Now reading...

[couw]

I have been reading through Stefan Heym's "Nachruf" for a couple of weeks now. It's a real fascinating book, but I can't seem to make real progress.

I just checked amazon.com and was a bit disappointed to find there is hardly anything available in english, not even from his american years when he a.o. wrote the acclaimed novel The Crusaders. Does this really mean he was right: was it THAT bad under McCarthy's regime? Has american literary history disposed of his writings?

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

[Jazz]

I am going to attempt to make it all the way through Bleak House.

[7/4]

Orlo and Leini - Rafael Alvarez

[Christiern]

...and since you are now into books written by Icelanders.....

[BruceH]

Poul Anderson.

Come to think of it, he was really into his Scandanavian heritage...

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

...and since you are now into books written by Icelanders.....

You sure you wanna take my money? We wouldn't want you to be drummed out of the club for being a heretic or anything.

[Christiern]

Steal it!

Then you would be taking my money!

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Let's say I decided to purchase the item directly from the author rather than some klepto internet outfit.....will the NYC postal authorities actually deliver an envelope that is addressed to:

Current Occupant

'Spider-Hole' 2-A

New York, NY 10025

[Christiern]

Wrong hole, weizen! B)

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

[Christiern]

Your image did not take. All I see is a small blue question mark.

[Dr. Rat]

I am going to attempt to make it all the way through Bleak House.

Have you tried before?

I read about 80% of it once and have regretted stopping ever since -- I can't get myself to start over!

--eric

[ghost of miles]

Your image did not take. All I see is a small blue question mark.

Weizen must have posted his 2004 electoral map by mistake.

[Christiern]

Good one GofM!

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

That's why I like Chris.....all that's left is a blue dot representing the

Manhattan spider-hole and he can still maintain a sense of humor!

2000 Electoral Map

[ghost of miles]

Ohio and New Hampshire are in play for the Dems this year, but Indiana, sadly, never is. Indiana is almost always the first state the networks call--"The polls are now closed, and Indiana has gone for (fill in the GOP candidate)." In 1992 they announced, "The polls are closed, and Indiana is too close to call." That's when my friends & I knew that Clinton had it in the bag.

Now reading Franklin Folsom's DAYS OF ANGER, DAYS OF HOPE: A MEMOIR OF THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WRITERS, 1937-1942.

[Dr. Rat]

Halfway through this interesting Kotzwinkle book.

If you haven't read him before, he's an easy read but rewarding.

--eric

[ghost of miles]

Now reading--and totally engrossed in--John le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. (Also coming out on DVD very, very soon.) I'll definitely be forging on to the rest of the Smiley trilogy after this.

[ralphie_boy]

The Da Vinci Code.

[ghost of miles]

The Da Vinci Code.

That's what my wife's reading, too. What's the deal with that book? It seems like the "hot" title lately.

[ralphie_boy]

It's pretty good so far. Deals with a radical faction of the Catholic church (Opus Dei) who are attempting to uncover dark secrets kept by a secret society that goes back to the Renaissance, of whom Leonardo Da Vinci was apparently a member.

[Dr. Rat]

Now reading--and totally engrossed in--John le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. (Also coming out on DVD very, very soon.) I'll definitely be forging on to the rest of the Smiley trilogy after this.

Ah, I envy you this experience. The series is terrific, too, of course.

LeCarre's first big book--name escapes--is one that's worth looking up, too. I didn't like it the first few times I tried, but then when I did get over the hump I really found it to be affecting as little else in the genre is.

The movie of that is alright, too.

--eric

[ghost of miles]

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD?