Which would you like me to review in February?
Hi everyone, I'd like to start getting more of your input for the direction of the show.
In addition to some other great books this month, I'd like to tackle one of these.
Which would you prefer I do first?
Please weigh in if you have a preference.
I've read neither - It's my first time for both.
Comments (17)
cliff, i would love for you to read the secret history by donna tartt. it’s a quick and fun read and is the book that started the dark academia craze.
Cliff as an experiment read Act 1 and 2 with two other people aloud.....read the stage directions and the Dramatis Personae aloud aswell. Anyone can read any role just pitch in and keep up the pace ! Then coffee !.......then read the rest on your own slowly and lightly in your time at your pace that suits you.
Looking forward to it! Not sure which version you've got but, I heard good things about The Arden edition.
Hamlet it shall be.
Interesting comment from Byrnzie. I had the opposite experience. I found it impossible to grasp what was going on just from reading the play. Having a visual/performative aid as a reference point really enhanced my comprehension and appreciation of what was happening. It appears there is no ‘right’ way.
Sure Shakespeare is the real blockbuster. But as I understand the show to go for the more extravagant and more or less unexplored stuff, I would definitely opt for our dark passenger... Nietzsche!
I would recommend the Richard Burton version.
I see you reviewing Macbeth in the near future. I chose Beyond Good and Evil because I couldn't finish it
I would love to hear your take on Hamlet. I love Shakespeare. I'm actually reading Much Ado About Nothing for the first time right now.
Cliff, Have you done Billy S before? I don't recall. Could be a good one.
I have not, this will be a first one for the channel.
Wow. This is a tight poll! I voted Hamlet baby!
Cliff, if you ask me (I've been reading Nietzsche for over 30 years/have a degree in philosophy), if you're gonna read and review Nietzsche then I'd go with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' as it's as close to literature as they come and is a good introduction to his ideas. It's written more like a mystical-religious epic than pure philosophy, although it does contain all of his main ideas: the Will to Power, the Eternal Recurrence, the Overman, etc. A good one to take with you on a hike in the mountains.
Yes, in that case - go for it!
I wouldn’t read Hamlet unless you’ve seen a stage production of the play.
I figured I'd watch the Richard Burton one as I read. Do you think that'll work?
Imagine not voting for Hamlet.