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10-19-2005, 02:56 PM
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WacKtose Intolerant
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Quote:
Originally posted by bilmore
A book has one, and only one, essentially cheap tricky point to make, and it gets on someone's Best 100 list?
Standards. Whatever happened to standards.
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On the PB: never had em, never will.
With your [really] old skool cred Billlmoure, you should know this.
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10-19-2005, 02:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by bilmore
A book has one, and only one, essentially cheap tricky point to make, and it gets on someone's Best 100 list?
Standards. Whatever happened to standards.
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Huh? What point did it make to you? We shouldn't clone people for organ transplant farms? Heavy!
Ishiguro is a craftsman. He develops charecter and tells a story better than any other living writer I'm aware of, but he isn't on any soapbox.
And the crime is that The Remains of the Day isn't on the list. Hello God It's me Margaret makes it?
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Last edited by Hank Chinaski; 10-19-2005 at 03:00 PM..
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10-19-2005, 03:05 PM
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Caustically Optimistic
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by Spanky
I ordered Collapse from Amazon and the order got screwed up and arrived on Monday. I own the World is Flat. I will read them both. The World is Flat we will make number 2.
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Just got my copy of Collapse from Amazon today. I'll read it for the book club, too. Probably not until this weekend, though. |
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10-19-2005, 03:07 PM
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#3244
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Originally posted by Penske_Account
On the PB: never had em, never will.
With your [really] old skool cred Billlmoure, you should know this.
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dissent. There are no minimum standards to post, but I do believe our side works within standards generally. Example: I cannot remember a single R. post that argued a point and used as it's sole support some opinion blog, can you?
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I will not suffer a fool- but I do seem to read a lot of their posts
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10-19-2005, 03:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by baltassoc
Just got my copy of Collapse from Amazon today. I'll read it for the book club, too. Probably not until this weekend, though.
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wow ncs. you're really putting together a great fun team!
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10-19-2005, 03:11 PM
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Caustically Optimistic
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
wow ncs. you're really putting together a great fun team!
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now, now Hanky-Wanky. Let me know what you want to read and I'll track that down too. |
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10-19-2005, 03:12 PM
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Flaired.
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
wow ncs. you're really putting together a great fun team!
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Indeed. Sorry you are missing out. Except for the sorry part. |
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10-19-2005, 03:12 PM
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I am beyond a rank!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: In that cafe crowded with fools
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Huh? What point did it make to you? We shouldn't clone people for organ transplant farms? Heavy!
Ishiguro is a craftsman. He develops charecter and tells a story better than any other living writer I'm aware of, but he isn't on any soapbox.
And the crime is that The Remains of the Day isn't on the list. Hello God It's me Margaret makes it?
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I reread The Remains of the Day after I read Never Let Me Go (and, in between, another Ishiguro whose name escapes me, which was good), and after NLMG, THotD was utterly frustrating to get through. So.slow.
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10-19-2005, 03:14 PM
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Consigliere
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Quote:
Spanky
I ordered Collapse from Amazon and the order got screwed up and arrived on Monday. I own the World is Flat. I will read them both. The World is Flat we will make number 2.
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First you get suckered by Paigow into reading the latest dreck from one of the most overrated hacks this side of Norman Mailer.
And now you are letting another person con you into reading the unneccesary ramblings from the 4th least annoying NYT Op-Ed person.
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10-19-2005, 03:15 PM
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I am beyond a rank!
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Quote:
Originally posted by nononono
I reread The Remains of the Day after I read Never Let Me Go (and, in between, another Ishiguro whose name escapes me, which was good), and after NLMG, THotD was utterly frustrating to get through. So.slow.
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You might want to give "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" another go.
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10-19-2005, 03:15 PM
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Moderator
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Quote:
Originally posted by baltassoc
now, now Hanky-Wanky. Let me know what you want to read and I'll track that down too.
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Be sure to get your subscription through the Lawtalkers link!
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10-19-2005, 03:17 PM
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Consigliere
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bilmore
Standards. Whatever happened to standards.
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We had to lower them. Government mandated quotas and all that. |
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10-19-2005, 03:19 PM
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Consigliere
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Blume is off the Rose
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dtb
You might want to give "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" another go.
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Ping! Pow!!! |
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10-19-2005, 03:20 PM
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#3254
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
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Quote:
Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Indeed. Sorry you are missing out. Except for the sorry part.
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Here's an idea- let's wait until the day after you first spot Spanky hanging in the lobby of your office before you opine on how happy you are with your Club.
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10-19-2005, 03:37 PM
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I am beyond a rank!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: In that cafe crowded with fools
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Quote:
Originally posted by dtb
You might want to give "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" another go.
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Nice, but I'm sure I'd get bogged down in the thick prose re breast exercises and never be able to make it through to the end.
Point was, NLMG moves more more quickly and fluidly than The Remains of the Day, and after loving the style of NLMG, Remains felt like molasses in comparison (and yes, that was part of his intention).
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