*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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Meltingpot
Living in our pools we soon forget about the sea
"Sex, Bombs and Burgers; How War, Pornography and Fast Food Have Shaped Modern Technology," by Peter Nowak.
http://www.sexbombsburgers.com
http://www.sexbombsburgers.com
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
Just found out I've got that one in my Kindle folder
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Just found out I've got that one in my Kindle folder
got onto the part about invading the soviet union now.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Great idea, Adolf! That'll work!
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
and rudolf hess's mission to scotland
seriously, it's hard to see how such absolute evil could have coexisted with such ridiculousness
alsoknownas
some bloke
Just finished reading Franzen's Corrections, which was superb.
I realise since finishing it that I kind of had a cast of characters from films as visualisations for the characters in the book - f'rinstance Alfred Lambert was played by Carl, the old man from Up!, and Denise Lambert was played by Maxine Lund (Catherine Keener's character in Being John Malkovich), and Robin was played by Lotte Schwartz (Cameron Diaz's character in the same film).
I don't know if I always do this unconsciously when reading.
I realise since finishing it that I kind of had a cast of characters from films as visualisations for the characters in the book - f'rinstance Alfred Lambert was played by Carl, the old man from Up!, and Denise Lambert was played by Maxine Lund (Catherine Keener's character in Being John Malkovich), and Robin was played by Lotte Schwartz (Cameron Diaz's character in the same film).
I don't know if I always do this unconsciously when reading.
alsoknownas
some bloke
Not bad, but he has a little too much sass for me. Alfred is essentially reserved, no?
TruXta
tired
I reckon Stiller could do reserved. Anyway, I think that's who I saw when I read it.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Dan Simmons-Drood
laudanum, dickens, catacombs, mesmerism and soon
laudanum, dickens, catacombs, mesmerism and soon
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Faraway Fairies - Melody and the gemini locket by Enid Blyton
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
first time with Paradise Lost? knotty work and I had to slog the fucker many years ago. Due a re-read perhaps
1st time.
Not bad so far. The footnotes are distracting, so after the first couple of pages (it took me that long to realise that they were mainly there to state the bleeding obvious unless you're completely unfamiliar with the cultural references and older forms of English) they're being ignored.FWIW almost every single book, play, or poem which I enjoyed while doing Eng Lit (and French Lit for that matter) was ruined by having to dissect it and then psychoanalyse (Freudian theory only, if you please!) the main characters. This one is being taken as it is, for what it is. No more, no less.
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
Geoffrey Hosking - Russia People & Empire 1552-1917
So, I take it he see's a nascent empire after the Muscovites defeated the Tatars at Kazan and Astrakhan.
Thraex
Needs to posh up his pants
Recently finished "Secrets of the Fire Sea" by Stephen Hunt - I've seen 'steampunk' attached to his work...whatever, his books are fairly well written and enjoyable.
Now onto "The Punic Wars" by Nigel Bagnall, an ex military chap who has a good understanding of tactics etc. It's OK...maybe I'm getting Romaned out.
Now onto "The Punic Wars" by Nigel Bagnall, an ex military chap who has a good understanding of tactics etc. It's OK...maybe I'm getting Romaned out.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Eisenstein: A Life in Conflift by Ronald Bergan. A more 'personal' biography than most, less bothered about his politics or technical wizardry, more about 'reclaiming' the man and his works as just really bloody good films, that tell amazing tales superbly and beautifully. Surprisingly light reading, but very good.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Pratchet & Baxter 'The long earth'
poor, baxters plodding does not go well with terry's flashes of humour. Interesting many-worlds concept let down by irritating characters
poor, baxters plodding does not go well with terry's flashes of humour. Interesting many-worlds concept let down by irritating characters
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Terry Pratchett's 'Snuff'
Also poor. Pratchett's always been one for recycling his jokes but not usually so often in the same book. The plot, such as it is, is pretty feeble and padded out with too much unbearably gentle social commentary.
Everything that makes other discworld books so good is still there somewhere, but in such a watered-down, phoned-in way that this will probably be the first Pratchett book I couldn't be arsed to finish.
Also poor. Pratchett's always been one for recycling his jokes but not usually so often in the same book. The plot, such as it is, is pretty feeble and padded out with too much unbearably gentle social commentary.
Everything that makes other discworld books so good is still there somewhere, but in such a watered-down, phoned-in way that this will probably be the first Pratchett book I couldn't be arsed to finish.
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