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[Mike70]

^^ Cheers for the tips! No problem. Quite a bit of his stuff written after "Harsh Mistress" refers back to that story. "The Cat who Walks Through Walls" is just one example of Heinlein re-visiting the moon after the events in "Harsh Mistress" If you havent read any of Heinlein's Lazarus Long books/stories, "Time enough for Love" is pretty good.

[MoonSylver]

Been having the urge to get my Arthurian legend on again for a while. Haven't been able to find my original copy translated by Keith Baines, so I picked up the above. Apparently this one is translated from the Caxton version, which itself was slightly edited from Malory's original, & so far I'm picking up a couple of differences...

[wayzim]

220px-FrankHerbert_Dune_1st.jpg Dune; LOTR for the Science Fiction fan.

[Mike70]

220px-FrankHerbert_Dune_1st.jpg Dune; LOTR for the Science Fiction fan. I've always thought that Dune Messiah was the best of the series. To me, the first four books are solid and form a coherent story. Heretics, Chapterhouse, et al feel like add ons/afterthoughts. Im a huge fan of Herbert's. Whipping Star, The Dosadai Experiment, Destination:Void, Hellstrom's Hive, and The Eyes of Heisenberg are all classics of the genre. Herbert, Heinlein, Anderson, Clarke, Aldiss, and Pohl are the true titans of scifi. Asimov gets an honorable mention.

[Dombant]

Orange_Is_the_New_Black_book_cover.jpg Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison - Piper Kerman

[MoonSylver]

Been having the urge to get my Arthurian legend on again for a while. Haven't been able to find my original copy translated by Keith Baines, so I picked up the above. Apparently this one is translated from the Caxton version, which itself was slightly edited from Malory's original, & so far I'm picking up a couple of differences... Disregard. Apparently there was at least one detail that I didn't remember, or that had been omitted from other versions, that WAS accurate to Malory's original.   never knew that Arthur, before he met Guinevere had a "one night stand" with the daughter of an Earl & had a son! Sir Borre le Cure Hardy Sir Borre was purported by Malory to be a son of Arthur. He is only mentioned in two chapters in Malory: Book I, Chapter 17 "So in the meanwhile there came a damosel that was an earl's daughter: his name was Sanam, and her name was Lionors, a passing fair damosel; and so she came thither for to do homage, as other lords did after the great battle [of Bedegraine]. And King Arthur set his love greatly upon her, and so did she upon him, and the king had ado with her, and gat on her a child: his name was Borre, that was after a good knight, and of the Round Table." Book XIX, Chapter 11 In the list of knights who attempted to cure Sir Urre of Hungary: "...Sir Borre le Cure Hardy that was King Arthur's son..." These are the only two mentions of Borre in Malory. In the Vulgate, Lionors is mentioned but she bears Arthur a different son. This is literally the only mention of these two, & I can see why it would be edited out, both due to the fact it really is only a coulple of throwaway lines that have zero relevance on the main narrative, AND that they rob the Mordred story of a little of its impact. Still, historically interesting nevertheless.

[Geordie9]

[Mike70]

"Wir Sind Utopia" by Stefan Andres. A short but challegening book. Published iilegally in Nazi Germany in 1942, it is about a vroup of prisoners being held in a monestary which has been converted to a prison. It is a disturbimg and rather complex little.book.

[Neil]

Never even heard of this one! I'm interested! ps: Blaze!

[Geordie9]

Never even heard of this one! I'm interested! ps: Blaze! Its got Randall Flagg in it & places from The Dark Tower in it, its a good book Ps Blaze will be coming soon haha!

[Geordie9]

[wayzim]

Hostage+to+the+Devil.jpg Hostage To The Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Living Americans, by Malachi Martin (alleged non fiction )

[Geordie9]

[Kaos]

I've always thought that Dune Messiah was the best of the series. I have always felt that Herbert had a coherent take on both the human condition as well as the science of politics. With regard to the Dune series, in my opinion, Dune was his Bible, and God Emperor his Talmud.

[Geordie9]