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Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Jani Metsatahti:
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> it would be cool to have a complete personal list of books started
> reading but never finished.
I have a list like this. it's one shelf that I've loaded
up with books I bought but haven't opened, or books with
bookmarks sticking out.
I've found out that if i organise them like this, I can go
to the shelf and ALWAYS find something I'd like to read for
an hour or two !
> i had a brief job at a library some years ago, and i got really frustrated
> for seeing all those interesting books people borrowed and returned and never
> having time to read them. i took the habit of reading a random half page of
> something every time i took a load of books back to the shelf (library means
> ordinary slave work really, in case anyone had any illusions).
that's cool. and when you're hanging out with someone, use
the "IBM Method": just flip thru the book until they say stop,
and then pick a page section at random. you can get good stuff.
and if it sucks, bail.
> i've been reading "tarzan and the amazons" for about three years.
Edgar Rice Burroughs ? better than his Tarzan stories:
The Martian novels. I've read'em all. Great stuff.
I'm not much into fantasy stories, but for some reason
Burroughs's Martian stuff hits the spot.
Frank Fazetta did a lot of the cover art, his
stuff is better than Boris Valehjo (sp?) IMHO.
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