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kerouac
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Summer Reading Lists!
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Jul 21 00:56 UTC 1995 |
Okay, its midway through the summer, time to check our summer reading
lists! What is everyone reading or has read this summer....what great
books are to be recommended?
This summer so far I've re-read the Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, read
"The Remains of the Day" by Kashoi Ishugura (misspelled) and a good chunk
of Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany"
I just finished, or lack about 20 pages of finishing, the nixon white house
diaries of H.R. Haldeman (I just love political scandal) And today I bought
a copy of Ken Kesey's "Sailor Song" in hardback for $4.99 off the sale table
at Borders. So that will be next.
And best of all I read the recently published volume of Jack Kerouac's
letters to Alan Ginsberg, William S. Burrouhgs and Neal Cassady. Cant do
better than Kerouac!
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omni
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response 1 of 114:
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Jul 21 01:03 UTC 1995 |
I'm halfway through "I, the Jury" by Spillane. It's dirty, cheesy, and
lots of fun to read. I'm also going to start "Rose Madder" soon. I'll
let you know about THAT one.
I was reading
"One flew over the Cuckoo's nest" but I've misplaced it, and
I was really into it, too. I also have about 150 pages left in "Roots" that
I've decided to re-read this summer.
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kerouac
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response 2 of 114:
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Jul 21 01:43 UTC 1995 |
Oh yeah, I also read most of "Life After God" by Douglas Coupland, which
was really good, but that book was lost on a metro north train near
poughkeepsie, NY. It is probably in Canada by now. And unfortunately it
was a library book, so I have to shell out $17 bucks to replace it. *sigh*
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gull
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response 3 of 114:
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Jul 21 02:14 UTC 1995 |
Umm..."Dune", "Mostly Harmless" (again), "Ender's Game", "Bloom County
Babylon", and "Dave Barry is Not Making This Up".
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otterwmn
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response 4 of 114:
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Jul 21 02:23 UTC 1995 |
Being on the disabled list has provided me with a wonderful opportunity to
catch up on some reading. Have just tackled Clancy's _Debt of Honor_. I
usually find his work somewhat ponderous, but this one is moving right along.
Just finished (finally!!) _A Brief History of Time_. Only attempt it when
you're in the mood to *think*.
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chelsea
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response 5 of 114:
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Jul 21 03:29 UTC 1995 |
_Beach Music_, Conroy.
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omni
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response 6 of 114:
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Jul 21 05:49 UTC 1995 |
Isn't Bloom County Babylon the last one? Or are there others?
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remmers
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response 7 of 114:
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Jul 21 11:00 UTC 1995 |
William Sterne Randall, _Thomas Jefferson: A Life_.
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helmke
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response 8 of 114:
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Jul 21 11:01 UTC 1995 |
Lots of stuff, whatever I can find in the library. Good suggestions:
Any recent Kesey, either Sailor Song (really good) or Last Go-Round (also
good). Hmmmmmmm..... Aside from those standouts, just a lot of books go into
and out of my bedside table.
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bruin
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response 9 of 114:
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Jul 21 11:30 UTC 1995 |
I also enjoyed _His Kisses Are Dreamy...But Those Hairballs Down My Cleavage_
(an _Outland_ collection), as well as _Far Side Gallery 4_, _The Curse of
Madame "C"_ (another Far Side collection), and _Love Is Hell_ (a compilation
of _Life In Hell_ by Matt "The Simpsons" Groening).
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popcorn
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response 10 of 114:
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Jul 21 12:53 UTC 1995 |
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gregc
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response 11 of 114:
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Jul 21 14:53 UTC 1995 |
I got about 2/3 of the way through _Mists of Avalon_ and then it ran out
of steam with me for some reason. I liked alot of the book, but couldn't
finish it.
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birdlady
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response 12 of 114:
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Jul 21 15:52 UTC 1995 |
I just finished _Brother Wind_, the third in Sue Harrison's fictional series
based on the Aleut indians. All of them are *excellent* books. Right now
I'm in the moos to read _A Catcher in the Rye_ again...it'll be the fourteenth
time! ;) (mood)
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gregc
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response 13 of 114:
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Jul 21 16:21 UTC 1995 |
In the moos? Sounds like something you need to be in to read _Animal Farm_.
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birdlady
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response 14 of 114:
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Jul 21 16:32 UTC 1995 |
<laughing>
Actually...I've read _Animal Farm_, and I *loved* it! =)
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gull
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response 15 of 114:
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Jul 21 21:13 UTC 1995 |
Re #6: I think _Classics of Western Literature_ is the last Bloom County
collection. It covers 1986-1989, including the (sad) end of Bloom County.
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sbj
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Jul 21 22:01 UTC 1995 |
_Congo_, I haven't seen the movie yet but the book was darned good.
I'm starting _Hot Zone_ now.
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tsty
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response 17 of 114:
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Jul 22 11:20 UTC 1995 |
i might try that books-on-tape that popcorn mentioned in the Grexstock
debriefing report.
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bruin
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response 18 of 114:
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Jul 22 12:11 UTC 1995 |
I also have the Calvin & Hobbes collections _The Days Are Just Packed_ and
_Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat_, as well as _The Body_, which is a photo
analysis of the human body that you won't find in any cheesecake/beefcake
publication.
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popcorn
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response 19 of 114:
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Jul 22 12:54 UTC 1995 |
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omni
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response 20 of 114:
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Jul 22 17:43 UTC 1995 |
Lonesome Dove on tape is about 30 sides; with that you could drive to
LA. ;)
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drew
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response 21 of 114:
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Jul 23 16:42 UTC 1995 |
Being that I can read at about 300 baud, but can only speak at about 100 or
so, I would think that books-on-tape would rtake longer to "read". Though by
freeing up the necessary I/O it would be possible to do other things
simultaniously.
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popcorn
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response 22 of 114:
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Jul 23 17:31 UTC 1995 |
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rcurl
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response 23 of 114:
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Jul 23 21:55 UTC 1995 |
Agora item 68 has been linked to books item 39.
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mcpoz
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response 24 of 114:
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Jul 23 22:24 UTC 1995 |
I have been reading books on tape for a couple of years, now. This makes my
2 hrs driving per day quite enjoyable. I have not yet had a book which I did
not enjoy. Even some books which I know I would not have read, are great.
Diarys (sp?) are great too, but would be boring to read. Best book on tape
so far - "The Voyage of the Beagle" - Charles Darwin's 7 year sea voyage in
which he formed his "Origin of Species" thesis.
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