04-05-2013, 09:10 AM | #16171 |
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I've always enjoyed "Barchester Towers"; I usually read it every 5 or six years. I read "Phineas Finn" and "The Eustace Diamonds" about 20 years ago, but for some reason did not read the precursor. After I'm finished, I'll probably reread the sequels.
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04-05-2013, 09:14 AM | #16172 |
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I didn't realize it was available in audio. It has a wonderful opening (and the perfect title), but the size of the thing has always daunted me. Perhaps audio with a good reader would be the way to go.
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04-05-2013, 10:36 AM | #16173 |
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Virgil Flowers is always a good read.
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04-05-2013, 10:49 AM | #16174 | |
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I bought his narration of The Eustace Diamonds as well, but am saving it for a long trip. |
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04-05-2013, 11:45 AM | #16175 | |
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04-05-2013, 01:48 PM | #16176 | |
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I am reading the Book Club selection of A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that I had thought to have read before, but I had not. I am really enjoying the story and, yes, I enjoy the TV program "Elementary". |
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04-05-2013, 02:24 PM | #16177 | |
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04-05-2013, 04:08 PM | #16178 |
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Yup, it's pretty good. Especially the earlier ones.
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04-05-2013, 07:51 PM | #16179 |
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The government of North Korea has a website available with a list of articles such as the following entitled, "ON STAMPING OUT THE IDEOLOGICALLY EVIL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ANTI-PARTY, COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ELEMENTS AND ESTABLISHING THE PARTY'S MONOLITHIC IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM." (excerpt below)
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If anyone is fan of dystopian novels such as George Orwell's 1984 you may find reading articles such as these of interest. The articles are available at the Official Webpage of North Korea at the following link; http://www.korea-dpr.com/e_library.html |
04-06-2013, 06:12 AM | #16180 |
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Thanks for that. I'm always surprised when people refer to 1984 as dated, or no longer relevant. In a way that attitude itself is scarier to me than what you posted.
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04-06-2013, 02:14 PM | #16182 | |
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04-06-2013, 02:32 PM | #16183 |
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04-06-2013, 02:58 PM | #16184 |
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Finished up the last two books in Patrick Lee's Breach trilogy (Ghost Country and Deep Sky). Over the top, action-packed, time-travelly thriller-type stuff. Very shallow entertainment. I really enjoyed the first book (The Breach), but the last two weren't quite as appealing. Still fun all-in-all (and quick), but there's a bit too much standing around pre-educating the reader about fake future-tech that's going to be integral to the trippy stuff coming later. That wouldn't be bad in itself except that it's always done via brainstorming sessions between the same handful of characters--and it's rarely very subtle about it.
Started reading Nick Harkaway's Angelmaker (Winner of The Kitschies prestigious Red Tentacle award). Weird, but I'm finding his style of writing deliciously amusing. I'm chuckling and snorting right along. |
04-06-2013, 03:33 PM | #16185 | |
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