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Posted on June 18, 2004 at 05:18:23
J.R.
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 I'm reading "The Voice of the Coyote" by J. Frank Dobie and "The
White Goddess" by Robert Graves and "The Dunwich Horror" by H.P.
Lovecraft (cheap thrills). Regards,

J.R.

 

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Re: Current reads., posted on June 18, 2004 at 17:56:23
Hergest Ridge
 I can only manage one at a time. Currently i'm halfway through Fieldings Tom Jones then i've got Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope lined up followed by The Innocent Moon by Henry Williamson, the 9th book of the 15 book Chronicles Of Ancient Sunlight series, wonderful stuff, one day in retirement i'll find a sunny spot out of the wind and read the whole series through one after another.

I've promised myself to read 100 Years Of Solitude after the above 2.

Regards
Paul

 

Re: Current reads., posted on June 18, 2004 at 19:15:55
NapTime
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 Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond - A Christmas 2002 gift that I'm finally getting to.

Lined up is Hocus Pocus, which will be my 5th Vonnegut book. I have I feeling I will like just about everything he has writen.

 

"The Innocent Moon by Henry Williamson,", posted on June 19, 2004 at 04:13:49
dennzio
 Is thia a fantasy series like LOTR?

 

"The Death of Ivan Ilytch." ....Tolstoy. Just the first chapter, no observations., posted on June 19, 2004 at 04:18:09
dennzio
 "The Cloud of Unknowing" by an unknown 14th century monk. I'm thinking about picking up "I Robot".

 

Re: "The Innocent Moon by Henry Williamson,", posted on June 19, 2004 at 04:27:55
Hergest Ridge
 ..Is thia a fantasy series like LOTR? ...

Far from it. Henry Williamson is best known for Tarka The Otter. The seires of books, The Chronicle Of Ancient Sunlight is a only slightly fictional account of his life from being born in the 1890s up until the 1950s in London and then rural England. He fought in the first world war and was there on and off from the start to the finish. It's a fascinating story especially with things like the reaction of people seeing the very first car in London, forests being cleared for suburbia, trout streams turning into open sewers as folk move in etc. etc with some quite moving images during the war. His father was the embodiment of Victorian family values which led to a pretty disfunctional family . The series has been in print through a multitude of companies since they started coming out in the late 50s but it's impossible to find more than one or two in bookshops, thank heavens for Ebay, i've found all bar a couple there for very sensible prices.

Regards
Paul

 

Alexander Werth "Russia At War: 1941-1945", posted on June 24, 2004 at 14:44:38
mishmashmusic
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 And it is clocking in at over 950+ pages... Not for light readers!



 

As good as the hype, posted on June 27, 2004 at 17:22:09
Moldog


 
Read and heard many, well, yes, raves about Father Joe. Got it for Father's Day and just finished it. It's a wonderful spiritual journey, deeply moving. And I say that despite Mr. Hendra's being on the opposite political spectrum from myself. It's refreshing to read something about truths that transcend political passions, especially in this election year. Something we can all think about, "I do tend to think in black and white. Even though I know there are a hundered shades of gray. I've trained myself in paths of thought - 'ruts might be a better word - that reflexively denigrate certain people. People I don't agree with or have contempt for or whose motives I suspect. I must admit I haven't considered for years what effect that might have on my own moral state."

Ultimately, the book's a journey from contempt of people to contemptus mudi - not contempt, but detachment from the world. And the peace it brings.

 

On the Road! J.K., posted on August 3, 2004 at 06:55:39
Eldragon


 

Being avoiding it for so long, but it's good. Glad to pick it up!

 

Re: On the Road! J.K., posted on September 10, 2004 at 13:18:14
AudioHead


 
Have you read Ginsberg's 'Howl'? Caused quite a stir in mid 1950s.
Also recommended is Tom Wolfe's 'Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test', if
you haven't read it. ~AH

 

i'll check them out, thanks nt, posted on September 24, 2004 at 18:26:51
eldragon


 
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Re: Current reads. Reading the heavy stuff...................., posted on January 24, 2009 at 09:59:44
Tom B.


 

reading list is starting me off for 2009.........

Goethe's Faust I & II
Thomas Mann's Dr Faustus
Nietzsche Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Tolstoy's Anna Karenina & various short stories
Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov, Idiot, Crime and Punishment, Notes from the Underground

I've read all of the above (except Mann)2 or 3 times, but a good twenty years ago. After finishing this up..........I'll be going to Homer's Epic Poems and the rest of the Greeks with little Lucretius and Virgil thrown in for good measure.

In 2010....it's Dante's Divine Comedy....huba huba....which I've never read!

I'll be listening to great many shiny beer coasters while reading. This will keep my vinyl addiction under control.....hopefully

Tom B.

 

Haruki Murakami, posted on March 21, 2009 at 16:41:03
deaf_j
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 I just started his latest, "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running".

I knew he had owned a jazz bar from his earlier works, but in the blurb for this one he states he "has a passion for vintage LPs".

Just wanted to share.

My favorite current author.
One of the few whose works I can/must read two or three times.
Regards, Jerry

 

'North" Louis Ferdinand Celine (nt, posted on April 23, 2009 at 04:41:21
ElDragon
 nt
between people of equal fortune ideas don't count...
Louis Ferdinand Celine "North"

 

RE: Haruki Murakami, posted on March 26, 2011 at 15:05:10
robertd
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 He's my favorite writer too. I think he's the best living writer I know of, his story structures are amazing. He has a new one coming out later this year, can't wait.
fight the good fight



 

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