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Hyakujo's Fox · 12-05-2005, 12:02 AM

I think you're getting this thread confused with "magazine club".

trisherina · 12-05-2005, 01:39 AM

Gah! Somebody please pick something. I have about two weeks that I can use to read something thoroughly ELSE. Or I can dick around and watch the rest of the entire Battlestar Galactica series. Edward James Olmos and Natasha Henstridge, or... ?

Frieda · 12-05-2005, 05:51 AM

pff i haven't finished the previous book yet!

may i suggest: Terry Pratchett: The Colour of Magic

something funny, easy read!

text excerpt

craig johnston · 12-05-2005, 11:59 AM

what about 'the curious incident of the dog in the night-time'?

great, but not too long

TridenTBoy · 12-05-2005, 11:16 PM

Have any of you ever read "The Little Prince"? It is a book made by a french man, so it's in french. But there is a English translation.

Hyakujo's Fox · 12-07-2005, 07:13 PM

Who's in charge here? I'll need a new book tomorrow.

Not the book of whores, it's still only in hardback here.

Frieda · 12-08-2005, 03:46 AM

pratchett PRATCHETT!

lapietra · 01-09-2006, 05:51 PM

Finally reading "Cloud Atlas". OMG it's good!

jasmina · 01-10-2006, 07:35 PM

ugh sorry I had great intentions but unfortunately am a very very very slow reader.....
So, Craig.
What I didn't get was -
I was expecting a huge finale, where all the stories came together and finally made sense. I thought it was a little bit pathetic to suggest that because of a comet birthmark, and a general sense of the human condition, and that life is great really, despite everything, and there is hope - that was supposed to be the link??? It could just as well have been a few randomly put-together stories about anything.
So yeah basically I expected a more intelligent link & ending..... xx

lapietra · 01-11-2006, 04:43 PM

Argh! I'm not done yet!

Oh well. I guess you can't exactly call that a spoiler...

jasmina · 01-11-2006, 06:44 PM

omg I'm sorry!!!!!
But like you say that wasn't a spoiler at all - hope you enjoy the rest of it...!!

lapietra · 01-12-2006, 06:46 PM

If the rest is like the first chapter & a half, no doubt that I will.

lapietra · 01-21-2006, 02:42 PM

'kay - I read the rest of it in increasingly more frenzied bursts - Once I figured out all the stories were ending, well... somehow that makes one want to know "what's gonna happen?" Not so great to do on a work night

I really loved it, and I think he's going to be a great writer. But I think his greatest work is yet to come. The voice of each character was very clearly delineated, the genres were faithfully rendered, the stories were interesting, exciting and compelling, and the form was unusual and effective. But I felt like most of the characters were very two-dimensional - with Sonmi, that was to be expected due to the events of her life - but I felt as if that extra work of providing little quirks, little clues that give you insight into a character's inner world, didn't get done. Possibly why he was nominated for but didn't *win* the Man Booker.

With a *great* book, I feel as if through reading about the life of the characters within, I've learned something about myself and my world. [eta: Also, as if I've met real people - for better or for worse

] I think maybe he'll write at least one book like that someday.

12-05-2005, 01:39 AM	#47
trisherina meretricious dilettante Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,068	Gah! Somebody please pick something. I have about two weeks that I can use to read something thoroughly ELSE. Or I can dick around and watch the rest of the entire Battlestar Galactica series. Edward James Olmos and Natasha Henstridge, or... ? __________________ Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard

12-05-2005, 05:51 AM	#48
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,506	pff i haven't finished the previous book yet! may i suggest: Terry Pratchett: The Colour of Magic something funny, easy read! text excerpt __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

12-05-2005, 11:59 AM	#49
craig johnston dalai clique Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: tea leaf towers - home of fine musical entertainment Posts: 5,609	what about 'the curious incident of the dog in the night-time'? great, but not too long __________________ the tea leaf family

12-05-2005, 11:16 PM	#50
TridenTBoy Bubbalicious Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 9	Have any of you ever read "The Little Prince"? It is a book made by a french man, so it's in french. But there is a English translation. __________________

12-08-2005, 03:46 AM	#52
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,506	pratchett PRATCHETT! __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

12-05-2005, 12:02 AM	#46
Hyakujo's Fox left hanging Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream Posts: 10,071	I think you're getting this thread confused with "magazine club".

12-07-2005, 07:13 PM	#51
Hyakujo's Fox left hanging Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream Posts: 10,071	Who's in charge here? I'll need a new book tomorrow. Not the book of whores, it's still only in hardback here.

01-09-2006, 05:51 PM	#53
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	Finally reading "Cloud Atlas". OMG it's good! __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

01-10-2006, 07:35 PM	#54
jasmina Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,619	ugh sorry I had great intentions but unfortunately am a very very very slow reader..... So, Craig. What I didn't get was - I was expecting a huge finale, where all the stories came together and finally made sense. I thought it was a little bit pathetic to suggest that because of a comet birthmark, and a general sense of the human condition, and that life is great really, despite everything, and there is hope - that was supposed to be the link??? It could just as well have been a few randomly put-together stories about anything. So yeah basically I expected a more intelligent link & ending..... xx

01-11-2006, 04:43 PM	#55
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	Argh! I'm not done yet! Oh well. I guess you can't exactly call that a spoiler... __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

01-11-2006, 06:44 PM	#56
jasmina Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,619	omg I'm sorry!!!!! But like you say that wasn't a spoiler at all - hope you enjoy the rest of it...!!

01-12-2006, 06:46 PM	#57
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	If the rest is like the first chapter & a half, no doubt that I will. __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

01-21-2006, 02:42 PM	#58
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	'kay - I read the rest of it in increasingly more frenzied bursts - Once I figured out all the stories were ending, well... somehow that makes one want to know "what's gonna happen?" Not so great to do on a work night I really loved it, and I think he's going to be a great writer. But I think his greatest work is yet to come. The voice of each character was very clearly delineated, the genres were faithfully rendered, the stories were interesting, exciting and compelling, and the form was unusual and effective. But I felt like most of the characters were very two-dimensional - with Sonmi, that was to be expected due to the events of her life - but I felt as if that extra work of providing little quirks, little clues that give you insight into a character's inner world, didn't get done. Possibly why he was nominated for but didn't win the Man Booker. With a great book, I feel as if through reading about the life of the characters within, I've learned something about myself and my world. [eta: Also, as if I've met real people - for better or for worse ] I think maybe he'll write at least one book like that someday. __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks Last edited by lapietra : 01-21-2006 at 02:45 PM.

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