kingleopald
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by kingleopald on Apr 2, 2008 10:09:44 GMT 1, Still thinking about favourite book of all time, but favourite of this year so far is Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - dark, dark truth about what the human being is capable of doing
Still thinking about favourite book of all time, but favourite of this year so far is Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - dark, dark truth about what the human being is capable of doing
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frank11
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by frank11 on Apr 2, 2008 10:10:34 GMT 1, Charles d**kens went to sc**thorpe to fix the stopc**k in his house.
LOL ;D
Charles d**kens went to sc**thorpe to fix the stopc**k in his house. LOL ;D
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steve
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by steve on Apr 2, 2008 10:12:05 GMT 1, couple of faves.... nick hornby - fever pitch Thomas Keneally - schindler's ark
couple of faves.... nick hornby - fever pitch Thomas Keneally - schindler's ark
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nadir
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by nadir on Apr 2, 2008 10:25:42 GMT 1, A bit obvious but...
J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
Closely followed by...
John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho
Also pretty much anything by Harry Crews.
A bit obvious but...
J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
Closely followed by...
John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho
Also pretty much anything by Harry Crews.
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by manchestermike on Apr 2, 2008 10:26:25 GMT 1, Love how d**kens is censored by proboards. I'm gonna start up a Charles d**kens forum and see how they react to that!
They'll be fine... proboards don't censor anything, it's done manually
Love how d**kens is censored by proboards. I'm gonna start up a Charles d**kens forum and see how they react to that! They'll be fine... proboards don't censor anything, it's done manually
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by manchestermike on Apr 2, 2008 10:28:13 GMT 1, Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho
Have you read any other Easton Ellis? I think Psycho is pretty poor compared to most of his other work
Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho Have you read any other Easton Ellis? I think Psycho is pretty poor compared to most of his other work
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by manchestermike on Apr 2, 2008 10:31:58 GMT 1, nick hornby - fever pitch
I quite like Nick Hornby but think Fever Pitch is one of the most over-rated books about...
The single most over-rated book EVER though is The Da Vinci Code - utter, utter, utter, sheep shit
nick hornby - fever pitch I quite like Nick Hornby but think Fever Pitch is one of the most over-rated books about... The single most over-rated book EVER though is The Da Vinci Code - utter, utter, utter, sheep shit
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frank11
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by frank11 on Apr 2, 2008 10:34:21 GMT 1, A bit obvious but... J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye Closely followed by... John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho Also pretty much anything by Harry Crews.
Catcher in the Rye is a great book Steinbeck for me would be, Of mice and men i wish poor Lennie had got to look after the Rabbits.
American Psycho,s**t that still gives me nightmares. The cheese and the rat Apparently Brett Easton Ellis still gets death threats to the day from feminist groups for that book..
A bit obvious but... J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye Closely followed by... John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho Also pretty much anything by Harry Crews. Catcher in the Rye is a great book Steinbeck for me would be, Of mice and men i wish poor Lennie had got to look after the Rabbits. American Psycho,s**t that still gives me nightmares. The cheese and the rat Apparently Brett Easton Ellis still gets death threats to the day from feminist groups for that book..
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nadir
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by nadir on Apr 2, 2008 10:38:28 GMT 1, Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho Have you read any other Easton Ellis? I think Psycho is pretty poor compared to most of his other work
I read 'The Outsiders' but didn't really enjoy it. Recommend me another.
Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho Have you read any other Easton Ellis? I think Psycho is pretty poor compared to most of his other work I read 'The Outsiders' but didn't really enjoy it. Recommend me another.
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13loco
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by 13loco on Apr 2, 2008 10:39:34 GMT 1, less than zero or the rules of attraction
less than zero or the rules of attraction
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frank11
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by frank11 on Apr 2, 2008 10:40:20 GMT 1, Mike agree about Da Vinci code utter tripe!!! Not often a film is better than the book
The Informers and Less than Zero are far better examples of Brett Easton Ellis' work
Mike agree about Da Vinci code utter tripe!!! Not often a film is better than the book
The Informers and Less than Zero are far better examples of Brett Easton Ellis' work
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by manchestermike on Apr 2, 2008 10:43:45 GMT 1, I'd say 100% that Lunar Park is Easton Ellis' best book... BUT you really need to have read his others, specially Psycho and Glamorama to fully appreciate it...
