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The latest edition of Snow's The Poetry of Rilke (October 2009) doesn't seem to be out in paperback yet; maybe the quality of this one is better? Thanks for the thread Lexie, you've reminded me to get it you see, this is why I should pre-order things...
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Flatterer:lurker: although... there seem to be a lot of similarities, actually. They are: 1. I also prefer to take my leap into genres/ideas/types without too much foreknowledge of my predecessors and contemporaries - I do my own thing. 2. I also have recently discovered the difficulties inherent in making characters and places up rather than borrowing them; like Jasper I'm finding it hard but challenging. 3. I am also very critical of my past work, which hopefully shows I'm getting better. 4. The current draft of the current novel is the first thing in my entire writing life I'm planning with 'chapter headings and writing exactly what happens in each chapter.' 5. I also borrow ideas from everyone, everywhere and across all sorts of mediums. Should wish to comment on the above, they might want to do it in my designated thread here - my Mod senses tell me this could go rather off-topic !
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I agree it's hard to explain to the non-biblioholic, though. If I return home with new books, OH will say 'but you've got a shelf-ful of them already', and I need to explain how it's all a matter of choice - if I only had one book on Mount TBR, it would inevitably never be the book I want to read when I finish the one I'm working on the time. You wouldn't have a DVD collection made up of a single film you haven't seen, would you now?!
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I'm afraid I have no answer for you (seventeenth to nineteenth century is more my field); so much so that I too would love to hear out anyone with an opinion on the subject .
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No such thing as too much kindness, especially as directed towards a lovely woman who deserves as much serenity as you do
hope you get to feel better soon, I'm here if you ever need an ear or shoulder along the way. -
Please, no self-flagellation mental or physical necessary, I like my Stevie whole
thank you very much!I've been a bit wobbly of late but seem to be mending now so hopefully it will keep up
how about your lovely self, how're you keeping?The proposal is not out there in the big wide world yet, it's still being polished
not that I've got that much time to polish it so I should probably get a move on. Got my dissertation back today though, and am muchly confused as it got a high merit - which would be fine by me, were it not that the comments warrant a distinction 
oh well.Was really galvanised about doing some writing today but had to run so many errands the time just eluded me
but, who knows what art tomorrow may bring?Love and hugs xx
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... or it just so happens that the only 100 pages of Koontz I have ever read were at the beginning of Frankenstein 1: Prodigal Son since you mention it though, why yes, I am excellent.
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Awww, good old fashioned love is good by me thank you hun !
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Yay although beware that if (like I suspect you are) you're looking at the set from The Book People, it does not actually come in a box, most of the covers are pretty dire and the ink's not the best I charity shopped mine more or less the minute they arrived!
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Re: the theft my wishlist, I don't mind, in fact I'm only glad if I can expand my bookish influence like a benevolent plague just make sure you acknowledge my special brand of listing genius! Incidentally, if books about writers interest you, you might want to appropriate some or all of my prospective Metabooks - fascinating topic, my kind ! Get us a copy as well while you're on there, mine's been separated from its cover through the sheer force of love I kid, I kid. Although... no, I kid.
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My own womanly perspective, informed by experience, is as follows: while there's men will exploit a supposed liking for Jane Austen to appear 'sensitive' and earn points for their emotional resum
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I am so sorry - I moved it to where it should be without remembering that you need 100+ posts to access the Mature Discussion forums, entirely my bad. We're discussing on how to resolve this, please accept my apologies while we sort it out.
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You are quite right in saying they played off each other - LOTR and Narnia were the results of a bet to see who could write the best Christian allegory in fantasy form! How awesome is that??
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Would the non-Twilight fan:lurker: enjoy this, do you think? The story sounds really interesting plus (admittedly) I'm planning to do some werewolf research as there's werewolves in my book and it's dawned on me that I've never really read a werevolf novel .
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Hi
just letting you know I thought it to move your topic to a more appropriate section - slavery's a bit of a sensitive issue so I thought the Mature Discussion section would be the best place to put it.
Giulia
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Ideal Authors For A Book Club
BookJumper replied to divya's topic in Book Search and Reading Recommendations
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... there's also an autistic brother to the female cop in his Frankenstein books.
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Awww... Mac's a big softie !
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Ideal Authors For A Book Club
BookJumper replied to divya's topic in Book Search and Reading Recommendations
I must say, it does rather seem at this point like you've joined just to get help with your project - you've not contributed to the forum in any way at all apart from within your own thread. While we're happy for regular members to drawn on the expertise of other regular members, registering with the express purpose of getting help on assignments is against our rules: In the same way, please do not join just to ask for help with your homework / dissertation / survey etc. These are also only allowed for regular, active members. If you love reading, surely there's more these boards can offer you than purely academic help. We're a community where friendships are forged in the name of books, not a resource to be squeezed out of knowledge. -
I only had The Hobbit read out to me back in the days when I could understand but not read English I fully intend to read it properly though, and want to try my hand at some Simarillion soon! I'm also interested in reading Tolkien's letters, he sounds like he was a really fascinating bloke.
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What are your reading resolutions for 2010?
BookJumper replied to ian's topic in General Book Discussions
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I thought you expressed yourself very clearly and made some valid points when you enjoy reading and studying there's nothing you want more than to apply or share your newfound knowledge, and the fact that not only he's not allowed to do this, but is in fact forced to enforce the status quo which forbids him from doing so must make him feel so helpess.
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What are your reading resolutions for 2010?
BookJumper replied to ian's topic in General Book Discussions
Oh, oh - I've got another one: 4. Wherever possible (that is to say, unless a book is out of print or similar), I shall always buy books first-hand in actual bookshops. This will be good for: - the bookstore's survival in this technological age - the size of authors' royalty cheques - my sanity, compromised as it is by books in poor condition - my general wellbeing, as it means exercise and braving public transport -
First of all, I'll be looking at my book parcel in the 'sunlight' to decide which books are so battered they need sending back to Amazon for a replacement then, provided it is not included in the above, start reading Fahrenheit 451 for the January Reading Circle .
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I should very well hope so, as we all know that my humble opinion is not very humble after all I rock, therefore you should probably cut to the chase and just copy-paste my entire TBR/Wishlist ! Seriously though, I've read a lot of early King and while most of it is really good, The Dark Half always stood out for me - for concept, for writing, for sheer eerieness. Of course, the fact that it's about a writer might have something to do with it, but then so is Misery and I think this is better than Misery, probably because Misery could happen and The Dark Half couldn't, yet the Dark Half is so well done it becomes just as believable as Misery is.