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Andrew Hess
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Robert -
not necessarily from a rabbi, but yes, you are right. There was just a lot of this woven thru the book. I liked it, but seemed kinda odd for a possibly non-Jewish audience, and wasn't even necessary to the story.
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Jeremy Simington
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| Posted: 16 June 2014 at 8:53pm | IP Logged | 2
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UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 will be at my house tomorrow. I finally pulled the trigger on ordering it and I am counting the minutes until its arrival.
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Aaron Smith
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| Posted: 21 June 2014 at 7:26pm | IP Logged | 3
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JRR Tolkein's translation of BEOWULF. I just started it and it's great so far.
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Robert Cosgrove
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| Posted: 22 June 2014 at 9:39am | IP Logged | 4
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In a prior life when I was getting a Master's degree in English at the University of Michigan, I had a class where we read Beowulf in Old English (for those of you who have read any Shakespeare, he's pretty much modern English, so that will give you an idea of how far removed Old English is from our own), and I remember reading Tolkein's seminal essay on Beowulf, "The Monster and the Critics," if I remember the title correctly.
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Aaron Smith
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Yes, Robert, that's the correct title.
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Rich Marzullo
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INFERNO by Dan Brown. Entertaining so far.
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James Best
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| Posted: 22 June 2014 at 11:10am | IP Logged | 7
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BOWERMAN AND THE MEN OF OREGON by Kenny Moore. Very interesting to read so far. Bill Bowerman seems to have had a pretty full and eventful life even before he became the track coach at the University of Oregon and co-founded Nike.
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Robert White
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I'm 500 pages into my Ray Bradbury collection. My next book will be Shakespeare For Beginners. I've only read a few of the plays and hate the fact that I have little experience with The Bard. From there, I'm either going to break down and read a modern translation of the plays, or try to tackle all the originals. I'll see where it leads me.
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Bill Mimbu
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MONSTERS ARE ATTACKING TOKYO by Stuart Galbraith IV.
An interesting 1998 book of short interviews featuring the staff and casts many Japanese SF/Fantasy movies.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Just picked up when I saw it in the new books section of my local library, Max Allan Collins 2013 book (of which I was unaware) published by Hard Case Crime paperbacks, "Seduction of the Innocent." Glen Orbik, of whom I am a fan, provides a garish cover, which is not, imho, one of his best. The murder victim is "Dr. Werner Frederick," author of the attack on comics, "Ravage the Lambs." You won't have any trouble figuring out the other characters in this roman a clef/mystery, although I admit to be momentarily puzzled at "Will Allison" until mentally going--"Duh! Al Williamson." Terry Beatty does chapter headings, a la Johnny Craig. It reads quick, and I found it entertaining.
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Aaron Smith
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THE CHANGING LAND by Roger Zelazny.
Zelazny was one of my favorite writers, but I'd never seen this one until I came across it in a used bookstore on a recent trip to New Orleans. A fantasy novel from the early 80s. I'm enjoying it so far, although it's not on the same level as some of my favorites of his books, like CREATURES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS.
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James Best
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KINDNESS GOES UNPUNISHED by Craig Johnson. The third novel in his Walt Longmire series.
After that it will probably be TRUE EVIL by Greg Iles.
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