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tomcatpolka

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 11:19 pm
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"Seven Sisters" by Margaret Drabble. Nice. My only quibble - the
ending falls apart. Drabble came up with interesting characters, put
them into a fun situation, but didn't sew it up satisfactorily. I
don't know what I'd do in her place, but I would've liked more visits
from the bad daughters (who were only briefly presented).

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:40 am
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"Jim Ward" <tomcatpolka DeleteThis @NyOaShPoAoM.com> wrote in message
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 > "Seven Sisters" by Margaret Drabble. Nice. My only quibble - the
 > ending falls apart. Drabble came up with interesting characters, put
 > them into a fun situation, but didn't sew it up satisfactorily. I
 > don't know what I'd do in her place, but I would've liked more visits
 > from the bad daughters (who were only briefly presented).

This week Ernst J\"unger's 'Storm of Steel' in the new translation by
Michael Hofmann and David Cannadine's book of essays 'In Churchill's
Shadow'. Both first class reads and 'Storm of Steel' is a great book. The
David Cannadine persuaded me that in Gertrude Himmelfarb's phrase I have
'the Tory imagination' although I have never voted Conservative in my life.


Now I have A.N.Wilson's 'The Victorians' to get stuck into.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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culotta_art

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:40 pm
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"Jim Ward" <tomcatpolka.TakeThisOut@NyOaShPoAoM.com> wrote in message
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 > "Seven Sisters" by Margaret Drabble. Nice. My only quibble - the
 > ending falls apart. Drabble came up with interesting characters, put
 > them into a fun situation, but didn't sew it up satisfactorily. I
 > don't know what I'd do in her place, but I would've liked more visits
 > from the bad daughters (who were only briefly presented).

Chimes of Freedom
The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art
by Mike Marquesse

An interesting refresher course in the various movements of the 60's and the
organizations involved:
SNCC, SDS, Black Panthers, Weathermen, PL, and more.
Couldn't help comparing the anti-war movement of then with that which sprang
up in response to the Iraq situation. The latter had no appreciable effect.

Not only is youth wasted on the young, but revolution is wasted as well.

Sam<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:40 am
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Sam Culotta wrote in a message to All:

SC> From: "Sam Culotta" <culotta_art.TakeThisOut@verizon.net>

SC> Chimes of Freedom
SC> The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art
SC> by Mike Marquesse

SC> An interesting refresher course in the various movements of the
SC> 60's and the organizations involved:
SC> SNCC, SDS, Black Panthers, Weathermen, PL, and more.
SC> Couldn't help comparing the anti-war movement of then with that
SC> which sprang up in response to the Iraq situation. The latter had
SC> no appreciable effect.

Date? Publisher? ISBN?

Steve Hayes
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:40 pm
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 > FamilyNet Newsgate
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 > Sam Culotta wrote in a message to All:
 >
 > SC> From: "Sam Culotta" <culotta_art DeleteThis @verizon.net>
 >
 > SC> Chimes of Freedom
 > SC> The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art
 > SC> by Mike Marquesse
 >
 > SC> An interesting refresher course in the various movements of the
 > SC> 60's and the organizations involved:
 > SC> SNCC, SDS, Black Panthers, Weathermen, PL, and more.
 > SC> Couldn't help comparing the anti-war movement of then with that
 > SC> which sprang up in response to the Iraq situation. The latter had
 > SC> no appreciable effect.
 >
 > Date? Publisher? ISBN?
 >
2003
Published in the US by The New Press, NY
Distrib. by W.W. Norton & Co. NY, NY
ISBN: 1-56584-825-X

Sam Culotta



 > Steve Hayes
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:40 am
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:25:01 GMT, "Sam Culotta" <culotta_art DeleteThis @verizon.net>
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 >"Stephen Hayes" <Stephen.Hayesp0.f10.n7903.z8 DeleteThis @fmlynet.org> wrote in message
 >news:0026b0c0@fmlynet.org...
  >> FamilyNet Newsgate
  >>
  >> Sam Culotta wrote in a message to All:
  >>
  >> SC> From: "Sam Culotta" <culotta_art DeleteThis @verizon.net>
  >>
  >> SC> Chimes of Freedom
  >> SC> The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art
  >> SC> by Mike Marquesse
  >>
  >> SC> An interesting refresher course in the various movements of the
  >> SC> 60's and the organizations involved:
  >> SC> SNCC, SDS, Black Panthers, Weathermen, PL, and more.
  >> SC> Couldn't help comparing the anti-war movement of then with that
  >> SC> which sprang up in response to the Iraq situation. The latter had
  >> SC> no appreciable effect.
  >>
  >> Date? Publisher? ISBN?
  >>
 >2003
 >Published in the US by The New Press, NY
 >Distrib. by W.W. Norton & Co. NY, NY
 >ISBN: 1-56584-825-X

Thanks... and my reading:

10 November 2004
Heyns, Michiel. 2002. The children's day. Johannesburg: Jonathan
Ball.
Simon grows up the in small Free State town of
Verkeerdespruit, and we see small-town life through a child's
eyes, as he seems to come to terms with racism, the
idiosyncrasies of teachers, the strange behaviour of adults,
sex, the social hierarchy, sporting prowess and other things.
He takes refuge in reading, but even reading does not give
him the answers to all his questions.

He goes to high school in Bloemfontein, and is embarrassed
when a former classmate from Verkeerdespruit comes to play an
interschool tennis match. He is forced to reevaluate his
childhood experiences, and see them through other eyes.

15 November 2004
James, P.D. 2003. The murder room. London: Penguin.
The Dupayne Museum in Hampstead deals with the interwar
years, and as the trustees meet to consider its future there
is a great deal at stake for all concerned, providing plenty
of motives for murder. When Commander Adam Dalgliesh is
called on to investigate a murder at the museum, therefore,
the murder room takes on a macabre reality.

16 November 2004
Haig, Brian. 2001. Secret sanction. London: Orion.
Major Sean Drummond, a military lawyer, is asked to
investigate the killing of wounded Serb soldiers in Kosovo,
apparently by US soldiers who are training terrorists there.
When he gets to the US base in Bosnia, he suspects a cover
up, even more so when he is fed false information, and a
journalist who had interviewed him was killed. The book has
some interesting characters, including one whose eyebrows are
perpendicular to his moustache.

30 November 2004
Murakami, Haruki. 2001. Hardboiled Wonderland and The End of the
World. Harvill: London.
Franz Kafka meets Jostein Gaarder. I'm not sure if this is
fantasy or science fiction, probably a little of both.
Certainly beats Philip Pullman, though it's probably not for
kids.


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