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bcaie16
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 03:25
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I would be interested in reading a bit about Ray Davies. Admittedly, although i love the music, I have absolutely no idea about The Kinks outside of the music.
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bcaie16
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 03:26
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| 40footwolf wrote: | My favorites are:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Korvic
The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
Columbine by David Cullen
Zero by Ignacio De Loyola Brandao
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Ceremony by Leslie Silko
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few. |
Nice to see A Tolstoy book that isn't "War And Peace".
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RFNAPLES
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Age: 75
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 04:28
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| bcaie16 wrote: | | I would be interested in reading a bit about Ray Davies. Admittedly, although i love the music, I have absolutely no idea about The Kinks outside of the music. |
Ray Davies book mixes fiction and fact and it often is intentionally hard to tell which is which. It is not a complete story of The Kinks but a good entertaining read in any event. Check out the Wikipedia article on
the book: (you will have to cut and paste the link including the (Book) since this fine editor won't accept it)
Dave Davies Kink (1966) is a more accurate autobiography of The Kinks. Or check out The Kinks, 2nd ed (2007) by Neville Marten and Jeff Hudson. Wikipedia has a pretty good short bio on The Kinks at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks
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Wombi
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 05:01
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| SquishypuffDave wrote: | | Every book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. |
you are a gentleman & a scholar Squishypuff
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SquishypuffDave
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Age: 33
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 05:36
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| Jhereko wrote: | | SquishypuffDave wrote: | | Every book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. |
you are a gentleman & a scholar Squishypuff |
Flattery will get you everywhere good sir.
And I usually hate fantasy. Pratchett is one of the most underrated character writers ever.
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Wombi
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 05:41
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| SquishypuffDave wrote: | | Jhereko wrote: | | SquishypuffDave wrote: | | Every book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. |
you are a gentleman & a scholar Squishypuff |
Flattery will get you everywhere good sir.
And I usually hate fantasy. Pratchett is one of the most underrated character writers ever. |
that's a really interesting perspective, I've never met anyone who liked prachett but not fantasy as one of the main 'hooks' of discworld is the way he plays with the genre. But I agree he is a great character writer.
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GARY
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 05:48
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PAPILLON - (Henri Charriere) - An account of a 14 year peroid in Papillon's life, (1931-1945) at the Devil's Island Penal Colony. I've read this book twice and saw the movie made about Papillon. The Movie is good, but as usual, the book is even better.
MOON - (Tony Fletcher) - My all time favorite biography of a musician, and I've read like 80 of them, and this is one about Keith Moon. I've read this one 4 times (yes, it's that good). Hysterical, in depth, fascinating, but also very sad at times, book. It also shows and reveals things about many other famous people who were a part of his life.
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CellarDoor
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 08:00
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1 - "1984" by George ORWELL
2 - "Dune" by Frank HERBERT
3 - "The Naked Lunch" by William S BURROUGHS
4 - "Crash" by J G BALLARD
5 - "La Cantatrice Chauve" by Eugène IONESCO
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GARY
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 08:03
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| CellarDoor wrote: | 1 - "1984" by George ORWELL
2 - "Dune" by Frank HERBERT
3 - "The Naked Lunch" by William S BURROUGHS
4 - "Crash" by J G BALLARD
5 - "La Cantatrice Chauve" by Eugène IONESCO |
Good list Cellar. I especially like 1984 and Dune.
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CellarDoor
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- Posted: 03/26/2011 08:15
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| GARY wrote: | | CellarDoor wrote: | 1 - "1984" by George ORWELL
2 - "Dune" by Frank HERBERT
3 - "The Naked Lunch" by William S BURROUGHS
4 - "Crash" by J G BALLARD
5 - "La Cantatrice Chauve" by Eugène IONESCO |
Good list Cellar. I especially like 1984 and Dune. |
I've seen the movie "Papillon", so I might have to hunt the book down !
I have so many books on my reading list though, that there's a tower of them next to the bed (reminds me of some Paul AUSTER book, "Moon Palace" ?).
I'm reading Stephen KING's "It" at the moment.
Loving "it" ! 
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