Topic 1 of 57: Introduce yourself
Mon, Sep 23, 1996 (00:16) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Introductions
165 responses total.
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Response 1 of 165: Pixy God (PixyGod) * Sat, Sep 28, 1996 (19:19) * 3 lines
hello I am new here,
will anybody talk to me
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Response 2 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Sep 29, 1996 (01:11) * 2 lines
Sure, what do you like to talk about?
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Response 3 of 165: nth (nth) * Sun, Oct 6, 1996 (23:53) * 1 lines
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Response 4 of 165: Mika-Petri Lauronen (Mixu) * Mon, Nov 4, 1996 (08:04) * 2 lines
The best thing in the soap operas is that
they make people to read more.
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Response 5 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 4, 1996 (09:58) * 1 lines
And game shows make them want to read even more. Welcome back!
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Response 6 of 165: Harkle (Harkle) * Sat, Nov 16, 1996 (18:55) * 3 lines
hello
whats up
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Response 7 of 165: Harkle (Harkle) * Sat, Nov 16, 1996 (18:55) * 2 lines
Is anyone here?
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Response 8 of 165: Harkle (Harkle) * Sat, Nov 16, 1996 (18:56) * 2 lines
Guess not Bye!
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Response 9 of 165: Amy (Amy) * Thu, Nov 21, 1996 (19:44) * 6 lines
Terry, okay if we come in here until you set up our own place?
Thanks. Or should we go to TV. It is entirely empty.
Amy
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Response 10 of 165: Amy Bellinger (Amy) * Thu, Nov 21, 1996 (21:17) * 32 lines
Can't start a new topic in the TV conference. I even tried to cheat and got the URL syntax from another conference. But no.
So! Good evening gang. Yes, this shall be another nice temp place to hang out in addition to the chat room and Alicia's page. We are kind of like the Jews aren't we. But we are determined to have our own nation while we accept the shelter of kind world citizens.
Thanks, Terry for putting us up. You may find it also involved putting up with us and our numbers and obsession. But we are polite, clean up after ourselves and we are only slightly offcolor and then only once in a while. 14 year old girls have sought and received permission from their mothers to talk with us.
Here are the pre-defined topics I gave Terry for the new conference. I wanted to supply him with them without delay, so just dashed them off in two minutes. They are:
Drooling over Darcy and Firth
Maurice virtual view discussion
Irony and morality threads continued
P&P1 VirtView
Clean up from R&V -- lingering book/film comparison notes
Hormones, cycles, pheromones, romance and rumors
The chat room is fun
Plans for the revival of the board
Later,
Amy
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Response 11 of 165: Kali Pappas (Kali) * Thu, Nov 21, 1996 (22:05) * 5 lines
Amy! Has anyone else been here? I'm heading over to the chat room...
Bye!
- K
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Response 12 of 165: Amy (Amy) * Thu, Nov 21, 1996 (22:14) * 6 lines
Yeah, Kali, HC and Julie. though I cannot see that they have posted. If you go back up to the "Books conference" link at the top of this page, it takes you to a page with a link to "Users" in list form with the date signed.
How do you like this format? Hard to get used to but I think it might have possibilities.
Amy
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Response 13 of 165: Arnessa (Arnessa) * Thu, Nov 21, 1996 (22:26) * 6 lines
Hey, Amy. I think this format could be good for the meantime.
Our exile is turning out to be quite an interesting experience. Everyone has been so resourceful!
I'm heading over to chat now. Hope to catch up with you, Kali.
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Response 14 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Nov 21, 1996 (23:11) * 1 lines
Welcome, austen is now a happening conference. It's up to you to create the topics.
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Response 15 of 165: Dani in Alaska (Dani) * Fri, Nov 29, 1996 (15:45) * 1 lines
Hi all! Has anyone posted in here about any actual books they've read or is this just a stopping place/stepping stone for other conferences? As you might be able to tell, I'm VERY new here :)
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Response 16 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 29, 1996 (16:45) * 3 lines
No, no, no. This is not just a stepping stone. This is a full blown
conference on books. Talk about books you're actually reading (or even
books you're pretending to read). Go books!!!
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Response 17 of 165: Rejena Girton (Rejena) * Wed, Jan 1, 1997 (21:49) * 9 lines
Terry,
I have a book I am reading right now it is Fantastic!
The book, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings", the author; MAYA ANGELOU.
Fabulous writer, good text, and an autobiography at that. 1969.
I became interested in Ms. Angelou by seeing a conference she spoke at on CSPAN of all things. It was at Boston College. I was struck by her wonderful voice and the words came second. Now, that I am reading "I Know Why...." I find out that the words have so much more meaning.
Rejena
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Response 18 of 165: Rejena Girton (Rejena) * Wed, Jan 1, 1997 (21:50) * 9 lines
Terry,
I have a book I am reading right now it is Fantastic!
The book, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings", the author; MAYA ANGELOU.
Fabulous writer, good text, and an autobiography at that. 1969.
I became interested in Ms. Angelou by seeing a conference she spoke at on CSPAN of all things. It was at Boston College. I was struck by her wonderful voice and the words came second. Now, that I am reading "I Know Why...." I find out that the words have so much more meaning.
