BillF Posted June 4, 2010 Report Posted June 4, 2010 Returning to this one after about 40 years! Yes, it's true what they say - it's a classic! Quote
Swinger Posted June 5, 2010 Report Posted June 5, 2010 Returning to this one after about 40 years! Yes, it's true what they say - it's a classic! It's a real classic for sure! Quote
alankin Posted June 5, 2010 Report Posted June 5, 2010 Returning to this one after about 40 years! Yes, it's true what they say - it's a classic! It's a real classic for sure! And remarkably prescient about the advertisement industry culture! Quote
Bright Moments Posted June 5, 2010 Report Posted June 5, 2010 the girl who kiscked the hornets' nest Quote
Brad Posted June 5, 2010 Report Posted June 5, 2010 Just started reading the White Tiger, for my book club Quote
jazzbo Posted June 5, 2010 Report Posted June 5, 2010 A Cornell Woolrich novel (written under one of his pseudonyms). Quote
ejp626 Posted June 5, 2010 Report Posted June 5, 2010 Just started reading the White Tiger, for my book club That's a good one, though I actually thought Between the Assassinations (by the same author) was better. Something to look for later perhaps. Quote
paul secor Posted June 6, 2010 Report Posted June 6, 2010 Ulysses in Paris, a pre-publication excerpt from Sylvia Beach's memoir, Shakespeare and Company. Picked this up in a local book shop - makes me want to read the whole of Shakespeare and Company plus the edition of Sylvia Beach's letters that was published recently. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted June 7, 2010 Report Posted June 7, 2010 Pheonix by Richard Cowper. I read his book Clone back in high school and swore I'd try something else by him someday. Thirty-seven years later... Quote
Brad Posted June 7, 2010 Report Posted June 7, 2010 Just started reading the White Tiger, for my book club That's a good one, though I actually thought Between the Assassinations (by the same author) was better. Something to look for later perhaps. It almost reminds me of the picaresque type of books that I read back in college. Kind of like Lazarillo de Tormes. Regardless it paints a less than flattering portrait of modern India. Quote
BruceH Posted June 7, 2010 Report Posted June 7, 2010 Returning to this one after about 40 years! Yes, it's true what they say - it's a classic! It's a real classic for sure! And remarkably prescient about the advertisement industry culture! And the Supreme Court is trying it's best to make the book come completely true. I must say, though, when it comes to SF, Penguin has a real thing for dull, drab, rather ugly, and utterly boring covers. Quote
BillF Posted June 7, 2010 Report Posted June 7, 2010 Returning to this one after about 40 years! Yes, it's true what they say - it's a classic! It's a real classic for sure! And remarkably prescient about the advertisement industry culture! And the Supreme Court is trying it's best to make the book come completely true. I must say, though, when it comes to SF, Penguin has a real thing for dull, drab, rather ugly, and utterly boring covers. I couldn't find an image of the cover of the 1984 Penguin which I have. It's somewhere between Giorgio De Chirico and a Maidenform bra ad! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted June 7, 2010 Report Posted June 7, 2010 I must say, though, when it comes to SF, Penguin has a real thing for dull, drab, rather ugly, and utterly boring covers. British SF books in general seem to have incredibly boring covers, at least from what I've seen. Quote
BruceH Posted June 8, 2010 Report Posted June 8, 2010 I must say, though, when it comes to SF, Penguin has a real thing for dull, drab, rather ugly, and utterly boring covers. British SF books in general seem to have incredibly boring covers, at least from what I've seen. I wonder why that is? Quote
BillF Posted June 8, 2010 Report Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Boring culture? EDIT: With the exception of Tubby Hayes and Victor Feldman, of course! Edited June 8, 2010 by BillF Quote
Jazzmoose Posted June 8, 2010 Report Posted June 8, 2010 Boring culture? Nah, can't be that; what about Aldiss, Brunner, Ballard....okay, maybe depressing culture. Quote
BillF Posted June 8, 2010 Report Posted June 8, 2010 Boring culture? Nah, can't be that; what about Aldiss, Brunner, Ballard....okay, maybe depressing culture. It's the rain, you know. Quote
BruceH Posted June 8, 2010 Report Posted June 8, 2010 Clarke isn't particularly depressing. (And then there's P.G. Wodehouse.) Quote
jlhoots Posted June 8, 2010 Report Posted June 8, 2010 the girl who kiscked the hornets' nest Just started it too!! Quote
Dave James Posted June 9, 2010 Report Posted June 9, 2010 the girl who kiscked the hornets' nest I didn't realize there was a Yiddish version. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted June 9, 2010 Report Posted June 9, 2010 Clarke isn't particularly depressing. (And then there's P.G. Wodehouse.) Yes, and I believe it was someone from England who came up with my all time favorite television line, "Golf's not very popular around here". Quote
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