tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post384486524634096633..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Words like X-rays?Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33718341986131755032008-09-15T09:59:00.000+01:002008-09-15T09:59:00.000+01:00LOL, Rachel; truth has a funny way of coming out. ...LOL, Rachel; truth has a funny way of coming out. 'Tis true. Glad you're enjoying it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33578873410345874182008-09-13T10:08:00.000+01:002008-09-13T10:08:00.000+01:00Thanks Barbara. It's always nice to know that thes...Thanks Barbara. It's always nice to know that these pieces are of interest to someone other than me!<BR/><BR/>I'm reading your book too of course. 'Christmas Eve' and 'Shopping Trolley' my favourites so far. And I'm nosey...how much truth is there in 'Death of the Innocent'? You don't have to tell me but if you do want to that would be...grand!<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-47666961247092349802008-09-13T09:57:00.000+01:002008-09-13T09:57:00.000+01:00Hey Rachel, what a great post, reading a classic l...Hey Rachel, what a great post, reading a classic like this. It's so long since I've read it I've practically forgotten most of it, so I think (a) a re-purchase is necessary and (b) definitely a re-read. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with Brideshead Revisited.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-69628181288515832332008-09-13T09:27:00.000+01:002008-09-13T09:27:00.000+01:00Thanks Dick. I will add it to my now ridiculously ...Thanks Dick. I will add it to my now ridiculously enormous reading list! <BR/><BR/>For a complete change I started 'Brideshead Revisited' last night...not a book I've ever fancied and I never watched the TV series either but one of my regular visitors insisted it is worth the effort. I'll let you know how I get on...<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-9921185133532856002008-09-12T23:32:00.000+01:002008-09-12T23:32:00.000+01:00The book to check out now is Huxley's 'Island'. Fr...The book to check out now is Huxley's 'Island'. From dystopic pre-war visions to post-war utopian speculations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_(novel)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80207236753526758432008-09-12T12:07:00.000+01:002008-09-12T12:07:00.000+01:00Lol, I don't think of myself as neurotic, just cau...Lol, I don't think of myself as neurotic, just cautious!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-39875755606493016672008-09-12T11:59:00.000+01:002008-09-12T11:59:00.000+01:00Now Colin, I don't how long it is since you read t...Now Colin, I don't how long it is since you read this book but if I hadn't found the Shakespeare in it I would have to be declared a Class A idiot! The whole second half is packed with it!<BR/><BR/>Sorlil...I'm surprised at this admission. Still...all neurotics welcome here! Im more of the 'go on, push me, put me out of my misery' school of neurosis myself.<BR/><BR/>And Jim, look forward to that post when it arrives.<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-76962570947733330442008-09-12T00:42:00.000+01:002008-09-12T00:42:00.000+01:00“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in c...“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery” is underlined in my copy of the book. It was one of those lines that was worth waiting the whole book practically for. I quote it often. I think it is one of the most meaningful things I'd ever read at the time – nineteen I would guess. I also have a copy of Zamyatin's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel)" REL="nofollow"><I>We</I></A> with all the bits Orwell and Huxley nicked off him underlined, at least all the ones I could find at the time – again about nineteen I expect. I've been meaning to write a blog about it for months now but other things keep getting in the road.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27235394172239000582008-09-12T00:26:00.000+01:002008-09-12T00:26:00.000+01:00I never stand near the edge of a railway / metro p...I never stand near the edge of a railway / metro platform just in case some lunatic thinks it would be fun to push me onto the track. Call me a cynic but I'm constantly surprised by how much I have to trust total strangers not to cause me harm and the fact that things like that don't happen more often than they already do!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-72124540228537051242008-09-11T23:58:00.000+01:002008-09-11T23:58:00.000+01:00I'm very glad you found so much in the book. I thi...I'm very glad you found so much in the book. I think I've probably said enough about in in earlier comments, so I won't say much more, except that I'm delighted you found the Shakespeare in it. The title is from The Tempest, where the innocent (and possibly 17-year old) Miranda says, "Oh, brave new world, that has such creatures in it." Huxley takes her viewpoint.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-6598833534774301622008-09-11T23:39:00.000+01:002008-09-11T23:39:00.000+01:00I think some of us tend to lean more towards optim...I think some of us tend to lean more towards optimism [the hope that the majority of people are good rather than evil] because the opposite is just...depressing. Wouldn't seem worthwhile to get out of bed if all you thought you'd run into were bad people up to no good.<BR/><BR/>Nice job. I will leave the grading, however, to Professor McMillan. :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15112824462554339052008-09-11T14:26:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:26:00.000+01:00Thanks, Miss.Wikipedia's BNW page has some interes...Thanks, Miss.<BR/>Wikipedia's BNW page has some interesting quotes about contrasts between '1984' and 'Brave New World'. Go take a peek - it's quite far down the page.<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27359173941190186892008-09-11T14:25:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:25:00.000+01:00Come to think of it, my current state of being is ...Come to think of it, my current state of being is probably similar to that of my university professors as they marked my work. The only difference is that I'm not hung over. <BR/>(They would undoubtedly have been harsher in their marking, than I.)<BR/><BR/>I signed up for a Philosophy course, once. I lasted about a week. I couldn't grasp logic. Go figure.<BR/><BR/>Kat<BR/><BR/>(More to come when I'm awake.)Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85896957799924433962008-09-11T14:17:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:17:00.000+01:00I've been reading this "essay" through bleary eyes...I've been reading this "essay" through bleary eyes and a semi-conscious state and I'd still have to give it an "A".<BR/>Having read 1984, pre-1984, I thought I'd encountered enough of the future and didn't want to read Huxley. I am now, most definitely intrigued.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I love finding inscriptions in old books! "Bunty" - sounds so Wodehouse, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.com