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Recommended Reads, plug what you've read| Kitten |
Posted: Dec 12 2008, 06:57 PM
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 Hades Overlord  Group: Readership Posts: 1,570 Member No.: 13 Joined: Apr 21 2006  |
Um, I found an English translation of a French translation from the orginal text of the Thousand and One Nights, Arabian thingie. thus far it has everything, wives shagging black slaves, donkeys, camels and the occasional philosphic query, such as 'if my wife shags the black slave THEN the camel is that like, totally worse than just the camel?' Well, not really, but I'm still surprised to find the books. I though tthey weren't real, just a brothers grimm type vocally-passed legend. How daft am I?
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| D McDonagh |
Posted: Dec 12 2008, 07:26 PM
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 Hades Elite Group: Authors Posts: 830 Member No.: 60 Joined: Sep 23 2006 |
The first translation of it into English was by Richard Francis Burton (the Victorian explorer, not the actor) and concentrated on the smutty bits.
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| Kitten |
Posted: Dec 13 2008, 09:34 PM
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Hades Overlord Group: Readership Posts: 1,570 Member No.: 13 Joined: Apr 21 2006 |
This may be that version, it only tells the French guys names as far as I can see. But whe-hey! Smut is good!
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| D McDonagh |
Posted: Dec 13 2008, 11:31 PM
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I know there's an Arabic scholar who's done a new translation with his other half and Robert irwin, but you won't be able to get that in one in paperback (and thus for less than an arm and a leg) until next summer.
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| Garry Charles |
Posted: Dec 22 2008, 09:04 AM
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 I'd never hurt a living soul, but I'd abuse a dead one Group: Hadesgate Authors Posts: 1,343 Member No.: 3 Joined: Apr 9 2006 |
Recently read:
Vampire Apocalypse: Decent into Choas by Derrek Gunn. Very entertaining if a little confusing due to the sheer number of characters. Can't wait for the third book in the series. The Good Guy by Dean Koontz: Utterly readable thriller that passed away a few spare hours. -------------------- If you've got the hole then I'll fill it.
http://www.garrycharles.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/garrycharles |
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| steven pirie |
Posted: May 2 2009, 04:53 PM
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 Ninja Penguin Group: Members Posts: 1,022 Member No.: 10 Joined: Apr 16 2006 |
I'm nearly finished in rereading Gaiman's Neverwhere. Fabulously imaginative.
If ever there was an author I'd aspire to write like it's Gaiman. -------------------- |
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| D McDonagh |
Posted: May 2 2009, 07:01 PM
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Have you read American Gods, Steven? I really think that was the one where Gaiman struck his stride as a novelist, though he's better still as a kid's writer.
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| steven pirie |
Posted: May 2 2009, 07:51 PM
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Yeah, I've read all of Gaiman's novels and short stories. American Gods is definitely worth the read as well...
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| D McDonagh |
Posted: May 2 2009, 09:44 PM
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It's a toss up between that and Coraline as his best for me, though I still haven't read The Graveyard Book.
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| Scarlet |
Posted: May 6 2009, 10:16 PM
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I had to read The Graveyard Book for class. (Oh, and whoo-hoo! I'm finished with classes!! Got 98% in both! I can breathe, read, & write until June 1st, when the next one starts!) I ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would. I like Gaiman.
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| D McDonagh |
Posted: May 6 2009, 10:28 PM
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Have you read any Jonathan Carroll? His stuff is very similar to Gaiman.
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| Darrell Joyce |
Posted: May 7 2009, 07:55 PM
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*fetal position*
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| Garry Charles |
Posted: Aug 23 2009, 04:34 AM
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I'd never hurt a living soul, but I'd abuse a dead one Group: Hadesgate Authors Posts: 1,343 Member No.: 3 Joined: Apr 9 2006 |
Reading Contagious by Scott Sigler... He is quickly becoming my fave author.
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| D McDonagh |
Posted: Nov 6 2009, 01:52 PM
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Has anybody read London Revenant by Conrad Williams? It's sort of a mix of M John Harrison and Michael marshal Smith. Great fun.
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