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beppe · 04-03-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

If possible, you should pay attention to "The Brothers Lionhart", which is very special, or "Ronja the Robber's Daughter".

There are very good news for the little ones in the family, if they develop book-mania like us. A quick check through Internet shows that many books by Astrid Lindgren are sold in Italian and they are very appreciated.

Bang Herman has two: Mikael and one that is translated i 4 diavoli.
Johannes V. Jensen (Nobel prize !!!) exists in English but I am afraid not as ebooks.

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Originally Posted by Ea

...I've never seen Titanic for example.

Me neither. And I never did let myself in a movie theater with a film by Lars von Trier after being through Breaking the Waves. I was with somebody and I felt that I had to sit there till the end. The beginning and the middle part were good, even specially good. But the end ... Never again. For that film also there was a huge following of enthusiasts. But Millenium is really quite good and after the first 500 pages of the first book, that are a little heavy to turn, it moves up to intense and continuous gratifications for the reader.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-03-2010, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Now beginning to read Neal Stephenson's Anathem, but I'm having some difficulties getting into it

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Oh No! Not Anathem!! I've tried it twice, deleted it altogether twice. It's so boring that it makes me angry and I purge it from my systems. Maybe it gets better farther in the book, but not worth my time to find out. Good luck with that!!

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Well I have to admit it's far from gripping so far. But I have liked other Stephenson books, so I'll try to at least get past the first few chapters...

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I can't seem to start it either. I got it in hardback as a gift when it first appeared and tried to start it several times, it was very tough to even begin, just seems difficult and overwhelming....somewhat akin to my reaction to James Joyce....can't much read his work either, but I continue to give it a shot now and then.

It's well worth persevering past those first few chapters, imo. Things start to make sense, the pace picks up.

jgaiser · 04-03-2010, 11:05 PM

Kindle is full of books I should be reading, but instead I'm busy with The Definitive Journal of Lewis and Clark Volume 2. Managed to pick up 12 of 13 volumes as remainders for the price of about two volumes from Amazon.

ImogenRose · 04-04-2010, 01:49 AM

I am reading PERFUME by Patrick Suskind. It's ot available in an e format (as far as I know), great book!

pdurrant · 04-04-2010, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Analog SF, May 2010. [...] a reliable source of good SF stories.

And I'll pick out the Novelette "A Talent for Vanessa" by David W. Goldman as being especially good in this issue, and I'm only half way through.

FlorenceArt · 04-04-2010, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by pholy

I read Life of Pi back when I was recovering from my first (and so far, only) heart attack. I found it very cheering, which I much needed at the time. Very much a sense of life goes on, no matter how oddly.

I think that's a very good description. I enjoyed the book too.

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

It's well worth persevering past those first few chapters, imo. Things start to make sense, the pace picks up.

Yes, the pace is starting to pick up now, and/or I'm getting used to the odd vocabulary and context (which I suppose is the point of those first chapters). I'm still reading it, and alternating with North and South which is just fascinating in its description of life and class struggles in the North of England in the mid-19th century. Very far from Jane Austen, and not as well written but very very interesting.

MickeyC · 04-04-2010, 05:28 PM

Just finished Concrete Underground by Moxie Mezcal, a freebie I picked up on MR. Pretty good read for Guerrilla Fiction.

Next up The Last Juror by John Grisham

kennyc · 04-04-2010, 07:14 PM

Just Finished Carl Sagan's The Demon Haunted World. Should be required reading in H.S. Science courses.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-04-2010, 09:35 PM

About to read the Hugo-nominated novella Palimpset, currently free to read online here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...est-intro.html

WT Sharpe · 04-04-2010, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

About to read the Hugo-nominated novella Palimpset, currently free to read online here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...est-intro.html

for that, Am!

roger the rabbit · 04-05-2010, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

About to read the Hugo-nominated novella Palimpset, currently free to read online here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...est-intro.html

Latinandgreek · 04-05-2010, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

About to read the Hugo-nominated novella Palimpset, currently free to read online here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...est-intro.html

Thanks!

