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blue_gooseberry in blotts_attic

Er... Hello

Aug 31, 2006 15:14

Hi! My name is... Louisa

And I found blotts_attic through... searching english literature

My favourite novel of all time is... Middlemarch by... George Eliot because... it is such a complex story... and I can identify slightly with Dorothea Brooke (although I'm not married to an old boring person).

The three authors whose works I think everyone ( Read more... )

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muddy August 31 2006, 14:57:37 UTC

I used to be a HUGE Terry fan but went off him about 8 or so books ago. I started to find his stuff very sameish and each book just an excuse to bring out each of his characters for a cameo.

Still, I do still have (semi) happy memories about buying a new one and going home and sitting on the kitchen floor (which for some reason was a very comfortable place to read) at 4 in the morning finishing the book :D

Dick is someone I have always MEANT to read. I have Electric Sheep somewhere here but never started it. Bad Muddy :(

blue_gooseberry August 31 2006, 18:01:43 UTC

I would agree that his books have definately lost their originality, I think he's just run out of ideas! But I'd still much rather read one of his books than most other things.

muddy September 1 2006, 12:53:19 UTC

Yeah - I started reading back about 89 (OMG - how long has he been writing?!?!) and his ideas seemed very fresh then.

I read some Tom Holt recently - Nothing But Blue Skys - very irrelivent humour about how Chinese Water Dragons control all the rain and a plot by disgruntelled TV Weather men to capture one and hold him to ransom. That was fun.

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blue_gooseberry August 31 2006, 18:02:57 UTC

Science students too! Every time I read one of his books I find something I hadn't noticed before!

speedwayjunky September 1 2006, 02:35:59 UTC

I liked the film of Equus, haven't read any novelization for it, but I can't see an author beng able to capture some of the more powerful scenes in the film and/or stage production. I think Equus is there to be seen, not read.

I love Terry Pratchett, and what I've read of Jane Austen has been quite lovely and enjoyable. I must shamefully admit that I've not ready anything by George Eliot. *blush*

blue_gooseberry September 1 2006, 21:18:21 UTC

Apparently there is a stage production of Equus somewhere in the west end with Daniel Radcliffe (guy who plays Harry Potter) as the boy in it. Sounds interesting.

Not having read George Eliot is not shameful, the rest of her stuff is not as good anyway.

alamory September 28 2006, 12:36:38 UTC

whats your reasoning for Safran Foer being overrated?