Julia Thompson wrote: > > Jeffrey Miller wrote: > > > > > (hasn't anybody read Kiln People? *sigh*) > > > > Nope, because I've been trying to wade through all the cr@p around > > here.. ;D > > > > seriously, no, I haven't, and I'm vaguely disturbed at the reason why - > > I can't find it. That's right, I can't find a copy anywhere.. okay, > > except amazon.com, which would be too easy for me, right? > > That *would* be easy. :)
What, did you notice my email address? ;D Actually, I just don't need Yet Another Unread Book to depress me. Seattle weather is doing a good enough job as is. > > I'm also looking at a stack of books 20 deep, several of which are in > > the 800-1200 page range and starting to dispair. I should start taking > > Harold Bloom's advice and only read things of value.. > > I laugh at 20-book stacks. I have a list of unread books that would > fill 2 or 3 bookcases here easy. I don't have very many over 800 pages > on that list, though. Probably less than 10 fiction books fall into > *that* category. Ah, but Julia, I'm not counting the books on my amazon.com wishlist, or the 5 crates back east in my parent's basemnet... I actually stopped reading fiction for the past 4-5 months, concentrating on "important" books - reading quite a bit about military history again, evolution, stuff like that. The fiction books on my list are all DH Lawrence & Henry Miller stuff - nothing "easy" > (What with things going out of print oddly, if I find an author or > series I like, I get my hands on whatever paperbacks by that author that > I can, while I still can, before I'm reduced to scouring used bookstores > for months on end at a later time, or relying on on-line used > bookdealers. But I LOVE the smell of used bookstores :) > who recommends _The Sky Road_ by Ken MacLeod, and has several of his > other novels on the "to read" list, including one she bought last week > because it was *there* Why does that name sound familiar? *accessing...* -j- -- moo.
