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    Which is the...

    "The Serrano Legacy" by Elizabeth Moon Why is someone clearly obsessed with interior decor, clothes, cuisine, and horses trying to write sci-fi ?? I hardly ever give up on a book but flicking through to random pages and reading yet more about the plush purple cushions that were in the...
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    Real-life Authors As Characters

    Byron, Keats & Shelley in "The Stress of Her Regard" by Tim Powers Byron again (sort of ) in "Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land" by John Crowley Giordano Bruno (although he's more of a scientist / philosopher) in John Crowley's Aegypt series.
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    Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights

    I first read it when I was 10 ( I had a very high reading age that I eventually grew into) inspired by Kate Bush's single :lol: In my teens I was obsessed with the book and the idea of Heathcliff. We lived on the North Yorks Moors so I spent a lot of time striding up and down "brooding", hoping...
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    Teaching Christianity in the Public Schools...

    I'm willing to take the risk :) It worries me that in school kids are forced into an unnatural social structure formed only of their peers for most of the day. By home education my son will have a much wider experience of different types and ages of people with different opinions, rather than...
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    Should drugs be legalized?

    I can't stand drug use, and I think it's the alcohol and weed that everyone reckons is harmless and ok that does the most damage. My brother (with whom I now have no contact because of his substance abuse) has spent his entire life drifting, drinking huge amounts of booze, smoking more and more...
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    Teaching Christianity in the Public Schools...

    I am a Norse Tradition Pagan here in the UK. I agree with children being given an overview of all religions in a historical or literary context, but not with one particular religion being taught as truth. I also disagree with religious assemblies and worship as part of school life, as in my dim...
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    The story, so far removed in time and space and so far-fetched, seemed an exotic fabrication when I first heard it from my uncle's lips, those lips with a hint of sly smile at the upturned corners, just enough to crinkle crow's feet round his eyes. Ink - Hal DUncan
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    Clockwork Orange: Movie Vs. Book

    I'd say don't be put off the book by the film. I love books with their own lingo, like Iain M Banks' "Feersum Enjinn" and really enjoyed the book which I've read several times. I still call things "horrorshow" :) I too watched the film with glee as I'd been led to believe it was really wicked...
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    I am in Milton Keynes avoiding being fried by gorgon stares coming through the cctv cameras :)
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    Usernames!!!! How did you get yours?

    Mine comes from a drunken story telling night at Uni when someone told the story of a goblin made from the giblets of the Xmas turkey that came alive and did untold mischief. His name was Snippety Giblets :lol:Loved it and adopted it as my online ID. Shortened to Snippety mostly these days.
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Green sky at night; hacker's delight. The Atrocity Archives - Charles Stross
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    Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway

    Hi I'm a newbie so this thread is new to me. I love Virigina Woolf, but did first discover the books as part of my degree so had help :lol: My favourite thing with Mrs Dalloway is to : 1) Watch film of Mrs Dalloway starring Vanessa Redgrave which does give you a handle if you need a plot :) 2)...
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    J.R.R. Tolkien: The Children Of Hurin

    I'd say yes. My husband went to a reading in London and managed to get me a copy signed by Christopher Tolkien, Alan Lee and Bernard Hill !! It is one of my most treasured possessions and also proved to be a very good read. I know the story very well from the Silmarillion and the History of...
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    Recommend a very good (semi-)obscure fantasy/sf book

    Hi This is my first post and I've only had time to skim this very interesting thread so forgive me if these have already been mentioned: Engine Summer and Little Big by John Crowley (my favourite author of all time :)) and Body of Glass by Marge Piercy.
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    Hi there

    Hello, I've just found this forum this morning and I'm looking forward to exploring later. I'm a stay at home mum of a lively 13 month old so my reading time has been reduced to almost 10% of what it was pre-boy :lol: I enjoy mainly sci-fi and fantasy but also Jane Austen, Viriginia Woolf...
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