tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307062133185493176.post1885815238538600147..comments2023-04-30T06:38:02.666-04:00Comments on Las Rzeczy: Reading for Repetitive BeginnersKawa-szatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07400006874618627205noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307062133185493176.post-24456758286413771722010-01-10T08:48:06.304-05:002010-01-10T08:48:06.304-05:00Angela Carter is always an excellent choice. Her n...Angela Carter is always an excellent choice. Her nonfiction collection is superb too, if you haven't found that yet. What about really excellent children's sci-fi?<br />Just now I have an urge to read all the excellent 1960s-1970s fiction for children which I missed because I was only reading pony books. Francis Spufford's Child That Books Built is triggering it.<br />I didn't read that Pollan article, but did quote the "woman in kitchen" thing to a (feminist) friend who had, and he said it wasn't true – Pollan didn't mean it that way. I should probably go read to find out.Bowleserisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974472204722759129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307062133185493176.post-69335833031485625002010-01-09T17:51:29.992-05:002010-01-09T17:51:29.992-05:00Thanks!!! And sorry for the late reply. I think I&...Thanks!!! And sorry for the late reply. I think I'll look up your recommendations myself first ;-)<br /><br />My friend is a historian with a penchant for sci-fi and speculative fiction. I think I'll recommend Angela Carter who, it seems, is read less and less (and almost unknown in the US to my chagrin).<br /><br />There are Polish editions of <i>Heroes and Villains</i> (as <i>Marianna i barbarzyńcy</i>) and <i>The Magic Toyshop</i> (as<i>Magiczny sklep z zabawkami</i>). With his library skills he should have no trouble finding them. And he can always call my mom and ask for my copies.<br /><br />As for Pollan, have you read his last piece in the New York Times? He claims that feminism is the mother of all food-related evils: how do those women dare to work for money--they should be cooking. Apparently, cooking without pleasure connotes nutrition in his mind. I don't know why he assumes the daddies can't do the cooking.kalimakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514683096947867247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307062133185493176.post-66366685413949659332009-12-31T04:09:08.857-05:002009-12-31T04:09:08.857-05:00I know how it feels when reading becomes work.
My...I know how it feels when reading becomes work.<br /><br />My recommendation would be to suggest excellent books which are not the genre he normally reads. For example, if he recommends a lot of literary fiction or poetry, try some of that excellent book-length nonfiction that the USA produces: the Michael Pollens, the Marc Kurlanskys, the John McPhees. Or collections of letters (I just devoured the Mitford girls one, although perhaps you have to be a Mitford nut to like them). Or someone like Monica Dickens who is not fashionable, but is a straightforward and excellent read.Bowleserisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974472204722759129noreply@blogger.com