Uncle Bill Shakespeare...Alive and Well!

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Been There said:
I have to tell you, I am a loyal Stephen King fan. I have several of his books. These are only the novels and with this book, he used the pseudonym Richard Bachman because he wanted to find out if people were buying his books because of his name or his writing ability.

My favorite book was “Thinner.” Favorite movie or screenplay was “The Shawshank Redemption.” There are a few close seconds in both categories.
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They did a pretty good job with, The Green Mile too.
 
Meanderer said:
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"Failing to recognize our love of salt can be our undoing. It is as true in literature as it is in life. In the opening scene of Shakespeare’s King Lear, the aged king asks his three daughters to quantify their love for him. The older daughters, Goneril and Regan, who ultimately will betray their father, flatter him with hyperbole."

"The youngest daughter, Cordelia, who truly loves him declines to answer, thinking it a silly question. When Lear insists upon a response she offers a curious reply, “I love you…as fresh meat loves salt.” Taking affront, he casts her out and divides his kingdom between his two daughters. Bad choice as it turns out."

"Later in the play, Lear comes to understand that meat does love salt; rather people love meat only if it is salted. He also comes to learn that false praise is hollow and is ultimately reunited with the virtuous but ill-fated, Cordelia. Shakespeare did not discover salt’s importance; he merely enshrined it in literature."
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Are you familiar with Christopher Moore's book, Fool? It is a very well done comedy (well narrated for audio) that incorporates elements of King Lear and Macbeth, two of my favorite plays.

Also, Macbeth: A Novel By A. J. Hartley and David Hewson, is an excellent retelling and fleshing-out of Macbeth.
 

Why the moons of Uranus are named after characters in Shakespeare​

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Five moons of Uranus are shown here: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon (from left to right). NASA/JPL-Caltech
"What’s in a name?" Shakespeare’s star-crossed Juliet famously wanted to know. And for those of us peering skyward, it’s a question for the ages: Where do celestial bodies get their names from?

There are constellations and planets christened after Greek and Roman gods. The craters on Mercury are artists and musicians, like Bach, John Lennon and Disney. And the moons of the planet Uranus — there are, impressively, 27 altogether — have literary ties — 25 of them relate to characters in Shakespeare’s plays.

For centuries, whoever discovered a celestial body usually had dibs on the naming rights. But when it comes to Uranus’ moons, details are murky about who exactly began doling out Shakespearean monikers. READ MORE
 
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