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10-03-2012, 02:23 PM | #1 |
Ne Plus Ulta
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The Illiad (even though there's effeminate shit in it,) is one of my favorite books. I loved the way the Robert Fagles is written. The imaginary is stunning and Fagles seems to bring yoou to right to Troy, Olympus, the beached ships, and the battles. The battle scenes are literally the literary version of 300 these are some of favorite excerpts from The Illiad, I'll some more later:
Zeus checking Hera "Now go sit down. Be quiet now. Obey my orders, for fear the gods, however many Olympus holds, are powerless to protect you when I come to throttle you with my irresistible hands. He subsided but Hera the Queen, her eyes wider, was terrified. She sat in silence. She wenched her will to his." Aphrodite checking Helen "Don't provoke me-wretched, headstrong girl! Or in my immortal rage I may just toss you over, hate you as I adore you now-with a vengeance. I might make you the butt of hard, withering hate from both sides at once, Trojans and Acheans-then your fate can tread you down to dust." 300 Figthing Shit No, now Menelaus the great spearman ran him through, square between the blades as he fled and raced ahead, tearing into his flesh, drilling out through his chest-he crashed facedown, his armor clanged against him. Closing, Meges gave him some close attention too-the famous spearman struck behind his skull, just at the neck-cord, the razor spear slicing straight up through the jaws, cutting away the tonugue-he sank in the dust, teeth clenching the cold bronze. Ajax struck him right where the head and neckbone join, the last link in the spine, he cut both tendons through the mouth and brow and nostrils hit the ground before the shins and knees as the man dropped dead. ...the one Peneleos lanced beneath the brows, down to the eyes' roots and scooped an eyeball out-the spear cut clean through the socket, out behind the nape and backward down he sat, both hands stretched wide as Peneleos, quickly drawing his whetted sword, hacked him square in the neck and lopped his head and down on the ground it tumbled, helmet and all. But the big spear's point still stuck in the eye socket. Zeus Going Bad on Hera "I care nothing for you, you and your snarling anger, none in the world a meaner bitch than you." Dudes begging for their lives and Achilles talking mad shit before killing them. [i]And now begging now, one hand clutching Achilles' knees, the other gripping the spear, holding for dear life, Lycaon burst out with a winging prayer: "Achilles! I hug your knees-mercy!-spare my life! I am your suppliant, Prince, you must respect me!.....and a gruesome death awaits me here and now-no hope of escape for me, from your clutches, not when destiny drives me against you. Listen, this too-take it to heart, I beg you-don't kill me! I'm not from the same womb as Hector, Hector who your friend, your strong [gentle friend. Come friend, you too must die. Why moan about it so? Even Patroculus died, a far, far better man than you. And look, you see how handsome and poweful I am? The son of a great man, the mother who gave me life a deathless goddess. But even for me, I tell you, death and the strong force of are waiting. At that Lycaon's kness gave way on the spot, his heart too. He let go of the spear, he sank back down...spreading both arms wide. Drawing his sharp sword Achilles struck the collarbone just beside the neck and the two-edged blade drove home, plunging to the hilt-and down on the ground he sprawled, stretched facefirst and dark blood pouring out of him drenched the earth. Achilles grabbed a foot and slung him into the river. Some of the favorite JOE panels are the following: When Kwinn killed Dr. Venom Duke's and Roadblock's first appearance The second time COBRA destroyed the Pitt and Gen. Hollingsworth asked Hawk when he and the JOES could be ready, then Hawk replied "Right now sir." When S.E. was at Scarlett's hospital bed, and he said Scarlett, even though I think he should've said Shana. and there's an issue of Special Missions with Dusty and Mainframe. They were in the desert and Dusty came with some rats to eat and mentioned that they were packed with protein. For some reason this sticks out in my mind. The weird thing is I like ot say how certain foods are packed with protein.
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10-08-2012, 02:07 AM | #2 |
Dustoff Pilot
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I read quite a bit in jr. high, but a friend gave me a book in high school that made me fall in love with reading all over again.
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." -Neuromancer, William Gibson. and the first 10, 15 pages of Snow Crash has me wondering why that has not been adapted into a film yet.
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