Rejena
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Response 19 of 165: Rejena Girton (Rejena) * Wed, Jan 1, 1997 (21:59) * 9 lines
Terry,
I have a book I am reading right now it is Fantastic!
The book, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings", the author; MAYA ANGELOU.
Fabulous writer, good text, and an autobiography at that. 1969.
I became interested in Ms. Angelou by seeing a conference she spoke at on CSPAN of all things. It was at Boston College. I was struck by her wonderful voice and the words came second. Now, that I am reading "I Know Why...." I find out that the words have so much more meaning.
Rejena
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Response 20 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jan 1, 1997 (23:36) * 2 lines
I like Maya, welcome rejena.
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Response 21 of 165: Allison Allen (Allison) * Thu, Feb 6, 1997 (16:47) * 8 lines
Hi! I'm new here too. It's good to find some others that still enjoy the lost
art of reading. I have a general question. I moved around a lot during high
school, therefore missing a lot of the basic required high school reading and reading a lot of books more than once. Now that I have finished school (at least for now) I am going back and reading these American high school staples.
What I am asking of you is for input on which ones I must read and immediately.
A poll of sorts on the best of the classics.
I would appreciate anyone's opinion.
Thanks,
Allison
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Response 22 of 165: chen jiaxin (chenjiaxin) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (07:39) * 5 lines
hi allison allen
i am new here and most surprisingly of all to you and everybody here i am loging from main land china the p r c.
and the book i think you read first is wuthering height by EMILY BRONTE.
DO LET ME KNOW YR FAVORITES
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Response 23 of 165: chen jiaxin (chenjiaxin) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (07:40) * 5 lines
hi allison allen
i am new here and most surprisingly of all to you and everybody here i am loging from main land china the p r c.
and the book i think you read first is wuthering height by EMILY BRONTE.
DO LET ME KNOW YR FAVORITES
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Response 24 of 165: chen jiaxin (chenjiaxin) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (07:41) * 5 lines
HI MRS. ALLISON ALLEN
ARE YOU THERE ? CAN YOU REACH ME?
DO LET ME KNOW ?
THANKS
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Response 25 of 165: aubrey (aubrey) * Mon, Apr 14, 1997 (10:45) * 2 lines
Howdy--I've clomped all over the other conferences and thought I'd barge in here too! About all I read are British spy novels, and since I've about exhausted that genre, I've started in on British mysteries. Maybe I'll start a topic on that since I've got a lot to say and ask! What a limited focus! you think. But it keeps me happy and I've never been one to read something to impress others llike so many in my "Fairly Good Books Club" (the only reason I venture from my mysteries). I read not wisely bu
too well--that is, too quickly and voraciously. Let me cruise around and see what's up in these book topics!
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Response 26 of 165: Sean P. Murphy (Murfee) * Sat, Apr 19, 1997 (13:28) * 2 lines
Hello, I am new to this conference session. I am here looking for some assistance. I hae an AP English due on Monday on "Darkness at Noon', a book written by Arthur Koestler. If you are familiar with this author, the writing, or this period in Russia, please "jump" in.
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Response 27 of 165: Kaye Erickson (Mkaye) * Sat, Aug 16, 1997 (18:06) * 2 lines
Hi all: I'm new to all this too. Surprised tofind so few responses. Haven't any of you read Snow Falling on Cedars, or Postcards or Song of Solomon of any of the fabulous works out there now? Have a wonderful one for you to try; Down from Troy by Richard Selzer. Author is a retired surgeon, writer about his childhoon, his profession, his family. Great wordsmith. Says his mother wanted to be an opera singer but her voice was too small. She sounded 'like a little mouse ringing a tiny silver bell'.
ry it you'll love it.
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Response 28 of 165: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (22:44) * 1 lines
Hi! Loved Wuthering Heights.........
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Response 29 of 165: Martha Livingston (arthamom) * Sun, Jan 4, 1998 (17:21) * 3 lines
Hi. I used to read a lot, and I miss it. I was brought up on "the classics" (as defined by Waldenbooks--Twain,London, Hardy, Shakespeare, not so much Virgil and Homer) and then learned about "contemporary classics" (like Kerouac, Atwood, Angelou) in college, and then started working in book stores and tried to read everything! I learned about Anne Tyler and Alice Hoffman , Armistad Maupin and John Fowles...and I learned the joy of reading good mysteries and good science fiction from my customers...but now
that I'm out of the business, I'm also out of touch. Since I had a child a year and a half ago, I'm lucky to read a book a month--I fall asleep when I try to read. (I'm turning into my mother--only she had SIX kids to gum up her brain!) I'm very excited to have discovered this forum for discussion...I've tried chatting, and I can't keep up, and the book chat lines never seem to talk about books!
I liked Wuthering Heights, but I loved Jane Eyre! I'm way more like a Jane than a Kathy--submerged passion and all that jazz!
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Response 30 of 165: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sun, Jan 4, 1998 (17:54) * 9 lines
welcome, martha... hope you can help invigorate
this conference... hasn't been enough action
here these past few weeks (afraid colin firth
is sucking it's life away)...
check out the top ten... add your own (that's
usually at least a temporary activity stimulus)...
could probably use some additional topics, too
(any suggestions? was talk not long ago re: history/
civil war topic, but it seems to have firth-ed away...)
