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Pain by The Authors of Pain: The debut poetry collection from WWE tag team and literary powerhouse The Authors of Pain. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074SFN64R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ykaZAbGJNERA0
Full Story - I thought it was really ridiculous that there's a tag team called "The Authors of Pain" and they've never actually written a book called Pain, so I got a bunch of my friends together to write it for them. Originally it was just a digital book, but you guys really dug it so I formatted it for paperback and it's now available on Amazon for $4.
https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Authors-collection-literary-powerhouse-ebook/dp/B074SFN64R
You can still download a free pdf of it at http://supercolliderpress.com/
It's a book of bad poetry from the perspective of Akam and Rezar and with a foreword by Paul Ellering. This thing took several months to put together and I could not be more proud of this. Former WWE writer Matt McCarthy, the head writer of Kayfabe News, the creator of Botched Spot and RD Reynolds of Wrestlecrap.com and a bunch of other really funny writers even contributed pieces. Now it's a literal, physical book which is insane to me.
Edit: Regarding all of the comments about the legality of this, I have a few friends that are parody book publishers that I talked this over with. I'm certainly in a legal grey area, but I doubt this thing is going to set the world on fire sales wise and it's available as a free download at the previously posted Supercollider Press page so I'm definitely not trying to get rich off of it. I mainly created the paperback because a bunch of people in the old thread asked for copies. If I'm asked to take it down, I will but until then I'm not super worried about it. Regardless, the heads up is appreciated.
Watched AOP perform live on the NXT House show circuit in Tampa before they made it on Television. Both dudes were green wearing cheesy face masks and constantly got heat and shit on by the local fans. The switch once they made it on to TV was night and day, they picked up big time and despite the one serious botch were relatively safe big men who made everything look real and had an aura about their team.
Sad to see them move on but at least they still have a career in free-verse poetry if they so decided:
> "You realize they're not actual authors right?"
I really like the A. R. George edition of the Epic of Gilgamesh, although there's a recent edition by Benjamin Foster that I haven't read yet. Foster's anthologies Before the Muses and From Distant Days are some of my favorites and I reference them all the time for Akkadian mythology and poetry.
I envy anyone who was introduced to Mesopotamia in primary or second school. The curriculum at my school focused, ad nauseum, on Greece and Rome, with a little bit of Ancient Egypt thrown in for good measure. I didn't discover Mesopotamia until my brief time at college.
If there's anything about Mesopotamia that you're interested in or curious about, ask away. The community has been more active lately and we've got some good people who browse now!
Viking Language 1 and 2 by Jesse L. Byock. Here's the first one:
https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Language-Learn-Norse-Icelandic/dp/1480216445
You can get audio recordings for the lessons on Amazon or iTunes as well.
The courses are by far the most modernized, user-friendly courses available. A close second would be 'A New Introduction to Old Norse,' which can be purchased here:
https://acmrs.org/publications/catalog/new-introduction-old-norse-part-i-ii-and-iii-discount-set
The quality varies a lot, some of them (like for example Egil's Saga or Njal's Saga) are nothing short of masterpieces of medieval literature. Others are quite forgettable. If you are interested but don't feel like spending the 300$ price of the full package, a good chunk of it (I'd say roughly 20%) is included in this collection. The translators are the same as in the complete collection, and IMO it's an overall well done volume, especially for its price.
https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3aungz/hi_im_sam_garland_aka_upoem_for_your_sprog_ive
u/poem_for_your_sprog's name is Sam Garland, and is a he.
Here's his book.
"Sam" is conveniently gender-neutral name (insomuch as that matters) but Sprog's book description says "his": https://www.amazon.com/Poems-Your-Sprog-Sam-Garland/dp/1981229329
If they're talking like that because George was trying to be shakespearean, then shouldn't he at least have made an effort to write the dialogue in iambic pentameter?
Way to be a lazy ass, Lucas. Ian Doescher had to pick up the slack for you.
To me, this looks more like a phrase book than anything else. Which could certainly supplement your other studies, but I don’t love phrase books myself.
