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I have to pause for breath. In the story we've been fighting all manner of foes. I expect to get to the end of this adventure tomorrow. I'm not sure if I will be unscathed or forever changed.
— Nov 19, 2020 02:39AM
Iain M Rodgers
is 77% done
This is taking me longer to read than expected. I seem to be going in circles. It's like a never ending spiral staircase - but much more interesting.
If that sounds like faint praise, it's not. A never ending spiral staircase would be a great wonder in itself. To be even more interesting - surely impossible, yet this is what is absorbing my attention at present.
— Nov 17, 2020 11:53AM
If that sounds like faint praise, it's not. A never ending spiral staircase would be a great wonder in itself. To be even more interesting - surely impossible, yet this is what is absorbing my attention at present.
Iain M Rodgers
is 65% done
Sound ontological advice concerning teapots.
I heartily recommend these chapters to anyone who needs to delve into this particular branch of philosophy - though, until reading, I hadn't realized that, I myself, was such a person.
For those who are sceptical about having any interest at all on this matter, I should mention there is a wealth of entertainment & action in addition to the stuff on teapots.
— Nov 15, 2020 11:09AM
I heartily recommend these chapters to anyone who needs to delve into this particular branch of philosophy - though, until reading, I hadn't realized that, I myself, was such a person.
For those who are sceptical about having any interest at all on this matter, I should mention there is a wealth of entertainment & action in addition to the stuff on teapots.
Iain M Rodgers
is 45% done
Upon reading I find myself wishing for breakfast. It is subliminal suggestion.
Nevertheless, I shall press on, hoping for a resolution both to story and hunger.
I know that there will be no resolution to the story, for after this one, the final novel still awaits. A good breakfast is surely possible though.
— Nov 09, 2020 11:04AM
Nevertheless, I shall press on, hoping for a resolution both to story and hunger.
I know that there will be no resolution to the story, for after this one, the final novel still awaits. A good breakfast is surely possible though.
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Nov 06, 2020 05:44AM
This is the book that the Times book review called 'a stirring fever dream of a man taunted by a breakfast he shall never eat'. I think it is that book. They might have been talking about some other book. Even some other author. No matter; the judgment rings true as a cathedral bell up from the bottom of the sea. What a beautiful image.
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Another reason to read the book is for the running commentary provided by the author.I need to break my reading into smaller sections to get my money's worth.
I hope I'm not imposing on you.
Iain wrote: "Another reason to read the book is for the running commentary provided by the author. I need to break my reading into smaller sections to get my money's worth."If you had splurged on the leather-bound green-ink hardcover edition with illustrations and annotations by the author complete with silk ribbon book mark and musical score CD in the back, then you would not just get commentary. I connect to you on zoom/skype and make loud sound effects, crowd noises and snarky asides as you read.
For fight scenes I scream a lot, curse incoherently, smash furniture. It's very cathartic, and pretty much what I do at work anyway.
