What a great reading list. I think I might steal a few :-) That Gilgamesh trans looks interesting. Love that you have Lovecraft on the list. Happy reading!
So far the Gilgamesh is hard going. It's partly, I think, because it's taking twelve tablets of cuneiform and expanding them to 500+ pages, so it feels like there's a lot of padding. But I'm persevering.
I really don't know what to expect of the Lovecraft. I'm not a huge manga fan, but I'm intrigued. Have you seen the HPLHS film of Call of Cthulhu from 2005? By far the best HPL adaptation I've ever seen. Their Whisperer in Darkness isn't bad either.
Yes, I've seen that film. I agree that it's probably the best Lovecraft adaptation. I will let you know my stolen choices as soon as I get the time. Thanks, Matt!
I've been reading a lot of R C Sherriff recently. I'm gearing up to dive into Proust (I may be some time) but after that I'm tempted to follow your lead and read some books that were turned into movies, especially those that are nothing like the movie. As Michael Powell said, "When you buy the rights to a famous book that turns out to be useless for a screenwriter's purposes, you keep the title and throw away the book."
What a great reading list. I think I might steal a few :-) That Gilgamesh trans looks interesting. Love that you have Lovecraft on the list. Happy reading!
So far the Gilgamesh is hard going. It's partly, I think, because it's taking twelve tablets of cuneiform and expanding them to 500+ pages, so it feels like there's a lot of padding. But I'm persevering.
I really don't know what to expect of the Lovecraft. I'm not a huge manga fan, but I'm intrigued. Have you seen the HPLHS film of Call of Cthulhu from 2005? By far the best HPL adaptation I've ever seen. Their Whisperer in Darkness isn't bad either.
Let me know which ones you steal!
Yes, I've seen that film. I agree that it's probably the best Lovecraft adaptation. I will let you know my stolen choices as soon as I get the time. Thanks, Matt!
I've been reading a lot of R C Sherriff recently. I'm gearing up to dive into Proust (I may be some time) but after that I'm tempted to follow your lead and read some books that were turned into movies, especially those that are nothing like the movie. As Michael Powell said, "When you buy the rights to a famous book that turns out to be useless for a screenwriter's purposes, you keep the title and throw away the book."
I love that quote! Good luck with the Proust. I just couldn't do it.