A. Unrealized writeups
I invite anyone to write them up if they can get more material out these ideas than I can.
Strangelove's Law - A secret doomsday device cannot fulfill its intended purpose, deterrence, and may in the the worst case lead to catastrophe.
Seinfeld Motivation - He explained how he motivated himself to write every day in his documentary film Comedian (2002). Get a wall calendar that shows all the dates on a single page. Put an X over every day that you work on a project. After you've got a nice row of X's going, you probably won't want to let a day go by without an X.
I guess I came to this decision since the release of the new film starring Keira Knightley and several other major British screen actors. I watched a few minutes of it, then stopped, as I wasn't ready to invest the next couple of hours in it. It sat for a few days during which time I wondered about the various English translations. I have read Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, part of Notes from the Underground, and Uncle Vanya. I think that is all I have tasted of Russian literature. I know that Russia adopted Western tastes rather recently in history. It is seen as an imitator of Western expression.
1. How To Read Anna Karenina
Ebooks are available of editions which are in the public domain. These are all the Constance Garnett translation. Unlike Brothers Karamazov, from the opinions I have read, the recent Pevear and Volokhonsky translation is not significantly better, only more modern in language. I have the Garnett ebook from Feedbooks, and a hardback edition translated by Maude and Maude on order. I may also listen the Librivox readings.
C.
The Star Trek novel Corona by Greg Bear was pretty good. I need to write it up!