A Clockwork Orange

[Muddle head]

I would love to read this book with others or at least be able to discuss with those who have already finished reading this.

I will be reading a kindle version.

[Alex]

This book is just awesome !! Be prepared for some NADSAT !! :)

[Muddle head]

Thanks Alex, i got started and at the moment am just figuring out the NADSAT lingo based on context. Is there a glossary or something i need to look up or am i just expected to go by the context??

[Ahtims]

I had DNFd a long ago.

[Alex]

Yup, there's a NADSAT glossary available, which is really helpful. I'll post link when I come from PC. :)

[Ahtims]

what's NADSAT?

[Srividya]

There is a NADSAT glossary at the end of the Kindle book. Just look it up in the chapters list. I wrote down the entire list on paper and kept referring to it as I read because I didn't want to go back and forth. Having that list really helps to understand the story and its inner meaning.

I LOVED this book when I read it last year. Hope you enjoy it too. :)

[Srividya]

Syl ʃʃ^.^ʃʃ wrote: "I had DNFd a long ago."

You do that to all the books that I love! :( :P

[Srividya]

Syl ʃʃ^.^ʃʃ wrote: "what's NADSAT?"

It is the language used by the author in this book. Each word has a meaning and once you understand that meaning, the text starts making sense.

[Ahtims]

Sri, I have a very impatient mind at times :-P

[Muddle head]

Thanks a lot guys, i thought i was really struggling and am somehow not intuitive enough to understand the language.

@Srividya, i didn't find the glossary in my kindle ebook, i have a section titled "Notes" but it isn't a comprehensive glossary, it was just clarifying some references to contemporary culture at the time of writing this novel i guess.

[Srividya]

Oh is it? :( Because my Kindle version had it fully and I wrote it down.

I think if you google Nadsat, you do get a list but I am not sure as I didn't really have to search for it!

[Srividya]

@Aditya - Here are two links for the NADSAT glossary

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/clockwo...

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Append...

Hope these help. If you find some word that is not here in this list, let me know, i can find it from my Kindle book and let you know. :)

Happy reading! :)

[Alex]

I read using that Wikitionary Glossary !! :)
The book is just Horrorshow brat !! ;) :D

[Muddle head]

Thanks a lot Alex and Srividya. Col., would you like to join??? It might be different this time with the help of glossary.

[Ahtims]

Let me see.. Perhaps next week. Have to finish Misery and Sophie first. :-)

[Ahtims]

On second thoughts, shall definitely join in. Either Mon or Tuesday as weekend is horribly busy. :-(

[Akul]

One of my favorites, such a fun book :P

[Ahtims]

Fun Book! ????? Sarcasm, kya? :P