn't*. Though Curious Incidence is not one of my favorite books on the stylistic front (as a work of art, period, I found it mediocre), I love it for moral reasons; I have met people who were more accepting of autistic people than they otherwise would have been because of it.
* My cognitive autism is milder than Christopher's, but my sensory symptoms are more severe.
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That is a cool set of life instructions!
Also, I've just finished reading India by Sanjeev Bhaskar and am halfway through Holy Cow by Sarah Macdonald. Looking forward to some fiction in half term! I'm going through an India phase so have The God of Small Things, The Glass Palace and The Far Pavilions lined up......
All the best,
Nickidoodle
All the best,
Nickidoodle
All the best,
Nickidoodle
Well I like true stories
All the best,
Nickidoodle
I've never been able to finish anything, and my very first and most powerful "dream" of what to do when I grew up was to be a fiction author. Something has always held me back, but now whatever that something was is gone now. My energy, motivation, ambition and creativity are all pulling together toward my earlier goal now.
I even traded my family my $4k Dell laptop, a beast of a gaming system, for a much cheaper (lightweight) one of theirs that is more practical for tugging around and using as a writing platform. With each new step in this direction, confidence and happiness increases exponentially.
I've found my bliss. Maybe Buddhism can just be the guiding light to finding what makes you happy, instead of detaching you entirely from the world after all. I only believe in this one life, and I'll deal with what suffering may come as long as I try my best to do what truly makes me happy.
As to that I'll be writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror and perhaps Mystery.
It's been an interesting journey, and this end was never expected but is wholly welcome.
Be well, friends, and find your bliss.
All the best
Nickidoodle
I miss you, Douglas Adams, and yes I do know where my towel is!!
All the best
Nickidoodle
...books on religion and spirituality, of course.
...heavy fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries (Charles Dickens, Gunter Grass, Thomas Mann, Herman Hesse, and Margaret Atwood are some of my faves).
...classic horror, especially H.P. Lovecraft's stuff.
...Holocaust literature - fiction, nonfiction, or memoir. That particular historical event fascinates me more than any other, even though I have no family connection to it.
...popular science books, especially those that concern themselves with physics or medical subjects.
...books on autism, another pet interest of mine.
...goofy books from the humor section of the bookstore.
Gunter Grass is a German writer who used to write long, mysterious books about the Nazi era whilst wrestling with his own demons as a former member of the army (not Jew-killing) branch of the SS. His favorite device is magical realism, or the use of strange and fantastical elements in work that is not completely fantasy. In translation, his prose comes across as earthy and thoughtful. If you want to read him, it is best to start with The Tin Drum, his first novel and his magnum opus. Almost all of his other books use characters and ideas from that novel; it is the spring from which the rest of his oeuvre flows.
Herman Hesse, also German, wrote esoteric, philosophical novels. Because you are interested in Buddhism, you might like Siddhartha, which is an alternative history of the Buddha's life,the best. Demian, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game are also excellent, though.
Happy reading!
All the best
Nickidoodle
I like magical realism, and my son has a copy of The Tin Drum, so that will be on my summer vacation reading pile! Along with Siddhartha.
Thank you!
My books coming along OK. I've made up quirky names for the characters
All the best
Nickidoodle
Yes I have! I thought that it was an almost dangerously ambitious book for a non-autistic person to write, though the author was mostly successful. It was interesting for me to see the ways in which I could relate to Christopher...and the ways in which I couldn't*. Though Curious Incidence is not one of my favorite books on the stylistic front (as a work of art, period, I found it mediocre), I love it for moral reasons; I have met people who were more accepting of autistic people than they otherwise would have been because of it.
* My cognitive autism is milder than Christopher's, but my sensory symptoms are more severe.
Sorry about the autism :-/
All the best
NickiD