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Response 31 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (19:05) * 1 lines
Welcome Martha! I have a 3 and 5 year old, and I can tell you (vis a vis reading good books) that there's a tunnel with a pinprick of light at the end of it! I read more books in '97 than the preceding 5 years combined, and I'm hoping to break out of my regular routine this year by reading some divergent tastes (i.e., anything not starring Colin Firth, Nick!) :)
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Response 32 of 165: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (21:02) * 3 lines
delighted to hear it (though
i never suspected you to be
among the firth-ers, autumn)
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Response 33 of 165: Martha Livingston (arthamom) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (21:12) * 1 lines
There is hope!
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Response 34 of 165: Wolf (Wolf) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (22:14) * 1 lines
Got a 4 and 8 year old and I can relate! But, as Autumn says, there's light! I read whenever I get a quiet moment (rare-usually when everybody's in bed!)
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Response 35 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Wed, Jan 7, 1998 (13:24) * 1 lines
That's high praise coming from you, Nick! What are you reading these days, Wolf?
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Response 36 of 165: Wolf (Wolf) * Wed, Jan 7, 1998 (22:20) * 2 lines
Kathleen Woodiwiss' Petals on the River. Love her stuff. yeah, I know, gushy
romance stuff, but it's gooooooood (live vicariously *wink*)
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Response 37 of 165: kay (kay) * Wed, Jan 7, 1998 (22:20) * 3 lines
Hello,
I'm from Nevada and i just got on line.
Love books and reading. Mostly of the historical romance.
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Response 38 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jan 18, 1998 (00:25) * 3 lines
Welcome, Kay!
Historical romance would be the wife's department,
but I'm glad you found us.
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Response 39 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 18, 1998 (07:59) * 4 lines
Really glad you found us, Kay. We hquite a literary contingent
here, mostly hanging out in the drool, the bronte and the book conferences.
Check these out!
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Response 40 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Jan 18, 1998 (22:17) * 1 lines
Hi Kay! Don't forget to post your top 10 list in this conference so we can rip it apart (just kidding!!) :)
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Response 41 of 165: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 18, 1998 (22:42) * 2 lines
Glad you came Kay. Don't worry about drool-lemme give you the low down-
they're all firthing!
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Response 42 of 165: kay (kay) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (12:35) * 1 lines
Thanks for the welcome. Now i guess i'll brouse the other topics here. Is that ok?
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Response 43 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (15:50) * 1 lines
The doors are open, ma'am.
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Response 44 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (19:43) * 2 lines
It's more than ok!
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Response 45 of 165: Elizabeth Jordan (shortyj) * Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (14:16) * 1 lines
Has anyone read Wuthering Heights?
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Response 46 of 165: Elizabeth Jordan (shortyj) * Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (14:17) * 1 lines
Hello?
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Response 47 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (14:24) * 5 lines
Hi, Elizabeth!
(Just post a message and come back later to see what's up...
it's not a chatroom around here, even if some of us act like
it is sometimes...)
Anyway, look around, and enjoy!
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Response 48 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (22:06) * 1 lines
"Wuthering Heights"? Whoa, you've come to the right place, Elizabeth! How 'bout that Heathcliff?
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Response 49 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (13:25) * 1 lines
loved the book!
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Response 50 of 165: Natalie Matos (bold) * Fri, Apr 10, 1998 (15:17) * 2 lines
This is my first time here. Can someone tell me how this works.
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Response 51 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 10, 1998 (16:41) * 3 lines
Hi, and Welcome!
Do what you just did, and come back every so often and see if
anyone has responded...
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Response 52 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Apr 13, 1998 (10:21) * 2 lines
that's WER, clear and consise, albeit a little vague!
Welcome Natalie, feel free to wander around and explore the other conferences, when you wander back to 'books' tell us what you like to read, what you're reading right now and give us your honest opinion of WER!
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Response 53 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Apr 13, 1998 (10:35) * 2 lines
Yes, please do.
I'm all ears (well, and hair...)
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Response 54 of 165: patricia s. (Amelia) * Tue, Apr 14, 1998 (20:45) * 1 lines
Hi everybody, I've spent hours looking for a good discussion board where I can talk with people who actually still read books. Glad I found you!
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Response 55 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 14, 1998 (22:37) * 2 lines
We're glad you found us, too, and you've already been warned about me,
but look around, and come back often!
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Response 56 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Apr 16, 1998 (23:35) * 1 lines
Welcome, Amelia! Let us know what you're reading.
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Response 57 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 17, 1998 (16:27) * 1 lines
hi Amelia! welcome.
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Response 58 of 165: jim gross (jgross5) * Wed, Jun 3, 1998 (15:02) * 7 lines
hi everybody
i read a book once
i'm new to the Spring
i think this is my first day
is this where people talk about books?
well i jez wanna say hi y'all
i read a book once
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Response 59 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jun 3, 1998 (15:31) * 1 lines
it's not your first day but congratulations on getting around to the book conference. (did you read a book in your first incarnation as a pickle?)
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Response 60 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jun 3, 1998 (15:32) * 1 lines
and I hope I didn't offend you by letting everyone in on your profession.
