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from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.
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What kind of name is Belllound?
Oh so the cutoff here is thrity years?I just started Lonesome Dove and I was surprised that it was from 1985.
Escape on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs
254 pages
The Were-Wolf by Clemence Housman
89 pages
Group Total: 197,582
Well that was a really quick, intersting read. I liked White Fell a lot. She was sort of an anti-red riding hood. And I was thinking that it could make the basis of a good movie.It's a confusing mix of Christian allegory and women's empowerment.
Gere's an interesting article:
https://www.revenantjournal.com/conte...
The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years. But ten of Werel's years are over 600 terrestrial years.The lonely & dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain. Every winter --a season that lasts for 15 years-- the Earthmen have neighbors: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches & call the farborns.
But hilfs & farborns have common enemies: the hordes of ravaging barbarians called gaals & eerie preying snow ghouls. Will they join forces or be annihilated?
THE WERE-WOLF tells the tale of two brothers, Christian and Sweyn, whose lives are upturned by the arrival of a beautiful white-haired stranger. Sweyn is smitten by the woman, who calls herself White Fell, but Christian soon harbors dark suspicions: could she be the werewolf he has been tracking all this time? Considered an instant classic upon its publication, The Were-Wolf is both a thrilling tale of suspense and horror and a meditation on power of love and sacrifice that has enthralled readers since its first publication.
Flat cats, the original tribbles.And yes, Hazel was my favorite.
Yeah, Hazel is great. Reminds me of my own Grandma. She wasn't as educated but just as opinionated.
I started this but didn't get far.If you want female characters seems like there will be some good ones here. I really like the grandmother.
One of her lines made me think of this and laugh:
(view spoiler)
She clears at ten. She sets out lunch at one.
Montague's wife was obnoxious(and I'm pretty sure having an affair with Arthur) but when she showed up and said "Why aren't you actually doing anything?" I completely agreed.Also, some interactions between her and Mrs. Dudley would have been amusing.
It was hard to make myself finish this. It was mostly boring and not scary at all to me.
It doesn’t seem likely for twins to have the same middle name. Even so, it’s clear that Castor and Pollux Stone both have "Trouble" written in that spot on their birth certificates. Of course, anyone who’s met their grandmother Hazel would know that they came by it honestly…Join the Stone twins as they connive, cajole, and bamboozle their way across the Solar System in the company of the most high-spirited and hilarious family in all of science fiction. This light-hearted tale has some of Heinlein’s sassiest dialogue (not to mention the famous Flat Cats incident!). Oddly enough, it’s also a true example of real family values–for when you’re a Stone, your family is your highest priority.
Yeah, I understand. I'm halfway through and not much has happened. They're mostly just eating and hanging out and walking around the house.
My copy is only 180 pages. Hopefully you can fit it in soon.The Premise reminds me a lot of Hell House by Matheson.
There's a lot of odd snappy dialogue. Maybe it's supposed to be the characters trying to overcome the opressive atmosphere of the house but it seems really out of place like a sitcom trying to cram in too many jokes.
