Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 14, 2006 How many DLers have read Influx by J C Jones? I have. It's not quite as good as Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers by Harry Harrison. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Crossed 33 Posted January 14, 2006 How many DLers have read Influx by J C Jones? Looks good from the synopsis; I'll check it out. On that subject, sort of... do any DLers believe the Apollo moon landing footage/photos were faked? Do any of you believe they are real? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 14, 2006 How many DLers have read Influx by J C Jones? My bookshop couldn't even import the bloody book. Apparently they don't deal with 'Strayan publishers. Perhaps a shop in Den Haag that only sells English language books can help me. Yes, they can! Bit pricey, though. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted January 14, 2006 How many DLers have read Influx by J C Jones? Looks good from the synopsis; I'll check it out. On that subject, sort of... do any DLers believe the Apollo moon landing footage/photos were faked? Do any of you believe they are real? I've read it and it's bloody good. Trust me. I do not believe the moon landings were a hoax. I know they actually took place. There is enough evidence available for anyone with even a basic understanding of science and scientific method to debunk the hoax/conspiracy arguments. And given that all the anti-landing "facts" can be debunked, good ol' Occam says that we must've been there. Add to that a host of other independently verified proofs (LRRR measurements for example) the only thing left to wonder about is the shocking intellectual state of society if so many people are sucked in by such quackery. Maybe their psychics, astrologers or crystal healers told 'em they were faked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted January 14, 2006 How many DLers have read Influx by J C Jones? My bookshop couldn't even import the bloody book. Apparently they don't deal with 'Strayan publishers. Perhaps a shop in Den Haag that only sells English language books can help me. Yes, they can! Bit pricey, though. regards, Hein Why not shop for bargains on the 'net, MH? And I believe the publisher is USAn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 14, 2006 Why not shop for bargains on the 'net, MH? And I believe the publisher is USAn. Much better. Now where did I put that credit card? Books are bloody expensive in the Netherlands. We have this medieval cartel here, there's no price competion in Dutch books. Every bookseller gets about half of the price. Imports are not part of the cartel, but the shops double prices anyway. /:) regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
in eternum+ 22 Posted January 14, 2006 NO DEATH IN THESE BOOKS C'mon guys, there must be a few that deal in the death business that make more interesting reading. I saw - but never got round to buying - that book called STIFF which was all about the uses to which dead bodies are put. Anyone read that and want to comment either way? Not only have I read it, but I have reviewed it as well. It's a pretty easy and interesting read. She writes well, for a journalist*. *I don't mean this derogatorily. What I mean is that I've read a few books written by journalists (Tuesdays with Morrie being a prime and topically relevant example) which were written deplorably, thus detracting from themselves**. **Kind of like this sentence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 14, 2006 Why not shop for bargains on the 'net, MH? And I believe the publisher is USAn. Much better. Now where did I put that credit card? Books are bloody expensive in the Netherlands. We have this medieval cartel here, there's no price competion in Dutch books. Every bookseller gets about half of the price. Imports are not part of the cartel, but the shops double prices anyway. /:) regards, Hein I could photocopy my copy at work and post it to you. I'm sure my employer and the author wouldn't mind. PS: this 'ere looks interesting and is free. From the chap who draws Dilbert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted January 14, 2006 Cricket suicides so common there are two books about them - Silence of the Heart and By His Own Hand - anyone read either of these? Silence of the Heart is an amazing book. Reading it transforms even the brightest summers day into a drizzly Sunday evening in February. With Harry Secombe presenting 'Highway' on a loop. Forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted January 14, 2006 Read this yesterday. An excellent piece of literature. Mr.Nonsense can teach so much i'm guessing. Since he's full of nonesense he teaches you the way to be when you don't want to go along with the sometimes serious life plan that is mainly offered to all people but offered in different ways since everybody is different. I haven't read any good books lately since I don't read much at all. I was flipping through a Mark Twain booklet and if I find time i'll finish it. A very interesting man to learn from he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Toke Deltorso Posted January 14, 2006 Just finished Clark Gable's biography very good it was too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted January 14, 2006 Just finished Clark Gable's biography very good it was too. Yes I enjoy the one movie where he hides under the couch and he leaves his cigar out on the table and this woman is sitting there and her husband walks in. He asks why she was smoking a cigar and she just relized it was there and she thought quick and said that under docters orders she had to stop cigerettes for a while. She picked it up and took a puff at the thing and then sent her husband out of the room and away since he was looking for her approval to go away on his job. Don't remember the name of this movie though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Toke Deltorso Posted January 14, 2006 In the book he said the only woman he really loved was Carole Lombard, she swore alot . Would've been at home on this site!. meybe!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted January 14, 2006 Lively thread, kinda makes you wonder whether someone could corner a market here. You know, like Murder One with all it's crime books. Some Internet bookseller could set up specialising in books about death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 14, 2006 Lively thread, kinda makes you wonder whether someone could corner a market here. You know, like Murder One with all it's crime books. Some Internet bookseller could set up specialising in books about death. At the moment I'm reading a biography of Gerardus Mercator, long dead cartographer. Does that count? regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted January 14, 2006 How did he die and does the book devote a lengthy section to the circumstances? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 14, 2006 How did he die and does the book devote a lengthy section to the circumstances? Dunno. I'm about halfway. He's fourtyish where I left and he lived to 82. I can take a peek, of course. Done so: heart failure, about four pages out of 348. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted January 15, 2006 I've just taken a peek ahead in the book I'm reading - Best of McSweeney's Volume 1. A collection of short stories, some great, some meandering garbage. Well impressed with 'Three Meditations on Death' by William T Vollmann. Combines fact and fiction to explore our favourite topic. Recommended, although buying the whole book would be a bit excessive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 15, 2006 But seriously, I'm currently very much enjoying Roddy Doyle's Play That Thing, the sequel to A Star Named Henry. Grand stuff and Lous Armstrong is in it. For people who enjoy nasty deaths, nightmares and general unpleasantness I'd recommend something by Iain Banks. A Song of Stone perhaps, or Canal Dreams. Horrid, horrid, horrid! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherman90 7 Posted January 15, 2006 I read a book called 100 People Who are Screwing Up America. I was thrilled to find out that Im not one of them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted January 15, 2006 Anything by Sylvia Plath plus a packet of razor blades should be enough at this time of year. A few lines from Lady Lazarus: Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 15, 2006 I read a book called 100 People Who are Screwing Up America. I was thrilled to find out that Im not one of them! I wouldn't be so sure. The book isn't called "The 100 People who are Screwing up America Most" It's just a partisan attack on 100 people whom the author doesn't like. With a considerable political bias. Cheap and contemptible. Is our friend Declan McCullagh in there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted January 15, 2006 Haven't read a book for years, I don't have the patience (or imagination) to read one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted January 15, 2006 If you want something satirical and thought provoking about the modern US media, You could try this book I liked it anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 15, 2006 Last book I read was Gene Wilder's autobiography,quite a bit of death in there as it goes. I'm about to start reading a history of the Basques (the nation, not the underwear) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