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Response 61 of 165: jim gross (jgross5) * Wed, Jun 3, 1998 (16:22) * 18 lines
*smile*
got my juices squirting again on that one
we didn't have no books in them times
had alotta jars
i read alotta jars
Peter Piper was my name back then
that got shortened to Peter
that got shortened
and that got shortened to lil' Pete
that got shortened to just Pee
that got shortened to P.
which stood for Palmolive
and that's the kinda boat i became in my next life
hope that clears everything up
hope floats
well sometimes
not really in my case
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Response 62 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jun 3, 1998 (16:27) * 2 lines
at least soap floats!
(thanks for clearing that all up!)
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Response 63 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jun 3, 1998 (16:40) * 1 lines
or at least cleaning it all up...
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Response 64 of 165: arra (arra) * Sun, Sep 27, 1998 (17:17) * 1 lines
Hello, I just wonder how this all is working!
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Response 65 of 165: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Sun, Sep 27, 1998 (18:03) * 3 lines
hi arra. works great! and welcome to the spring!
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Response 66 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Sep 28, 1998 (00:12) * 1 lines
hey-hey, arra...
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Response 67 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Sep 28, 1998 (07:45) * 3 lines
It's working arra! Have you joined the books conference yet?
Welcome!
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Response 68 of 165: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sun, Nov 15, 1998 (21:17) * 1 lines
Where did everybody go?
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Response 69 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Nov 15, 1998 (22:38) * 3 lines
still here, just too busy reading i guess!
you sure are getting around the place, that's great. we need some new blood *haha* just a little wolf humor, don't mind me...
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Response 70 of 165: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 16, 1998 (09:40) * 1 lines
I decided to spend some time exploring this site this weekend. We'll see how long I can keep it up.
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Response 71 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:21) * 1 lines
Welcome, Tim...whatcha reading?
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Response 72 of 165: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (20:55) * 1 lines
Thank you autumn. Right now I'm reading "Bad Chemistry" by gary krist. It's a mystery story.
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Response 73 of 165: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:04) * 1 lines
I'm here too!
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Response 74 of 165: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (05:49) * 1 lines
I'm glad you're here, Riette. So, what are you reading?
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Response 75 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (22:01) * 1 lines
I have nothing!!! Must go to the library tomorrow.
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Response 76 of 165: Leplep le Plep (jgross) * Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (14:50) * 5 lines
Remember, Autumn, you need to go to the library on Friday, November 19.
Would you like me to have them call you with a reminder?
They're set up for that.
They're very customer service oriented.
They can wake you in the morning with the audio book of your choice.
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Response 77 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (21:15) * 1 lines
Ha-ha! Actually I did get there finally and got just what I was looking for, plus 3 ADC maps, woo hoo!
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Response 78 of 165: Leplep le Plep (jgross) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (10:28) * 17 lines
I got 4 ABC maps
now I'm beginning to find my way around the alphabet
I found out that letters can be put together into words and
words can turn into sentences, but then those darn sentences
can turn into long stays in prison.
You've probably been wondering, "Why did Jim spend so much time
in San Quentin and made all those nice friends he made?"
Well, that's how it happened.
My sentences were considered (for some weirdo reason used by the justice
system) to be criminally insane......but much more criminal than insane.
2 of these ABC maps that I got from the
Austin Public Library were designed with my kinda problem in mind.
To this day, I don't know why I was let outta the pen, though.
If they'd kept me there, it actually woulda been pretty okay, cuz it got to
be home.......and I do miss it.
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Response 79 of 165: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (20:48) * 1 lines
Ah, good old H-14...home sweet home...
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Response 80 of 165: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (06:14) * 3 lines
So you have me all written down as a music guy, right (see: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/browse/music/all , and especially http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/music/59 )?
Actually, I'm a book guy. Or was. Don't tell anybody.
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Response 81 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (15:44) * 1 lines
it's our secret....
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Response 82 of 165: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 6, 1999 (00:52) * 1 lines
forever and ever...
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Response 83 of 165: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, Jul 6, 1999 (05:29) * 1 lines
(From the off a light tune: "...that's what friends are for....")
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Response 84 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Tue, Jul 6, 1999 (23:43) * 1 lines
So, what are you reading?
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Response 85 of 165: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Jul 8, 1999 (07:02) * 1 lines
Youth-letters by Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow.
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Response 86 of 165: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Jul 8, 1999 (07:18) * 1 lines
Please see my remarks next door, at: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/books/2.224 .
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Response 87 of 165: Caryn MacFadyen (caryn) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (22:50) * 2 lines
Hello everyone! I am Caryn Kathryn Mac Fadyen, native of Scotland, Transplanted in America! I kind of like that concept, sort of. Some of you may know me from my food, music, books, conference. I and my entourage have some great things going on within these three areas! Always looking for great feedback and conversation with gracious people, whom are in the know of things! Any dashing and fun Scots of celts out there! Say hello and lets chat about our great enchanted land! Hope you are all listeni
g! Thank you all kindly! Caryn.
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Response 88 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (23:26) * 2 lines
I created a Scotland topic in travel so you can romp around in it, Caryn.
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Response 89 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (23:45) * 1 lines
I adore Scotland and your travel topic will be about as close to the Flying Scot as I am going to get for a while! Great news!
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Response 90 of 165: Sheryl (sheryltoo) * Tue, Dec 14, 1999 (07:59) * 2 lines
Hi, I'm new to this group and enjoy reading mysteries, espeically if they include romance. BTW Wolf, I too read Petals on the River by Kathleen Woodiwiss.
