Aliette de Bodard ([info]aliettedb) wrote,
@ 2008-05-06 19:59:00
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Current mood: thoughtful

Misc. stuff
A whole afternoon of debugging to find the one *** variable I had forgotten to assign a new value to. Makes me feel all warm and frustrated inside...

In other news: outlining continues apace on the Rahani novel (still not managing to get everything as I want it. I suspect I have too much material to work from). I'm currently making my way through an old history of India, published in Mumbai a while back (big, thick books full of interesting tidbits). And I've taken my good resolution of the month: I'll read the entire Mahabharata. At 18 books, with an average of 200-300 pages per book, this should keep me busy for a while (we're talking singled-spaced, Times New Roman here...). But it's cool to read something close to the original text, even if it's Sanskrit filtered into English.


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[info]feed_your_muse
2008-05-06 06:08 pm UTC (link)
My friend has the Mahabarat on DVD and says it's a relatively accurate rendition of the books (there are many discs - don't know how many) so that may be something you want to consider? It's subtitled in English. I don't know if you can get it off Amazon though.
Just a thought. :o)

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[info]aliettedb
2008-05-06 06:11 pm UTC (link)
Funny you should mention this: I was looking at them this afternoon. You can get them off Amazon pretty easily(though apparently, the subtitles are terrible, and I don't speak Hindi) I'll think about it--Thanks!

(and I'll still read the text, because I need something to read anyway... *g*)

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[info]endelarin
2008-05-06 07:24 pm UTC (link)
I once read the Mahabharata, lo many years ago. It was really engrossing, actually, and a pretty quick read for all that it was immensely long. You'll enjoy it, I think!

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[info]aliettedb
2008-05-06 07:28 pm UTC (link)
I'm up to p.200, and that's just after one day. (I skipped the genealogies, I admit...).
I've enjoyed the abridged versions I've read, so I don't think I'll have bad surprises with the complete one ;)

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[info]j_cheney
2008-05-06 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Sorry about the variable. Gotte love that about computers. If they were smarter, they could have told you themselves. ;o)

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[info]aliettedb
2008-05-07 10:49 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I'm all for a helpful AI :)

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