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I just watched Powder on tv. I love that movie. It's been awhile since I have seen it.

Yes, it is. In fact, there are a total of 68 of his short stories in this book. Amazon link There is the link to the US Amazon page if you would like to check it out.

This really tickled my funny bone for some reason. Thank you, Kylie. One of the best laughs I have had in awhile.

Hmmm, that is a great series. Have you read Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series? How about something by Neal Stephenson? Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon come to mind. Also, The Gap series by Stephen R. Donaldson is a favorite of mine. I'm assuming you have already read the Dune series.

I received these books in the mail today: Pnin The Real Life of Sebastian Bach Speak, Memory The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov My Nabokov collection is almost complete.

I just pre-ordered The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia McKillip, which will be released in the US on December 7th. Here is the description from amazon: With "her exquisite grasp of the fantasist's craft"* (Publishers Weekly) Patricia A. McKillip now invites readers to discover a place that may only exist in the mystical wisdom of poetry and music. Scholar Phelan Cle is researching Bone Plain-which has been studied for the last 500 years, though no one has been able to locate it as a real place. Archaeologist Jonah Cle, Phelan's father, is also hunting through time, piecing history together from forgotten trinkets. His most eager disciple is Princess Beatrice, the king's youngest daughter. When they unearth a disk marked with ancient runes, Beatrice pursues the secrets of a lost language that she suddenly notices all around her, hidden in plain sight. I just get so excited when a new book by her is released that I had to share. LOVE her style!

I'm sorry. Is this Greek? I can't read a word of it! Oh, well. I like the smiley face. Pretty!

I finished Love and Sleep, and I am taking a little break from the Aegypt Cycle to read The Infinite by Douglas Clegg.

Voyage 34 - Porcupine Tree

I agree with you, pontalba. It was something I heard someone else say, but I can't for the life of me remember who or why. You're floundering in the Atlantic like Nollaig.

You are correct, Raven. Your turn.

Yay! I got one. Okay, here goes: spoiled Southern belle won't starve

Well, if we can use fictional characters, the one that comes to mind that I admire is Atticus Finch. There was a character that used analytical thought in everything he said or did.

Hmmm, I may write a review of Little, Big soon, even though it's been awhile since I read it. It was that good, but a difficult one to write a review about. If you like urban fantasy and also historical fiction, it should appeal to you. You're welcome for the cookies.

Ummmm, it's not Sam I Am. Sam I Am is the one trying to convince the other guy to eat the Green Eggs and Ham. I don't know what his name is. Did he have a name?

Hello and welcome, Donna. Hmmm, you mentioned "urban fantasy" specifically. I wonder if I could convince you to read Little, Big by John Crowley. *big evil grin* Or maybe you have already read it? *looks hopeful* By the way, have a cookie.

I don't know if I really have a hero. I don't want to model myself after someone else. I try to be my own hero and often fail, but I guess the point is I keep trying. I also think it can be detrimental to your own self worth if you idolize someone else too much. The only book I have ever read about a real person is Ghost Rider by Neil Peart (the drummer from Rush). It was about his travels on motorcycle across Canada, America, and Mexico after his daughter and wife had died within a year of each other. His daughter died in a car accident very suddenly, and then his wife died from cancer very soon after. It was one of the saddest things I have ever read. When Neil Peart wrote about it, he seemed to believe that his wife had given up because her daughter was killed so suddenly, and that was why she lost the battle with cancer. I don't know if he was right or not, but I am sure her daughter's death didn't help. I guess you could sort of think of him as being heroic, going on with life after such a horrible tragedy. But everyone has their own struggles in life, and I think it's important that we all be heroes for ourselves, as much as we can be.

Ghost Writer was excellent! Looking forward to reading The Seance when I get around to it. Yes, thanks again, Weave. I couldn't finish The Fountainhead, although I did enjoy Atlas Shrugged. I think it's usually the other way around. Guess I'm weird. Looking forward after your post to reading Hawthorne. I have the one you are reading, The Scarlet Letter, and a book of short stories by him, all given to me by my sister.

Sure, why not? I sort of do myself.

I've added Room to my wishlist as well. I'm going to wait until it comes out in paperback. I noticed that you gave The Elegance of the Hedgehog 5 stars, Lucybird. Since I agree with you on that one, I'm sure Room must be great as well.

Difficult choice. Ummmmm, maybe To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee...or Little, Big by John Crowley...or, ummm....Don Quixote by Cervantes...or Bleak House by Charles Dickens...or A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving...or Stranger in a Strange Land by R.A. Heinlein...ummm...or Lolita by Nabokov. That's just one. Yeah.

I also will pick up a book by an author I have never heard of if it sounds interesting. If I like the book, that means I have a new author to add to my ever-growing list.

I believe Anne of the Island was my favorite of all the L.M. Montgomery series. I also loved Rilla of Ingleside, but it was sooooo sad.