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As the thread in question has been ‘tidied up’ it’s hard to tell exactly what was said and who said it first. But from the bits that remain it seems to follow a similar, if more exaggerated version, of previous interactions between eyezOnme and the board. Yes, at times he can act like a troll...

Wait till you hit your mid 30's, it's like you're wading through Ulysess. You read'n'read'n'read but just can't quite finish the chapter. Not without motivating yourself by thinking of a new, more interesting book anyway. Kenny "Impressive bookmark" Shovel

'Snow Country' is a beautiful, minimalistic treasure, and a window on a culture the west barely understands. Kawabata is a subtle, deceptive writer, whose words dab the page in the way of the traditional Japanese paintings that adorn the covers of his books, and are populated with characters...

...and after a 16 year old managed a review...tut tut...

A trip to my favourite second hand shop resulted in: The Angel of the West Window* - Gustav Meyrink The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories - Nikolai Leskov For the Good of the Cause - Alexander Solzhenitsyn Home of the Gentry - Ivan Turgenev Collected Plays vol 7 (contains 'Schweyk in the...

Dude, you're planning this way, way too much.

Probably averages out at a book a week, two a week when I'm commuting.* The only important thing is that you enjoy what you read isn't it. I'm lucky that around 3 out of 4 books seem to hit the spot. Kenny "Has the feeling he's being watched" Shovel *Hey Gem & Vicki...

Burn his books! Burn his books! Burn his books? Burn his books? *disappears up own logic*

Wow, you can read peoples minds and express yourself with emoticons, coooooooool. Is there no beginning to your talents?

Stop stalking my reading list. Final warning. One more time and I start reading experimental German plays. See how you like them!

Twas made into a film. 'Collected Memoirs' - Julian McLaren-Ross.

I f@#king hate Bo Selecta'

Destroying manuscripts is the way forward. I think we can all agree with that...

This one goes up to eleven...

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 8/10 Casino Royale - Ian Fleming 6/10 Should You Be Laughing At This? - Hugleikur Dagsson 8/10 Live and Let Die - Ian Fleming 7/10 Selected Stories - Julian Mclaren-Ross 8/10 General of the Dead Army - Ismail Kadare 8/10...

The author is a Japanese catholic, and he is addressing the question of whether Christianity can spread in a country like Japan, or if it is too based in western values/culture to translate. One of the characters in the book puts it in these terms: Anyway, just over an hour to go till the...

Just finished Silence, so in case I don't have chance to give a full review later on, I'll just point out why I think you might get a lot from it. The book is set in 17th Century Japan and follows a Portuguese Priest as he attempts to contact the Japanese Christian community, which has been...

An unimportant side issue here: Always swimming against the tide is just as lacking in originality as always swimming with it. But I take the points made about smilies. Dont like 'em myself, but that's led to my posts being misinterpreted at times.

You've probably got Japan covered already, but if not I'm half way through a book you might find interesting: Silence by Shusaku Endo The book deals with the difficulty Christianity has faced in becoming popularised in Japan. In particular the persecution Japanese Christians faced in the...

Try looking into R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek, it might be what you're looking for. http://jerz.setonhill.edu/resources/RUR/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R._%28Rossum%27s_Universal_Robots%29 Although I'm a fan of Capek I wouldn't recommend reading the play...