What book is everyone reading at the moment?
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Howie Felterbush
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The Name of the Rose- Umberto Eco.
Good story, but too much Latin.
Good story, but too much Latin.
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Just Before Dark and The Woman Lit By Fireflies, both by Jim Harrison, the former being a collection of his essays/articles/book reviews over the years, the latter 3 novellas, the first of which is called Brown Dog, the name of the protagonist/central character who also featured in Jim's novella The Seven Ounce Man from his novel Julip, and is among my favourite of Mr. Harrison's characters. I always enjoy Jim's writing, he doesn't always bother much with plot but his use of language is great (though John Edgar Wideman is my favourite when it comes to what he's able to do with language) and he always uplifts me just enough to face another day after whatever setback/disappointment I've just landed under (in this case having all the meat out of my fridge and freezer stolen by a woman I had once considered a friend). Not really a bestselling author (though Legends Of The Fall did make him rich for a while) but then I never read many of those (only one that comes to mind is John D. MacDonald).
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arthwollipot
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I love the bit where he spends six pages describing a door.The Name of the Rose- Umberto Eco.
Good story, but too much Latin.
What can I say? It was a heck of a door!
Howie Felterbush
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I'm taking breaks from Rose with Something of Value, by Robert Ruark. My Swahili is better than my Latin.
The Latin isn't translated? In the copy I'm reading there's all the Latin phrases translated in the end of the book.My Swahili is better than my Latin.
Howie Felterbush
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Unfortunately, no. Maybe I got the expurgated version, you know, the one without the gannet.
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Exactly why I didn't get very far!
A Brief History of the Human Race - Michael Cook
A good companion to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel.
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William Gibson, all TOMORROW'S Parties. Yeah, I know, so last century.
CptColumbo
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Just finished Under the Dome by Stephen King. It went a lot quicker than I thought it would, for being 1072 pages long. I actually wish there had been more, because the denoument was so short.
The book has elements of Lord of the Flies and Kurt Vonnegut's work in it, with some politcal and enviromental commentary thrown in.
The book has elements of Lord of the Flies and Kurt Vonnegut's work in it, with some politcal and enviromental commentary thrown in.
Get "The Key to The Name of the Rose".
http://tinyurl.com/yl298tm
Everything translated and much additional material.
David Clark in Southern Maryland, USA
Stephenson is right there with Umberto Eco among my favorite living authors. I'm presently reading his Baroque Cycle.
David Clark in Southern Maryland, USA
The Brethren, a history of the supreme court in the 1970s. Very interesting. The authors are well known for their liberal political views, but they most definitely do NOT write an "how evil Nixon created a conservative supreme court to destroy liberalism" book, but a balanced, fascinating autobiography of all the different judges, who come out as complex human beings with both positive and negative traits.
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