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09 July 2009, 11:21 AM
philnic
What Are You Reading? II
quote:
Originally posted by dandelion:
OMG, you haven't read The Jungle Book?! (Prepares to faint.)


Q: What do you think of Kipling?

A: I don't know, I've never Kippled.

In my defence, at age 14 I was forced to read Kipling's Kim. It was the most dreadful literary experience of my life. To this day, the thought of reading Kipling makes me feel queasy.

(MISTER Kipling is another matter, however. He makes exceedingly good cakes.)


- Phil

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09 July 2009, 12:09 PM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by philnic:
Well I don't know, I ain't never kippled.

- Elly May Clampett


"Live Forever!"
09 July 2009, 03:31 PM
jkt
quote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
quote:
Originally posted by philnic:
Well I don't know, I ain't never kippled.

- Elly May Clampett


Who starred in the Twilight Zone with one of the best "reveals" on TV.


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
09 July 2009, 04:18 PM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
Who starred in the Twilight Zone with one of the best "reveals" on TV.

Whom I once met in Crestview Florida.


"Live Forever!"
10 July 2009, 12:49 AM
philnic
quote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Whom I once met in Crestview Florida.


Dr Whom is my favourite TV show in the pedantic grammar genre.


- Phil

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13 July 2009, 04:51 PM
Braling II
quote:
Originally posted by philnic:
quote:
Originally posted by dandelion:
OMG, you haven't read The Jungle Book?! (Prepares to faint.)


Q: What do you think of Kipling?

A: I don't know, I've never Kippled.

In my defence, at age 14 I was forced to read Kipling's Kim. It was the most dreadful literary experience of my life. To this day, the thought of reading Kipling makes me feel queasy.

(MISTER Kipling is another matter, however. He makes exceedingly good cakes.)


I quite like his Battenbergs and mince pies, though I didn't see the latter on the site.
Thanks for the link!
13 July 2009, 06:14 PM
fjp451
Just finished the Films of Alfred Hitchcock (Harris and Lasky), currently turning pages of: Now and Forever (Mr. B), The Greatest Generation Speaks (Brokaw), The Graveyard Book (Gaiman), Collected Poems of Robert Service, Zen in the Art of Archery (Herrigel), and several Spiritual texts.

(Nice not to have to read and correct papers and essays at night! Appreciating some time to step out of one space and into another...)
13 July 2009, 07:39 PM
rocket
I am reading The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle. It's brilliant and the style of writing reminds me some of Ray.


She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...

rocketsummer@insightbb.com
14 July 2009, 01:21 AM
philnic
Dipping into MASKS by Mr B.

Also dipping back into Harlan Ellison's The Beast That Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World (one of the great titles of 60s speculative fiction, with some pretty good stories, too).


- Phil

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14 July 2009, 01:30 AM
philnic
quote:
Originally posted by Braling II:
...I quite like his Battenbergs and mince pies, though I didn't see the latter on the site...


Mince pies are too seasonal. Being a Xmas item, they usually don't hit the shelves until at least August...


- Phil

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17 July 2009, 03:55 PM
jkt
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenehit 451: The Authorized Adaptation
Illustrated by Tim Hamilton with an introduction by Ray Bradbury.

(This is my way of saying I got mine today!!!


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
23 July 2009, 06:34 AM
aprwitch
try "a corner of the veil" by cosse. mr. bradbury would smile...


but if of ships i now should sing, what ship would come for me?
23 July 2009, 07:50 AM
Doug Spaulding
Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson by Peter Carlin.


"Live Forever!"
23 July 2009, 02:17 PM
rocket
The Book Thief, I had previously put it down but its time again.....


She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...

rocketsummer@insightbb.com
01 August 2009, 11:10 PM
jkt
The Shop of the Mechanical Insects by Ray Bradbury. I just received the chapbook today and the illustrations by Dave McKean are as they say in the UK BRILLIANT. Wish I had it at Comic Con so I could have told Dave McKean that.


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley