What kind of library is closed on a friday? I'll try and stop in tomorrow to get a copy
What kind of library is closed on a friday? I'll try and stop in tomorrow to get a copy
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
Originally Posted by Virgil
It's not a very long book, virg, come on! you can do it.just spend a little less time drooling over young Italians and get busy reading.
sorry.
"Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty."
looking forward to it...Glad you will be joining us, Riesa!
A new copy?
a new copy? ummm.as opposed to an old copy? I am never lucky enough to actually find the book I'm looking for in a used book store, or the library for that matter. Barnes and Nobles it is, I'm afraid.
"Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty."
I think you can order used books via Amazon quite inexpensively. A friend keeps sending me links re: Kurt's Take On Things. I'm getting overwhelmed by URLS. Maybe a few of you will enjoy his artwork below:
http://www.stanford.edu/~ablaser/art.html
I had another which accessed an interview re: his paintings & other Arty Things but can't locate it right now. He had an interesting take on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony...which is always neat to explore. Maybe someone else will stumble across it online.
Slaughterhouse is wonderful...but it's super intense in parts, too, needless to say. The Tralfalmadorians help goofy things up alot, though. (Aliens).
I need to read Cat's Cradle again at some point.
It's great to see Billy Pilgrim lives on. He sure had a rough go of it. It'll be cool to participate in discussions next weekend. Thanks for the opportunity to explore this book further.
The one that is open over the weekends, surely! Here usually they close midweek, too, to be able to be open at the weekend.Oh, sorry! Thought you meant a new copy, meaning you already had one but were going to get another one for this reading! If that makes sense...looking forward to it...
a new copy? ummm.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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ah, makes perfect sense. actually I do own a copy, but it is at my parents home probably in the attic somewhere along with my high school yearbooks and embarrassing gymnastic and air-band videos.Oh, sorry! Thought you meant a new copy, meaning you already had one but were going to get another one for this reading! If that makes sense...
"Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty."
Is it not far more likely that they are just doing this to annoy me? Probably were all sitting in there laughing at me.
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
Ahhh I wish we were closed on a friday somtimes especially today...what a fridayIs it not far more likely that they are just doing this to annoy me? Probably were all sitting in there laughing at me.oh well got the other book might as well try and get this Im sure we dont have it.
Haha online resevation....humm only 7 copies and 6 have been reserved already...how many people on the litnet live in Cheshire :S
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Maybe we should have a look at those as well!my high school yearbooks and embarrassing gymnastic and air-band videos.OK, didn't want to hurt your feelings but you are probably right... I can imagine the library staff putting the CLOSED sign on as soon as they see you approaching... ducking under their desks, trying to stifle their gleeful laughters all the while...Is it not far more likely that they are just doing this to annoy me? Probably were all sitting in there laughing at me.*whistles*
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I just finished Slaughterhouse 5 last week and was so impressed I ordered Cats Cradle and Timequake so I'll be reading them in honour of Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse 5 is a great book, profound and messed up, just like war. I was so gutted to hear that Kurt Vonnegut died when I only just discovered his fabulous writing.
According to the Trafalmadorians (who you will become familiar with) death means nothing because in all of time everyone is alive at some point.
Snagged a copy from the library, and am now reading it for the second time. It's one of the greatest novels written since the Second World War, in my opinion.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
I may have to wait on this one, but I'll definately have to pick up the book for the second time once I find time after the school semester. I went on a Vonnegut binge in highschool; very fine stuff.
and somehow a dog
has taken itself & its tail considerably away
into the mountains or sea or sky, leaving
behind: me, wag.
- John Berryman
I found a copy at Half-Priced Books today! snagged it! felt like I had won a prize..will start soon. a Vonnegut binge, sounds delicious, better than a pickles or vodka binge.
scher, I'll share my high school paraphernalia with you all if you will clean my house for a month.
"Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty."
Hey, the yacht owned by the young married couple in the novel is the Sheherazade. Coincidence? Yes.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Hey, I would clean your house for a month to see that.I found a copy at Half-Priced Books today! snagged it! felt like I had won a prize..will start soon. a Vonnegut binge, sounds delicious, better than a pickles or vodka binge.
scher, I'll share my high school paraphernalia with you all if you will clean my house for a month.
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