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crimson thing
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I just started Lempriere's Dictionary a week or so ago (I tend to have 3 or 4 books going at once, to suit my various moods - currently "Clear Waters Rising" - Nicholas Crane's account of a looooong walk through the mountains of Europe from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul (rather boring, sadly); Tim Binding's "Island Madness", a novel set on Guernsey during WW2, which is excellent; and, just finished, Martin Amis's "Money".)
Anyhow, I was finding Lempriere's Dictionary rather boring......then I got to the bit about the vicar & the mashed potato , so the book has been promoted in the lists somewhat!! I also read, a couple of years ago, Norfolk's "The Pope's Rhinocerus"; also very entertaining..
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"Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Ricochet
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Wow! Good luck. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Why thankyou, Rico! Some of these books have been half read for quite some time, so it may come to the point whereby I start afresh on them.
I think I'll finish the Borges first, as these are just short stories. Also add to my list: Lord Dunsany. I have started to read a few of his collection of short stories also and need to finish these off. An excellent writer I must say and a must for those into fantasy fiction (but not of the sword and sorcery kind). |
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BaldFriede
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I had exactly the same experience; the book did not grip me until I reached the part with the vicar and the mashed potatoes, but when I reached it I fell off my chair laughing, and from that point on the book really picked up pace. (Be prepared for a very horrible scene shortly after that laugh with the vicar!) |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Ricochet
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Dostoievski - The third and last volume of "A Writer's Journal".
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Jim Garten
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I would highly recommend a couple of books I've recently finished by Carl Hiaasen, 'Sick puppy' and 'Skinny dip'; very funny and wickedly sharp ecologically based satire.
I've only read the above 2 books by him, but I understand most of his novels are set in Florida, dealing with the state's slow but sure eco-rape by the big corporations (especially Disney) - his books are written in an easy to read style, but don't let that put you off - the plots are tight and complex, the characters well drawn, but the humour is so sharp at times, you may need to wear gloves... Edited by Jim Garten - June 30 2006 at 03:34 |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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Vompatti
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I finally finished Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra and I still don't know what it was about.
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Paul K.
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^^ Oh yeah, Nietzsche's works are very hard to digest.
So far I've read "Daybreak", "Antichrist", "Human, All Too Human", parts of "Beyond Good And Evil" and "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". My favourite philosopher. |
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Weasels ripped my flesh
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TheProgtologist
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I'm currently reading a book of poems by Dylan Thomas called Deaths and Entrances.
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Vompatti
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I started reading Nick Cave's novel "And the Ass Saw the Angel".
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Trickster F.
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Finished Dostoyevsky's "The Devils"(also known as "The Possessors" and "The Demons"... choose whatever name you like best).
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Paul K.
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^^^ I think "The Demons" is more correct title.
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
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Willem Frederik Hermans - De Laatste Roker
He's a Dutch writer and he kicks ass. There are very few translations, if any, though. |
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Jim Garten
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Good book - taken from a weird perspective, as I recall, but a great first novel. |
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Shaun Hutson - No Survivors
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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Jim Garten
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It's been a while since I read any Hutson (who's a bit of a prog fan, himself) - as I remember him, he's somewhat akin to James Herbert... but with more blood! |
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Ricochet
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Essays,by Jorge Luis Borges
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Joren
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I am currently reading this:
Next schoolyear I'll be following a course on the history of art, so I thought I'd get started during the holiday. Very interesting book. The writer avoided the use of very "academical" language, so it's easy to read. It also was pretty cheap. Only € 35,- for over 600 pages, including many beautiful pictures. I'm on page 159 right now and I can highly recommend it! Edited by Joren - July 09 2006 at 09:26 |
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Treasure Island
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