01-20-2013, 09:23 AM | #15361 |
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Good Luck. I posted in the "books that changed your life" that Stranger was one on my list. of course it's a different age these days than it was then...
Please do let me/us know what you think, particularly since you'll be reading it for the first time. |
01-20-2013, 09:31 AM | #15362 |
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I quite like the first half of Stranger in a Strange land, even now ... it's the second half where it starts to fall apart for me. I find that with a lot of Heinlein's longer works. As Kenny notes, it was a different time then, I seem to remember enjoying the whole book when I first read it.
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01-20-2013, 10:33 AM | #15363 |
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Stranger in a Strange Land is one of those books you either love or hate - Me, I think I liked it .
Currently reading one of 5 recent downloads from Patricia's Library .... by Howard Browne; having given up on Dickens' Edwin Drood. I have To Kill a Mockingbird lined up for later |
01-20-2013, 12:03 PM | #15364 |
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To Say Nothing of the Dog was a fun read. After finishing it, I considered reading something by Larry Brown, but after getting lost in Goodreads , I ended up with Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. A mystery set in the rural American South.
I haven't seen the movie yet since I wanted to read the book first, but I'll probably see it soon. Looking forward to hearing what you think of the book. |
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01-20-2013, 12:35 PM | #15366 |
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Flippin' between Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton, Death Without Company by Craig Johnson, and John Irving's Last Night in Twisted River. I'm just playing the field until one of them "sets the hook" and reels me into an exclusive relationship.
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01-20-2013, 01:27 PM | #15369 | |
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01-20-2013, 02:22 PM | #15370 |
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01-20-2013, 05:38 PM | #15372 |
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Kenny, did you see my review of Kraken?
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01-20-2013, 05:44 PM | #15373 |
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This: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ostcount=15137
Yes. And thank you! I've not read it, but have tried to read several of his stories and novels and have yet to get beyond a few pages. |
01-20-2013, 07:41 PM | #15374 |
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I'm currently reading Barrayar by Bujold and it's knocking my socks off. Not a very action packed novel but it's just so well written that it's absolutely addictive.
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01-20-2013, 07:43 PM | #15375 |
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Give War of the Roses a go if you want a story of a couple going at each other in various ways.
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