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Not too badly Larry Send a noteboard - 30/01/2011 07:21:03 PM
It keeps my blood pressure down.

It's called "a gnostic fantasy" and isn't too bad.


Is it suffering from an anxiety of influence?


It's different enough from most novels of that sort which I've read over the years.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Larry - 30/01/2011 04:13:47 AM 1217 Views
That looks like pretty standard fare stuff. No offense intended. Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 06:51:09 AM 948 Views
I'm mostly revisiting books I read in my late teens to mid-20s Larry - 30/01/2011 07:42:48 AM 968 Views
The themes may improve. His inability to form any sort of coherent style likely will remain. Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 08:55:10 PM 880 Views
I disagree. Quite strongly, actually. *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 09:10:34 PM 449 Views
Well, you're entitled to be wrong. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:24:55 PM 427 Views
These ones: Rebekah - 30/01/2011 01:07:58 PM 971 Views
Don't choose Gurney! Tom - 30/01/2011 02:23:14 PM 980 Views
It certainly was the worst of the four Ancient Empires books *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 04:18:53 PM 425 Views
I'm just intrigued by someone writing about the Hittites. *NM* Rebekah - 30/01/2011 07:15:00 PM 419 Views
There is a much better book on the Hittites, though. Tom - 31/01/2011 02:11:03 AM 834 Views
I think Camilla ought to read Flight to Lucifer Larry - 30/01/2011 04:42:32 PM 920 Views
I am doing very well pretending Bloom does not exist Camilla - 30/01/2011 06:54:24 PM 809 Views
You might like his novel, though Larry - 30/01/2011 07:03:09 PM 804 Views
Re: You might like his novel, though Camilla - 30/01/2011 07:12:30 PM 933 Views
Not too badly Larry - 30/01/2011 07:21:03 PM 808 Views
S'why I chose it. *NM* Rebekah - 30/01/2011 07:15:29 PM 480 Views
Ha! *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 07:20:23 PM 464 Views
Okay. Legolas - 30/01/2011 01:13:24 PM 867 Views
The number of votes for Chaucer is curious Larry - 30/01/2011 04:41:37 PM 950 Views
I find Chaucer less interesting than Boccaccio *NM* Tom - 30/01/2011 06:50:44 PM 462 Views
I'm divided on the two Larry - 30/01/2011 07:02:32 PM 827 Views
Well... could be an international readership? jh - 30/01/2011 07:38:51 PM 909 Views
Very possible, considering 1/3 or so of the blog's readership isn't Anglo-American *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 09:11:26 PM 441 Views
Re: Very possible, considering 1/3 or so of the blog's readership isn't Anglo-American DomA - 30/01/2011 11:04:11 PM 827 Views
There is that as well Larry - 02/02/2011 03:52:40 AM 954 Views
Re: There is that as well DomA - 02/02/2011 11:57:26 AM 1087 Views
Very true. *NM* Legolas - 30/01/2011 09:12:46 PM 455 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Napoleon62 - 30/01/2011 08:02:49 PM 1490 Views
Well, at least two of those will be reviewed, it seems. Larry - 02/02/2011 03:53:28 AM 948 Views
Hm. nossy - 30/01/2011 09:35:18 PM 1257 Views
Heathen! Larry - 02/02/2011 03:55:46 AM 1051 Views
Beckett, Boccaccio, Calvino. *NM* Stephen - 30/01/2011 10:29:38 PM 577 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... DomA - 30/01/2011 10:31:09 PM 1090 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Camilla - 31/01/2011 09:41:16 AM 962 Views
I've read one Vian book Larry - 02/02/2011 03:50:16 AM 1270 Views
Hmm ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 31/01/2011 12:20:37 AM 1222 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Sir Tybalt - 31/01/2011 03:44:01 AM 886 Views
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