Member: rolandperkins

It's gibberish, as far as I'm concerned....

You'll just have to ask Roger Waters -

http://www.amazon.com/Final-Cut-Pink-Flo...

posted by Makifat at 4:43 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2009

Hello, Roland.

Thanks for the vote of 'interesting library'. You've sure got a slew of 'em! I've spent a lot of time over the years (mostly in a professional capacity) on all the islands, primarily Oahu, where I've relatives in Waikiki and Kailua.

I'll keep an eye on your progress here.

Cheerio,

Tom

posted by oroboros at 11:52 am (EST) on Oct 28, 2009

We lived in Ewa Beach and watched some of our grandchildren for nine months in 2007 while our oldest son was in Iraq. And we got to explore the "other side" of the island.

I'm pretty sure I umpired a high school game or two in Wai'anae in the early 80s. While I was stationed at Hickam, I umpired both Little League and High School baseball.

I will give you a call in April. We'll be vacationing with two other couples: our newest best friends here in Florida, and our oldest best friends of over forty years from California.
best,
Jerry

posted by moibibliomaniac at 8:48 am (EST) on Oct 24, 2009

Hi Roland,

Thanks for your comments!

Regarding Twain, I had thought my comments were soo unique. He had some other strange endings. HF was just silly at the end. The Mysterious Stranger (which was aapparently incomplete) and CT Yankee, were just plain weird. I prefer his funny, sadistic, slapstick short stories. I'd hate to have to think too much...

Regards,

Steve

posted by Sandydog1 at 7:54 am (EST) on Oct 24, 2009

Hi Roland, sorry I've taken so long to get back to you but haven't been on the site for a while

You asked about Rod Lyon's book on Cornish. No, he doesn't include any view about continuous survival of the language (or indeed any of the debates that have surrounded the Cornish language movement over the last few decades about the appropriate version of the language to revive) - basically the book is a primer in Unified Cornish for beginners and doesn't stray from that task.

HTH, will have a look at the Jean Markale page and see if I can link up your version with anyone else's (if that hasn't already been done)

Regards

Ffred

posted by Ffred_Clegg at 5:50 pm (EST) on Oct 7, 2009

Saw you rated Black Athena 3. Hope you end up reviewing it. Cheers, Tim

posted by timspalding at 2:25 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2009

Hello, the books you liked most of my libraries are in Italian (from the xvi century) and therefore something in between modern italian and latin. A little bit hard to read, not only for the language but also for age. I like a lot to spend sometime reading a few pages of those books, also thinking about those who read them before me in the past 5 centuries.

About Petrarch, that book was thought to have been written by him (at the time it was published). Later the paternity of the book is in doubt, especially because it contains the narration of facts that happened after the author died. Well, at least something was added by someone else, who knows, maybe the editor. Unfortunately that book is not in great conditions but besides the first 2 or 3 pages it's easily readable.

Diego

posted by diego-m at 4:14 am (EST) on Sep 21, 2009

Thank you for finding my library interesting.

A classicist in Hawaii! I'm intrigued.

Victoria

posted by Winter_Maiden at 1:06 am (EST) on Sep 21, 2009

Hello, thank you for adding my library into the interesting ones. Can I ask you what have you found interesting in it?

Diego

posted by diego-m at 8:08 am (EST) on Sep 16, 2009

Yes it would be Latin. I have been adding massive amounts of books into here and it must have been missed. Thank you for spotting it!

I am curious what you find interesting about my library.

posted by ebbrooks at 10:59 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2009

PS There was a hardback edition that came out in the 70's that was pinkish and had confetti on the cover....just an FYI...no LBJ on the cover.

posted by PsibrReadHead at 7:37 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2009

Yes, I guess, living in Austin, I, like everyone knew him or read him or knew his ex- wife, Nadine Eckhardt,who just came out with a book of her own: Duchess of Palms or knew his daughters, also writers. Too bad GP is scarce: he could really write and had a front row seat to history: the moment Johnson got elected and started pushing civil rights was the moment the South started to go Republican, as Johnson himself predicted. Johnson was quite complex as was Billy Lee Brammer (BTW, pronounced: Bray-mer). I believe that book should be widely read, that is to say, not just by us Austinites....

posted by PsibrReadHead at 7:34 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2009

Just curious: why do you find my library interesting? (I ask this of all members who bookmark my library, which I find rather English major mainstream....)

posted by PsibrReadHead at 12:19 pm (EST) on Sep 7, 2009

You can "type" all sorts of diacritical marks if you are using some form of Windows. (I'd bet it could work with a Mac, too, but I wouldn't now know how; it's been years since I've used a Mac.)

