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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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I'm still reading Kafka also, I got halfway through The Trial, I must finish that. I also have some other works of Kafka's to go through.
It maybe worth investigating Stanislaw Lem also, as he was influenced by Borges. I believe Umberto Eco may have been too. I shall also let you know how I get on with Borges' later works. |
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BaldJean
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if you like Kafka, then "Memoirs Found in a Bathtub" by Stanislaw Lem
is a must-read. the unnamed hero embarks on a quest for his mission in
"The Building", where spies, counter-spies and counter-counter-spies
abound. absolutely hilarious and at the same time absolutely creepy
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 05:55 |
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Thanks for the reference Jean, I shall seek it out for sure, once I've got through more of the books currently in my collection.
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 16:02 |
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I've been reading this lately:
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one of the best anti-war books of all time; highly recommended |
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 17:08 |
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Just read "Man on pink corner" by Jorge Luis Borges. Definitely an interesting story and one I will need to read again.
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I also hold "Baudolino" as my favourite book by Eco. I like it even better than "The Name of the Rose." |
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I agree.So is Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo,which also deals with the horrors and aftermath of WWI,and got Trumbo blacklisted. Metallica based their song "One" on the book. |
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Right now I am reading Nam by Mark Baker.
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I'm reading "The Life of a Useless Man" by Maxim Gorky.
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Currently reading "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown (of The DaVinci Code fame). Pretty captivating with a unique twist to the standard 'solve the puzzle in 6 hours or there will be dire consequences' type of mystery. This book was written before "Davinci", which I have also, but I am reading them as they were published. |
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David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light.
http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |
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Started the Universal History Of Imfamy,by Borges...
 (Geck0)Carriego was something simple,unpolished. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 02:05 |
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How are you enjoying it? I'm almost done on it.
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it's coming nice.
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I think I have just the Et Cetera bit to read now, I don't know if your edition has that bit or not?
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If it's complete works...it sure does... |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Excellent. I presume yours is in English and not Romanian?
I'm still not sure what to make of it..., I think I may prefer Ficciones. |
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no,it's translated in Romanian...  |
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I remember my teacher in my creative writing class last year had us read an excerpt from Johnny Got His Gun, and I immediately noticed a connection with One, and later on in the class she told me that the story inspired it. We also read sections of The Things They Carried, which is a superb book. |
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If you want to read a good and mysterious thriller that plays partly
shortly before the beginning of the 70s oil-crisis and partly in the
18th century, at the beginning and in the aftermath of the French
revolution, try "The Eight" by Katherine Neville. "The Magic Circle" by
the same author is not bad either, though in my opinion not quite as
gripping as "The Eight". Katherine Neville is currently working on a
sequel to "The Eight".
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