Official Russian Author Book Club Thread

[traced out]

she has a point, members threads should stay in the members forum, it doesnt matter for this thread but it could have.

that said im also interested in the book club

[waldojeffers1]

you know what dostoyevsky said about privacy

he would've had to say it in french, because the russian language doesn't really have its own word for privacy

[clown]

how do I open that epub doc?

roy, you're so great

[powderfinger]

why was it felt necessary for a book club thread to be in the members forum at any point?

clown, you can use Calibre to put the epub file on a Kindle or other e-reader, or read it on your computer. I put it on my Kindle and the formatting was perfect.

[TASKER, JERRY L]

roy I love u but u crazy for this one

hey fox, i can see how you might think that, but it's a security issue. and i'd think that of all people, you'd be sensitive to security issues. and this isn't about me, or this thread. i am just pointing out good internet practice.

some people here have stalkers. others just want to keep their commitments and actions private. take the recent meet-up thread, where you posted. letting the world know that your home is going to be vacant while you're in orlando overnight just isn't a smart idea. you never know who might use that information to break in or whatever. it's the same with facebook. i like to think i don't have any lowlife FB friends, but there have been plenty of documented break-ins because people have posted plans on fb or checked into faraway locations via foursquare.

clearly, i refuse to be chased off the internet by stalkers or even overly edit myself on a public forum, but if someone is expecting a little more privacy in a member's forum (i.e., no search engines) then that should be respected. hipinion is a big forum, and no one knows exactly who might be a member and so everyone should be aware of that, but we do know which threads will end up as search engine results and which won't - or at least we did until this thread was moved.

until this post, there was nothing even remotely approaching personal information in this thread

damn it I missed my chance to rob fox blind

[FidelityCastro]

someone tell me what I have to do to catch up and take part please

[Kuboaa]

how do I open that epub doc?

roy, you're so great

with an ereader (tablet, kindle), if you need to convert it to something else dl calibre

[ahungbunny]

This is my copy. It was free. The translation seems just fine so far.

[The Dirty Turtle]

emjoying thus far

[The Dirty Turtle]

i thought id hate reading on a tablet but its actually awesome

[blurst of times]

ordered a used copy from amazon on monday, but it's not supposed to arrive until next tuesday.

hopefully i can still catch up with everyone by next weekend.

[fox]

was just about to bump to see who still needed to procure a copy

[FidelityCastro]

I'm about a quarter of the way through

[fury]

i guess i'll have to go buy it tomorrow, i cant find it any any library and im not too keen about reading it on my laptop

[FidelityCastro]

First novel I've read on my iPad, not too shabby

[okl]

the jesus chapters in this book you can just skip, which is every other chapter

[clown]

was just about to bump to see who still needed to procure a copy

I'll have one by Friday night at the latest

[waldojeffers1]

I recently downloaded a bunch of scans of anti-religious soviet literature in the 20s, so if you want an idea of the kind of magazines Ivan Homeless was writing poetry for, this is what they looked like:





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[TASKER, JERRY L]

the jesus chapters in this book you can just skip, which is every other chapter

What the whole Pontius Pilot thing is one of my favorite parts

[waldojeffers1]

and yeah the parts in jerusalem are essential and not just about jesus, but about pilate, levi matvei and judas

[TASKER, JERRY L]

I recently downloaded a bunch of scans of anti-religious soviet literature in the 20s, so if you want an idea of the kind of magazines Ivan Homeless was writing poetry for, this is what they looked like:





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www.prisonplanet.ru

[FidelityCastro]

Guys Okl has never struck me as a particularly literary soul, perhaps we can just not take that post seriously cuz its obviously wrong

[okl]

im pretty literary i dunno

[FidelityCastro]

Yes well the rest of my point still stands

[Slothropian]

Fuck yeah, going to the library all day tomorrow and going to try and knock a large portion of this out in between school reading. Thanks for the dl link a few pages back btw

[fury]

so ic ant find a physical copy. what do i need to open the dl file?

[ComradeWolf]

just reposting these in here from the now reading thread




also:

aghh waldo this is an old post but damn moskva petrushkiiiiiii is tight

[ComradeWolf]

it [moscow to the end] could be the most hpn book

[sadville]

i thought okl was really into science fiction

i have a copy of m&m but i left it in my car on the dashboard all summer a few years back and it melted everything. so i had to order a new one. can't wait to start!

[FidelityCastro]

I need to go back and re read dead souls. What an immensely enjoyable book.