The book is not a love story. It has a love story, but that's not what the book is about. Not even remotely.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all.
- 26/09/2009 08:17:06 PM
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Myself, so far...
- 26/09/2009 08:22:52 PM
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Wow 
- 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM
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- 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM
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Oh.
- 26/09/2009 09:01:31 PM
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Yes, even people with virtually no education have usually heard of Churchill and/or Kipling. *NM*
- 26/09/2009 09:37:59 PM
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I've read 36 of those
- 26/09/2009 09:04:18 PM
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Okay, I've read a few of these people. (EDITED to specify what works)
- 26/09/2009 09:36:31 PM
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Gee, I wonder what the theme is... 
- 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM
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- 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM
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It's not so hard to figure that out...
- 26/09/2009 09:44:55 PM
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Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless?
- 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM
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Of course it is meaningless, all prizes are.
- 26/09/2009 10:08:36 PM
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Oh...but those are the "Some People" that I look down my elitist nose at.
- 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM
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- 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM
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Let's see.
- 26/09/2009 09:58:12 PM
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Of all the Russian authors to receive the prize, Solzhenitsyn is the worst stylistically
- 26/09/2009 10:03:11 PM
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I've been meaning to read Pasternak for such a long time.
- 26/09/2009 10:06:28 PM
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Don't put it on a list at amazon. Put it in the cart, then click on "purchase".
- 26/09/2009 10:23:33 PM
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I don't buy books online myself. If I did people would never know what to get me.
- 26/09/2009 10:26:01 PM
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- 26/09/2009 10:26:01 PM
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See, I can't remember if I read Pasternak...
- 26/09/2009 10:11:14 PM
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It's one of my favorite books of all time.
- 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM
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I was just gonna ask about that.
- 26/09/2009 10:23:44 PM
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The movie destroyed the entire idea of the book.
- 27/09/2009 03:00:54 AM
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There's an ITV film of the book with Keira Knightley. It looks utterly appalling. 
*NM*
- 26/09/2009 10:25:12 PM
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*NM*
- 26/09/2009 10:25:12 PM
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For what it's worth, the recent Russian miniseries wasn't fantastic.
- 27/09/2009 03:02:25 AM
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Only 10 of them.
- 26/09/2009 11:53:47 PM
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From my list, Hesse's Siddhartha is my foremost recommendation. *NM*
- 26/09/2009 11:55:03 PM
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Only these ones have I already read, but I'll try the challenge. Could take me a while, atm.
- 27/09/2009 02:48:10 AM
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Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all.
- 28/09/2009 09:55:36 AM
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Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all.
- 28/09/2009 06:15:01 PM
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Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all.
- 28/09/2009 06:51:05 PM
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Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all.
- 29/09/2009 02:20:37 PM
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I worked out that the best way to make use of this thread is to remove the names I have read...
- 02/10/2009 08:43:57 PM
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