She is one of my favorite authors. I recently read Snow Falling on Cedars which was a mystery with romance, but nothing like Kathleen Woodiwiss's books. I have to say it was a very nice change from my normal romance novels.
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Response 91 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Dec 14, 1999 (21:29) * 2 lines
Have any of your favorite authors books made it to the silver screen.
Glad you're joining in the conversation!
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Response 92 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Sun, Dec 19, 1999 (17:09) * 1 lines
Juliette read Stuart Little this fall and is looking forward to seeing the movie.
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Response 93 of 165: Sheryl (sheryltoo) * Mon, Dec 20, 1999 (08:52) * 1 lines
Actually Snow Falling on Cedars has been made into a movie. It will be out in the theatres January 7th, 2000.
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Response 94 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Dec 20, 1999 (09:14) * 2 lines
Ebert loved Little, his female reviewer counterpart of the week really
hated it.
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Response 95 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Tue, Dec 21, 1999 (15:11) * 3 lines
Uh-oh, whom to trust? We're seeing it either way, so I guess it doesn't matter.
Sheryl, I disliked Snow Falling on Cedars, so I definitely won't be seeing the movie.
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Response 96 of 165: Alexander (aschuth) * Sun, Dec 26, 1999 (08:48) * 1 lines
I got a book full of skimpily clad girls! Wowee!
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Response 97 of 165: Alexander (aschuth) * Sun, Dec 26, 1999 (08:52) * 1 lines
Now, guess what the book is I can't put down...
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Response 98 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Dec 26, 1999 (10:48) * 2 lines
A real page-turner, huh?! Please tell me you can read it from left to right and not from top to bottom with stitched across the mid-section (where the staples used to be.) That means either you were very naughty this year - or VERY nice.
Happy Boggle-eyed Alexander, no matter which is the case. *holiday hugs*
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Response 99 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Dec 30, 1999 (17:22) * 1 lines
Alexander, how about the book you plan to read next?
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Response 100 of 165: Alexander (aschuth) * Thu, Dec 30, 1999 (17:28) * 5 lines
Uh, remind me dear, which one was that?
Anyhow, the one mentioned above is the monography on Gil Elvgren, published by German publisher Taschen from Cologne. Nearly all his works, from the fourties to the seventies! R. would love this, I bet - as would many more around here...
Now, back to "what next"... Autumn?
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Response 101 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Dec 30, 1999 (18:10) * 3 lines
Sorry, that was tongue-in-cheek, Alexander! I was referring to "Scantily Clad Women II", the long-awaited sequel!
I picked up some stuff by Fannie Flagg at the library today because people keep recommending her to me. I wonder if I'll read them?
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Response 102 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jan 10, 2000 (14:29) * 3 lines
what has she written?
and welcome, sheryl!
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Response 103 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jan 10, 2000 (18:33) * 1 lines
She wrote "Fried Green Tomatoes at the WhistleStop Cafe" for one...
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Response 104 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jan 10, 2000 (19:43) * 1 lines
was that the one the movie was based on? (loved that film)
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Response 105 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jan 10, 2000 (21:01) * 1 lines
I have the audio tape...was a gift. Have never listened to it because it seemed to be alien to anything I would otherwise be interested in. Shall I give it a listen?
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Response 106 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jan 10, 2000 (21:02) * 1 lines
Yes, it was...sorry I did not answer your question in my last post!
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Response 107 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Wed, Jan 19, 2000 (23:04) * 3 lines
Marcia, I really enjoyed Fried Green Tomatoes and think you should definitely give a listen. But I LOVED Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man! I'm currently working on Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! which is OK but not as enjoyable as the previous two were.
What are you all reading?
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Response 108 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jan 20, 2000 (00:41) * 2 lines
Well, that does it. I shall listen to it as soon as my life gets back to normal.
Thanks, Autumn! I really appreciate your recommendation. Sometimes I'm a bit of a snob about books and I would have probably passed this one over without your approval of her works. I just might become a fan, also.
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Response 109 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jan 20, 2000 (00:44) * 1 lines
Reading consists of catching up on my Archaeology, Odyssey and Biblical Archaeology Review publications as well as hunting down things for Geo. I get so absorbed in books I do not surface until I have read the last page. I think I will reread some of my Arthurian books and get that topic going again.
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Response 110 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Feb 4, 2000 (22:24) * 3 lines
i loved fried green tomatoes (the movie-didn't know it was a book)....
have been trying to learn about investing....
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Response 111 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 4, 2000 (22:27) * 1 lines
Good for you...I inherited some and mess about with it a little. Mostly I let a good thing just get better.
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Response 112 of 165: (sprin5) * Sat, Feb 5, 2000 (11:23) * 3 lines
I've been learning about investing also, wolf, maybe we could talk about it in one of the stock market conferences that's seldom used, like dsm.
I've found some wonderful stock sites with cool recommendations and real time tickers that I'd like to share.
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Response 113 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Feb 5, 2000 (13:09) * 1 lines
May I tag along?
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Response 114 of 165: (sprin5) * Sat, Feb 5, 2000 (15:57) * 1 lines
Sure.
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Response 115 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Feb 5, 2000 (16:30) * 1 lines
Waiting for a topic to show new activity. I just added dpo and business and the other investing conference to my hotlist.
