Comments on: Tagged by another Book meme

By: MikeFitz

MikeFitz — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:54:52 +0000

Thanks Russ. As I said elsewhere, I was knocked out by your response to that other book meme.

By: Russell Allen

Russell Allen — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:12:19 +0000

Several books mentioned here are on my hot list. Notes From A Big Country is the best travel Bryson by a long way but his more recent ‘Short History of Almost Everything’ trumps it. Excellent.

Satanic Verses is one of those books that inspires me each time I read it. In fact all of Rushdie’s work is truly brilliant.

Cancer Ward is the Solzhenitzyn work that makes me teary. It’s a major triumph over adversity story.

By: MikeFitz

MikeFitz — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:17:13 +0000

Thanks for your kind offer, Leon. Perhaps at the next QMSDNUG meeting? Email following.

By: lb

lb — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:54:42 +0000

i am a fellow brisbaner and i have a copy of stranger in a strange land. it’s yours if you still want it! drop me an email and we’ll arrange the drop off!

By: MikeFitz

MikeFitz — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:20:29 +0000

Thanks, Bonnie. Yep, I do see the difference. You’ll have to excuse me. I’m sometimes given to colloquialisms, as in If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!.

By: sherd

sherd — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:15:39 +0000

Likewise, pleased to make your acquaintance, sir. I have meme answer envy to add to my comment envy. [Edit: Sherdie is responding to my comment on her book meme post. Her comments there were the inspiration for my next post on Simple HTML for Formatting Blogger Comments. -- Mike]

By: bonnieconquest

bonnieconquest — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:30:01 +0000

Change don’t mean fix.

By: MikeFitz

MikeFitz — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:43:58 +0000

Thanks,Boff. Yeah, I think I grok Heinlein already. Next time I’m walking past Dymocks…

By: MadameBoffin

MadameBoffin — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:20:21 +0000

You should make the effort of reading Stranger in a Strange Land - it’s absolutely worth the read. I think you’ll love it.

hahaha re Eucalyptus. I tend to find almost any modern book not produced for the mass-market tends to fit into this namby-pamby, wanky critical literary mumbo-jumbo. It’s tedious to say the least