I took a crack at old Norse a while ago (I only stupore because I lost my study buddy) and I liked this
https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Language-Learn-Norse-Icelandic/dp/1480216445
The Epic of Gilgamesh. This has probably been mentioned by now in the thread, but as the oldest surviving piece of human literature, you could argue that this is where it all started. I'm a fan of the Penguin Classics edition, and the epic is also obviously in public domain; here is the Project Gutenberg link.
Is it the most riveting read? Maybe not, compared to mainstream and modern novels. The Epic is still worth reading because even back when people lived in mud brick homes and the ancient equivalent of New York City was anywhere with a population of 40,000+, exploration of the human condition was still something that intrigued people.
It's a story about justice, seeking glory, friendship, mortality, and whether or not immortality is something as literal as "never dying".
Everyone should read it at least once in their lives, if not only to experience where our literary tradition as a species first began.
I use memrise as an instrument to build some vocab. When I have collected enough pretty words I'll raid this guy's book for me grammars:
http://www.amazon.com/Viking-Language-Learn-Norse-Icelandic/dp/1480216445/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
The audible link given doesn't show sample pages, so here's some: https://www.amazon.com/William-Shakespeares-Star-Wars-Doescher/dp/1594746370
In short: Shakespearean language. It's pretty great, I have a copy.
C'était souvent, d'après les sagas, des « nobles », mais toujours les deuxièmes, ceux qui n'héritait pas du domaine familial, ou qui s'en trouvent écarté parce que c'est des troudfions (typiquement ils butent un autre noblion, ou un employé, ou...), ou quelque chose dans le genre, et souvent le roi du Danemark est un antagoniste dans l'histoire. Les « vrais » nobles consolidaient leurs avoir avec des fermes et des terres agricoles.
Si ça t'intéresse Penguin ont une édition commentée des sagas, qui n'est pas trop dispendieux. Il y en a aussi un certain nombre dans Folio 2€, mais c'est des livres de ~100 pages max avec une seule saga.
I think it's a man named Sam Garland. He published a book and anthology a few years back. Here's one of them: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poems-Your-Sprog-Sam-Garland/dp/1981229329
As the dictionary says, a sprog is "a child; baby"; in this context "your sprog" is your child, or perhaps your inner child.
In the case of what I wrote, "Sprog" is short for /u/poems_for_your_sprog ...the reddit user who makes poems for your inner child. Sam also has them in book form!.
https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061142662
Stephen Mitchell
One of my most loved translations. I've probably listened to it 50 times.
Since I never see him do it himself, everyone should remember that Sprog has a book. If you like his work, you can support him with more than fake internet points.
The translation by Professor Crawford is very readable. I also recommend professor Crawford’s you tube channel.
May The Gods Be With You.
Al
It’s u/poem_for_your_sprog ’s user page, but this is a close second:
Poems for Your Sprog https://www.amazon.com/dp/1981229329/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_K032VDEG58NBJEKY4CF1
Or
The Mouse in the Manor House (and other poems) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1512307483/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_CYF9W79GTTZEREJFG4BW
They've published a couple poem books, poems for your sprong and The mouse in the manor
In the UK, Penguin Classics do a good compilation called Sagas of the Icelanders
It includes some of the most important ones, like Egil’s saga and the Laxdaela saga, as well as the two that cover Greenland & Vinland.
The Icelandic sagas specifically are fascinating, as they cover disputes with landowners & farmers etc. It’s not just about royal families like most surviving literature from that era
> S/He’s not writing poems about child trafficking but human nature.
Not that it has any importance to this discussion, but poem_for_your_sprog is a dude
Out of curiosity, are you aware of a good resource for Icelandic pronunciation? I like reading translations of the sagas once in a while (and recently picked up a copy of 'Sagas of the Icelanders' so I'm currently working through that - damn thing is bigger than a bible) and I'm fairly sure that I butcher people and place names far more than Chris Hemsworth ever did.
For Runes I used Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas
And I recommend Njal’s Saga, Egil’s Saga, or The Saga of the Volsungs as places to start.
Also be sure to check out Dr. Jackson Crawford’s YouTube channel for discussions on both topics.