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By the way, what were those books you were refering to by ?Tolstoy? Something about the rings of gyges or something like that?
You really have something for Roman and Greek based books don't ya?
Thanks much. I'm really looking forward to the series. I'm having a serious jones for Edinburgh (and London, too) right now. I've not been back for 3 years. Thanks again. Slotkins (in Worcester, MA - 50 miles west of Boston)PS - I'm just finishing "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club). It's intense and hilarious. I'm loving it.
Hello, Ian Rankin fan, I've got a question. I'm about to jump into the Rebus books (I've read some of the short stories in Begger's Banquet and really like his writing). Question: I've received "Strip Jack" from a friend who told me to start with Book 4. So should I ignore my friend and start with "Knots and Crosses"? I've heard the character, Rebus, goes through quite a few changes over the years, but do I have to start at book #1? Without giving SPOILERS, I guess I'm asking if anything major happens to Rebus in the first three books.
You're probably right. Additionally, any deal would have had to involve the normalisation of the Nazi regime; as in The Separation, someone like Hess would have had to replace Hitler.
I believe the former Tory minister, Alan Clark , argued somewhere that it would have been better for Britain if she had come to some arrangement with the Third Reich...
Hi. I've noticed there's a fair bit of alternative history on your shelf. Have you come across The Separation by Christopher Priest? The main action takes place in the early forties, but in two different timelines - in one, Britain accepts Rudolf Hess' peace initiative, and the war ends (for us at least) in 1941.
Hi Theo, just started a sci fi film group, thought you might be interested in joining.http://www.shelfari.com/groups/25297/about
Have you seen where the discussion on Kite Runner has gone? Don't rush off to check or anything because it's not that urgent, but oh my -- the places to which people will meander off topic. LOL!! I'm not going back -- once they got to who is Born Again and who isn't that did it for me.
First, people sure do get worked up over the most trivial things, don't they? I didn't say something outrageous like "God is dead"... I simply expressed an opinion on a book. Eeeesh. But I do love it when people go batshit over nothing.Second - love your profile quote. It's so true! :)
why should i not read this book?
my apologies. you are correct. i can only imagine how many "should i read this book" someone get who has a very large e-library. there definitely should be a way to skip ahead. i did read your review and now have a better idea about the book. thanks.
the jeanette winterson is rather new. the time it took you to write me an explanation as to why you sometimes do not provide an explanation for why someone should not read a book, you could have written something about the book. just a thought.
why should i not read the stone gods?
Thanks for that. I might read "The Lost Boy" one day so I'll hang on to it for now but it's certainly not one of the ones I'm desperate to get around to reading.