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ram123
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response 168 of 298:
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Oct 14 06:30 UTC 1998 |
hi my name is sriram. i am entering this conference for the first time.
the last book i read was ICON by Fredrick Forsyth, pretty good book.
the author seems to have taken a break from the usual Russia -bashing
, he has tried to a take a look at the problems of russians,
ofcourse the hero does everything right in the end.
please give me your comments
ok
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jazz
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response 169 of 298:
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Oct 14 15:17 UTC 1998 |
_A Soldier in the Great War_, by Mark Helprin.
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mcnally
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response 170 of 298:
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Oct 15 05:44 UTC 1998 |
"Notes From a Small Island", by Bill Bryson.
Quite enjoyable, a humorous (or is that "humourous"?) account of
an American expatriate travel writer's last trip through Britain
before returning to the U.S.
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orinoco
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response 171 of 298:
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Oct 16 00:22 UTC 1998 |
"Spiritual Adventures of a Sushi Chef" by someone whose name escapes me at
the moment. I liked it the first time around, but it doesn't hold up on
re-reading.
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ram123
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response 172 of 298:
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Oct 16 04:49 UTC 1998 |
i read the book 'the eleventh commandment' by jeffrey archer,
quite a good book, but mightt not be woth reading again. Pretty
unbelievable at times..
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md
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response 173 of 298:
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Oct 16 11:19 UTC 1998 |
Birds of America, by Lorrie Moore.
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mary
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response 174 of 298:
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Oct 17 03:12 UTC 1998 |
That one is on my "buy soon list". It's had wonderful
reviews.
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md
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response 175 of 298:
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Oct 17 11:43 UTC 1998 |
I think it's wonderful, which I assume means you'll hate it. ;-)
I keep coming back to one story called "Which Is More Than I Can
Say About Some People," the last page of which brought a tear to
my eye. This is a great book of stories. I found out yesterday
that the story about the couple whose little boy has cancer is
autobiographical, which is very sad. In that story, Moore puts
on display her resentment at being a writer and being expected
to write about such things, and then she writes brilliantly and
tragically about it. A virtuoso performance.
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mary
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response 176 of 298:
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Oct 17 20:02 UTC 1998 |
Michael, you're weird. But in an endearing sort of way.
I bought the book.
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orinoco
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response 177 of 298:
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Oct 20 00:31 UTC 1998 |
I just finished voluntarily reading "5*" (that star should be a degrees sign;
just use your imagination) by Nicholas Christopher, who is my Favorite Poet
Of The Month. It wasn't as good as the other book of his I read, "Desperate
Characters", and it spent too much time sitting around being morbid, but it
was still well-written.
For a class, I also just finished the Oresteia, which I suprised myself by
liking. A lot.
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gerund
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response 178 of 298:
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Oct 26 07:36 UTC 1998 |
The last book I read was Steven King's "Wizard and Glass". Catching up
with Roland and hearing a tale out of his past. Cool stuff.
I'm still in the process of reading "The Gulag Archapalago".
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lise
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response 179 of 298:
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Nov 1 23:43 UTC 1998 |
Gerund, you do have my Gulag Archapalago!! You never answered my one of my
letters that asked you to return it. Caught ya! Well, enjoy. I wouldn't have
time to read it anyway these days. I hope you return in in the same pristine
condition in which it was once entrusted to your care! (yeah, right..) <kari
gripes about gerund but actually she loves him and does not care>
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gerund
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response 180 of 298:
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Nov 5 07:46 UTC 1998 |
I do. And I actually went out and bought my own copy of it too.
Guess that means it's time to return your book. I'm still reading it, btw.
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mcnally
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response 181 of 298:
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Mar 12 07:07 UTC 1999 |
Currently reading "The Shipping News", which made a big splash a couple
of years ago and has been on my list of eventual reads for quite some
time. Actually, though, I'm now glad that I didn't read it a few years
ago when it was first recommended to me. Since that time I've had a
chance to visit Newfoundland (last summer) and the book is very successful
at evoking memories of that forlorn and eerie place.
I'm enjoying it so far but unless there's a really *huge* payoff at the
end I'm not sure I'd consider all of the attention it received (including
the Pulitzer Prize) completely justified. I'd recommend it without much
reservation; I'm just not convinced that 100 years from now people will be
talking about it as one of the most memorable novels of the century...
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bookworm
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response 182 of 298:
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Mar 12 07:12 UTC 1999 |
The last book I read was _Sesame Street Unpaved_.
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remmers
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response 183 of 298:
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Mar 13 13:56 UTC 1999 |
RE resp:181 - I read "The Shipping News" a few years ago and enjoyed it
immensely. I don't know far you are into it or what your payoff
standards are, but I certainly found the book more than rewarding enough
in the evocation of place, character development, and variety of
incident categories.
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md
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response 184 of 298:
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Mar 13 16:51 UTC 1999 |
I liked Shipping News, not so thrilled with Accordion Dreams.
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mcnally
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response 185 of 298:
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Mar 13 18:34 UTC 1999 |
re #183: I'm certainly enjoying it. It's just that I'm not bowled over
by it.. Perhaps it's a case of over-enthusiastic recommendations creating
exaggerated expectations. As I say, though, I'd certainly recommend it
myself.
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atticus
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response 186 of 298:
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Mar 26 22:02 UTC 1999 |
I am another of those who liked reading "The Shipping News".
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bookworm
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response 187 of 298:
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Mar 28 00:13 UTC 1999 |
The last book I read was Morgenstern's _The Princess Bride_
Currently, I am looking into reading something new. I am unsure, yet
as to what I want to read next.
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mcnally
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response 188 of 298:
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Mar 28 18:12 UTC 1999 |
For those trying to find it in the library, you'll find "The Princess
Bride" filed under "Goldman, William", and not "Morgenstern, S."
(Goldman presents the story as the creation of the fictional S. Morgenstern)
"The Princess Bride" is a delightful book, even better if you haven't
had it spoiled for you by the movie..
Has anyone read "S. Morgenstern's" other book (the one about the
gondoliers)? Is it any good?
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jazz
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response 189 of 298:
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Mar 29 15:39 UTC 1999 |
There's a used bookstore on Cross street in Ypsilanti near Vinyl Joe's
that has a rare two-colour edition of _Princess Bride_, with the 'real'
portions in red and the 'story' in black (or is it vice versa?) that might
be a real find for a fan.
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bookworm
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response 190 of 298:
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Mar 31 02:55 UTC 1999 |
Amen
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gelinas
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response 191 of 298:
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Sep 27 05:03 UTC 1999 |
The book I finished most recently is _The_Number_of_the_Beast_, by Robert
Heinlein. I think this is the second time I read it; the first time was
July, 1980 (the publication date is August, 1980).
I'm working on _The_Last_Temptation_of_Christ_. I have a copy of
_Symbolic_Logic_ from the library, which I will probably read before I
return it. (I read it the first time in 1980, too.)
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lilmo
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response 192 of 298:
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Oct 1 18:15 UTC 1999 |
I had to watch the movie version of _Temptation_ a couple years ago for a
class, and, even tho' I am a Christian, I was not offended by it, as I had
feared, after all the hype about it. There were certainly a number of things
about it that I did not like at all, but it wasn't as bad as I had feared.
Of course, it wasn't a terribly good movie even on its own terms, but that's
beside the point.
Sorry about the movie talk. I have right beside me the book version of
_The_Phantom_MEnace_. :-) So far, so good (p36, of 300+).
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