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From: The Older Gentleman on 21 Jun 2010 14:12 darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:13:31 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > > >Narnia stories, yes, absolutely > > Christian propaganda. Well, yes, but a good yarn nonetheless, and some of the stories in the Bible are pretty good. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Colin Irvine on 21 Jun 2010 15:56 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:07:31 +0100, Champ squeezed out the following: >On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:39:33 +0100, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >>On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:28:07 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >> >>>Three Men in a Boat. > >>ugh. > >Really? Oh well, if I agree after having read it, I'll be able to do >so from an informed position. Well I enjoyed it. JKJ has a nice turn of phrase. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: darsy on 21 Jun 2010 16:45 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:57:44 +0100, Snowleopard <wintersnowfox(a)gmail.lair.com> wrote: >On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:46:05 +0100, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> said > >>On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:04:30 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >> >>>darsy wrote: >>>> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:03:39 +0100, Colin Irvine >>>> <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >>>> >>>> >Nevil Shute >>>> >>>> "On the Beach" is a great novel. >>> >>>I've got a real soft spot for apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. >>>On the Beach is a great example of the former. I love a happy ending. >> >>I recently-ish read Liz Jensen's "The Rapture" - recommended (but >>then, I like everything she's written). > >I read this while earlier in the year and was quite impressed. I keep >forgetting to look for other stuff she's written., though. IMO, "War Crimes for the Home" is both her best and saddest book. -- d.
From: darsy on 21 Jun 2010 16:47 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:50:59 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >darsy wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:12:34 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >> >> >Do yourself a favour though, get some Kurt Vonnegut in that book club >> >sharpish. Genius. >> >> Breakfast of Champions! > >One of the best, certainly, along with Slaughterhouse 5. I thought Hocus >Pocus was pretty good too. not read "Hocus Pocus" [1] may have to look it up. [1] though my old vario-genre band in the '80s did a cover of the song of the same name. -- d.
From: Champ on 21 Jun 2010 18:13
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:12:34 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >Do yourself a favour though, get some Kurt Vonnegut in that book club >sharpish. Genius. uh huh. I read Slaughterhouse 5 years ago. In fact, so long ago that I can't actually remember if I liked it! -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |