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Started by Martinus, March 10, 2009, 07:21:49 AM

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garbon

#45
March 13, 2009, 01:42:24 PM
Quote from: Syt on March 13, 2009, 01:40:18 PM
I garnished it with 100% German funny bone.

My german teacher tries to make jokes. We just look at her blankly until she tells us that we were supposed to laugh.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Berkut

#46
March 13, 2009, 01:43:46 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2009, 01:36:42 PM
Consider that Marty's post was for rhetorical flourish. :P
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Quote from: Berkut on March 13, 2009, 01:37:05 PM
It is.

I wonder if there would be a market for re-writing best sellers to be gay-friendly?

No it isn't.

Yes it is.
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Syt

#47
March 13, 2009, 01:44:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2009, 01:42:24 PM
My german teacher tries to make jokes. We just look at her blankly until she tells us that we were supposed to laugh.

I think that's more teacher based, though. I never had a funny teacher before college/uni.
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Malthus

#48
March 13, 2009, 01:44:50 PM Last Edit: March 13, 2009, 01:48:15 PM by Malthus
Anyway, onto a serious recommendation - I read this book relatively recently, and it was very well written and entertaining, somewhat dark, *and* centred on a gay love story:

http://www.amazon.com/Persian-Boy-Mary-Renault/dp/0394751019

Recommended.

Heck, I'd read it on the beach.
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BuddhaRhubarb

#49
March 13, 2009, 01:45:28 PM Last Edit: March 13, 2009, 01:50:05 PM by BuddhaRhubarb
Naked Lunch isn't exactly "beach-reading"... You should read "3 Day Road" by Joseph Boyden. Best Great War novel since the Regeneration trilogy.
:p

garbon

#50
March 13, 2009, 01:50:51 PM
Quote from: Berkut on March 13, 2009, 01:43:46 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2009, 01:36:42 PM
Consider that Marty's post was for rhetorical flourish. :P
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2009, 01:39:14 PM
Quote from: Berkut on March 13, 2009, 01:37:05 PM
It is.

I wonder if there would be a market for re-writing best sellers to be gay-friendly?

No it isn't.

Yes it is.

???
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#51
March 13, 2009, 01:51:27 PM
Quote from: Syt on March 13, 2009, 01:44:12 PM
I think that's more teacher based, though. I never had a funny teacher before college/uni.

Should have said professor.  After all, I'm talking about my current german class.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Berkut

#52
March 13, 2009, 01:51:36 PM
Here you go Marty:

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gay-Books/lm/R2XEG5EKG9Q7MT

it is a smorgasbord of homo-fiction. Nothing puke worthy to be seen, I am sure.
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BuddhaRhubarb

#53
March 13, 2009, 01:54:28 PM
Quote from: Berkut on March 13, 2009, 01:51:36 PM
Here you go Marty:

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gay-Books/lm/R2XEG5EKG9Q7MT

it is a smorgasbord of homo-fiction. Nothing puke worthy to be seen, I am sure.

That's a good list Mart. Any book by Alan Hollinghurst is awesome.
:p

Martinus

#54
March 13, 2009, 02:29:03 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 13, 2009, 01:38:56 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2009, 01:36:42 PM
Consider that Marty's post was for rhetorical flourish. :P

That's precisely why I laughed - he couldn't possibly be meat-headed enough to get as bent out of shape as he does about gay issues and then mean such a thing seriously. :)
Yeah, but I naturally like characters who I can relate to more than those I can't. Sexuality is one of the important traits of one's identity. :)

Martinus

#55
March 13, 2009, 02:29:48 PM
Quote from: Berkut on March 13, 2009, 01:51:36 PM
Here you go Marty:

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gay-Books/lm/R2XEG5EKG9Q7MT

it is a smorgasbord of homo-fiction. Nothing puke worthy to be seen, I am sure.
Thanks.  :)

garbon

#56
March 13, 2009, 03:12:05 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 13, 2009, 02:29:48 PM
Thanks.  :)

Only negative is that the list was just made by a random amazon user.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Capetan Mihali

#57
March 13, 2009, 06:44:37 PM
"City of Night" by John Rechy is a book I enjoyed a lot, covering gay life/male hustling life in the US (NY, LA, Chicago, New Orleans) in the early 60's.  It's not that "weird" per se but it's a good read.

Any of the classic Genet novels are great -- "Our Lady of Flowers," "Miracle of the Rose," "Querelle of Brest" -- as are the plays, if you feel like reading drama.
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Capetan Mihali

#58
March 13, 2009, 06:49:08 PM Last Edit: March 13, 2009, 06:55:18 PM by Capetan Mihali
And really, what could possibly be wrong with a gay man wanting to read books relating to gay male life?  If wanting to read things that relate to your own experiences is wrong, someone needs to take on Updike, Cheever, the entire genres of street lit and Harlequin romance, etc. as soon as possible.
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Razgovory

#59
March 14, 2009, 01:54:49 AM
Quote from: Berkut on March 13, 2009, 01:26:34 PM
Marty, let the anger go - I WAS offering a helpful suggestion, but you are blinded by your rage, so you cannot see it.

You really do need that gaycation.

You "help" is rarely helpful.
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