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Post 6861

Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences

Can't beat a bit of Heinlein. If you enjoy that, be sure to try the other Laz Long books. Particularly Number of the Beast, which doesn't start out as a Long book but through a series of odd plot twists, winds up as one. Not Laz Long, but exploring similar themes, are ===All You Zombies=== and By His Bootstraps, both also worth a look.

smiley - ale


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Post 6862

psychocandy-moderation team leader

I've read a handful of Heinlein, but no Lazarus Long till now. I'll definitely seek out the others, as well as the other two titles you mention. Haven't read those, either. Thanks so much for the suggestions!


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Post 6863

Malabarista - now with added pony

Gaaah, I think "All You Zombies" is one of the dumbest stories ever written. He's just trying to be overly clever with that one!


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Post 6864

Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences

Well, that whole story is a set-up for the punchline, yes. But I like the way the title is taken from the end, so the book's one big loop, just like "Jane's" life.

smiley - ale


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Post 6865

Malabarista - now with added pony

Nah. Having to slog through some 20 pages of nonsense for a weak punchline is a waste of time.

And there's also the issue of his assumption that one's sexuality is tied to one's gender.


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Post 6866

Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences

Well, it was written in 1959. Besides, some of the pleasure in reading Henlein is watching his attitude to sex and sexuality liberalise over the years.

smiley - ale


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Post 6867

Malabarista - now with added pony

Podkayne is still a bit girly, but yeah... smiley - winkeye

Nearly all of his female characters are purely ornamental, or used only for making the men look good. When they appear at all.


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Post 6868

psychocandy-moderation team leader

I went ahead and ordered the rest of the novels with Lazarus Long, and a collection of short stories with 'All You Zombies'. Those should keep me busy for a while.


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Post 6869

Malabarista - now with added pony

Is it "The Fantasies of Robert Heinlein"? That's a good collection smiley - ok


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Post 6870

psychocandy-moderation team leader

Yep- that's the one! Now I'm looking forward to it even more.

The other titles I ordered are: "Revolt in 2100 / Methuseleh's Children", "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls", "The Number of the Beast" and "To Sail Beyond the Sunset".

This should get me through the better part of winter! smiley - biggrin


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Post 6871

Malabarista - now with added pony

I've just ordered a book about Pancho Barnes; I plan to write an entry on her smiley - ok


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Post 6872

j_z_d09-ace&-chocophile

A dozen or so, pages into When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton.

http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/when_madeline_was_young1.asp


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Post 6873

Sho - employed again!

The Shipping News. Some of the strangest, most evocative writing I've ever encountered.


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Post 6874

Cheerful Dragon

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo


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Post 6875

Bagpuss

I'm re-reading Flashman. What a cad.


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Post 6876

Sho - employed again!

I didn't like Flashman (novel) that much, but I can't put my finger on why. (probably related to having read The Far Pavilions as a teenager)


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Post 6877

Bagpuss

Did you try any of the others?


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Post 6878

Sho - employed again!

not yet - I'm (re)working my way through Sharpe, then I have the rest of the Hornblowers, the O'Briens... then maybe I'll try more Flashman.


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Post 6879

Mol - on the new tablet

I really like Patrick O'Brien - the last one was in my most reent library book batch.

Currently reading Darwin's Watch, the third Science of Discworld book, and dipping in and out of Miss Read.

Mol


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Post 6880

Bagpuss

I was curious because I think I prefer the later ones. Flashman is a nastier piece of work in the first.


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