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[Unknown LJ tag] I wandered over here in search of a bookish…: bookgeeks
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Is the newest piece of literature that I've read. Hemingway and Faulkner, Lewis and Chesterton are my favorite authors, though Orson Scott Card and Terry Pratchett rank almost as highly as the serious folks. A few days ago I finished reading Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Your IP address will be recorded.
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I'm trying to find the name of a book made in the 1970s or 80s. All i…: bookgeeks
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I'm trying to find the name of a book made in the 1970s or 80s. All i can remember is that it's about a family who goes to live in a bomb shelter after a nuclear bomb hits. When one of them dies, he/she has to be cut up and flushed down the toilet because they can't venture outside the shelter. I thought it was Slaughterhouse-Five, but later found out it was not. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post.
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Has anybody out there read Elizabeth Nunez' Prospero's Daughter. I'm planning to teach it next semester (instead of Aimee Cesaire's A Tempest. And I was hoping for a review or reaction from someone who knew it. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Your IP address will be recorded. Post a new comment. Post a new comment. Follow us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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Anthony Burgess: bookgeeks
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I've just finished reading Any Old Iron by Anthony Burgess, which I found difficult to sink into. I have liked other Burgess I've read, notably The Piano Players and A Clockwork Orange. His use of language is always gorgeous, even in Any Old Iron, it's just that I felt the plot lacked cohesion. Recommendations of books of his I might like better? Crossposted to several reading communities, with apologies). Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment.
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To properly appreciate Mysterious Island, should I first read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? I have vague images from a Disney Sunday night special in my childhood, but that's about it.). Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Your IP address will be recorded. Post a new comment. Post a new comment. Follow us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. 1999 LiveJournal, Inc.
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Wait a sec.... Gotta crank up the laptop... - Meandering through Madness
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Thu, Dec. 15th, 2005, 03:49 pm. Wait a sec. Gotta crank up the laptop. When I read this. Article describing "lime-green [laptops that] will be powered via wind-up crank" to be "distribute[d].to children in developing countries", I laughed out loud. Sure, I thought, that's what children in developing nations really need. And a wind-up laptop.utterly preposterous! But the scary thing is that it's actually true. Thu, Dec. 15th, 2005 09:07 pm (UTC). Fri, Dec. 16th, 2005 12:22 am (UTC). Awesome userpic, btw).
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Companion book recommendations?: bible_as_lit
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Secret of the ooze (. Secret of the ooze. I'm planning to start reading the Bible once I'm finished with this semester. Can anyone recommend companion readers that are objective and free of any religious agenda? Searching Amazon, I found The Bible as Literature: An Introduction. By Gabel, Wheeler, and York. The reviewers claim it is excellent and unbiased. Unless someone can point me to another book, I think I'll be ordering this one. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment.
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Simon Winchester: bookgeeks
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I've just finished reading The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary. By Simon Winchester. It was a quick and (once I was in) engaging read, but it really just served to pique my curiosity about the OED. Is there a more comprehensive book about the subject that anyone could recommend? Also, I'm wondering whether anyone has read anything else by Simon Winchester. He's got a new book out on Krakatoa that looks fascinating. Any recommendations there? Post a new comment.
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I've been under uber-stress for the last couple days. Been trying to… - Meandering through Madness
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Thu, Jun. 24th, 2004, 01:21 am. I've been under uber-stress for the last couple days. I've spent the entire day scouring the York webpage, looking for any information that might be useful with my course selection. I think I read the English Department Course Calendar ten times forwards, backwards and sideways. So far I've decided on:. Introduction to English Literary History (What could be more fun than English AND history? I've got to choose a second English course, and so far I've narrowed it down to:.
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