(Part 2) Best dramas & plays books according to redditors
We found 953 Reddit comments discussing the best dramas & plays books. We ranked the 371 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
I know there is Luminosity, a Twilight fanfic. This was specifically inspired by HPMOR, as far as I know.
And someone from this community started writing a Pokémon fanfic.
Friendship is Optimal is also frequently mentioned in the same breath as HPMOR, but I don't know if it was inspired by it. It's not true fanfic, in that it doesn't really use any of the original characters or even the actual universe of the source material. It's still pretty good, though.
And as always in these conversations, I'd like to point out that Rational!Animorphs would be really cool and probably lends itself to this genre quite a lot. The only real hurdle to overcome is figuring out Z-space. ^(I'd do it myself, but I'm not a good writer.)
Edit: Since this is the top-rated comment, I'm going to update based on what others have said.
There's also Lighting Up the Dark, a Rational!Naruto fanfic that is explicitly based on an HPMOR omake.
And then there's Rationalising Death, a Death Note fanfic.
Edit 2: Hamlet and the Philosopher's Stone which is touched on in one of the omakes. Unlike the others, you have to pay for this one.
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The book that name is from, even — an old V.C. Andrews series Heaven
High Fidelity or About a Boy, by Nick Hornby
Every single one of my guy friends who reads loves these books. High Fidelity tends to be more celebrated. But they're both fantastic and funny.
The Book of Joe and Plan B, by Jonathan Tropper
If I'm being cynical, I'd say that Tropper and Hornby tend to write chick books for guys. But that's not going to give you a real idea of what these books are. They're mainly about finding your way as a man, but it often turns out that finding the right woman -- or figuring out that you've already got the right woman -- is part of that process. The male protagonists tend to be meandering in their lives. Love just helps them get on the right track. And they're written from a male point of view, so you're not going to get a lot of purple prose about beating hearts and sweaty abs.
Killing Yourself to Live, by Chuck Klosterman -- This is a different type of book than the others I've listed. Klosterman is a guy who is best known for his non-fiction. And the subtitle of this book is "85% of a true story." So it's sort of based on real events. Basically, he's writing a column for Rolling Stone magazine where he travels to all these places where famous musicians died. Along the way, 3 relationships end. So he does some deep thinking -- I've never read anyone who digs deeper into pop culture than Klosterman -- about the meaning of life and death, and about relationships and love. The book features some discussion about relationships, but it also dissects Kiss's solo albums and talks about Mtv's The Real World. (Hmm, now that I think about it, I wonder if those references are going to be a little dated?)
It is generally believed that the plot of Othello, devoid racial issues, was derived from Giovanbatitista Giraldi Cinthio's De glib hecatommithi ("Hundred Tales," third decade, seventh story, 1565), also known as Un Capitano Moro ("A Moorish Captain").
The racial tension present in the play is thought to be drawn primarily from the 1600 translation of A Geographical Historie of Africa written by Leo Africanus, a Moroccan Muslim captured by Christian pirates and brought to Rome, where he converted to Catholicism.
His constructions of Venetian-Turkish affairs is thought to have been taken from Richard Knolle's General History of the Turkes (1603).
Since you are doing a presentation you probability looking for sources. I would recommend The Norton Shakespeare it has a great overview of the history of Shakespeare and his influences. It is quite common and should be found in most libraries, although it might be in the reference section.
If you are looking for something a little more substantive I would recommend:
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Everyone seems to have forgotten about Hamlet and the Philosopher's Stone, probably neglected just because it's behind a paywall. One of my personal favorites out of the rational!fic literature! There's more about it here.
Also, some thoughts, mods: Can we add a "other Rationalist Fics" section to the sidebar, or maybe a wiki page with a link there? We'd include the other MoR-verse fics, the other rational!fics, and the Sequences, as a nice neat little resource for people who want more. That way, we won't have the need for so many redundant threads. And when they start a new fic, authors can PM the mods! Whatdya think?
Ten Little Indians, also known as And Then There Were None.
Your "one by one" comment gave it away.
> Every six weeks is a sabbat
8 sabbats separated by six weeks each would make a 48 week year. Actually the minor sabbats (solstices and equinoxes) are seven weeks after the last major sabbat, while the major sabbats are six weeks after the last minor.
There's various issues around the names. Eostre is Germanic so shouldn't be used in a Celtic context. Ditto Litha, though there's no historic evidence I'm aware of that the solstice was ever historically called Litha. Mabon is an invention of Aiden Kelley, the autumn equinox was never called that by the celts or anyone else. Yule, again, is Germanic.
For a sensible and informed discussion of the festivals I would recommend Ron Hutton's The Stations of the Sun. Professor Hutton knows his stuff.
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They were really only dark grey but they looked so.