There is a program found by going to Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Character Map which comes up with a grid of characters, and a choice of fonts, too. All you do is choose, by "selecting" and "copying" and then you can paste.

The acute accent over an "e" looks like this: "é", right? Now, I am hoping that this works in Library thing in the comments! I know it does when I want to spell a foreign name for a book's author or title, etc. It's even neat for non-Latin letters, so that I can write about King Ælfred, for example. Try it! It's fun.

posted by msladylib at 10:38 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2009

Well, I've spent hours today trying to find that quote. It appears unlikely that it will happen. I've noticed, though, that entering "ahura mazda and the iliad" or "the iliad and ahura mazda" brings some results on Google. The words ahura mazda are used more than once in "The Iliad," so the name, at least, must have been familiar to Homer. (assuming I didn't land on completely bogus sites)

posted by walf6 at 10:13 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

This is walf again. This book has no index. It'll take a while. By the way, it's Robert Fitzgerald's translation of 1974 copyright.

posted by walf6 at 3:46 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

Roland, I'll get on that quote from "The Iliad" and hope to have a page number for you today.

posted by walf6 at 2:01 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

Yes, I have read Vidal's Julian book; though I no longer seem to have it. - But too long ago to remember distinctly. I don't believe I have seen the Messiah book.

Yes, I thought that was what pagans originally meant too - country folk. Regarding the stance of Philosophy to Christianity, some steeped in Philosophy accepted it (perhaps surprisingly, neoplatonism often seemed the royal road to acceptance) while many did not.

To me, the City (i.e. civilization) always rises on myth, not philosophy. Therefore, my prediction that a new extra-philosophical religion rises is descriptive, not normative. It is, in my mouth, a prediction, not a prophecy.

Can Christianity survive the coming religious upheaval? Don't know. Perhaps if it returns to its gnostic roots via a 'third testament' based on a 'new age' of the Holy Spirit... But that really doesn't look very likely at this point.

Since we share an interest in late antiquity what do you think of Tardieu's conjecture that the exiled neoplatonists gathered around Simplicius ended up in Harran? I wonder how long a neoplatonic school might have lasted there?

You said, in your 'About my library' section, "I am not, in general, much interested in rare or scarce books, or in first editions -- only interested in the content." That describes my library too. - Used paperbacks whenever I can find them...

posted by pomonomo2003 at 5:19 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

Wow! Impressive "About Me". When I retire, in another eight years, I want to return to school to Classic Studies. I would be interested in your informed opinion of Robert Strassler's Landmark translation series.

A hopefully helpful hint: You transposed some letters in "history" in the last paragraph of your profile.

posted by Smiley at 12:58 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2009

I am curious to have recived a message from Librarything that you have bookmarked my library as one that interests you. Can I ask why?

Liz Wilson
Oakham
UK

posted by lizwil at 8:05 am (EST) on Jul 24, 2009

Hi Roland

I am amazed and humbled that someone with your background and erudition considers my library interesting. I look forward to crossing swords with you over at the hangman puzzle thread.

Cheers,

Jenny

posted by socialpages at 11:48 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2009

Hello, and thanks for adding me to your Interesting Libraries! If it's not too impenetrably self-absorbed of me, I'm curious what piqued your interest (wouldn't usually ask, but I note that our libraries share no books in common--although yours is an intriguing collection!--so I just wondered what caught your eye:)

All best; hope you're enjoying your summer.

Martin

posted by booksfallapart at 5:35 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2009

Thank you for the comment interpretation, library as opposed to book.

posted by theoria at 9:59 am (EST) on Jul 22, 2009

Thank you for your comments, rolandperkins. Because your great-grandfather's book looks interesting, I can't help but continue poking into it here. (FYI - touchstones do not work in profile comments, only in talk/groups.) When I click on the title of the book mentioned in your comment here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/68460#... I get the book's Main page. That page has a lot of places to enter information about the book, which I would LOVE to see filled out. Right now that page shows no reviews, no book description, and no CK (Common Knowledge).

