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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #120 on: January 20, 2014, 04:53:02 AM »
'Dodger' (Terry Pratchett)
'Dexter's Final Cut' (Jeff Lindsay) to follow
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #121 on: January 25, 2014, 10:41:03 AM »
Morning read: Still working through Paradisio--which is an entirely different sort of beast than Dante's other two books. I'm at Canto XIII.

Evening read: Finished Maguire's Wicked. It was OK but have no desire to read the sequels. Finished A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. I'd recommend this one.
Tonight I'll start The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.

And, since this thread has the word "parchments" in it, I'd like to justify the goofy title by posting this beautiful picture of some parchment...  ;)


Chigi Codex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chigi_codex
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #122 on: January 26, 2014, 03:30:21 AM »
Am finishing off one of my favourites
Empire trilogy, Mistress of the Empire. An easy but good read.
Next i was going to read A Tale of Two Cities, but I am open to suggestions.
I did enjoy the "Roadside Picnic" recommendation.
May read "Johnny Mnemonic", any good anyone ?
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #123 on: January 26, 2014, 06:55:29 AM »
Quote from: goldshirt*9 on January 26, 2014, 03:30:21 AM
Next i was going to read A Tale of Two Cities, but I am open to suggestions.

Will that be your first Dickens? Try Oliver Twist... I've only read maybe 3 of his. I liked that one the best.

Quote from: goldshirt*9 on January 26, 2014, 03:30:21 AM
I did enjoy the "Roadside Picnic" recommendation.

I'm glad you did. The Strugatsky brothers are good--happy to see them back in print. Read them around 1975. Check out Stanislaw Lem.
http://rusf.ru/abs/english/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem

Another parchment:

Megillat Esther Scroll
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #124 on: January 27, 2014, 10:00:06 AM »
cheers for recommendations  ;)
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #125 on: January 30, 2014, 06:12:07 AM »
Picked up a biography I started about 2 years ago.
Andrew Hodges' Alan Turing:The Enigma.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/alan-turing-the-enigma-by-andrew-hodges-7851444.html
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« Reply #126 on: February 26, 2014, 03:03:55 PM »
Gotta do a bump.  ::)

I don't list every book I read. Since my last post, it must number about 8 books...
At the moment I'm reading The Once and Future King by Mr. White. It's unique and I can't believe I didn't read this sooner--maybe it was the association with the Disney flick.
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #127 on: February 26, 2014, 05:29:51 PM »
Raising Steam = Terry Pratchett
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Re: Misbehaving
« Reply #128 on: February 27, 2014, 07:25:09 AM »
Quote from: tarascon on February 26, 2014, 03:03:55 PM
At the moment I'm reading The Once and Future King by Mr. White. It's unique and I can't believe I didn't read this sooner--maybe it was the association with the Disney flick.
I have tried and tried to read, but all I get is
"The Sword and the Stone" movie in my head.
I Hate Disney
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« Reply #129 on: February 27, 2014, 11:19:47 AM »
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #131 on: February 27, 2014, 05:14:55 PM »
Learn to love Dizz-nee guys they now own all of our fav franchises
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #132 on: February 27, 2014, 08:12:31 PM »
Wicked started out well, but ultimately it disappointed me.

Parchment?  You want parchment?  vellum?  (parchment = calf, goat, sheepskins, vellum = calf)

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_24098_fs001r

http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/#MS58_004v
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #133 on: February 28, 2014, 07:55:40 AM »
Quote from: 6pairsofshoes on February 27, 2014, 08:12:31 PM
Wicked started out well, but ultimately it disappointed me.

I totally agree with that. It became pretty silly around the middle and outright lame during the last third. I will not read the sequels.
Thank you, 6, for the links.

Here's one:

Magna-Carta
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #134 on: February 28, 2014, 08:07:21 AM »
Quote from: dweez on February 27, 2014, 02:39:39 PM

creep  ;D

Quote from: Maudibe on February 27, 2014, 05:14:55 PM
Learn to love Dizz-nee guys they now own all of our fav franchises
. all they did was borrow and and sugar coat them
read The Brothers Grimm
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