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Grex > Books > #86: The Novice Book-shopper's Item | |
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md
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response 21 of 29:
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Nov 23 19:19 UTC 1999 |
I usually buy books that indicate to me by
certain signals that they are members of the
Order. A kind of knowing wink of the dust
jacket, or a "Psst, over here," inaudible to
everyone else. I wish I could be more
specific.
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lilmo
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response 22 of 29:
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Nov 23 22:11 UTC 1999 |
Re resp:20 - I'm with you on all of that. I could almost have written
that.
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mary
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response 23 of 29:
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Nov 23 23:16 UTC 1999 |
Unless I'm going after a known author I'll give it the three
page test. If I don't want to know more after reading three
pages near the middle of the book I don't buy the book.
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mcnally
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response 24 of 29:
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Nov 24 01:04 UTC 1999 |
Who said anything about buy?
I'd never read half of the things I take a chance on if I had to shell
out $7-$30 for the privelege.. I mostly borrow from the public library
or from friends.. If I *REALLY* like a book I'll buy a copy and then
give it to someone I think would enjoy it..
(I used to hoard books, but one or two floods and many, many student-era
moves convinced me that I don't really need to hold on to a large
collection of anything that's that fragile or that heavy..)
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gelinas
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response 25 of 29:
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Nov 24 02:48 UTC 1999 |
I just noticed that this was the item orinoco had started to ask for advice
on what to try. So I've a suggestion: _Master_and_Commander_ by
Patrick O'Brien. If you like a good novel, good history, and a good war,
check it out. It's Napoleonic era, based on contemporary reports.
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mary
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response 26 of 29:
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Nov 24 13:20 UTC 1999 |
I said "buy". Right there. In response #23. ;-)
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lilmo
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response 27 of 29:
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Dec 2 21:08 UTC 1999 |
ROFL!!!
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raven
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response 28 of 29:
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Dec 23 21:24 UTC 1999 |
I would give a big recomendation to Leslie marmon Silko. She a native
american writer who lives in Tucson Arizona who writes lyrical (almost
like poetry) stories about people in the area. Ceremony is shorter
(a novella really) and a good introduction to her work, Alamanac of the
Dead is long (like 700 pages) and a really intense book, almsot too intense.
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jazz
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response 29 of 29:
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Dec 24 12:19 UTC 1999 |
Oddly enough, I just picked that up when I was last in Phoenix.
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