Oh. I see the problem now. Your touchstone goes to a book entered by someone with a private library who entered the editor in the author field. And in your own library, you have entered your book with your great-grandfather's name in the author field. So they are showing up as two different works. On the book in your library I see the review. On the book in the other library, I see the cover and the link to the conversation in the Fifty States Challenge group. I do not know how to combine the two books into one work, so I'm going to ask the Combiners for help. OK. Done: http://www.librarything.com/topic/69216#... . Now, hopefully, they will be able to make that combination. When you see a cover picture show up for the book in your own library, it shows that they were able to do so.

After they get combined, it would be nice to see a book description (maybe there is a description on the back cover which you could enter?). And also CK about the book. On books like this, I especially like to read the Dedication, First Words, Last Words, Important Places, Quotations, etc. Perhaps seeing that kind of information will whet the appetite of others to read the book!

Regards,
countrylife

(For continuity)
You said:

"[Three Years a Soldier] by Perkins (,) George* already has a short review on its page. (If Iʻm understanding rightly what you mean by "its page". It is about half way down the page, following the time-honored "...not enough copies...to evaluate" statement, which almost everything Iʻve looked up seems to have. Certainly true in this case. I know of only 4 copies, counting my own, that are owned by individuals. Then there is the Woburn MA Public Library, and, probably some larger libraries in Massachusetts, and in libraries specializing in the civil War.

*Clicking on Perkins George, you donʻt get my great-grandfather, but another George Perkins, so click on hte title."

~and~

"... the blue for the title didnʻt come through. I guess you would have to go the [rolandperkins] member page."

posted by countrylife at 6:36 am (EST) on Jul 19, 2009

Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries list, Roland. My library is definitely eclectic, and after reading about you above, can possibly understand why you might consider mine interesting. Many Bibles and a bit of ancient history... I am usually a casual reader, even a reader of best sellers and thrillers, but I do occasionally pull out something of weight from my library and go to it.

I hope to "see" you in some of the groups. I also hope to see your library if and when you add it.

karenmarie

posted by karenmarie at 7:25 am (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

Roland,
I am shocked and humbled to have someone with your background find my library interesting. Thank you. I am very interested in Greek writing, mostly so far the NT. Right now, working more in Hebrew with Isaiah. I look forward to engaging you directly and I hope in some of the groups.

Thanks,
Richard

posted by richardbsmith at 8:31 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2009

I have read Matthew a few times, and I have read about Hinduism broadly and at least some more specifically about Vedanta. I have another book about Vedanta buried near my head in bed. I would like to read a serious book on the beatitudes from the viewpoint of a Hindu. I just looked in Wikipedia for Prabhavananda; it is a short article, but it looks like he has his bonafides. Your book is not available new from Barnes and Noble, but it might be available from ISKCON in Nuuanu Valley or at ABE Books. I'll keep it on my list, but I'm not rushing for it.

Wearing a different mask, I am reading the Mahabharata slowly and, insofar as possible, completely. We have a group here for it: Mahabharata Anyone, not very active at the moment because we have been snagged by that very snag you mentioned.

The Mahabharata has, all of it, been translated, but not necessarily well. Buitenen took it on for the University of Chicago Press; but he died. I have read the three complete volumes that he did, taking me through book 5, the book just shy of the one that contains the Bhagavad Gita. Chicago claims that it is going on, but it is taking its time. Meanwhile The Clay Sanskrit Library has picked up the challenge. I have the first volume of book 6 containing the Bhagavad Gita and am awaiting the publishing of the second volume in August. In the Buitenen translation it is readable and glorious.

I first saw the Buitenen translation when Borders first came to Hawaii in Waikele and was good. It took me until this year actually to try to read it, and I was into in a snap.

This library which you find interesting is the remnant of a wish list. My wish list is now mostly on the Barnes and Noble web site, so this list will fade away after awhile. I'm keeping the mask, however, for talking about Hawaii, Alcoholics Anonymous, and other things that it might be better not to have tied to my real name.

Best regards,

Specto

posted by Dubito at 2:01 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2009

Roland,
I'm consumed with wonder that you would find my library interesting. While I love it much too much, my reading defines my wide and shallow nature. If I had unlimited money, I would order Black Athena now. When would I read it? - probably no time soon. At any rate, I look forward to reading what you have to say here.
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 10:53 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2009

Roland,

I had come across the reference to Borowitz in The Harvard Magazine. There was an article there about his son Andy.

Best Regards,
David

posted by HorusE at 8:35 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2009