[bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:49:59 -0500
Well, when he raped his own daughter in the first book, my sympathies for the
hero went down a bit, but I did read the first three books on cassette. Must
have been really bored in those days.
Bob
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book, Books are well written or
badly written, That is all,
-- Oscar Wilde,The Picture of Dorian Gray
----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Friedman
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 8:15 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
Hi, Bob, Kim here. Even though Mr. Donaldson is a good writer, I could read
Lord Foul's Bane the first book, but didn't have the heart to read the other
books. It was too depressing for me. I didn't have anything against the hero,
and I felt sorry he suffered from leprosy, I just felt too depressed to
continue reading the series. I might prefer to have the cassette books and let
someone read it to me, rather than slogging through it in Braille. I liked the
first book. The first six books are available in hand-copied Braille. Regards,
Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 3:28 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
Oh my gosh, nine books. No thanks.
Actually, it seems to be a well-written series, but by the time I got to the
end of the three books I read, i was more than ready to get to the end of the
three books I read and not read anymore about Thomas Covenant for a long long
time.
Just my own thoughts on the matter.
Bob
- "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same
time."
----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Friedman
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Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 5:16 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
My pleasure, Bob. As a matter of fact, Mr. Donaldson has written nine books
in the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. Regards, Kim aka Ellinder.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 2:36 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
Wow Kim, I didn't remember that Donaldson used the dream ending, but I read
the series quite a long time ago and by the time I got to the last book my only
goal was to get through the last book--and I think that was Mr. Donaldson's
goal as well.
Thanks for reminding me.
Bob
- "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same
time."
----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Friedman
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Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:11 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
Hi, Roger, I don't know if you've ever read The Chronicles of Thomas
Covenant, by Stephen Donaldson, but he used the dream device in his first
trilogy. I wouldn't call him an awful writer, but I can say he had a large
vocabulary and didn't mind using it. Regards, Kim aka Ellinder.
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Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:19 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
Speaking of language changes, there also have been changes in writing
styles and literary devices. I don't recall any commentary on this but I have
noticed a literary device that was frequently employed in the late nineteenth
and early twentyeth centuries that no writer would get away with today. That is
that when a novel contained elements of the fantastic the author explained
everything by just having the protagonist wake up at the end of the novel and
realize that the entire story had been a dream. That was used in Looking
Backward by Edward Bellamy and The Man Who was Tuesday by G. K. Chesterton.
There were some others too, the titles of which slip my mind right now. I
suppose, at one time, that was considered good writing. Nowadays it would cause
groans and eye rolling.
"If you tremble
with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine." Che
Guevara
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Hi, Shelley, Kim here. Can you imagine what fun good writers have when
they
deliberately set out to write badly? I'm interested in seeing books about
language quirks and changes. What do you think of dictionaries of slang? I
remember having a lot of fun reading I Hear America Talking by Stewart
Bird
Flexner because he listed all manner of expressions indicating the lack of
sobriety of a person? Some priceless expressions I can recall are: being
foxed, pie-eyed, being three sheets to the wind, on the sauce, etc. I
personally wouldn't care to be pickled, stewed or dipsomaniacal, but I
like
drinking songs. At least I don't suffer from hangovers, maybe just a case
of
laryngitis should my voice become hoarse. Regards, Kim aka Ellinder.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L.
Rhodes
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 7:26 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books
Hi here is the list of the contest winners, from all the years. Bookshare
doesn't have any of these, neither alas does my library system, but
perhaps
someone out there has them and can add them smile to Bookshare.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night Son of "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night"
Bride of Dark and Stormy It Was a Dark & Stormy Night: The Final
Conflict
Dark and Stormy Rides Again
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
Alumni Association
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The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of
their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely
mandated righteousness.
The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever
committed.
-Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
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