Jazz Posted February 28, 2004 Report Posted February 28, 2004 I am going to attempt to make it all the way through Bleak House. Quote
Christiern Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 ...and since you are now into books written by Icelanders..... Quote
BruceH Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 Poul Anderson. Come to think of it, he was really into his Scandanavian heritage... Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 ...and since you are now into books written by Icelanders..... You sure you wanna take my money? We wouldn't want you to be drummed out of the club for being a heretic or anything. Quote
Christiern Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 Steal it! Then you would be taking my money! Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 Let's say I decided to purchase the item directly from the author rather than some klepto internet outfit.....will the NYC postal authorities actually deliver an envelope that is addressed to: Current Occupant 'Spider-Hole' 2-A New York, NY 10025 Quote
Christiern Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 Your image did not take. All I see is a small blue question mark. Quote
Dr. Rat Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 I am going to attempt to make it all the way through Bleak House. Have you tried before? I read about 80% of it once and have regretted stopping ever since -- I can't get myself to start over! --eric Quote
ghost of miles Posted February 29, 2004 Author Report Posted February 29, 2004 Your image did not take. All I see is a small blue question mark. Weizen must have posted his 2004 electoral map by mistake. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 29, 2004 Report Posted February 29, 2004 That's why I like Chris.....all that's left is a blue dot representing the Manhattan spider-hole and he can still maintain a sense of humor! 2000 Electoral Map Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Posted March 2, 2004 Ohio and New Hampshire are in play for the Dems this year, but Indiana, sadly, never is. Indiana is almost always the first state the networks call--"The polls are now closed, and Indiana has gone for (fill in the GOP candidate)." In 1992 they announced, "The polls are closed, and Indiana is too close to call." That's when my friends & I knew that Clinton had it in the bag. Now reading Franklin Folsom's DAYS OF ANGER, DAYS OF HOPE: A MEMOIR OF THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WRITERS, 1937-1942. Quote
Dr. Rat Posted March 3, 2004 Report Posted March 3, 2004 Halfway through this interesting Kotzwinkle book. If you haven't read him before, he's an easy read but rewarding. --eric Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Posted March 18, 2004 Now reading--and totally engrossed in--John le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. (Also coming out on DVD very, very soon.) I'll definitely be forging on to the rest of the Smiley trilogy after this. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Posted March 18, 2004 The Da Vinci Code. That's what my wife's reading, too. What's the deal with that book? It seems like the "hot" title lately. Quote
ralphie_boy Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 It's pretty good so far. Deals with a radical faction of the Catholic church (Opus Dei) who are attempting to uncover dark secrets kept by a secret society that goes back to the Renaissance, of whom Leonardo Da Vinci was apparently a member. Quote
Dr. Rat Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 Now reading--and totally engrossed in--John le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. (Also coming out on DVD very, very soon.) I'll definitely be forging on to the rest of the Smiley trilogy after this. Ah, I envy you this experience. The series is terrific, too, of course. LeCarre's first big book--name escapes--is one that's worth looking up, too. I didn't like it the first few times I tried, but then when I did get over the hump I really found it to be affecting as little else in the genre is. The movie of that is alright, too. --eric Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Posted March 18, 2004 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD? Quote
JohnJ Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 Ghost, the Smiley trilogy is superb. The next two, 'The Honourable Schoolboy' and 'Smiley's People' are just as good as 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'. I think they were once all published together in one volume with the title 'The Quest For Karla'. Quote
Dr. Rat Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD? Yes. Can never remember the name of anything, apparently. --eric Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Posted March 19, 2004 Ghost, the Smiley trilogy is superb. The next two, 'The Honourable Schoolboy' and 'Smiley's People' are just as good as 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'. Hoping to finish TINKER when I get home from work tonight--after stopping at our local used bookshop to look for those two titles. Quote
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