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Post by Fairweather on Apr 26, 2009 19:56:52 GMT -5
I've wanted to begin a messageboard for a long time for the bookish among us, so here goes. That is my real name--Kathryn--but I prefer Katie. This board is categorized as "Art and Culture" so, in addition to books, feel free to talk about music, painting, sculpture; about both fiction and non-fiction writing; about poetry. The rules are simple: No namecalling. No putting down somebody's taste (or lack of same ;D) in literature, art or music. Start a fight, use extraordinarily foul or combative language, and you're outta here as fast as I can escort you out. And PUH-LEEZ, save as a subject related to history, NO POLITICS. To paraphrase Dorothy L. Sayers's immortal Lord Peter Wimsey--in the preface to the short story "The Man With Copper Fingers"--politics is something you can talk about anywhere. Except here. We want friends talking books and art and music here, not partisans discussing the merits and demerits of any political party or figure. With those caveats, hi, I'm Katie. And you?  |
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Post by Harriet Vane on Apr 26, 2009 20:10:02 GMT -5
I've wanted to begin a messageboard for a long time for the bookish among us, so here goes. That is my real name--Kathryn--but I prefer Katie. This board is categorized as "Art and Culture" so, in addition to books, feel free to talk about music, painting, sculpture; about both fiction and non-fiction writing; about poetry. The rules are simple: No namecalling. No putting down somebody's taste (or lack of same ;D) in literature, art or music. Start a fight, use extraordinarily foul or combative language, and you're outta here as fast as I can escort you out. And PUH-LEEZ, save as a subject related to history, NO POLITICS. To paraphrase Dorothy L. Sayers's immortal Lord Peter Wimsey--in the preface to the short story "The Man With Copper Fingers"--politics is something you can talk about anywhere. Except here. We want friends talking books and art and music here, not partisans discussing the merits and demerits of any political party or figure. With those caveats, hi, I'm Katie. And you? Nice to meet you, Katie Gamble. I'm Harriet Vane. Just this once.  |
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Post by Fairweather on Apr 26, 2009 20:12:51 GMT -5
I've wanted to begin a messageboard for a long time for the bookish among us, so here goes. That is my real name--Kathryn--but I prefer Katie. This board is categorized as "Art and Culture" so, in addition to books, feel free to talk about music, painting, sculpture; about both fiction and non-fiction writing; about poetry. The rules are simple: No namecalling. No putting down somebody's taste (or lack of same ;D) in literature, art or music. Start a fight, use extraordinarily foul or combative language, and you're outta here as fast as I can escort you out. And PUH-LEEZ, save as a subject related to history, NO POLITICS. To paraphrase Dorothy L. Sayers's immortal Lord Peter Wimsey--in the preface to the short story "The Man With Copper Fingers"--politics is something you can talk about anywhere. Except here. We want friends talking books and art and music here, not partisans discussing the merits and demerits of any political party or figure. With those caveats, hi, I'm Katie. And you? Nice to meet you, Katie Gamble. I'm Harriet Vane. Just this once. Welcome, my dear Miss Vane! As you see, Lord Peter has already made an appearance, SOOOOOO--want to start a topic? |
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Post by Harriet Vane on Apr 26, 2009 20:30:38 GMT -5
I have to say that the sudden appearance of this new board took me a little bit by surprise and left me floundering for ideas. But as you can see, Katie, I've attempted to make made a small beginning.
And thank you for providing this forum. As you know, my own interests in art, history, music, and literature extend well beyond Jane Austen, although I'm not so well-read as you are by any means. Twenty years of practicing law will do that to you.
But I'm really looking forward to meeting others with similar interests and hearing what everyone has to say.
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Post by parkerskid on Apr 26, 2009 21:20:40 GMT -5
Hi Katie.
This is so exciting and I congratulate you on what is sure to be a great board.
