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).
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:
> 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:
> > 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:
> >
> > >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:
> > >
> > >
> > >>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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