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Urbane Guerrilla · 09-08-2005, 03:58 PM

Grant, if you feel like taking a short break from that, try Ezra Pound's sestina Altaforte. Sometimes both words appear in the title, parted by a colon. It'll put the hair up on the back of your neck; Bertrans de Born was a man who was right over the edge -- and no mean poet, in medieval French, himself. Then lateral over to Joe Haldeman's Saul's Death for another spooky exercise in the sestina verse form.

wolf · 09-21-2005, 01:42 AM

Just finished The Runaway Jury by John Grisham.

I'm not much into Grisham, but it was an entertaining story.

And it worked SOOOOO much better with the tobacco companies as the bad guys.

melidasaur · 09-21-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun_Sparkz

i am reading "Desert Flower" by Waris (who is apparently a big model)

it is so inteesting to think that she is now a famous millionaire, but grew up in the desert, being genitally mutillated and chased by lions and now Elton John owns the rights to her autobiography!!

It is a bit of a stomach turner though, everytime she gets raped in the desert, or gets her naughty bits chopped off.. i get all woozy and have to put the book down and curl up under a blanket and rock myself to sleep :*

but all aside, it a great book, inspires you to get off the couch and do something useful.. like feed the cats or something.

meh, goodnight.

Thank you for the book recommendation... I just finished it and I really enjoyed it. I really respect her - and I never would have thought that I would have said that about a model.

Bruce 9012 · 10-12-2005, 04:28 AM

DEEPSIX.
Jack Mcdevitt
sorry,ya'll It's good sci fi in my faster
than light universe.

Trilby · 10-12-2005, 11:21 AM

Reading: The Women's Room--Marilyn French
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead--Stoppard (play)

Happy Monkey · 10-12-2005, 11:50 AM

Now: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Next: Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman

melidasaur · 10-12-2005, 12:51 PM

I'm in a book slump... I keep getting these books that have the dumbest endings.

I just finished this book called "Babes in Captivity" - a sort of Desparate Housewives type of book... and it was lame.

busterb · 10-12-2005, 08:04 PM

One World, Ready or Not. By W. Greider. Don't think I'll make the finish.

wolf · 10-12-2005, 09:41 PM

Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and The Crusades)

Everybody needs to read this.

Seriously.

kelliekd · 10-12-2005, 09:59 PM

Sorry, I admit that i haven't read the whole thread yet, but is anyone still reading or finished the Dark Tower series? I am in the midst of Song Of Susannah, but it is an audiobook, therefore VERY slow going. I am just hoping that the end is not a bust, i read the poem the series is based on by Robert Browning (I think), and the ending doesn't leave much to anticipate. Besides that I am reading The Jungle and Slaughterhouse Five.

Clodfobble · 10-12-2005, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kelliekd

...is anyone still reading or finished the Dark Tower series?

I'm waiting for the last one to come out in trade paperback. I enjoyed the new additions to the series but had several eye-rolling moments in Song of Susannah. The ending is worth it, but there's a little section about 3/4ths of the way through that I just couldn't take seriously. You'll know it when you get there.

I'm reading Zodiac, the least-known work by Neal Stephenson, and I'm enjoying it very much. I think it was marketed poorly--the cover calls it an "eco-thriller," but it's totally not. Environmentalism (which is totally not my thing) is not what this book is about.

crossfire · 10-15-2005, 04:56 PM

harry potter 2 is the best

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-18-2005, 05:28 AM

I didn't like HP 2 or 3 as much as HP 1 and 4. Books 5 and 6 are at least as strong as Book 4.

wolf · 10-18-2005, 11:34 AM

Entebbe by Iddo Netanyahu (youngest brother of Yoni and Bibi)

kelliekd · 10-18-2005, 09:38 PM

I think one of the coolest things about Harry Potter is that the books grow with the kids they were written for. It gets more intense and in-depth as the kids that started reading the series grow old enough to understand.

I am half-way through Song Of Susannah, and they just now jumped to Jake and Callahan, frustrating because they are my favorite characters.

09-08-2005, 03:58 PM	#241
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Grant, if you feel like taking a short break from that, try Ezra Pound's sestina Altaforte. Sometimes both words appear in the title, parted by a colon. It'll put the hair up on the back of your neck; Bertrans de Born was a man who was right over the edge -- and no mean poet, in medieval French, himself. Then lateral over to Joe Haldeman's Saul's Death for another spooky exercise in the sestina verse form. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-21-2005, 01:42 AM	#242
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Just finished The Runaway Jury by John Grisham. I'm not much into Grisham, but it was an entertaining story. And it worked SOOOOO much better with the tobacco companies as the bad guys. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-12-2005, 11:21 AM	#245
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Reading: The Women's Room--Marilyn French Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead--Stoppard (play) __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-12-2005, 11:50 AM	#246
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Now: The Picture of Dorian Gray Next: Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-12-2005, 12:51 PM	#247
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I'm in a book slump... I keep getting these books that have the dumbest endings. I just finished this book called "Babes in Captivity" - a sort of Desparate Housewives type of book... and it was lame. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

10-12-2005, 04:28 AM	#244
Bruce 9012 Living in the blast crater Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dayton, Oh Posts: 123	DEEPSIX. Jack Mcdevitt sorry,ya'll It's good sci fi in my faster than light universe.

10-12-2005, 08:04 PM	#248
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	One World, Ready or Not. By W. Greider. Don't think I'll make the finish. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-12-2005, 09:41 PM	#249
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and The Crusades) Everybody needs to read this. Seriously. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-12-2005, 09:59 PM	#250
kelliekd Internet window-shopper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ga Posts: 37	Sorry, I admit that i haven't read the whole thread yet, but is anyone still reading or finished the Dark Tower series? I am in the midst of Song Of Susannah, but it is an audiobook, therefore VERY slow going. I am just hoping that the end is not a bust, i read the poem the series is based on by Robert Browning (I think), and the ending doesn't leave much to anticipate. Besides that I am reading The Jungle and Slaughterhouse Five.

10-15-2005, 04:56 PM	#252
crossfire The White Rapper Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 233	harry potter 2 is the best

10-18-2005, 05:28 AM	#253
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I didn't like HP 2 or 3 as much as HP 1 and 4. Books 5 and 6 are at least as strong as Book 4. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-18-2005, 11:34 AM	#254
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Entebbe by Iddo Netanyahu (youngest brother of Yoni and Bibi) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-18-2005, 09:38 PM	#255
kelliekd Internet window-shopper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ga Posts: 37	I think one of the coolest things about Harry Potter is that the books grow with the kids they were written for. It gets more intense and in-depth as the kids that started reading the series grow old enough to understand. I am half-way through Song Of Susannah, and they just now jumped to Jake and Callahan, frustrating because they are my favorite characters.

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