As I've mentioned in a previous post...I have the first three installments of the TN series on audio...

I haven't actually been able to read (through some misfiring between my optic nerve and processing center). Which is odd, since I condider myself a hack writer. But I'm more of a newsy so non-fiction hasn't been so tough.
(for a sample of my reporting...and ranting: www.indieregister.com)



However, within the last year, I decided to try my eyes at fiction again...starting with Orwell's classic '1984'. I postponed finishing it off when I ordered 'Lost in a Good Book' and 'The Well of Lost Plots.' But I intend to soon finish it. Next on my list: 'Brave New World' and 'Farenheit 451.'

MuseSusan Wrote:
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> Are they made from real Victorian kidneys?


The man from camchomp (Campaign for Real Food) assured me that the kidneys were real and from a mammal, but could not be specific about either their age or state of origin.

Have managed to dissuade very angry man from Advertising Standards Authority from hunting you down by pointing out that all mammals were invented by Darwin and that all mammalian kidneys therefore Victorian.

Do expect some kind of pie in return.

SkidMarks Wrote:
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> Welcome igorbeatty. pull up a pie and make
> yourself comfy. There are still some mince pies
> left, but if you are tired of them try our
> Victorian kidney pies.
>
> Nation is a fine, if different, book from Sir
> Pterry, isn't it?
>
> And of course the TN series will grip you!!!


Cheers. A couple of Discworld friends suggested we might enjoy Jasper's books.
*waves at Steeljam*
And they were quite right!!!!! Seriously considering the fforde ffiesta

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My Karma Ran Over My Dogma

Yes, welcome IgorBeathy, and watch out for the meringues; they're Christmas-surplus and somewhat angry.

Any relation to the custard breed? They are fierce at this time of year, indeed.

Welcome!

Ah, the custard breed is a degenerate cousin of the regular variety, known for its timidity and somewhat anxious nature.

Beware the meringues of regular variety, for they lacketh not in ferocity nor in triangularity.

Fights to suppress old joke - loses.

Waiter in Edinburgh restaurant: 'Would you like the rice pudding or a meringue?'
Scots diner: 'You're nae wrang. I'll have the rice pudding.'


Exits to little white pill container.

Falls in.

When reaching bottom (of container) discovers all little white pills have gone.

Issues general 'pill deficient' warning.

Offers a bottle of dried frog pills as a replacement.

Nation was not bad.

I think I would have to come down on Slowtrain to Arcturus by Dave Freer and Eric Flint as one of the best books I have read, let alone in the last year.
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny was also good.
As was the bits of Godel, Escher, Bach that I read before I had to leave uni and give it back to the library. :(

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Leave uni? What did you do?

Was it a cliff-face which enticed you away? We need to know