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lnr ([personal profile] lnr) wrote2006-02-16 09:40 am
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Book meme

I will read the first book which is suggested in this post's comments section.

So long as I've not read it already, and I can get hold of a copy. Ta [livejournal.com profile] zenithed great idea (the meme itself) and [livejournal.com profile] bopeepsheep (the suggested book). Feel free to suggest more, but I don't promise to read them.

[identity profile] bopeepsheep.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
The Secret Purposes, David Baddiel.

[identity profile] bopeepsheep.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
:-D Quite a lot of it is set in Cambridge, and I figured it was easy to locate, so that's why it came to mind. I hope you enjoy it - I thought it was excellent, and have recommended it to a few people now.

[identity profile] juggzy.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell.

[identity profile] hoiho.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, I must read that!
I shall pack in my weekend bag, for the train.

[identity profile] crazyscot.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'm currently reading David Brin's _Uplift_ saga (Sundiver, Startide Rising, ...) and finding it most splendid.

[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember reading sundiver at school and at the time I mainly felt 'meh' -- I remember the idea of uplift being interesting, but not believing in giant mirrors, and thinking the plot was ok but nothing special. Do you think it's worth trying one of the sequels now?

[identity profile] crazyscot.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Sundiver is essentially a whodunnit. Startide Rising (which I'm reading just now) seems to be turning out as more of an action book. So far it's set in and around a dolphin-crewed spaceship.

[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
What is the first one here: http://semichrome.net/~jack/books.txt you haven't read? I suggest that.

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I liked Memoirs of a Geisha. YOu might also.

[identity profile] naath.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I did too but I thought that Iwasaki's "Geisha of Gion" was better.

[identity profile] damerell.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.baen.com/library/0671878654/0671878654.htm

[identity profile] dragonwoodshed.livejournal.com 2006-02-16 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh books! The best thing I've found in a while is The Time Traveller's Wife by Niffeneiger, it's lovely - laughter, tears, time travel, something for everyone.