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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:32 AM Original message |
Tell me what book you think I should read and I'll tell you what I think you should read. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. My dear NNadir! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. All the better. Maybe we're both stultified. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Ah, maybe we are! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. OK, I'll start. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Ack! |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
102. One of my favorite books. |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
118. The Fan Man |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. "On the Road" Jack Kerouac. |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #119 |
133. 1971 |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Sparrow |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I am going to recommend James Mitchner's "The Source" |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Thank you! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
90. "The Annotated Alice" by Martin Gardner |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
99. That was a great book |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #99 |
116. It was the first "grown up" novel I ever read. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. That and the sequel were absolutely incredible! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You know, I have not read the sequel. |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
66. you have good taste all over the place |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
91. Unbelievable book! One of my all time favorites. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. John Coltrane, His Life and Times, by Louis Porter. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thank you! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Joseph Heller's "Something Happened." |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Man Called Cash By Steve Turner |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. My Pet Goat |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. John Wheeler's "Gravitation" |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. Peter Bowen - Coyote Wind (Gabriel Du Pre, book 1) |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I recommend Malcomn Lowry's "Under the Volcano." |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Habits of the Heart" edited by Robert Bellah... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. homas W Shields, Joseph LoCicero, Ronald B Ponn, and Valerie W Rusch;s |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. ! |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Ya' know... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. ...AAAUUUUGGGGHHHH... ! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I've only read the first four pages of the Lounge today, but NNadir's recommendation to you |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. ...*sigh*...I'm always the last to know... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Your kitty is just beautiful! |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. "Mewie" (we make no pretense of originality around here) |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I love those kitty names! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. "Broken Government" by John Dean |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. "What's the Matter with Kansas?" by Thomas Frank. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Cryptonomicon |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Water Lord's "Midway." |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
30. Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. I will either recommend one of those tedious hagiographies of the Rolling Stones, |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
104. Thanks for the suggestion |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
113. I refer to the ones specifically about Keith as "skagiographies"... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange." |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. Welcome to the Monkey House. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Just check out GD-P |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. LOL |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I assume you've read Slaughterhouse Five. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Charles Mackay |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Marshall McLuhan's "From Cliche to Archetype." |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Practical Demonkeeping" by Christopher Moore |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
86. Goethe's "Faust" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. Read "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. E.M. Forester's "A Passage to India." |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I've never read it. Good idea. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Sinclair Lewis's "The Jungle." |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
89. I have actually never read that... |
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Sacajawea (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #50 |
94. IIRC, I believe it was Upton Sinclair who wrote "The Jungle", not Sinclair Lewis |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. "The Day of the Jackal". |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Jerzy Kosinski's "Cockpit." |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
112. I've read some Kosinski; not this one, though. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. Willa Cather's _O Pioneers!_ My favorite novel! nt |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. McLaughlin's "Sarah, Plain and Tall." |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. This novel led to a dispute that nearly tore apart my 11th grade English class |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. If anything recommends a book, that statement does. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. About what? nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #60 |
100. The teacher claimed that there was an element of accident in the double murder at the end. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #100 |
150. I'd be scoffing, too. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #150 |
156. Yeah. One of my friends was saying "have you ever even fired a gun? That's not how an accident goes" |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. "Whipping Girl" by Julia Serano. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. "Our Lady of the Flowers" Jean Genet. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I recommended Sinclair Lewis's "The Jungle" above but in this case I'll recommend |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. oops! upton sinclair - I get the two names confused all the time n/t |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. I stand corrected. I should read and remember more. |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Guide |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
64. John Okada's .......No-No Boy.. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. John Hershey's "Hiroshima" |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
65. The Good Soldier, Ford Madox Ford |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. "For Whom The Bell Tolls" Ernie Hemingway. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Wrong. Try again. Cannot do Papa. I refuse. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. OK then. You're stuck with Ondaatje's "The English Patient." If you keep being contrary... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. OK then. You're stuck with Ondaatje's "The English Patient." If you keep being contrary... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I'll take "The English Patient." It will be a reread. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. I hope I haven't let you down. Sometimes a reread is a good thing. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Prob 25% of my reading is reread. Thanks. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #88 |
124. Curious why you won't read Hemmingway |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. I think it personal rather than artistic. Just don't like him based on ... |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #128 |
155. yeah, yeah |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
67. American Taboo |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." |
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zingaro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
68. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. nt |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. H.G. Wells "The Invisible Man." |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
72. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle n/t |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Yukio Mishima's "Confessions of a Mask." |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
77. The Dancing Wu Li Masters n/t |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Wolfgang Pauli's "General Relativity." |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
79. The Years of Rice and Salt |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. "The Plague," Albert Camus. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #83 |
96. Deal. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
92. Two for you. Can I get two back? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #92 |
105. #1. "The Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgeral. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #92 |
106. #2. Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #106 |
127. thank you very much |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
93. "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #93 |
107. T. Conan Boyle's "Tortilla Curtain." |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
95. Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" n/t |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Love that book! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #95 |
109. "The Beserker" by Fred Saberhagen. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
97. Aidan Hartley's "The Zanzibar Chest" |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #97 |
108. Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Possessed," sometimes translated as "The Devils." |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
98. Into the Wild |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #98 |
110. Jack London's "Call of the Wild." |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
103. Paul Tillich's Love Power and Justice. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #103 |
111. Elaine Pagel's "The Origins of Satan." |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #111 |
121. Read it! As well as the Gnostic Gospels. Can you give me something else? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. "Out of My Life and Thought" by Albert Schweitzer. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. oooo thanks :) |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
114. Richard Price's "Ladies Man"... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Manuel Puig's "Kiss of the Spider Woman" |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
117. Everyday Leadership by Daniel Granholm Mulhern |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. "A Team of Rivals" - Doris Kearns Goodwin. |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
123. The Saddest Pleasure by Moritz Thomsen |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. I have already recommended Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness" for another book, so here I will |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
129. Master and Margarita, one of my faves. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. I am going to recommend a short story here. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #130 |
157. I like that one, thanks! |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
131. The Martian Chronicles-Ray Bradbury |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. James Fenimore Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans." |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Is "On The Road" on this list? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
132. Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. "At Play In the House of the Lord" by Peter Matthiessen. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
134. "Titan" by Samuel R. Delany. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. Naturally Kurt Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan." |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
139. The Idiot's Guide to Nuclear Power |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #139 |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. So what do you recommend for me? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. "My Pet Goat." |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. What an intellectually stimulating suggestion |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. Given your level, I'm not surprised. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. My level? Please explain... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
140. "1776" by David McCullough |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Gary Wills "Lincoln at Gettysburg. The Words That Remade America." |
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mikebl (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #142 |
148. Temple of Gold |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. |
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Zephyrbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
151. World Without End, by Ken Follett n/t |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:15 AM Response to Reply #151 |
153. Umberto Eco, "The Name of the Rose." |
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Zephyrbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #153 |
158. Read it a long time ago! Got any others?? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:17 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. It's not fiction, but you may wish to try "A Monk in the Garden" by Robin Marantz Henig. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
152. "The Motel Life"- Willy Vlautin |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 05:33 AM Response to Reply #152 |
154. "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. |
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