Question for the book club

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by AndrewR, Oct 7, 2004.

  1. AndrewR

    AndrewR Guest

    I was watching some book programme on BBC4 last night and they were focusing
    on the work of Jasper Fforde. Some of his ideas sound quite interesting,
    has anyone here read any of his stuff? Is it worth reading?

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    AndrewR, Oct 7, 2004
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    darsy Guest

    it's OK. Not brilliant, but very "clever".
     
    darsy, Oct 7, 2004
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  3. AndrewR

    AndrewR Guest

    Well I see that Amazon are doing the first two books in the Thursday Next
    series for 11 quid, so I suppose it would be rude not to.


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    AndrewR, Oct 7, 2004
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  4. AndrewR

    Ben Blaney Guest

    I really enjoyed the first two in the Thursday Next series - the first
    one particularly. I gave up on the latest, though; I was bored.
     
    Ben Blaney, Oct 7, 2004
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  5. AndrewR

    darsy Guest

    I was waiting for it to come down in price - but I'm happy to take your
    opinion as gospel and not bother with it at all.
     
    darsy, Oct 7, 2004
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  6. AndrewR

    darsy Guest

    the first one is the best of the two.

    Oh, and if you haven't read "Jane Eyre"[0], you'll not get a lot of the
    jokes.

    Oh, and if you /have/ read "Wide Sargasso Sea"[0], you might experience
    some cognitive dissonance whilst reading "The Eyre Affair".

    [0] if you have read the former of these two books, I can highly
    recommend the latter.
     
    darsy, Oct 7, 2004
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  7. AndrewR

    AndrewR Guest

    Well I've got the first two on order, so they should be with me by the time
    I've finished Douglas Coupland's "Eleanor Rigby" and whizzed through
    Garland's "Coma".

    I hope they are, at least, or else I'll have to read "God Knows".


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    AndrewR, Oct 7, 2004
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  8. AndrewR

    tallbloke Guest

    I'm reading "The Eyre Affair" ATM and it doesn't seem to be a problem that
    I haven't read the previous books.
     
    tallbloke, Oct 7, 2004
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    darsy Guest

    AndrewR wrote:
    ["Wide Sargasso Sea"]
    <fx: nods>
     
    darsy, Oct 7, 2004
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    darsy Guest

    how do you know?
     
    darsy, Oct 7, 2004
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  11. AndrewR

    tallbloke Guest

    Well there is that. What I meant is that it's still an enjoyable read
    without being made to feel like a TC for not having read the previous
    books. Of course I'm sure I'd get more out of it if I had.
     
    tallbloke, Oct 7, 2004
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