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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Nov 22, 2011 16:55:40 GMT -5
Going to be reading Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson. Non-fiction CJ book depicting inner-city life in Philadelphia? Awwwww yeah. On the plus side, though, I don't think going to a good, specialized school is as necessary for art. I would be inclined to believe talent probably weighs a lot more into job prospects than would where the degree came from for art as compared to other fields. To be fair, art schools are less about the degree as it is about the training. I wouldn't choose one (well, to be exact, I didn't) because I thought the degree had a good name, but because I thought I could really learn something there. A lot of people who went to UArts left after two or three years because they felt they were ready to make it on their own, and I don't particularly see that as a failing of the school. But, yeah, no, art school is expensive as hell.
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Post by miken-chan on Nov 23, 2011 20:09:38 GMT -5
Sir Thomas Malory - Le Mort D'Arthur
Because I managed to sign up for Arthurian Legends as my English elective this term and because everyone's badass. Of course, compared to Chretien de Troyes' stories and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight it seems that Malory has a bone to pick with Gawain. =w=
Well, I suppose that's only one thing to have to deal with anyways since there's even more confusion between character depictions with other sources anyways.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Dec 27, 2011 22:11:41 GMT -5
I got five books for Christmas (perhaps even more; we haven't exchanged gifts with my father's side of the family yet), so, yeah, I'm busy.
I'm currently working on: Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence. Basically, it's about how early traumatic experiences in utero and in infancy affect people's violent tendencies.
A Regular Guy: Growing up with Autism. A mother's memoir of raising her moderately autistic son.
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Post by sukotsuto on Feb 12, 2012 3:54:56 GMT -5
Re-reading "Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan" by Robert Whiting. Really compelling stuff, it puts together Nicola Zappetti's life story in Japan since the 1950s and how he became a major underground figure and tycoon, starting from taking advantage of post-war Japan's black market. The book probably has the best account on the famous pro wrestler Rikidozan (the reason why I bought the book in the first place, for the sake of personal research), whom Zappetti is close friends with. I rarely read the same book twice, and that shows how much I love reading it
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Feb 12, 2012 18:27:49 GMT -5
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction.
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Post by neighslayer on Feb 18, 2012 3:09:40 GMT -5
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2012 12:31:19 GMT -5
it's been a long time since I read something...
"the Man of the Impossible,part3"
a novel about an Egyptian secret agent...very thrilling ^^
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Feb 19, 2012 17:08:04 GMT -5
The Inugami Clan, by Seishi Yokomizo. Japanese detective novel. Pretty legit so far. Kosuke Kindaichi's somewhere halfway between Holmes and Marlowe. As a side-note, I really like the interpretations of famous fictional detectives Aoyama put in the Detective Conan tankoban.
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 17, 2012 22:58:03 GMT -5
Since it's not really a game (I do get to make choices, though!!!), Katawa Shoujo?
VNs aren't really my thing, but I promised my friend I'd play it. Schizophrenic guy is the best.
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Post by Sirth on May 18, 2012 11:33:39 GMT -5
The Witcher: Blood of Elves.
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Dragon Queen
Half-Elf
A crazy fangirl who really loves Regret from the game Zenonia..
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Post by Dragon Queen on May 19, 2012 9:46:55 GMT -5
The Golden Compass
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 19, 2012 11:35:35 GMT -5
Ah, I read that book once.
Eons ago.
So long ago, I don't even remember when I read it. I just know that I did.
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Post by Umbra on May 19, 2012 23:26:10 GMT -5
I need to read more goddämn books.
Maybe a Music Production book one of these days.
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 24, 2012 15:53:32 GMT -5
Rousseau's Émile.
It's pretty alright.
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Post by sukotsuto on May 27, 2012 13:48:16 GMT -5
You know, I've always wondered if heavily illustrated books or art books would count here, since there' barely any sort of reading being done there, even though I study them at length all the same. People will sometimes catch me looking at a single artwork or image in a book for a long time, so I guess that counts as "reading" With that said... Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings Albinus on Anatomy David Hockney Portraits Artist's Color Manual The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer
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