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Which turned out to be those last couple of paragraphs which were apparently tagged on at the publisher's insistence.
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09-14-2007, 12:54 PM
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Elf Lord
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When I was reading Crime and Punishment, I could not put it down. It was so suspenseful! I think I know what you are saying though, it was almost painful to read. Robert Louis Stevensen said: "All I can say is, it nearly finished me. It was like having an illness."
 I can't say I disagree with him. I don't think the ending was very happy, but I think it had a good ending, it was hopeful. Which do you think are his best books?
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09-14-2007, 09:23 PM
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The only other thing I've read of his is the Bros. K.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun!  Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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09-15-2007, 12:09 PM
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Elf Lord
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Well, I agree with Laura Bush that the Bros. K. is the greatest, but I like "The Idiot" and "The Devils/ The Possessed " (alternative titles) more.
A bit lighter- for Fyodor, anyway; of course they have the usual quota of murder, madness, and mayhem.
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill |
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09-15-2007, 01:32 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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I tell ya - it must be EXHAUSTING being Russian!!!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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09-15-2007, 05:09 PM
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Tell me about it!
 P. S. I just read Henry IV, GM. Great play, and neat to see those lines in your sig.
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09-17-2007, 11:41 AM
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Have you recovered yet? 
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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09-17-2007, 11:44 AM
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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09-17-2007, 11:48 AM
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I have a library full of hundreds, maybe thousands of books. I can't part with any of them really. I've read most of them and some of my friends say I should sale some of them. Honestly, somehow I can't. I don't know if it's OCD or if it's just that it's difficult for me to part with anything.
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