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Response 116 of 165: (sprin5) * Sat, Feb 5, 2000 (17:39) * 1 lines
Sure ask me about stock websites in the appropriate topic and I'll respond.
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Response 117 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (21:50) * 1 lines
well, i gotta go explore that conference. in the meantime, i've joined suretrade and right now, just am watching a few penny stocks that came up during a search.
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Response 118 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (22:09) * 1 lines
Go for it, Wolfie, and when you are rich and famous, remember the little people like me who knew you way back when...(and tell us how you are doing...!) *hugs*
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Response 119 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (22:30) * 1 lines
*smile*
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Response 120 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Feb 28, 2000 (14:02) * 62 lines
Below Deck in a Storm at Sea
Ted pursued a Ph.D. in English literature at Oxford for awhile, but
dropped out when he decided that his studies were "astonishingly
irrelevant." In 1950, Ted invented the word "nerd". In 1984 he won a
Pulitzer Prize.
After dropping out of Oxford, Ted worked 9 years for Standard Oil as a
designer of brochures. In the summer of 1936, he found himself below
deck on the MS Kungshold, listening to the rhythm of the ship's engines
in a focused attempt to distract himself from a terrifying scene. To
further distract himself, Ted began writing a nonsensical poem to the
motor's pounding beat. "I was trying to keep my mind off the storm that
was going on. This rhythm persisted in my head for about a week after I
was off the ship and, probably as psycho-therapy, I began developing
the theme." When his nonsensical poem was finally complete, Ted decided
that instead of signing it with his real name, Theodor S. Geisel, he
would use only his middle name. And as long as he was writing nonsense,
he would give himself an honorary doctorate. And in a singular, magical
moment worthy of all the pixie dust of Tinker Bell, the world's beloved
"Dr. Seuss" was born.
"Although I knew nothing about children's books it sounded pretty good,
so I decided to get it published. It was rejected by twenty-eight
publishing houses before the twenty-ninth, Vanguard Press, agreed to
take a chance on bringing it out." The main reason given by the other
publishing houses for rejecting Ted's book, And to Think That I Saw It
on Mulberry Street, was that it was too different from the other
children's books on the market.
By the time of his death in 1991, the 46 books written and illustrated
by Ted Geisel had sold more than 200 million copies and had been
translated into 20 languages. Former Random House president Bennett
Cerf once remarked, "I've published any number of great writers, from
William Faulkner to John O'Hara, but there's only one genius on my
authors list. His name is Ted Geisel."
What keys did Ted use to unlock the vaults of wild success?
Key 1: Ted surprised Broca's area of the brain by using unpredictable
words in unusual combinations. In fact, Ted often made up his own
words altogether.
Key 2: In mimicking the rhythm the ship's engines, Ted created echoic
retention in the phonological loop of working memory, located in the
dorsolateral prefrontal association area of the brain. You can't get
Ted's stories out of your head.
Key 3: Ted refused to pay attention to the established rules of his
category: children's books. He dared to do what had not yet been proven
to work.
Key 4: Instead of writing about what was, Ted wrote about what was
not. He knew the public was more willing to believe fiction than non-
fiction.
Now that you have all four of Ted's keys, why don't you do what he did?
I can assure you that the keys still work and the vaults are right
where they've always been.
---Roy H. Williams
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Response 121 of 165: Carys (Carys) * Sat, Sep 9, 2000 (14:29) * 1 lines
Greetings all! I call myself Carys and I'm here for the book conference. I'm a fan of mysteries myself. Most recently I've read the historical mysteries of Laura Joh Roland. Her books are set in late 17th century Japan.
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Response 122 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Sep 9, 2000 (17:54) * 1 lines
welcome carys!
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Response 123 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Sat, Sep 9, 2000 (22:19) * 1 lines
Hello, Carys! I just finished I am of Irelaunde, by Juilene Osborne McKnight. It is about St. Patrick's experiences in Ireland with the Druids, with beautifully woven legends. Great storytelling.
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Response 124 of 165: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Sep 10, 2000 (10:15) * 3 lines
Hi Carys, nice to see someone else likes conference hopping!!!
I'm reading Patricia Cornwall, Point of origin ...murder mystery.
Just finished and Elizabeth Goudge binge, I think I may pick up on her again after this rather gory murder....I think I need something a little gentler...
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Response 125 of 165: Carys (Carys) * Mon, Sep 11, 2000 (18:32) * 1 lines
Hello all! Great to be in the presence of book-lovers. Like many of you I too love the Mary Stewart books about Merlin. My son is now eight. So I think in a few years he should be ready to read them. For now there's Harry Potter.
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Response 126 of 165: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, Sep 12, 2000 (04:16) * 1 lines
Have you read the Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons Series??? I read them to my kids when they were about your sons age ....I've just seen that they've been republished in paperback.
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Response 127 of 165: Carys (Carys) * Sat, Sep 23, 2000 (13:47) * 3 lines
Thanks for the suggestion, Maggie. Is it just me -- or is it easier to find books for little girls than it is for little boys. Girls will read books where the protaganist is a boy with no problem. With boys it is different. If the protaganist is a girl, it gets dismissed as a "girls' book".
I will look for the Arthur Ransome series though.