Personally, I think the best way to get a good understanding of modern US airpower is to work chronologically. Most people find WWII stuff boring, so I recommend starting with the Vietnam War, then moving to the First Gulf War, then the Kosovo War, then the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Falklands War is very interesting because it gives a British and naval perspective (both of which are lacking from my current list), however, the author of that book was pretty pissed at how every thing was handled during his time as a pilot (and a lot of it I agree with), so the book sometimes ends up feeling a little 'rant-y'.
If you're looking for an action filled book about rotorcraft, then look no further and pick up Ed Macy's Apache. Some of the missions described in that book are just too insane, but somehow, they pulled it off.
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I like to tailor my recommendations to what I know about people, so a request like this leaves me a little at a disadvantage. Basically, I believe that there may be no such thing as a universally applicable book, and to that end, whether or not a book is really a "must-read" for any given person depends on the circumstances of that person's life. So what I'm going to give you instead is this: a list of the ten books that I've read that I think (at the moment) have the best chance of having an impact on any random English-speakers life. Make of it what you will.
Ahem. In no particular order:
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip - by George Saunders, a MacArthur-winning fiction writer; a deceptively nuanced children's book that can be read, on one level, as illustrating the perils of the free market and the need for social programs. Can be read in less than half an hour. I'm not suggesting this book to insult your or your friend's intelligence; it's just really funny and fun to read. Actually, a better choice might be Saunders's novella The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, which is also a quick read (two or three hours) and more directly satirical of politics. Odds are that your friend will find enough to agree with in that book that they'll be more open to hearing your arguments, even if it doesn't convince them all the way.
Then There Were None
Firstly, you have to approach the texts as works meant to be performed, so you have to imagine the expressions, actions, gestures, props, backdrops, etc. I have my students perform small sections of each scene to truly grasp that idea, and then we compare our performances to film adaptations. Secondly, to understand Shakespeare you have to attune your ear to the language, just as you would with a new hip hop artist with a unique style, which also might mean reading the glosses. I suggest first reading and analyzing "chunks" of Shakespeare through his sonnets before tackling the plays. As for the performance aspect, if you can't attend a professionally-staged Shakespeare play in your area, Looking for Richard is a film I typically show to students to introduce the magic of performing Shakespeare. It features Al Pacino and several other actors behind the scenes as they work out how to perform Richard III in Central Park. PM me if you can't find it. Finally, to answer your question about supplementary texts, as my school hasn't purchased access to the OED, I use Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language more than anything.
Mike Nichols has a collection of essays on the sabbats.
Book wise, "Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain" by Ronald Hutton is scholarly text detailing their origins and practices.
There are tons of videos on YouTube, you'll have to sort through them for those that focus on the historical side.
Ronald Hutton's Stations of the Sun does a fantastic (if sometimes dry) job of exploring the development of the modern pagan wheel of the year and the holidays therein.
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Reading recommendation: "The Great Switcheroo" by Roald Dahl, from the collection Switch Bitch.
I did my thesis on him. You can find a lot of his major works online, but there are two standard compilations of his oeuvre.
This one skips his later works, but that's okay because once he finished Four Quartets he basically decided he could never write something better, and so he didn't write for the next 15 years of his life or so. It also includes his plays, as he was a major playwright as well.
This one includes more poetry, but not the plays.
http://www.amazon.com/Then-There-Were-None/dp/0312330871/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1313478212&sr=8-5
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David and Ben Crystal's book on Shakespeare is a thorough but accessible introduction to his language.
Though in my opinion Shakespeare's use of rhetoric is more important to understanding his craft than the nitty gritty of Early modern spelling. I'd check out Mark Forsyth's The Elements of Eloquence, which is a good primer and a bloody fun read.
A good Complete Works. My favorite is the Riverside. Arden is good too.
ORRRR something that's really cool are First Folio fascimiles. Here's a complete works, or Shakespeare's Globe in London sells individual plays.
The two classic Shakespeare books would be "Will in the World" by Greenblatt, which is about Shakespeare in the context of the world / culture he lived in, or "Shakespeare: Invention of the Human" by Harold Bloom, which discusses every single play. Personally, I really love Jan Kott's "Shakespeare Our Contemporary" but that might be a little intense for a teenager. Maybe not, though.
Grab a copy of The Riverside Shakespeare.
It's a complete volume, with plenty of background on each of the works, and plenty of footnotes to help you get up to speed on the language. Really, with Elizabethan/Jacobean literature in general, developing a familiarity for the linguistic style is probably the most difficult part for modern readers. Once you get the hang of it though (after a bit of slogging) the reading becomes much more enjoyable.