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Post by Fairweather on Apr 26, 2009 21:25:16 GMT -5
Hi, Parker! (Do you have a different name you'd rather we use, or is Parker okay?) Thank you for signing up. I'm an inveterate bibliophile myself, and I'm hoping we'll all learn a whole lot from each other. Feel free to start a thread yourself or add to an existing thread. So glad you're with us!
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Post by parkerskid on Apr 26, 2009 21:29:37 GMT -5
It's Linda, hoping you're still glad to see me.  |
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Post by Fairweather on Apr 26, 2009 21:31:28 GMT -5
It's Linda, hoping you're still glad to see me. Always, my dear. Always.  Meanwhile, what are you reading lately? |
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Post by parkerskid on Apr 26, 2009 21:41:25 GMT -5
It's Linda, hoping you're still glad to see me. Always, my dear. Always. Meanwhile, what are you reading lately? This week's book is "Ultimatum" the first and only one written by Matthew Glass. It begins just after the 2032 election. The winner, Joe Benton (D) is told immediately by his predecessor, Mike Gartner (R), the true consequences of global warming. I know that this is not a political blog, but you did ask what I was reading. I promise not to discuss or even divulge the plot.  |
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Post by Fairweather on Apr 26, 2009 21:51:19 GMT -5
Always, my dear. Always. Meanwhile, what are you reading lately? This week's book is "Ultimatum" the first and only one written by Matthew Glass. It begins just after the 2032 election. The winner, Joe Benton (D) is told immediately by his predecessor, Mike Gartner (R), the true consequences of global warming. I know that this is not a political blog, but you did ask what I was reading. I promise not to discuss or even divulge the plot. Oh my. I'm about hoist with my own petard here, aren't I?  |
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Post by puhlease on May 1, 2009 19:38:21 GMT -5
Lynn here, too lazy to think up a new name. This is a great idea. I hope it really takes off.
This week it is M. Scott Peck's In Search of Stones, a journey through Britain and a sort of spiritual odyssey as well. He is better know for The Road Less Travelled. He addresses such topics as romance, addiction, religion, death, money, peace, space, time, and many others, along with Britain's prehistoric peoples and their monuments. I really enjoy his perspective. I found it in a flea market for 3 bucks.
Then in the bookstore I saw Kurt Vonnegut's latest, a posthumous collection of unpublished letters, speeches, essays, and short stories, and had to grab it. It is called Armageddon In Retrospect and is an absolute must-have for Vonnegut fans. It includes the letter he wrote his parents telling of his capture and imprisonment by the Germans in WWII, his eyewitness account of the firebombing of Dresden, and stories inspired by that.
Of interest is a quote from a speech he wrote but never got to deliver. (His son read the speech after his death.) I noted on ANOTHER message board somewhere that maybe we weren't meant to outlive our teeth. Here is a passage from Vonnegut's musings: "And the physical anthropologists, who had studied human skulls going back thousands of years, said we were only supposed to live for thirty-five years or so, because that is how long our teeth lasted without modern dentistry."
Kind of strange. It really explains a lot now that I understand my thought processes are similar to Kurt Vonnegut's. He is (was) really cracked, and I mean that in the very best sense of the word.
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Post by g1 on May 11, 2009 21:03:30 GMT -5
Hi, KT. I fell for your shameless promotions and signed up. I'm admittedly not much of a reader of novels, but I'll try to chime in occasionally and behave the rest of the time.
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Post by Fairweather on May 11, 2009 21:51:06 GMT -5
Hi, KT. I fell for your shameless promotions and signed up. I'm admittedly not much of a reader of novels, but I'll try to chime in occasionally and behave the rest of the time. Yep, shameless, that's my middle name. (Or was that one of the cows in COLD COMFORT FARM?) Anyway, G, glad you're with us. And would you pretty-please-with-sugar-on-top talk about theater sometimes? Scripts in particular? Cause I love theater but very seldom get to see any live (bats eyelashes ) Seriously, welcome to the board! |
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