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Response 128 of 165: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Sep 23, 2000 (16:37) * 2 lines
Probably depends on the age of the boy ..
When my girls were a bit older we were still reading aloud to them every night ...the literature changed though ...one of the best was Patriot Games ..by Tom Clancy (we actually read to them until Esther was 16!) I've talked about that elsewhere I think .. we didn't have a TV for many years and in the evenings we'd read to each other and the girls and I would sew (by oil lamps often ..dreadful for the eyes!). My husband is brilliant at voices, and I only read when he gets tired!!!
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Response 129 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Sep 23, 2000 (19:46) * 1 lines
i think that is wonderful!
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Response 130 of 165: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Sep 24, 2000 (08:46) * 1 lines
(Wolfie, did you decide what book you wanted me to read to you???? *grin* Elizabeth Goudge makes nice bedtime reading ...Maybe I'll make a topic here on her books sometime ...)
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Response 131 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 25, 2000 (01:56) * 1 lines
Oooh, yes, and I found an early 1400's version of Merlin - quite a work - from Spain! Must post this information in Arthuriana here...
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Response 132 of 165: Carys (Carys) * Sat, Oct 14, 2000 (11:38) * 3 lines
I did find the Arthur Ransome books. So far my son is really enjoying them. If he really likes a book, he likes to make-up further adventures for his favorite characters from it.
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Response 133 of 165: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Oct 14, 2000 (17:25) * 1 lines
oh yes, you can do that with those books ....at least I think the characters lend themselves to it ..our girls did
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Response 134 of 165: angelique naisby (angelique) * Mon, Jan 7, 2002 (06:29) * 1 lines
Hi, i am currently doing my A-Levels in Newcastle, England and I really need to know some information on The French Lieutenabt's Woman by John Fowles in order to submit a piece of coursework. If anybody would help me please E-Mail me at kikimeesh@yahoo.co.uk thanks
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Response 135 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jan 7, 2002 (19:24) * 1 lines
welcome angelique, we can have an open discussion here if you'd like!
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Response 136 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 8, 2002 (05:15) * 1 lines
You can start a topic on this in the books conference if you like, angelique. What university are you attending?
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Response 137 of 165: Samm Blob (AlFor) * Fri, Feb 8, 2002 (21:04) * 5 lines
Hello, folks. I am a newcomer to the books forum and I am a voracious reader. My favourite authors are George Orwell, Mark Twain and Jules Verne. I don't admire Verne as much as a writer as I admire him as a man with an amazingly accurate vision of the future. I can't think of anyone comparable to him, with the possible exception of Arthur C. Clarke.
My favourite columnists are the late Morris Cargill, who wrote for The Gleaner, Jamaica's oldest newspaper (over 160 years) and Peter Egan, who is remarkably funny and writes for Road & Track and Cycle World. Morris Cargill was a friend of Noel Coward and Ian Fleming, and Fleming mentions both Cargill and the Gleaner in his James Bond books. Cargill also wrote at least two books: Jamaica Farewell and Public Disturbances.
Does anyone know where I can find the Twain short story "The War Prayer"? I photocopied it from a library book about a decade ago and, quite naturally, I cannot find the copy anywhere...
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Response 138 of 165: elizh M (elizh) * Fri, Feb 8, 2002 (21:13) * 1 lines
Try http://www.warprayer.org/
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Response 139 of 165: Samm Blob (AlFor) * Fri, Feb 8, 2002 (21:58) * 2 lines
Thanks! I am printing it right now and will add it to my bookmarks. It is all too true, and the most razor-like work of Twain's I have ever read. That last line: "It was believed afterward that the man was a lunatic, because there was no sense in what he said." is at once the funniest and saddest line I have ever read, right alongside "The animals looked from pig to man, man to pig, and pig to man again, but already they could not tell which was which."
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Response 140 of 165: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Feb 10, 2002 (11:30) * 1 lines
Samm, I'm a Twain fan too!
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Response 141 of 165: Samm Blob (AlFor) * Sun, Feb 10, 2002 (13:18) * 1 lines
Great! Welcome to Hadleyberg!
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Response 142 of 165: Joey Ramone (JoeyRamone) * Tue, Aug 6, 2002 (22:23) * 1 lines
Hi, I'm new to spring.net. I'm thinking about reading the books from the adler list.... Anyone else interested?
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Response 143 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Aug 7, 2002 (08:28) * 1 lines
What's on the Adler list?
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Response 144 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Wed, Aug 7, 2002 (21:19) * 1 lines
I'm curious too.
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Response 145 of 165: Joey Ramone (JoeyRamone) * Thu, Aug 8, 2002 (12:41) * 7 lines
Well I could cut and paste em all but that would be too big.
The list is down at the bottom of the page.
http://www.literarycritic.com/adler.htm
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Response 146 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Aug 8, 2002 (21:19) * 1 lines
Oh, he's the "Great Books" guy. Our community college offers courses on that series; they do like 4 a semester.
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Response 147 of 165: Joey Ramone (JoeyRamone) * Thu, Aug 8, 2002 (23:23) * 1 lines
Yep thats him all right.... You interested?
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Response 148 of 165: S B Robinson (SBRobinson) * Fri, Aug 9, 2002 (16:11) * 4 lines
That's quite a list-
i'd have to retire and read full time for years to get through all that! :-)
have read several and portions of few more (as part of school assignments, etc.)
