Sunday, November 23, 2008
The Magician
I have now arranged that all my unread books sit on two bookshelves.
I now own so many unread books that there is no reason for me
to buy more, and yet ....
One dusty old paperback book is "Cakes and Ale" by
W.Somerset Maugham . This looked like a worth book that
I should read. However I was tempted at the Hillhead
library to read "The Magician" by Maugham instead.
This book was one of his earlier ones, but was loosly based on
Aleister Crowley, although Crowley was never possessed any
real magical powers (sorry guys). As many of the reviewers
note the book starts very slowly, but gradually it speeds
up, with black magic, possession and human sacrifice.
What I need to read now is "Of Human Bondage", that is described by amazon as
"Of Human Bondage" is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's
masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for
life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg,
and a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist, Philip settles in
London to train as a doctor. And that is where he meets Mildred, the
loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative,
tortured and masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him.
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numb3rs
Umm, somehow all the deadlines I have had recently have joined
together into a couple of months of stress. I have hardly managed to
write anything at all. Although I have been able to regularly watch "numb3rs"
on TV. I would like to point out that I view watching numb3rs is
actually work, because it is about mathematics and Universities.
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