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Half the time the stuff people write in books is completely indecipherable to me. So its as if someone took a book and just started scribbling all over it for no reason. I picked up a library book a few months back and it looked as if someone had drafted a letter in the back. Couldn't make out a single word of it. On the other hand, in the copy of "Roman Revolution" by Ronald Syme, someone managed to correctly translate a couple of the latin phrases within it. Which was nice. quote:I love getting annotated books. I picked up a copy of Dead Scrolls at a flea market in Brighton and not only got an excellent book but some excellent backstory on Gogol and a short comparison of the influences on him from Pushkin and Lermontov. Writing in library books is pretty dickish though.
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I say go for it. We need more topics on this forum that aren't just about fantasy and sci-fi.
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I do actually remember a thread in E/N for books which I think was intended to be a sort of self-help topic. Didn't take long for someone to recommend sci-fi.
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Splash Damage posted:Is it worth, me not being a total sperg, to buy this H.P Lovecraft collection? However, I don't know much about Lovecraft so I have no idea if this really is a collection of his best stories. Furthermore, I live in the UK so the version on Amazon.com could be different from the one sold over here. I think some of the reviewers are expecting a little too much though. As an introduction to the mans works, I quite enjoyed it and I'm interested in reading more when I find the time.
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seravid posted:Yes, but that one isn't available in hardcover. It seems like the only Pevear & Volokhonsky translation in hardcover is the one I linked n my previous post, published in 2001 by Viking Books. Others are either the right translation but in paperback (like the one you suggested) or hardcover but translated by some other people.
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So I'm about halfway through MaddAddam. I haven't read any Atwood outside of this series (which will change soon) but I had no idea that Atwood could be this funny. I'm really enjoying it so far.
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Sep 3, 2013 21:55
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I have and it owns. No idea about its historical accuracy but I couldn't put it down.
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The lad is a unit. You might not trust him but you'd definitely fall asleep in his arms.
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