Jim Sharkey wrote:
_Consider Phlebas_ and _A Player of Games_
Cool. The next two (_Use Of Weapons_ and _Excession_) are great too.
I've heard good and bad about UoW, that it's an aggravating book in
some ways. Excession I don't know much about at all.
Hmm, _UoW_ is definitely worth a
Ritu wrote:
Hmm, _UoW_ is definitely worth a read. Even if you can see certain
things before Banksie wants you to see them. It is also a rather dark
book.
_Excession_ ,otoh, was a book which made me laugh out loud many, many
times. I think it just might be my favourite Culture novel.
I guess
On 08/05/2006, at 5:32 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I was too busy trying to get up to speed. Sometimes, I feel like
I'm still trying. :)
Red Queen, eh? :)
I could just laugh along and pretend I got that; however, I have no
idea to what that reference
Charlie Bell wrote:
On 08/05/2006, at 5:32 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I was too busy trying to get up to speed. Sometimes, I feel like
I'm still trying. :)
Red Queen, eh? :)
I could just laugh along and pretend I got that; however, I have no
idea to
Charlie Bell wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I could just laugh along and pretend I got that; however, I have no
idea to what that reference joke actually refers.
The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, who ran as fast as she could just to
stay in the same place. :)
My first thought was that it was
On 08/05/2006, at 6:28 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
On 08/05/2006, at 5:32 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I was too busy trying to get up to speed. Sometimes, I feel like
I'm still trying. :)
Red Queen, eh? :)
I could just laugh along
On 08/05/2006, at 6:41 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
I agree with you - more and more Americans seem to be slowly coming
to the conclusion that something is rotten in the states...
I hope so. But there's always the yahoo factor here. That is to
say, there's enough yahoos that refuse to even
Charlie Bell wrote:
On 08/05/2006, at 6:28 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
On 08/05/2006, at 5:32 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I was too busy trying to get up to speed. Sometimes, I feel like
I'm still trying. :)
Red Queen, eh? :)
I
From: Julia Thompson
Oh, that's fine, I just felt like being pedantic and mildly useful all
at once. I appreciate your giving me the opportunity to be so. :D
Julia
who once could recite a German translation of the first verse of
Jabberwocky and did so ad nauseum
Umm, ok,
