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Unos libros en español (para estudiar)
Deseo algunos libros simples en español.
:: STARTED BY hermetic archipelago
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:41 09.06.04

Raymond Chandler
Just read the back cover of any of his books. And if you stop and look over your shoulder while doing it you'll see Marlowe grinning at you.
:: STARTED BY Sebastian
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:19 09.06.04

Game Of Thrones
Tell me about the series. Maybe even convince me to read it.
:: STARTED BY quinine92001
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:55 08.06.04

Gore Vidal - Mira Breckinridge
What do people think of Myra Breckinridge? Has anyone got a recommendation of which Vidal book I should read next?
:: STARTED BY Looby
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:47 08.06.04

Kind to your books?
Are you kind to your books or very, very bad? Do you turn corners over? Is the book as an object important to you, or is it just the content you value?
:: STARTED BY Olulabelle
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:54 07.06.04

If nobody speaks of remarkable things.
Debut novel genius from Jon McGregor (bastard no older than my loser self).
:: STARTED BY DavidXBrunt
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:22 03.06.04

If I read only one book in 2004, what should it be?
recommendations?
:: STARTED BY Ninjas make great pets
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:41 01.06.04

Ex Libris
keywords: book fetish
:: STARTED BY deja_vroom
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:52 28.05.04

Suggestions for any good books...?
I need to read a good book damnit! PLEASE help me out!!
:: STARTED BY undergroundbeauty
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:42 26.05.04

I am attempting to find a book
Seeking a Book
:: STARTED BY hollywould
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:45 25.05.04

Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun
A discussion of sci-fi author Gene Wolfe's series of books set in a far-future Earth where strange things happen.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:16 24.05.04

Barbelith Book Club: The Divine Comedy (discussion thread)
Thread for discussion of Dante's Comedy.
:: STARTED BY deja_vroom
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:41 24.05.04

Do You Want Me to Lose my Job?- Libraries, Librarians and the Public Perception.
Library use (in the UK at least) seems to be in a permanent downward spiral. Why is this?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady of The Two Towers
:: 55 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:02 10.05.04

The Borribles and other anarchic children
The Borribles by Michael de Larrabeiti. A starting point for discussion of anarchic children's literature.
:: STARTED BY Rex Feral
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:09 07.05.04

Thom Gunn is dead
The genius poet Thom Gunn, author of Jack Straw's Castle, The Man with Night Sweats, and other fine volumes, has snuffed it, while human scum like Jeffrey Archer yet draw breath. How long, o lord, how long?
:: STARTED BY velvetvandal
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:00 04.05.04

Query
Does anyone know if the MA in Novel Writing in University of Manchester is any good? Worth uprooting myself and spending a year and rather a lot of money on?
:: STARTED BY slinkyvagabond
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:13 04.05.04

Libraries to become extinct
A discussion of libraries given that current social trends indicate they may not be with us for much longer.
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:02 03.05.04

The romantic poets
the romantics - blake byron shelley coleridge keats byron wordsworth - the poetry and life stories thereof.
:: STARTED BY Life Critic
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:59 29.04.04

Introductions
A thread about introductions, prefaces etc: are they necessary? do they change or even worsen the reading experience and how readers approach books?
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:29 27.04.04

Any Editors in the Hizzouse?
do we have any book editors gracing the forum?
:: STARTED BY matsya
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:27 25.04.04

Conspiracies and John Dee?
Looking for some light reading suggestions for the topics of Conspiracies and John Dee. Can you spare a brother a book review?
:: STARTED BY invisible_al
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:03 25.04.04

Detective fiction
Detective fiction and WELTERS OF GORE
:: STARTED BY Kit-Cat Club
:: 25 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:10 24.04.04

The Novels of Daren King
Have you read that book. About a giraffe. Big man, have you read that book. No I say, I would not be reading baby books about animals. The only animal I want to know. Is my trouble monkey. O, says my Star.
:: STARTED BY miss wonderstarr
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:11 22.04.04

Why is everyone so down on romance?
Okay, not everyone, but it's come up a few times in the "likely to be embarrassing to be seen reading" in the 'books and image' thread. Why? Or, for those of us who read romances, why do we like them?
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:04 20.04.04

TSOG
The Thing That Ate the Constitution and Anton Wilsons' Anger
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:32 20.04.04

JP Saticoy - Man, Myth or Legend?
Does JP Saticoy or the book An Eye is Upon You as quoted by Powerman 5000 exist? Views, opinions or pertinent information welcome.
:: STARTED BY madprocess
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:46 20.04.04

David Brin
Just picked up Kil'n People by Brin. General discussion on the author and his works...
:: STARTED BY Sandy Claws
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:30 20.04.04

Unsuccessful epic, and modern epic more generally...
Unsuccessful epics through history, and more broadly what a piece of work has to do these days to be classed as an epic, and how to gauge its success or failure.
:: STARTED BY A Haus of Minions
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:29 19.04.04

Confusion - the new Neal Stephenson book
A thread to talk about Neal Stephenson's book "Confusion" Caution, may contain spoilers.
:: STARTED BY Axolotl
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:25 19.04.04

Book of Lies: Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult
A good read, sometimes a little too 'interesting' though
:: STARTED BY clay bear
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:44 18.04.04

 
  

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