Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[FortCluck]

You can't either, Many books were banned from further publication.

Why?

 

[featherhead007]

Why?

Anti government. Socially unstable content, among other reasons

 

[FortCluck]

Anti government. Socially unstable content, among other reasons

Oh wow I didn't know that

 

[featherhead007]

I have a problem, My barred Rock (Rocks-Ann) wanted me to snuggle. So I brought her in to the house, but now she won't shut up. Snuggle yes, be quiet, no!

 

[MROO]

Wait really!? I actually never knew that!

That's cuz you DON'T READ and rely on HOLLYWOOD for your history "facts!"

 

[Folly's place]

I read the first three pages of 'Ulysses' and threw in the towel. Hated it!
Some 'classics' are wonderful, and others, not.
Mary

 

[MROO]

Like Columbus for “discovering” America. He never actually discovered anything. Other people were here well before him. Plus he was a murderer and r*pist

Not really sure how or why he was ever celebrated.

Columbus made the history books because he fit the Euro-centric point of view of the time - you know, where Europe is the beginning and end of all things "civilized" and "important?" Never mind the ancient, thriving cultures of Asia and the Middle East ... or the equally ancient and hugely advanced Aztec, Inca and Mayan civilizations of the so-called "New World." So what if their "technology" involved the stars and not the microchip ... their calendar only recently "ended," with so much todo that many oddballs thought it meant the proverbial End Of The World - which is really absurd, because all truly educated people know that the world actually ends right outside the main viewport of a quaint, but exceedingly trendy and popular little restaurant called, of all things, "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe!"
And yes, that's another literary tome to add to your Must-Read list. Why? 42!

ETA - word correction

 

[MROO]

(DaVinci Code)

I have absolutely NO desire to read the DaVinci Code. There are too many other, more interesting things to do ... like playing with chickens!

 

[Folly's place]

Maybe it's well written, but the whole plot sounds stupid to me.
Mary

 

[MROO]

I read the first three pages of 'Ulysses' and threw in the towel. Hated it!
Some 'classics' are wonderful, and others, not.
Mary

Ulysses. Homer. The Iliad ... all books to be savored in small doses, like a series of short stories ... otherwise, your head'll be spinning trying to figure out all the language nuances ... ACK!
Then there's Darwin's Origin of Species. I DARE anyone to try that one on for size. I've never read anything as dry, boring and full of hoo-hah mixed in with some amazingly sound evolutionary theories in my life ... and I will NEVER do it again!