FlorenceArt · 04-05-2010, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

About to read the Hugo-nominated novella Palimpset, currently free to read online here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...est-intro.html

Thanks, I downloaded it

Finished North and South, and now starting Jane Eyre

kennyc · 04-05-2010, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

About to read the Hugo-nominated novella Palimpset, currently free to read online here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...est-intro.html

Yes, thank you, thank you, thank you!

beppe · 04-05-2010, 10:25 AM

Hard times ahead.
With the ball season that opened Sunday (yesterday), the Stanley Cup starting in few days, there will be less and less time for reading, ah progress. The frantic rhythm of modern times. (See Foot Note)

If somebody is interested, I can point out two very nice novels about baseball. Of course the absolute must is Ball Four by Bouton (1970), but it is not available. Nevertheless, Mark Harris wrote two excellent stories in sequel:

The Southpaw (1953) and
Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)

that whas made into a good movie by the same title (1973) with Robert DeNiro playing the half-wit catcher. Both the novels are ebooks. I got them from eReader, some years ago, and I found them very enjoiable, if you like the game.

There is also a new book, The Bullpen Gospels by the now Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dirk Hayhurst. The book just came out. I do not know nothing about it. One might say what about the Natural (1952) by Malamud. With the 1984 movie starring Robert Redford. I put this more into literature than baseball stories. Although ...

Foot Note: Actually, there is nothing against following the ball game and reading. What can be more pleasurable than a lazy Sunday afternoon, spent on the couch with the feet up, a nice book on the reader and a nice game on the tube. It would help to be an octopus, though. One limb for the book, one for the can of beer, one for the zapper, one around the consenting adult, one for the chips, one for a sudden scratch. If one is a squid there will be 4 left, for more contemplative activities. Too bad that living in Europe, I have to be content with following the scores on Internet, late at night.

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04-03-2010, 11:05 PM	#4443
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	Kindle is full of books I should be reading, but instead I'm busy with The Definitive Journal of Lewis and Clark Volume 2. Managed to pick up 12 of 13 volumes as remainders for the price of about two volumes from Amazon.

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ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	I am reading PERFUME by Patrick Suskind. It's ot available in an e format (as far as I know), great book!

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MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Just finished Concrete Underground by Moxie Mezcal, a freebie I picked up on MR. Pretty good read for Guerrilla Fiction. Next up The Last Juror by John Grisham

04-04-2010, 07:14 PM	#4448
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,916 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Just Finished Carl Sagan's The Demon Haunted World. Should be required reading in H.S. Science courses.

04-04-2010, 09:35 PM	#4449
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	About to read the Hugo-nominated novella Palimpset, currently free to read online here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...est-intro.html

04-05-2010, 10:25 AM	#4455
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Hard times ahead. With the ball season that opened Sunday (yesterday), the Stanley Cup starting in few days, there will be less and less time for reading, ah progress. The frantic rhythm of modern times. (See Foot Note) If somebody is interested, I can point out two very nice novels about baseball. Of course the absolute must is Ball Four by Bouton (1970), but it is not available. Nevertheless, Mark Harris wrote two excellent stories in sequel: The Southpaw (1953) and Bang the Drum Slowly (1956) that whas made into a good movie by the same title (1973) with Robert DeNiro playing the half-wit catcher. Both the novels are ebooks. I got them from eReader, some years ago, and I found them very enjoiable, if you like the game. There is also a new book, The Bullpen Gospels by the now Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dirk Hayhurst. The book just came out. I do not know nothing about it. One might say what about the Natural (1952) by Malamud. With the 1984 movie starring Robert Redford. I put this more into literature than baseball stories. Although ... Foot Note: Actually, there is nothing against following the ball game and reading. What can be more pleasurable than a lazy Sunday afternoon, spent on the couch with the feet up, a nice book on the reader and a nice game on the tube. It would help to be an octopus, though. One limb for the book, one for the can of beer, one for the zapper, one around the consenting adult, one for the chips, one for a sudden scratch. If one is a squid there will be 4 left, for more contemplative activities. Too bad that living in Europe, I have to be content with following the scores on Internet, late at night.