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11/18
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Gravity's Rainbow (Paperback) by Thomas Pynchon bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: TBD
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"...so a critical piece of the plot is tied to my employer. Curiosity got the better of me.
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11/18
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Foucault's Pendulum (Paperback) by Umberto Eco bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: TBD
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"I may be making a critical error in juggling this with Pynchon. Time will tell.
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05/22
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Seven Types of Ambiguity (Paperback) by William Empson bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Steven
is currently reading:
Gravity's Rainbow (Paperback) by Thomas Pynchon bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: TBD
Steven said:
"...so a critical piece of the plot is tied to my employer. Curiosity got the better of me.
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Steven
is currently reading:
Foucault's Pendulum (Paperback) by Umberto Eco bookshelves: currently-reading |
my rating:
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recommended for: TBD
Steven said:
"I may be making a critical error in juggling this with Pynchon. Time will tell.
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| May 13 | ||
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback) by Douglas Adams bookshelves: favorite-as-a-kid |
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recommended for: The Unguarded
read in June, 1989, has a copy to sell/swap
Steven said:
"After rediscovering the series last summer, this anthology is the only book that has ever caused me to burst into laughter in a public space as an adult. Sustained laughter.
I have difficulty thinking clearly when Arthur is describing the biscuit...more " |
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Selected Letters of John Keats: Revised Edition, Based on the texts of Hyder Edward Rollins (Paperback) by John Keats bookshelves: nonfiction, poetry |
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recommended for: 'The Romantics Got Angry, Too' Society
read in May, 2006, has a copy to sell/swap
Steven said:
"I will never understand the motivation for trying to reduce historical figures into two-dimensional charicatures of themselves. Prior to reading this, I'd been led to believe that Keats was a mild-mannered fop.
These letters cast light onto his f...more " |
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The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus bookshelves: antiquity, nonfiction |
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recommended for: Everyone
read in November, 2007, has a copy to sell/swap
Steven said:
"This is the first swipe at a history book. Some scholars may go on about, "Thucydides blahblahblah more rigorous blahblahblah."
...but come on, people. Herodotus arguably invented prose. What more do you want from him? Somewhere be...more " |
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The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) by Publius Vergilius Maro bookshelves: antiquity |
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recommended for: Somebody Searching for an Antique Excuse to Leave a Relationship
read in February, 2002, has a copy to sell/swap
Steven said:
"The Roman habit of coopting all things good and Greek is well-documented, so it makes sense they would want to graft their heritage onto The Iliad. Enter Virgil on scene.
Dido's interlude is the most compelling for me, mostly as a study in...more " |
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De Profundis and Other Writings (Penguin Classics) by Oscar Wilde |
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recommended for: The Congenitally Embittered
Steven said:
"I understand that Wilde had a surfeit of free time while sitting in prison after having his entire life destroyed by a thoughtless lad, but who writes an entire break-up book ...and then publishes it with only a token effort to mask the identi...more
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Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey (Paperback) by V.S. Naipaul bookshelves: nonfiction |
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recommended for: Somebody with a Taste for Current Events
read in October, 2006
Steven said:
"You might think growing up in the Trinidad/Tobago area would have trumped whatever snobbery Oxford could inflict on somebody, but you'd be wrong.
While the travel log is an amazing, in-person account of how Islam flourished in Iran, Pakistan, Indo...more " |
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sarah 84 books 21 friends |
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Bec 34 books 5 friends |
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steven 91 books 8 friends |
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