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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:47 PM Original message |
Poll question: Greatest living American author |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Richard Russo. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I just visted Dresden |
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Dzimbowicz (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. If you like to read |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don DeLilo |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. DeLillo is a fine writer. |
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eataTREE (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I never could get into DeLillo. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Point taken...but he is remarkable when on the mark. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Cormac McCarthy...hands down. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Good call on McCarthy... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Child of God was absolutely stunning in its compelling creepiness. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. BTW if you like McCarthy, try Pinkney Benedict's |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. You're absolutely right about "The Dogs of God"... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Rhodes burst upon the scene with "The Last Fair Deal Going Down" |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't JD Salinger still alive? JD Salinger. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. William Styron... |
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DoctorMyEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. LOL! |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I see several people voted for a loser who is not Kurt Vonnegut. |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. John Updike, Arthur Miller |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I thought Miller was dead... I guess I was mistaken. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. When Edward Albee was introduced, last year, as... |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Miller just turned 89 this weekend. |
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alilenas (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Philip Roth, too |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. There are too many to choose from... |
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BoX o BooX (643 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:54 PM Original message |
John Irving. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. John Irving, yes. Much prefer him to Vonnegut |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. John Irving- Yes! also Barbara Kingsolver |
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cedahlia (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Irving and Tyler |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. John Irving is just so *slightly* twisted |
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cedahlia (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
95. twisted |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer |
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jdots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. yuz did'nt have no place for Ann Coulter |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Well, they do write fiction................n/t |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Didn't David Hasselhoff write a novel? |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. I love Kurt, but I include Thomas McGuane, Russell Banks |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Stephen King |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Screw the heavier stuff. |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I could always lose myself in a King novel. |
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eataTREE (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Yes. He does great character portraits. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. But some people like the horror stuff |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. He always did very well in shaping the character's personalities.. |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
96. Try "The Green Mile" or |
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seventhson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. I had a smoke with Vonnegut once and talked to him twice |
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dean_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Tom Wolfe, anyone? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Wolfe is terrific |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. Serious authors? John Barth |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. Saul Bellow |
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tarkus (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. Henry James is still alive in my heart! NM |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. Harper Lee |
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BoX o BooX (643 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Amen. |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Toni Morrison, |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. I will second that |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. Always a wonderful read.. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. Will Pitt |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Because it's a really dumb thing to say |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Shit, Will, we forgot you!! |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Fire. Brimstone. Wrath of God. |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Always waiting with bated breath! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Holy cow you spelled it right. |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I have truely been around.. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. *gasp* |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You got me! |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Looser |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. I am so busteded! |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Actually, it's 'bated breath... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Really? |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Yep, short for abated |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Cool |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. At your service. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. This was meant |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
69. I always like his writings |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #69 |
85. He's full of something alright... |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
48. Nearly 50 replies... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Gravity's Rainbow is the most unreadable book in the history of the world |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Well, if you're going to open it up to... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. You beat me |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Well, he ignored me... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Old habit |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. nt |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Really? What about Finnegan's Wake, or Ulysses? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Open to interpretation |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
78. I believe you, I'm just surprised. Pynchon has been at the top of my list |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Give it a spin and get back to me |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. No, I truly appreciate your warning, my backlog is tremendous |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Hmmm... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Good point, but there is a huge difference between "challenging" |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Tell me about it! |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. I'm jazzed by your ability to zone in on the crux of this |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
93. I so agree...ugh! n/t |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. No fans of David Foster Wallace or T.C. Boyle? |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. I loved Boyle... |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. When some of the old guys die off, he'll be a contender. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. I have met him- through mutual friends |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. Even Vonnegut would say: |
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TroubleMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
77. R.A Salvatore or Robert Jordan |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
88. Chomsky, anyone? nt |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
90. Alice Walker |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
91. Tom Robbins |
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