The funny twists I meant were Dominic's. But HP is no worse than [insert
schlock of preference] & better than that awful overrated bore, TLOTR
(not the Mexican god, who is GREAT).
mj
Roger Day wrote:
>And I'm currently reading a collected edition of a quartet of Nan
>Shepherd's work, "The Weatherhouse" being an excellent book. Wonderful
>writer even if I don't fully understand the lallans (that's what I
>think it's called).
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>Just finished reading a quartet of books by Vonnegut - Good Bless You,
>Mr Rosewater, Slaughterhouse 5, Breakfast of Champions, and Midnight's
>something or other. Fascinating stuff. By the time I "finished my
>essay" on SH5, I had come to the conclusion that KV was - and probably
>still is - an American isolationist. Still, an interesting romp around
>a still controversial subject.
>
>Yes, yes. People tell me HP is "funny", "plot twists" etc, I just nod
>pleasantly and say, "is that so?" I hope the HP slippers are comfy.
>
>Have we morphed into a "what I am reading" thread? I blame dominic.
>
>Roger
>On 7/18/05, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>Yes. I have a French edition of Proust that keeps staring at me from
>>the bookshelf. I've not picked up the courage to attempt to read it
>>yet.
>>
>>Roger
>>
>>On 7/18/05, MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>Actually, quite funny twists, Roger - I read the first couple of
>>>volumes, then stopped, reasoning that life could be far better employed
>>>reading Proust, which I started, hundred or so pages - however, I then
>>>started reading the original version of *Portrait of a Lady*, which I
>>>interrupted to remind myself of the virtues of Michael Moorcock's
>>>Cornelius quartet. I'm finishing Huxley's *Time must have a stop* now,
>>>with Proust firmly on the agenda...
>>>mj
>>>Roger Day wrote:
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>>>>Happily, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Except
>>>>for Bush. It disturbs me that I know far too much about him.
>>>>
>>>>Roger
>>>>
>>>>On 7/18/05, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>>>Only one more book to go. Personally, I hope for the following outcomes:
>>>>>
>>>>>i) Harry finds out he's gay, thanks to Snape who finally confesses his
>>>>>secret love for the plucky young wizard before initiating him into the
>>>>>erotic secrets of pugnomancy and wand-play.
>>>>>ii) Quidditch is banned after a team of statisticians from the
>>>>>Ministry of Magic point out that the scoring system is, like, totally
>>>>>whack.
>>>>>iii) Hogwarts scores very badly in its OFSTED report, and is placed
>>>>>under special measures. Private investment is sought to turn the
>>>>>school into a City Academy, sponsored by Accenture and Bernard
>>>>>Matthews and specialising in Teenage Pregnancy Prevention and How To
>>>>>Win At Big Brother.
>>>>>iv) Hermione leaves Hogwarts to take up a place on a Women's Studies
>>>>>course at East Sussex University, becomes deputy women's officer at
>>>>>the NUS, spends half her time demonstrating condom use to gormless
>>>>>freshers and the other half trying to get Nuts and Zoo banned from the
>>>>>shop in the student union.
>>>>>v) Voldemort appointed Attorney General by Bush, following death of
>>>>>Alberto Gonzalez in mysterious circumstances; Death Eaters appointed
>>>>>to senior positions in CIA, generally over prone bodies of previous
>>>>>incumbents; Bush hails new research into "prestidigitatious
>>>>>techniques" as having particular utility in the ongoing "War On
>>>>>Impurity".
>>>>>
>>>>>Dominic
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>--
>>>Flow My Tears is a novel of nonstop intrigue set sometime in the future of an alternate reality. It has a great ending and really makes you think about life and similar things. - Online review by Keith.
>>>
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>>>
>>--
>>http://www.badstep.net
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Flow My Tears is a novel of nonstop intrigue set sometime in the future of an alternate reality. It has a great ending and really makes you think about life and similar things. - Online review by Keith.
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