Franz Kafka...

NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Anyone else read his stories?</div> Sorry for being a bit random, but I just got reading "In the Penal Colony" along with "before the law" and "an imperial message" and I must say... no other author has EVER blown my mind as such. Even Conrad, after a full month of analysis on Heart of Darkness, doesn't come close.

I dedicate this space to hail the memory of Kafka and his screwed up mind. I will never be as great as him. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->


(maybe i've had too much caffeine, too)
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  • laggerlagger Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1805Members
    wasnt apocalypse now based off heart of darkness?
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    I've read one of his books... and I won't read another one....
    It was the <u>worst</u> book I've ever read.
    (well I don't know the English title but it's something like metamorphosis)...
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  • eggmaceggmac Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14246Members
    metamorphosis was one of the greatest short stories of the past centuries. Together with nmerous other stories of Kafka. If you really like Kafka, you should read one of his novels
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    Well I don't think so.. I like science fiction but not this one... Worst book ever for me....
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    Very interesting stories, incredibly boringly written. Maybe they're easier to read untranslated, but the translations I have are tedious.
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  • eggmaceggmac Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14246Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-FireStorm+Aug 1 2004, 01:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (FireStorm @ Aug 1 2004, 01:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well I don't think so.. I like science fiction but not this one... Worst book ever for me.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's not science fiction, it's surrealism
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I started Metamorphosis and got pretty far but then I stopped and started reading other stuff. Haven't read any other Kafka because he strikes me as the sorta guy you either get forced to read for school or read becauseyou don't have any other books.
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-lagger+Aug 1 2004, 05:23 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lagger @ Aug 1 2004, 05:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> wasnt apocalypse now based off heart of darkness? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes it was. A fairly good adaption, too.



    As for Kafka being something you are forced to read, I actually think i'm gonna have to read more on my own accord after the few assignments i've had <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Kafka's work is distinctly hate it or love it. I won't pass judgement since I only got to read some short works of his before being distracted by Döblin. It's a little bit of a shame to have Kafka as mandatory literature in school, because the less then benefical environment people meet this author in will alienate many who might have taken a liking to him if they had discovered him on their own.
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-eggmac+Aug 1 2004, 02:43 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eggmac @ Aug 1 2004, 02:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-FireStorm+Aug 1 2004, 01:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (FireStorm @ Aug 1 2004, 01:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well I don't think so.. I like science fiction but not this one... Worst book ever for me.... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's not science fiction, it's surrealism <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, right.. that's not really science fiction... I like that too, but... not.... this.... damn... book.... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • archer1662archer1662 Join Date: 2004-03-30 Member: 27610Members
    Yea metamorphasis was my favorite

    I think it's more of the theme of being different as being worse (even though the only thought in his mind is going to work)
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-archer1662+Aug 1 2004, 05:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (archer1662 @ Aug 1 2004, 05:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea metamorphasis was my favorite

    I think it's more of the theme of being different as being worse (even though the only thought in his mind is going to work) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    From the half of it I read ( <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) it was more about rejection and intolerance/innacceptance.
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