As for the order, there's nothing wrong with starting with the most popular/famous works first, as others have suggested. As you become more familiar with the style, you will find it easier to move to other works where you may be less familiar with the overall storyline.
Since we're picking favorites, my personal favorite is Measure for Measure.
I think the process of studying Shakespeare offers great possibilities for personal growth. Remember, as the fine Duke Vincentio said:
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not.
NTA
Now, go read Dear Committee Members for a smile!
https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Committee-Members-Julie-Schumacher/dp/0345807332
Dear Committee Members is a very funny epistolary novel. It's about an academic dealing with absurd job-related frustrations and his ridiculous social life. It's got serious moments, too. All around a very good read.
https://www.amazon.com/Buzz-Aldrin-What-Happened-Confusion/dp/1609804112
this is one of my favorite mediums
Their work is amazing. I live in LA and am stuck in traffic a lot so I devour audiobooks. I have most of the plays on audio. They're more for hearing than seeing anyway so it's quite effective. I believe the pirate bay would oblige you as well if you are so inclined in that regard.
You should purchase The Riverside Shakespeare, which is a large book filled with the complete collection of Shakespeare's plays and poems from the best folios. It also has accompanying literature for each play and poem. My copy is very precious to me so if you love studying Shakespeare, I would highly recommend purchasing this collection in particular.
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have you read TS Elliot
That reminds me of The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders, but thinking back on it, I barely remember what happens in the story so I might be way off.
Cheers! Well, thanks to everyone, but I won't reply just to say thank you. Y'all know I appreciate your helpfulness.
This Norton anthology of yours; well, I found a few on Amazon (which is undoubtedly where I'm going to get it), and there is a "regular" edition and an "International Student Edition". However I am unable to discern any difference between the two as the latter lacks a description. Would any of these two be the one you own? Either one sounds brilliant, but there is quite a price difference.
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?
I saw the complete works of Willm Shaxberd in an edition I didn't have, which would have intriguing supplementary material, but I DIDN'T buy it for complex, brain-fart reasons.
It was a five-dollar-to-fill-a-bag library sale. Early on I found a book I KIND OF wanted, and quickly realized that was all I wanted. I became biased against filling my bag at all and just walking out. Well into doing this, I saw The Wonton Chronicles of One Willm Shaxberd, 3rd Ed. I decided NOT to get it for two reasons: 1) mainly, the bias established by the situation, and 2) I already had the third edition, and didn't realize how much I'd like to have the second as well. I could have bought that one book for fifty cents, but my brain didn't fully digest that option.
The decision was mainly situational and brain-fart related. Now I totally regret it.
This grabbed from a library and randomly thumbed through. You'll get a good series of stuff. Also, read this by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I like classics, especially now that I am old enough to have experiences these literary gods talked about.
I really enjoyed Dear Committee Members. It's quite snarky.
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Though known primarily as an author of children's books Roald Dahl also wrote many wickedly funny short stories and short novels for adults. See Switch Bitch for a sample, or go whole hog with the sumptuous Everyman's Library edition of The Collected Stories of Roald Dahl.
I'm Matt and the book would be without a doubt be High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. This is my favorite book of all time. It connects with me on some level. I can understand the desire to quantify everything, put it on some sort of best of, all time, desert island type list. The idea that listening to too much music can make you simultaneously feel too much and not feel enough. The characters and their constant need to relate something that's happening with a song, or a book, or a film. The songs that are a part of your life. I feel like I could have written this. There are some songs that I can't help but associate with people or with a moment. Music and films that take me to a certain place emotionally. And a basic inability to relate with actual people on the most fundamental level. Whether that's because of the music, and movies, and books, or whether I have those because of that inability. This book is like an old friend. Something that's comfortable, that I can always turn to. I've read it over twenty times. I'm on my third copy, the second being left with someone in India (read it twice on the trip). There really was no other choice for this. I can't recommend it enough.
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If you like Fagles (and I do), he also translated Aeschylus' The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) as well as Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone). I haven't actually read either of these, although his translation of Aeschylus is on my bookshelf, and I can't speak to their popularity but I'd imagine they're somewhat similar to his translations of epic poetry. I don't think he translated Euripides though. Hope this helps!
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There's a few of them you can see at the Folger Library and there have been facsimile editions of the First Folio available since the eighteenth century.
It's relatively a relatively common book, I don't see why every single copy should be on permanent display.
http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Folio-Shakespeare-Facsimile/dp/0393039854/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374161066&sr=8-1&keywords=first+folio+shakespeare
http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-Words-Glossary-Language-Companion/dp/0140291172/
For fairy tales, I recommend the following:
For mythology and classical studies, there are a couple that are basically required reading for any Mythology or Classics class. Since several people have already recommended anthologies of Greek myths, I'm going to err more on the "Classics" side of the conversation:
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