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    Morose_Penguin
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 29 May 2011

    The cover has brought to bear one of my pet hates. It's a completely different design than the Fallen Blade cover… Which has been re-released in line with the new cover:

    I suppose it's to try and appeal to a larger market but it really irritates me 😞

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      Jpo1932
      Joined: 3 Jul 2010

      Any suggestions on which book by Kafka I should begin with?

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        Seul
        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

        The "Metamorphosis" short story… Really tons of fun... Reminds me I need to read some more Kafka this summer... Started "The Trial" and "America" but finished neither'un  :-\

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          501IH
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 22 Jul 2011

          Ugh, yeah, Kafka is heavy stuff. Seul's recommendation is good, the other that comes to (my) mind is "Vor dem Gesetz", engl. "Before the Law", if you just want to try a short story.

          Keep your jeans on–-and let nothing come in between you and the denim !

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            Seul
            Joined: 24 Nov 2009

            I tried reading 'm in Dutch: no dice. Then German: realised I can basically only order beer and shout in Deutsch… So yeah: this summer I'll try my English versions...

            Reminds me: I really have my work cut out for me this summer...

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              Jpo1932
              Joined: 3 Jul 2010

              Thanks guys, I'll give both of em a shot.  A book about a man turning into a insect sounds pretty interesting  😉

              Before those I'd like to see if I can find a copy of Goeth's Faust. I've had a hard time looking for it strangely…

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                emceeQ
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 11 Jan 2012

                That's some good reading you got there Seul.  I really love the works of Celine and Miller…

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                  michaeljcr
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                  Joined: 14 Oct 2010

                  Just started this:

                  Great stuff. They've just started showing a tv series based on these, so I thought I'd check 'em out.

                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                    Morose_Penguin
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                    Joined: 29 May 2011

                    Have to say I prefer Elmore Leonard's early work for my western fix…

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                      michaeljcr
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                      Joined: 14 Oct 2010

                      Love Elmore Leonard also, but man cannot live on one type of cowboy mystery alone…

                      Actually, I've only read a bit of Leonard's 'proper' westerns, I've mostly read his more contemporary stuff. I've got the Raylan Givens books now as well. I guess they're more comparable to the Longmire stuff as they're both contemporary, despite the obvious differences.

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                        Morose_Penguin
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                        Joined: 29 May 2011

                        Well, from what I understand, he started out only writing western stories as they were well paid at the time. Then he switched to crime novels. And with the advent of Raylan Givens as a 'modern' cowboy, seems to have come fill circle.

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                          Morose_Penguin
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 29 May 2011

                          Finally got back to some E. Leonard at last. I find I appreciate my local library more and more since Iron Heart appeared in my life :).

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                            Sugar Mountain
                            Joined: 18 Jan 2012

                            Do we have any David Foster Wallace fans around here? I'm about halfway through The Pale King after a good long reading session last night. This was his last, unfinished novel but you wouldn't know it from how 'complete' it feels. I've yet to read his masterpiece Infinite Jest but really enjoyed The Broom of the System.

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                              Morose_Penguin
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 29 May 2011

                              Sounds like good stuff. I've a back log at the moment, but the next time I'm without a book to read, I'll give him a go.

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                                Morose_Penguin
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 29 May 2011

                                Just started:

                                Loving it so far, I might have to hunt down the rest of his stuff. Then:

                                probably, (although not limited to) that order. I will have to buy 'The Long Earth' when that gets published…

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                                  J-IV
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 19 Oct 2011

                                  Got a sweet bargain. $1 for two Vonnegut books? Hell yes..

                                  I'm as ugly as you

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                                    michaeljcr
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                                    Joined: 14 Oct 2010

                                    Looking forward to The Long Earth as well.

                                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                                    • hecticH
                                      hectic
                                      Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                                      http://imgur.com/a/lPRKz

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                                        Is the Dark Tower series worth giving a serious go?

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                                          michaeljcr
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                                          Joined: 14 Oct 2010

                                          @hectic:

                                          http://imgur.com/a/lPRKz

                                          Excellent!

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