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Benjamin
Benjamin
02:48
@Catija I wanted to consolidate, but that was opposed, as to every one probably not, but this one was especially confusing.
Bookworm
Bookworm
03:01
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Q: Is this fictional event based on a real event?

NiceOrcIn the book Nation, by Terry Pratchett, a sailing ship becomes airborne from the force of a storm, and is pushed inland quite a distance, before becoming lodged in trees. Is this possible and are there records of it happening to other sailing ships, that possibly Terry Pratchett could have used ...

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user61230
04:28
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Well, this book just dated itself. (Sorry for the sideways image.)
Shokhet
Shokhet
04:47
@Emrakul Yep.
Reminds me of xkcd
2060: The gregarious superintelligent AI, happily talking its way out of a box, is fast becoming a relic of the past. Today's quantum hyper-beings are too busy with their internal multiverse sims to even notice that they're in boxes at all!
 
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b_jonas
b_jonas
10:30
As predicted, we don't currently get many new questions.
@Emrakul It has old style numerals, so it can't be very recent, but it mentions "breakfast food boxes" and has nice even letters, so it can't be too old either.
Bookworm
Bookworm
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Q: How did Lee's personal experience affect the narrative of To Kill A Mockingbird?

BenjaminMany Southern authors of Harper Lee's time period wrote very autobiographical works. This led me to wonder how much Harper Lee's personal life was reflected in the narrative of To Kill A Mockingbird. After some research, I was not able to find much. However, I found some information to suggest th...

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Benjamin
Benjamin
@Bookworm Wow, quick today!
b_jonas
b_jonas
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No longer sideways
Benjamin
Benjamin
@b_jonas I wish that were still true.
Benjamin
Benjamin
11:32
Traffic is slow this evening.
 
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Librarian
Librarian
13:33
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Q: What do we do about questions that cannot be answered correctly

Matrim CauthonI am talking about this question. While I personally like it, there is no way that it can be answered while not speculating. The only argument I would make against closing it is that how could he have known it was unanswerable.

discussion
 
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Bookworm
Bookworm
15:39
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Q: Interpretation of "Nuvoletta" in Finnegans Wake

AminopterinI am studying Samuel Barber's art song "Nuvoletta", whose text is adapted from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. I have not studied Finnegans Wake. The music is very beautiful, but I have no idea what the lyrics is all about. What are some possible interpretations? What can be said about Nuvoletta (w...

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Riker
Riker
16:45
@MatrimCauthon re: this edit, it should have been rejected
the question wasn't actually about the reading order, it was about what to consider go set a watchmen as
pretty unclear though, I don't blame you
 
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Skooba
Skooba
18:56
I would be interested in the community feedback on this meta answer: meta.literature.stackexchange.com/a/500/56
 
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BESW
BESW
22:39
@Skooba Giving extra weight to answers which deal with authorial intent (except when the question is specifically asking about authorial intent) is a horrible idea. Authorial intent is just one of many critical lenses, and there are a great many ways to analyse a work which don't value authorial statements at all.
I mean, seriously, I could answer any question "what's the meaning of this Bob Dylan song" with his 1965 interview:
"Mr. Dylan, what are your songs about?"
"Oh, they're about three to five minutes."
Not helpful.
Authorial statements--especially by song writers--are often the LEAST useful information to bring to bear on a song. One member of America said Horse with No Name's esotericism is because they were stoned when writing it; another member says they weren't. Close reading, historical context, comparison to other works by the same author, cultural response--these are often more productive tools to bring to bear on a song.
Riker
Riker
23:28
lol at the accidental answer BESW
> This is the . . . eleventh time I've been in a Stack Exchange site from its beginnings in private beta or before, over two and a half years.
holy shit that is many betas @HDE226868, how do you deal with being part of that many?
BESW
BESW
The lastest edition of the Asian American Literary Review is rather unusual and very cool.
user15026
23:44
@BESW Oh, wow, that sounds awesome
BESW
BESW
I know, right.
It's also a good example of how lit.se shouldn't be too quick to lay down artificial lines on topicality; "Open In Emergency" is a special issue of a literary magazine.

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