I'd say 100% that Lunar Park is Easton Ellis' best book... BUT you really need to have read his others, specially Psycho and Glamorama to fully appreciate it...
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frank11
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by frank11 on Apr 2, 2008 10:48:22 GMT 1, Have you read any other Easton Ellis? I think Psycho is pretty poor compared to most of his other work I read 'The Outsiders' but didn't really enjoy it. Recommend me another.
S E Hinton wrote "The Outsiders". Just seen that the 25th anniversary of the film is coming soon. I wonder if Snagletooth cruise enjoys watching that one..
Have you read any other Easton Ellis? I think Psycho is pretty poor compared to most of his other work I read 'The Outsiders' but didn't really enjoy it. Recommend me another. S E Hinton wrote "The Outsiders". Just seen that the 25th anniversary of the film is coming soon. I wonder if Snagletooth cruise enjoys watching that one..
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Ripper1331
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by Ripper1331 on Apr 2, 2008 10:48:52 GMT 1, Here are a few that I really enjoyed:
Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Here are a few that I really enjoyed:
Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk Post Office - Charles Bukowski
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by manchestermike on Apr 2, 2008 10:53:33 GMT 1, Here are a few that I really enjoyed: Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Survivor is good, I though Fight Club was pretty bollocks to be honest, Invisible Monsters is good too, as is Haunted. Although His latest (Rant) I didn't finish, which is very unusual for me
Here are a few that I really enjoyed: Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk Post Office - Charles Bukowski Survivor is good, I though Fight Club was pretty bollocks to be honest, Invisible Monsters is good too, as is Haunted. Although His latest (Rant) I didn't finish, which is very unusual for me
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Ripper1331
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by Ripper1331 on Apr 2, 2008 11:00:11 GMT 1, I had the same problem with Choke. Must have started that 5 times and never finished. I thought Invisible Monsters was good and also liked Lullaby.
I had the same problem with Choke. Must have started that 5 times and never finished. I thought Invisible Monsters was good and also liked Lullaby.
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by manchestermike on Apr 2, 2008 11:05:01 GMT 1, Choke was ok, no strong feelings either way about it... I do remember it took a bit of getting in to... I actually got over half way through Rant but couldn't be bothered with it... may give it another go at some point, but I'm on to biographies at the moment
Choke was ok, no strong feelings either way about it... I do remember it took a bit of getting in to... I actually got over half way through Rant but couldn't be bothered with it... may give it another go at some point, but I'm on to biographies at the moment
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pezlow
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by pezlow on Apr 2, 2008 11:07:46 GMT 1, Anyone read The book of lost things by John Connolly. That's a very engaging read as well?
Anyone read The book of lost things by John Connolly. That's a very engaging read as well?
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top
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by top on Apr 2, 2008 11:07:51 GMT 1, Hey Mike..
Glad to see your a learned man and not just an entrepreneur!
hehehe!
Hey Mike..
Glad to see your a learned man and not just an entrepreneur!
hehehe!
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by top on Apr 2, 2008 11:08:59 GMT 1, Anyone read The book of lost things by John Connolly. That's a very engaging read as well?
Yes Pez, brain addled so have limited recall!
Anyone read The book of lost things by John Connolly. That's a very engaging read as well? Yes Pez, brain addled so have limited recall!
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top
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by top on Apr 2, 2008 11:12:06 GMT 1, ..oh yeah, boy in his attic melding myth and reality..mum died of disease
..oh yeah, boy in his attic melding myth and reality..mum died of disease
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pezlow
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by pezlow on Apr 2, 2008 11:31:41 GMT 1, That's the one top. Highly recommended for those who have not read it.
That's the one top. Highly recommended for those who have not read it.
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nadir
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by nadir on Apr 2, 2008 11:40:03 GMT 1, Will definitely check out some of those Easton Ellis novels. Thanks.
Will definitely check out some of those Easton Ellis novels. Thanks.
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curiousgeorge
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by curiousgeorge on Apr 2, 2008 11:48:13 GMT 1, The Soul Bird-Michal Snunit (a very short book) some may call it a self help book
Acid house-Irvine Welsh (his best book by far IMO)
Catch 22- Joseph Heller ( A classic, i started reading books above my age group, so didnt 'get this' book totally until i had read it 2-3 times)
Animal Farm-George Orwell (best thing i ever read at school)
James Lee Burke- Any of the detective stories about Dave Robicheaux (This man paints pictures with words like no other)
Of mice and men- John Steinbeck( See Catch 22, happily pick this up once a year)
Killing Pablo- Mark Bowden (An interesting version of events, if not very sad)
Mr.Nice-Howard Marks ( Can't help but cheers these guys on)
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky ( I have surgery on my heart once every 18 months,this is my hospital/recovery book, yet to finish it!)
