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Hello everyone, thought I'd try a cup of that already famous coffee, and give you a chance of checking out a fantastic danish author. Forget about overrated Peter Hoeg and his snow-ramblings, and try finding anything written by Svend Aage Madsen. I'm not sure how much is tranlated but try getting your hands books with the danish titles: Tugt og Utugt i Mellemtiden and Syv Aldres Galskab (trans. Seven Ages of Madnesss). The title latter is named after a japaneese bookreviewer's failed attempt to say his name: Mr. Seven Age Madness (svend Aage Madsen). Read them, he is one of finest authors ever!

currently..i'm reading some famous one about physics and the name is...umm..better check..The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory..there it is..and then i'm reading Lucifer's hammer..by larry nieven or somethiing..then it's the millenium issue of the economist..and then thee is the special issue of scientific american..and then about 10 other books waiting
and icelandic stuff is marvelous

hej biggi and Christian, I never heard of those two... but maybe you'd like to check the newer forums, maybe someone else knows? btw - here's your coffee c(~)

well, why do I always hit the post button before I'm finished??
Irving Washington's BooK NooK is to be found here:
http://www.h2g2.com/A229943
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Hi Christian!

As you can see from the size of this thread, we had to give it up as unmanageable a while back -- go to
http://www.h2g2.com/A229943
and meet all the rest of us, and restate your thoughts on Danish lit. Why not start a new conversation on the subject? See you there -- and don't spill your coffee on your way through the wormhole.

Lil

Well, the books on my nightstand are all of P.G Wodehouse at the moment. They are "Ice in the bedroom", "Uncle Fred in the Springtime" and "Thank you, Jeeves". Splendid reading, all of it.

The all NEW book forum is at:
http://www.h2g2.com/forumframe.cgi?forum=29359&thread=38936

Yup to all of the above, finished the gap series middle of last year - waiting for more Donaldson - I don't think anything he's written has disappointed (apart from the second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant feeling like he'd swallowed a couple of Thesauri).

Read the latest J May recently - Perseus Spur I think - OK - not overly fond of though - a bit too (dare I say it) Childish.

I "think" I've read everything (novel wise at least) that Asimov ever did - though I may be wrong....

I am currently reading the Second foundation trilogy By Benford,Brin and Bear - three of my other favourites ('cept I thought Asimov wrote a 2nd foundation trilogy...)- just finished Foundation's Fear.

Have you tried Stephen Baxter?? - Oh and have you read anything by Robert L. Forward - I've read one book by him (title escapes me ... maybe "dragon's egg"?) and found it fascinating - has he done anymore..

Anyway - I've only just started reading this thread so I'll comment more later....

I've got the same prob with the Silmarilion - I must have started it about 7 or 8 times - I think I must have finished it once though.....

Sorry, I thought the Novel dragged on a bit - the short story was perfect....

That said the novel was v. good too.

Hi! Always a surprise when an old thread suddenly awakes and speaks!

As you can see from the length of this and several other book club threads on this forum, the book discussion was extremely popular. So much so that we went ahead and established a new forum, the Irving Washington Book Nook, just for book club chat. I don't have the pointers right to hand, but I'll post it here in just a couple of minutes. This thread is way too long to continue a discussion on anyway.
Lil

http://www.h2g2.com/A229943

That's the Irving Washington Book Nook.
See you there!

Peter F. Hamilton - I'm onthe last book at the moment - an absolutely marvellous series - I read him quicker than anyone else at the moment - I started the Naked God only on Sunday and I'm already 300 odd pages in (that's reading on trains and pre-bed only) - usually I manage about 3-400 pages a week.

Have you read any of his other stuff - e.g. Mindstar rising?

I'm also reading his Eden collection and a book by Robert Asprin - somehting to do with Phule's Company ... - I used to like him but I think either he's gone off or I have!

I've read Foundation's Fear by Greg Benford - its quite good actually - a bit more character development than Asimov ever did (even in his later books).

It kind of goes into how Seldon formulated his theory of Psychohistory and why - includes Robots (R. Daneel Olivaw is a major character) and Sims - Joan of Arc and Voltaire are major characters.

More would possibly give too much away...

Which is that in the new trilogy?
I'm never sure the order of them all...

I'll reply here - but I'm off to the new Forum - would be good if the Forum could have a sign up - closed or something!!! I've just finished reading it only to find you've all gone and moved.


It's the first one.

After TEACHING King Lear for some years I finally read it without having to think of different ways to convey its complexities to a large group of generally disaffected students. I was amazed how much fresh stuff I got out of it, despite knowing it like the back of my own jocks. I don't know whether plays count, but there it is. For Humour I re-read Lucky Jim and The Old Devils on alternate years (K. Amis). Oh, I keep the collected Larkin in the crapper just to be on the safe side.