Did you have one in particular you were going to start with?
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Response 149 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Fri, Aug 9, 2002 (17:48) * 1 lines
You hit the nail on the head, SB! Those courses are offered during the day; you bring a bag lunch with you. Maybe in 20 years? They all sound intriguing and just a little bit intimidating.
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Response 150 of 165: Joey Ramone (JoeyRamone) * Fri, Aug 9, 2002 (20:58) * 1 lines
I know its intimidating but its not like you are going to get graded or anything. maybe plato...
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Response 151 of 165: SamBlob (AlFor) * Fri, Aug 9, 2002 (21:45) * 3 lines
A more modern list might include Animal Farm, Im Westen Nichts Neues (known in English as "All Quiet On The Western Front") and maybe The Catcher In The Rye.
Maybe The Grapes Of Wrath too, but I've never read it. It's supposed to be John Steinbeck's masterpiece, and if The Pearl, Of Mice And Men and Cannery Row are anything to go by, it must be great indeed!
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Response 152 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Sat, Aug 10, 2002 (15:02) * 1 lines
It's a must read; think of it as historical fiction on CA's dust bowl.
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Response 153 of 165: SamBlob (AlFor) * Sun, Aug 11, 2002 (06:39) * 1 lines
California had a dust bowl? I thought it was in Oklahoma/Arkansas/Texas...?
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Response 154 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Sun, Aug 11, 2002 (17:39) * 1 lines
Let me rephrase that to "CA and the dust bowl." Which event resulted in huge migration to CA for agricultural reasons.
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Response 155 of 165: Ann Wagner (EllenAsh) * Sat, Mar 22, 2003 (21:05) * 7 lines
Subject: a controversial thesis-cum-book about the "real" Chas. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) and who he fell in love with -- and mourned. I wondered if anyone has read it and what he THINKS about it.
The book is "In the Shadow of the Dreamchild" by Karoline Leach
Thanks Much,
Ann
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Response 156 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Sat, Mar 22, 2003 (21:16) * 1 lines
No, but I recently read Lives of the Muses (or some such title) and one of the chapters featured was of his encounters with "Alice." Very interesting.
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Response 157 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Mar 23, 2003 (15:06) * 3 lines
I think any reader with a wide interest intellectually will have read most of them as a matter of course. Unless I am like a three-legged duck... I have read most or all of them in one form or another. Actually the study guide is a great benefit in this list. I usually hate professors picking apart excellent novels and rendering the magic I felt into bits of daylight and ennui.
Go for it and we'll follow right behind you!
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Response 158 of 165: User & (admin) * Thu, Feb 12, 2004 (14:44) * 1 lines
Hi, I like to read. Really. But got out of the habit. Too much tv. Have to get back in to books more.
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Response 159 of 165: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Feb 12, 2004 (20:53) * 1 lines
Amen!
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Response 160 of 165: carolyn kerr (cskerr) * Mon, Jul 26, 2004 (13:07) * 2 lines
I'm Carolyn. If I'm not doing my household chores or playing at the computer, I am reading. I usually have at least three books going so I take my pick. Just finished Dan Brown's Digital Fortress. I got so wound up in the thing, I had to rake a break. It sent my blood sugar through the roof. Heaven knows what it did to my blood pressure. Very different from The da Vinci Code, but just as tense.
Am also reading The Last Englishman (The life of JLCArr who wrote A Month in the Cuntry upon which the film was based) Carr was certainly a "character" and the author Byron Rogers tell Carr's story in a delightful way/ Guess I better not go on as others probably want to get in here.
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Response 161 of 165: lesliep (lesliep) * Mon, Jul 26, 2004 (17:53) * 8 lines
Welcome, Carolyn!! You’re bound to love it here.
Aaaahh……my dear Tom Birkin. I admire your taste!
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Response 162 of 165: carolyn kerr (cskerr) * Mon, Jul 26, 2004 (19:05) * 1 lines
Though I liked the book AMITC, I thought the film even better. It was tighter and more disciplined and subtler. As far as I'm concerned, it is most perfect film I've ever seen (and I've been watching films since The Dancing Pirate (l930's) That's a long love affair with film. But I like Carr's style and will read AMITC again while I'm reading the biography. Am also trying to get into A Fire in the Mind(bio of Joseph Campbell) Had I gone to Sarah Lawrence instead of where I did go to college, I would have been one of his pupils. It's fun, if altogether profitless to play "what if" Am also readiing The Basque History of the World and the Complete poems of Rupert Brooke. A lot depends upon what mood I am in when I put on my specs and take a vacation from the computer(or is it or)I am so new at it that I don't even know how to spell computer.Carolyn
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Response 163 of 165: Shoshana Froman (Shoshana) * Mon, Jul 26, 2004 (20:08) * 1 lines
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Response 164 of 165: carolyn kerr (cskerr) * Mon, Jul 26, 2004 (21:22) * 1 lines
Sorry, Shoshana I meant posting. Can't seem to learn the lingo fast enough to be literate. Was there a posting at Mon, Jul 26 19:08? If so. I didn't get it. CArolyn
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Response 165 of 165: bookworm (cfadm) * Sun, Jul 2, 2006 (05:23) * 1 lines
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