Probably missed out dozens, have maybe 2000 books in my collection.I bet later in the day the obvious favourites will spring to mind
Anything by Elmore Leonard!
The Soul Bird-Michal Snunit (a very short book) some may call it a self help book
Acid house-Irvine Welsh (his best book by far IMO)
Catch 22- Joseph Heller ( A classic, i started reading books above my age group, so didnt 'get this' book totally until i had read it 2-3 times)
Animal Farm-George Orwell (best thing i ever read at school)
James Lee Burke- Any of the detective stories about Dave Robicheaux (This man paints pictures with words like no other)
Of mice and men- John Steinbeck( See Catch 22, happily pick this up once a year)
Killing Pablo- Mark Bowden (An interesting version of events, if not very sad)
Mr.Nice-Howard Marks ( Can't help but cheers these guys on)
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky ( I have surgery on my heart once every 18 months,this is my hospital/recovery book, yet to finish it!)
Probably missed out dozens, have maybe 2000 books in my collection.I bet later in the day the obvious favourites will spring to mind
Anything by Elmore Leonard!
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jusdeep
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by jusdeep on Apr 2, 2008 11:51:30 GMT 1, Here's a few books I've really enjoyed over the last few years. All are superb reads and very hard to put down. Iced - Ray Shell Wonderland Avenue - Danny Sugarman Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah - Richard Bach Tietum Brown / Scooter - Mick Foley Vurt / Needle to the Groove - Jeff Noon The Black Album - Hanif Kureishi Fight Club / Lullaby / Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahnuik Kiss me Judas - Will Christopher Baer The Fight - Norman Mailer Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
Here's a few books I've really enjoyed over the last few years. All are superb reads and very hard to put down. Iced - Ray Shell Wonderland Avenue - Danny Sugarman Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah - Richard Bach Tietum Brown / Scooter - Mick Foley Vurt / Needle to the Groove - Jeff Noon The Black Album - Hanif Kureishi Fight Club / Lullaby / Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahnuik Kiss me Judas - Will Christopher Baer The Fight - Norman Mailer Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
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seidbereit
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by seidbereit on Apr 2, 2008 11:59:50 GMT 1, I love book threads ;D a selection of the best books I've read in the last five years would include:
Fiction: - At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien (probably my favourite book of all time - read about 15 times now) - The Thrid Policeman - Flann O'Brien (very close second - read about 10 times) - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (probably 5 times, definitely best book ever written in the first person) - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell (just a really enjoyable read) - The Life of Pi - Yann Martel (the final 10-15 pages blew me away... great story telling followed by the best twist ever in a book) - Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer (probably the most original new writer there is)
Pez had two great suggestions above - Catch 22, and The Book of Lost Things. Both superb. Would also include classics myself (can't get enough of them, in order: Homer, Ovid, some Plato, Aescylus, Sophocles and a couple of others. Really fantastic reads.
Can only echo Mike's naming of Dan Brown as being utterly useless.
Non-fiction: Things I've enjoyed in recent years are: - Why Birds Sing - David Rothenburg - Tipping Point (and Blink) - Malcolm Gladwell - Beer: The Story of the Pint - Martin Cornell - A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson - The God Delusion - Richard Hawkins - The Golden Ratio - Mario Livio
and others. I could go on for days.
I love book threads ;D a selection of the best books I've read in the last five years would include:
Fiction: - At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien (probably my favourite book of all time - read about 15 times now) - The Thrid Policeman - Flann O'Brien (very close second - read about 10 times) - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (probably 5 times, definitely best book ever written in the first person) - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell (just a really enjoyable read) - The Life of Pi - Yann Martel (the final 10-15 pages blew me away... great story telling followed by the best twist ever in a book) - Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer (probably the most original new writer there is)
Pez had two great suggestions above - Catch 22, and The Book of Lost Things. Both superb. Would also include classics myself (can't get enough of them, in order: Homer, Ovid, some Plato, Aescylus, Sophocles and a couple of others. Really fantastic reads.
