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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:12:08 +1300, Miche wrote:

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Jake wrote:

Right now, I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and a piece that explores the
racial themes of Ralph Ellison's Invisible man.

Am I the only person who thinks The Silmarillion makes really good
in-flight reading?

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

I don't flight much , but I bet it does.

Jake

--
My favorite animal is steak.--Fran Lebowitz

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Jake wrote:

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:12:08 +1300, Miche wrote:

In article ,
Jake wrote:

Right now, I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and a piece that explores the
racial themes of Ralph Ellison's Invisible man.

Am I the only person who thinks The Silmarillion makes really good
in-flight reading?

I don't flight much , but I bet it does.

I don't fly much either, but I will be flying quite a bit in Nov, Dec
and Jan. (Trip to a wedding in the North Island, then another one to
Australia over New Year.)

I can't stand the lightweight pap that gets passed off as "in-flight
reading".

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

"Chakolate" wrote in message
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"Lindabird" wrote in
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I, too, like children's/young adult literature. I've read the Artemis
Fowl series as well as the Potter books. "Holes" was good, as was the
"Remnants" series by K. A. Applegate. I highly recommend them all.


If you like those, check out Anne McCaffrey's Pern series.

Thanks for the suggestion - I just ordered the first 3 from half.com ...
I'll see how I like them!

--
Bird
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Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 03:04:54 -0400, LobsterInGarlicButter
wrote:


And just for fun....what is everyone else reading?

Since I've just stacked my library request list with everyone else's
recomendations, I thought I'd better add mine.

Just finished 'Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne' by David
Starkey - a little dry, but interesting with some new insights. It
did leave me wishing that he'd continue his work and write something
on her later years. Also recently finished 'Drowning Ruth' by
Christina Schwarz. I hadn't expected to like it, but picked it up at
a yard sale and was pleasantly surprised. Picking up 'White Oleander'
by Janet Fitch next.

Liz

5'8" 215/171/135
lc started: Jul 9 '02

Nancy Howells wrote in message ...
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(The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote:


I'm reading several things, some "mind candy" and some serious material.
I'm reading "The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Flaws" as serious
material (e.g., work-related). As non-work serious material, I'm
reading "What's at Stake on Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which is sort of
a series of thesis-like commentaries on the social implications of the
series. Ok, I'm a theoretical geek.

On the mind-candy front, I'm reading Martha Grimes' "Foul Matter." So
far, so good.

Hi, Nancy --- saw your posting & have a follow-up for you... Foul
Matter has been described in print as a burp that never happans...
what do you think of it? Have you read other tomes from MG, such as
the Inspect. Jury novels? Another question... can you give me an idea
where one finds the Buffy commentaries, I'd like to have a go at
that.

And, do you know that Buffy still lives? Season 8 is being offered (in
transcript form only) on the net.

Schalti, Berlin 17.10.23003

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(schalti) wrote:



Hi, Nancy --- saw your posting & have a follow-up for you... Foul
Matter has been described in print as a burp that never happans...
what do you think of it? Have you read other tomes from MG, such as
the Inspect. Jury novels? Another question... can you give me an idea
where one finds the Buffy commentaries, I'd like to have a go at
that.

And, do you know that Buffy still lives? Season 8 is being offered (in
transcript form only) on the net.

Schalti, Berlin 17.10.23003

Hi!

I'm not enjoying Foul Matter as much as the Jury novels, that's certain.

The Buffy commentaries (What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer is
one of them) I purchased on Amazon - do a search on BTVS to find them!

I didn't know about Season 8 - is this actually being put forth by the
same writer(s) or is it fanfic?

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).

Thanks for the info – I have FM on the shelf and will need to read it
as soon as The Grave Maurice has turned "the last lap". My impression
is – in this book and in FM - MG is finally getting back to a state of
giving some concern to terseness, a tendency that she displayed
admirably in End of the Pier

About Buffy – yes, it is a small group of fans who are writing the
scripts . Over the last year I have been downloading the transcripts
of the first seven years and Season 8 continues without skipping a
beat. Very professional and very entertaining. Their website also
looks professional, you can have a look at Season 8, episode 1 at this
URL: http://www.childrenofthenightatsbtvs...=&threadid=996

And, thanks for the tip about the Buffy Commentaries…
Schalti, Berlin 19.10.2003