Cotty wrote:
> On 17/12/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> Yeah, Ted Sturgeon did ('tis Sturgeon's Law)
>
> I knew you'd know that one. Anyone who has a thousand books would do.
>
> We're slightly behind you. About 500.
>
> I keep several by the side of my bed. There's one I've read it twice
> before - once when I was a lad, once about 10 or 15 years ago. Now it
> simply lives there - the perfect book for dipping into when sleep
> crosses the road and walks past on the other side. 'Gypsy Moth Circles
> the World' by Sir Francis Chichester. A solo circumnavigation of the
> globe by a sailing pioneer. Amazing diary of man V the elements.
>
>
Sounds like an interesting read. I'll have to keep an eye out for a
copy. The most entertaining read on seafaring I've had in a while is a
bio of Lord Cochrane, the guy O'Brian based Jack Aubrey on. It's telling
when O'Brian had to tone down the exploits as nobody would believe
Cochrane's actual exploits in fiction.
I'm a voratious reader myself (Drove my teachers batshit in school, as
I'd read 2-3 westerns or SF juveniles a day, but had crappy english
marks, couldnt be bothered with the crap they passed off as fiction,
with the exception of Farley Mowat (got Never Cry Wolf one year, I'd
read it years before) and Shakespeare.
My library is heavily SF, and I buy 30-40 volumes a year these days
(used to buy a lot more, but I now own most of the older SF I want).
-Adam
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