Can only echo Mike's naming of Dan Brown as being utterly useless.
Non-fiction: Things I've enjoyed in recent years are: - Why Birds Sing - David Rothenburg - Tipping Point (and Blink) - Malcolm Gladwell - Beer: The Story of the Pint - Martin Cornell - A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson - The God Delusion - Richard Hawkins - The Golden Ratio - Mario Livio
and others. I could go on for days.
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eddiedangerous
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by eddiedangerous on Apr 2, 2008 12:03:31 GMT 1, Bill Drummond - "45"
Bill Drummond - "45"
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vital
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by vital on Apr 2, 2008 12:21:23 GMT 1, a def fav of mine is Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (all 5 in the series)..
and on a more related topic to this forum the soon to be released Sewerside Chronicles by Tim Lay ...this book is brilliant and will be a cult classic.. really well written - a proper page-turner and funny as f##k - i am lucky enough to have seen it in draft form and laughed out loud all the way through it..
for those that dont know Sewerside was Mau Mau clothing company and Tim was the other person who ran the clothes label with him...except it was about so much more than just clothes..and this book tells the whole story
it won first prize in a south west regional competition for unknown authors, then won the national prize and is being published in july (i think), illustrations by mau mau will accompany the text
expect a london launch party in summer - i will put the details on here once it is confirmed - and anyone who was at the LSG show - that was just a small taste of the delights on offer at a real sewerside party...
a def fav of mine is Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (all 5 in the series)..
and on a more related topic to this forum the soon to be released Sewerside Chronicles by Tim Lay ...this book is brilliant and will be a cult classic.. really well written - a proper page-turner and funny as f##k - i am lucky enough to have seen it in draft form and laughed out loud all the way through it..
for those that dont know Sewerside was Mau Mau clothing company and Tim was the other person who ran the clothes label with him...except it was about so much more than just clothes..and this book tells the whole story
it won first prize in a south west regional competition for unknown authors, then won the national prize and is being published in july (i think), illustrations by mau mau will accompany the text
expect a london launch party in summer - i will put the details on here once it is confirmed - and anyone who was at the LSG show - that was just a small taste of the delights on offer at a real sewerside party...
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funyoung
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by funyoung on Apr 2, 2008 12:36:22 GMT 1, Great Expectations - Dickens - exceptional.
Lately been loving the 'historical fiction' of Conn Iggulden - informative but good reading about Julius Caesar (Emperor series of 4 books) and now Genghis Kahn (Warrior series with 2 of the planned 4 released so far). Can't recommend highly enough if you want to know about the history but find 'true' biographies too hard going.
For those of you who enjoyed 'Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman' did you read 'Noone here gets out alive by Sugerman and Hopkins' - read those and 'Riders on the storm by John Densmore' all back-to-bacj about 15 years ago - all centre around the doors / jim morrison to an extent.
For those of you who hated 'Da Vinci Code' i think it has to be taken in context. It is an easy-read, page-turner, holiday book in the same ilk as jilly cooper / penny vincenzi / john grisham. At the end you are not left with unanswered questions but it is a pleasant way to pass some time. I quite enjoyed it.
Great Expectations - Dickens - exceptional.
Lately been loving the 'historical fiction' of Conn Iggulden - informative but good reading about Julius Caesar (Emperor series of 4 books) and now Genghis Kahn (Warrior series with 2 of the planned 4 released so far). Can't recommend highly enough if you want to know about the history but find 'true' biographies too hard going.
For those of you who enjoyed 'Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman' did you read 'Noone here gets out alive by Sugerman and Hopkins' - read those and 'Riders on the storm by John Densmore' all back-to-bacj about 15 years ago - all centre around the doors / jim morrison to an extent.
For those of you who hated 'Da Vinci Code' i think it has to be taken in context. It is an easy-read, page-turner, holiday book in the same ilk as jilly cooper / penny vincenzi / john grisham. At the end you are not left with unanswered questions but it is a pleasant way to pass some time. I quite enjoyed it.
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Prescription Art
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Not art - Favorite book of all time, by Prescription Art on Apr 2, 2008 12:58:15 GMT 1, A few that spring to mind:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude Thomas Hardy - Mayor of Casterbridge Tibor Fischer - The Thought Gang David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
A few that spring to mind:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude Thomas Hardy - Mayor of Casterbridge Tibor Fischer - The Thought Gang David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
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